Review: P Style

The P Style is one of those random, really convenient ideas that comes up during conversation, and then everyone wonders why no one has invented it yet. The difference with the P Style is that someone did invent it. The P Style, as Babeland puts it, is a "compact and convenient Stand to Pee device, or STP." It's a simple piece of brightly colored plastic that allows people to, well, pee standing up.

When I first checked out the P Style, I assumed it was for pre-op FTM transgendered folk who preferred to pee standing up, but didn't have the plumbing for it. Besides that, though, the P Style comes in useful for female-bodied persons under many different circumstances. If you go camping a lot, it beats squatting on the ground to pee. If you're into watersports, the P Style would probably make it easier to control your pee-stream. Babeland also mentions that it would be useful for male-bodied persons who have disabilities, who have hypospadias, who have undergone surgery, etc. Heck, I've even thought that it would make a pretty good funnel for transferring liquids into a narrow-necked bottle.

You use the P Style by putting the "cup" side under your vagina, and the "pointy" side pointing towards the toilet. You can wash it with hot water and soap, or in the dishwasher or washing machine. The instruction card in the P Style package encourages you to sanitize it if you have an infection, and I assume if you wanted to share it, too.

My P Style came in a pleasant shade of emerald green. I've never actually felt the need to pee standing up, but I was interested in how well the P Style would work, so off to the bathroom I went to conduct several little experiments.

Pulling panties down completely/pulling up skirt and pulling panties down: Peeing standing up feels weird. I felt worried that I'd get pee on my clothes, but that didn't happen. The pee flowed down the P Style and into the toilet, like it was supposed to. It was very easy to use. The P Style instruction card advertises that the P Style "eliminates the need for TP", you can just do a few kegels to get rid of the remaining drops, and them off with the back of the P Style, but alas, I didn't feel like that was clean enough so I ended up using toilet paper anyway.

Pulling jeans down and keeping panties on: Pulling the crotch of my panties to one side and putting the P Style in place also worked pretty well. I would have kept my jeans on and just pulled the fly down, but I was wearing women's jeans so the zipper didn't come down far enough. Maybe it would work if I was wearing a pair of men's jeans with one of those big-ass zippers.

Pulling jeans down and keeping boxers on: What if I were GQ/trans and preferred to wear boxers? I donned the only pair of boxers I own, complete with dick-window. I unbuttoned the dick-window, stuck the P Style inside, and peed. It worked. Yay!

I did not try using it out of doors, though it would probably work just as well. I am not an outdoorsy person at all and would only pee in the bushes if I absolutely had to...

The only problem I've found with the P Style is its size. Whereas it's not completely obvious what it's for, I imagine standing at the sink in a public restroom to wash it would get you a few raised eyebrows. It's also too bulky to carry around with you all the time. It's small enough to fit in a bag, a glove compartment, or a really big pocket, but most jeans pockets are too small.

A P Style in the pocket.

I don't have a personal use for it - I'm actually giving it to a blogger friend who camps a lot - but I think it's a great idea, it's affordable, and would be very useful for someone who wanted to pee standing up, but lacks the means to.

Specs:
- Length: 7.5"
- Material: Plastic
- Colors @ Babeland.com: various (you can't pick, unfortunately)
- Price @ Babeland.com: $12

4 out of 5 hearts!

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