Urinals, Angles of Incidence and Splashback

Generally speaking, I would consider the ability to easily use a urinal to be a distinct advantage that men have over women. Urinals are fast, convenient, and use less water/flush than a toilet – at least here in North America where we don’t commonly have dual-flush toilets at our disposal.

Now that said, not every urinal experience is a good one. Consider the urinal I had the displeasure of using earlier this evening. The one where my pee splashed all over my knees.

Yuck.

Now the thing is, most urinals don’t cause ridiculous amounts of splashback, but there are a few that do. Are they made of some weird, super-bouncy (to pee) material? Is the angle of the porcelain bowl such that it encourages splashing? Does the height merely make the splashback more noticeable? Can we please, please destroy all of these urinals right now?

It’s just about enough to make me head for a stall.