During a journey
through Indonesia, Dutch born Moon Zijp was confronted with
the fact that when she needed to pee she would find herself in
a difficult situation. Moon would have to go deeper into the
jungle to allow her sufficient privacy to pee as well as
having the difficulty of squatting. From these experiences,
which most women can relate to, she developed her first p-mate
at the Amsterdam Academy of Arts. This devise allowed her and
other women to pee while standing upright.
This idea
was cemented in the minds of the Dutch when a Local talk show
host, Paul de Leeuw, interviewed Moon and she demonstrated the
p-mate live in front of the nation. From that point she was
overwhelmed with publicity and interest and opened up her idea
to all the women of the Netherlands.
The p-mate
has since been found at major music festival in Holland and
also in Canada, Australia and England.
When
is it Handy?
- When there is no toilet available.
- There is a toilet but it is so dirty you would rather
wait than use it.
- There is no secluded spot/enough privacy to pee.
- The toilet is more of a hole in the ground.
- You are pregnant and your finding it difficult to get up
and down regularly.
- You are waiting in line for a cubicle, but will you make
it.
- You’ve made it but after the amount of people who have
used it before you, its not the cleanest of places
- You have to give a sample for medical reasons and it
difficult to fill the small pot.
- Your work dress makes it difficult to change quickly for
a toilet break.
| PMATE - discreetly
enjoy hygienic freedom |