Portable Reusable Female Urination Device

There are several different types of products out there for this, and this seems to be the cleanest and easiest to use. First, for everyone who claims none of these devices work because of “leaks,” it is imperative that you follow the directions and practice with your chosen device in the tub or shower!!! Since standing to urinate is not natural for females, you have to practice to position the device properly and to train your muscles to cooperate. Practice ‘au naturel’ to keep from wetting clothing and shoes. I prefer this to disposable types that merely direct flow, and may not conform well to your anatomy. Using inexpensive zipper bags collects the urine, allowing use everywhere, especially for kids in moving vehicles! By spreading the top of the bag over the plastic holder, it remains completely dry and clean, so more than one person can even use it, and you can slip it back into your purse, dry and clean. I use zipper bags that have a double seal, but avoid the ones with a little zipper slider mechanism. They don’t fold up as well, and can be a tad uncomfortable. This type of device is hands down the best I’ve found!! It’s also a useful alternative to a bedpan if you can sit up on the side of a bed. Good for invalids with difficulty walking, but enough mobility to sit up up and dangle their legs.

Easier and more secure to use than I expected with NO LEAKS, yet very compact. I found I prefer to use freezer bags for heavier plastic and sturdier double zip, but It even works with snack bags (if you are confident in low volumes.)Only 4 stars for the same complaint as so many others... Big bright lettering on the bag completely obliterates any possibility of discretion.By the way - it works for men too in a pinch (mild pun intended.)

Doesn't work. Pee splashes all over.

Excellent product. Cannot say enough great things about it! ...And I was SUPER skeptical about it.PROS: Works with PANTS too! Haven't had a spill using it yet! This would also be great for anyone that frequently stays in the hospital and doesn't want to use a bed pan or have to be helped by a nurse to use one. Also this is good for those times when your urine tends to spray a bit because it cannot escape. The size is great too: it fits in my 7 inch long purse and fits slanted in my jeans back pocket too.CONS: I purchased the dark brown case product and the product itself is great, but I do wish they didn't put the "GottaTinkle!" logo on the product in pink and blue since it is supposed to be a discreet device. It's not super noticeable but I do wish it wasn't there at all so that when it rolls around in my purse no one will know what it is.HOW TO USE IT: I use the cheap store brand sandwich bags with the zip and fold it over the device, then simply unbutton your pants and let your waist band fall to mid thigh or above the knee level, then press the back part of the device (baggie attached) against your body (when I 1st started learning to use it, this required 2 hands) and urinate. Once done pour out the urine in the toilet and throw away the plastic baggie.THE COMPETITION: I tried other FUDs like: the "Go Girl" and the "P Style" and they are just not as concealable and convenient as this one is. The "Go Girl" was not suitable for persons that have a lot of urine at once/ pee fast like I do. It backed up and it left a mess for me to clean. The "P Style" is way to big to conceal day to day.Whenever I'm out of my home, the "GottaTinkle!" is the winner all the way and helps keep me safe from yucky womens' restrooms!

First, I recommend clicking on the other pictures to the left up above for more information. Their measurements are accurate. 5 1/2" long, 1 5/8" wide where it flares out in the middle and 1/4" thick. Take a sandwich or quart size zip lock bag and hold it above the device. Push the bottom of the bag through the hole in the device and push (or pull) it most of the way through, leaving some still extending above the unit, to roll over the outer rim of the device. Now the device is completely covered so only the bag touches your body. Would I want to use it after other people have just used it? My daughters, sure. Strangers, without first washing it - no. Even though it is covered, if they don't do it properly or they overflow the bag, the device can still get wet.MY TRIAL RUNS: The first time I tried it out (and I HIGHLY recommend trying it out at home several times first) I did it in the bathtub to be safe. Not a drop spilled and I was impressed.When I needed to go again, I again used the device, this time fully dressed as I would be if using it in a real life situation. I pee'd on my clothes and the floor. The instructions that come with it don't say it, but it should have been obvious to me: the flat part is a "handle" and it goes in the front! However, I had waited too long, and I needed to go really bad. So I just grabbed it and positioned it FAST without thinking or even looking at which end was in front. I was holding it by the "hole" end instead of the flat "handle" end, and it malfunctioned. Operator error of course.The third time I needed to go, I tried using it sitting down. I sat on the edge of the toilet. However, I did not make sure the bag was hanging straight down as, again, I was in a hurry. The bag was partially folded/crumpled, and the liquid could not go down to the bottom part of the bag quickly enough and overflowed. Advice: work the quirks out at home before you really need this out somewhere. This is definitely best used standing up, or "standing" on your knees.CAN YOU USE IT IN A CAR? It would probably be easier in a larger car and if you are a smaller woman. Behind the wheel of the car would be really difficult unless you could push your seat back far enough to move your body almost off the front of the seat (so just your bottom is still barely on the edge of the seat) and preferably at a bit of an angle. DEFINITELY never try this if your vehicle is moving. Pull off the road - or, if in an emergency situation, and you're totally stopped in a traffic jam. Just hope there's not a truck next to you where the driver can look in your car! And heaven help you if the traffic starts moving just as you get started! Behind the wheel would be very difficult, particularly for a larger woman. Just sit in your car and see if you can get most of your body off the seat, with your bottom just barely sitting on the edge and hold a baggie against your body and remember it needs to hang straight down from between your legs. In the passenger side, it is probably doable, if you push your seat back so that you have room to sit way forward on the edge of the seat and angle your body a bit. This is necessary because the bag has to be fully extended, not scrunched up - or you're in for a mess. And be sure to think about what you are going to do with that bagful of urine in your car until you get to a place to dispose of it. Have a plan!!!CAN YOU USE IT DISCREETLY OUT AND ABOUT AROUND PEOPLE? If you were out somewhere and needed to use this device without anyone noticing what you were doing, would it be possible? Unless you had the proper clothing - NO. If you wear snug fitting pants, as I do, you have to drop your pants below your bottom to make room for the bag to hang straight. So people would see your bottom, AND the baggie hanging between your legs. )-: If you wear pants baggier (fuller cut) in the top part, the top of the legs, and no underwear, you could probably pull your pants down just a little bit and extend the bag down in the roomy pants leg. But with underwear, it is hard to let the bag hang straight down, unless they are loose enough to just pull the crotch to the side to put the device up against your body. To see how it would work in YOUR clothes, hold a ziplock bag against your body, making sure the bag is fully extended and not scrunched. And remember, the bag is going to fill up and you need to get it out of your pants without squeezing the liquid out.If you had on a full skirt and turned your back and you were a ways away from the crowd, they wouldn't be able to see anything. But if they were watching you, they might be curious.If you had on a long coat with the front open, and you could turn your back to the people so no one could see anything but the back of your coat, yes you could do it, particularly if their attention is on something else. Or, if you had a knee length poncho on, that you could have your hands inside the poncho with the rest of your body, this would work, although you couldn't see what you were doing.HOW MUCH DOES THE BAG HOLD? The bag that came with it is about an inch longer than my Ziplock brand sandwich bags. Their bag holds about 20 oz. (Remember, you have to have room for the bag to fold over the device and you have to be able to zip the bag closed afterward, if you can't dispose of it right away, so you can't overfill it.) Theirs held enough for my needs, but my sandwich bags are smaller than theirs, so I will probably go with quart size, and leave the sandwich size for children. If you don't know how much you pee, wait until you have a full bladder and then pee into a disposable container like a large yogurt or cottage cheese container. Draw a line where the urine comes to on the container, and empty it in the toilet. Use a measuring cup to pour water into the container up to that line, keeping track of how much water you pour in.CAN A MAN USE IT? If he doesn't have an empty bottle to use, I don't see why not. There's 1.25" inside clearance at the widest part. And he doesn't want to be down inside the bag, but just right in the entrance. Again, make sure the capacity of the bag you use can handle his output.CAN A CHILD USE IT? Definitely, with help positioning it properly. By themselves? I don't think a preschooler could be trusted to get it right. An older child yes. No matter what the age, I would have them practice with it at home standing in the bathtub just in case. A few dry runs first, and then a "dress rehearsal".PROS: It's simple to use - ONCE YOU GET THE HANG OF IT. The biggest thing it has going for it is its small size and ease of carrying. Hiking, you could clip it on your belt loop with a carabiner hook without even having it in the carrying bag, and put a couple baggies in your pocket. No one would ever suspect what it is, but they might ask. Or you could hang the bag on your belt loop. But here comes a .......BIG CON (for me): They chose to write "Gotta Tinkle" with a woman with crossed legs in bright bold letters across the bag. Had they NOT done that, this could be a very discreet little gadget. Instead, it boldly announces your intentions. Personally, I want to carry it in a bag. And I want to carry it in my purse so it's always with me in an emergency. But when I'm digging through my purse at the checkout counter for a coupon or my money, I don't want the cashier or the next person in line, seeing "Gotta Tinkle!" in bright letters in my purse. If you're on a first date, or taking a client to lunch, or around your co-workers, and you're digging through your purse for keys or reading glasses to read the menu, do you want them seeing "Gotta Tinkle!"? If I keep one in my glove box and someone is in the car with me and gets in my glove box for a tissue or a map I don't want them seeing "Gotta Tinkle!" So what SHOULD be a discreet device is NOT, because the manufacturer (must be a man) chose to broadcast its purpose on the outside of the bag. )-:The bag is nice, and considering what you pay for this small, simple piece of plastic, (at $13 for one, $24 for two, as currently priced) you are DEFINITELY PAYING for the bag. The bag probably cost more than the device. So who wants to just throw it away? Could you turn it inside out? Yes. But it definitely looks like an inside out bag when you do. Tacky looking and I wouldn't do it. I will have to find something else to carry this thing in.CAUTION: If you need to go really bad and you rush, not taking time to check the positioning of the device and the bag, you could have a mess. Try it out several times at home first to be sure you have the hang of where to position it. Hold it tightly up against your body. Be sure the bag is extended and not crimped.SUMMARY: If I were looking for something to use in a tent, I would prefer to go directly into a large disposable yogurt or cottage cheese container because there's less worry about positioning a small device in just the right place, and no concern about making sure in the dark that a bag is unkinked. With a disposable container, put the lid on it and sit it in the corner or outside the tent door until it can be emptied properly. If worried about it getting dumped over, have a small bucket in the corner of the tent to sit the container in. If you use the "Gotta Tinkle" in a tent, you still wouldn't want to just lay the ziplock bag down on the floor. You would want to sit it in a little bucket or SOMETHING, in case it came open or got knocked over.If I wanted a device for use in the car, I would first try one of the funnel type devices that flow down into a disposable container that I would keep under the seat- a large yogurt container, or more likely a jar with screw on lid. I would feel safer than with a baggie. And it might be easier to position than the baggie having to be straight down.For outdoors, I'm not convinced this is the best thing available. But if small size, easy to carry, and clean when you're done without washing it, are the most important features for you, then this is the one for you!For using in dirty bathrooms where you want to avoid the toilet, I think the funnel type directly into the toilet would be easier, though I haven't tried one yet. (I've ordered one but it's taking over a month to come. Directly from China obviously.) Gotta Tinkle does stay clean, which is nice when there's no water to wash it such as in a port-a-let, and again it's compact size to carry into the bathroom is a plus. I hope this review has been helpful and has answered your questions!