While I’m well aware that ladies frequently have to contend with the proverbial line out the door of many-a-public restroom, they’re lucky in one respect: they never have to deal with the ignominy of the trough-style urinal. While individual units may offer more privacy, they still come with the baggage of unpleasant odor and embarrassing splash back. Leave it to Kohler, vaunted authority on all things water, to come to the rescue with a water-wise solution: the Steward Waterless Urinal.

Steward Waterless Urinal. Designed by Kohler.

Kohler’s Waterless Urinals Save Thousands of Gallons Per Fixture

Beside the obvious advantage of cost savings and resource conservation, Kohler’s Waterless urinal makes for a more hygienic actualization of the necessary evil of public micturition. The elegant curvature of Steward’s interior surface is precision designed to minimize splash back—thus, like the parabola we all learned about in high school, any point of contact on the Waterless Urinal reflects said detritus back to the center, rather than out of this protective nimbus.

All men can relate to the embarrassing phenomenon of splash back, and obviating such is worth the price of admission alone, but Kohler’s Waterless Urinal boasts a bevy of other advantages. Compared to traditional stream-rinse systems, the Waterless Urinal actually has less odor. Kohler’s patented cartridge-free internal trapway makes use of an odor-blocking liquid medium: “the unique design of the trapway slows the flow of liquid waste as it passes through the sealing liquid, ensuring that the sealing liquid isn’t washed out of the trapway.”

The result is a reliable and absolute impediment to wafting smells, without the mawkish odor of the ubiquitous and unsightly “urinal cake.” Other perks include enhanced hygiene through touch-free use, ADA-compliance, and easy installation (no retrofitting, tiling, or drain-line changes). Lastly, Kohler’s Waterless Urinal is a far cry from the typical bulky affairs—the design is streamlined and slick. Kohler’s Waterless Urinal comes in a variety of colors, from white to sand to an elegant ebony.

Via ModernUrbanLiving.

About the Manufacturer: Anyone who’s ever used a restroom is well aware of the “Bold Look of Kohler.” From the establishment of factory headquarters in the Wisconsin countryside in 1899, to the bevy of “bold new colors and shapes” they debuted in the 1960s, to today’s global prominence as a designer and manufacturer of basins, tubs, showers, taps, toilets, and bidets–the company is synonymous with high quality and superlative value for kitchen and bath.