Wednesday, May 07, 2008

Product of the Year Candidate that You Can Actually Use



Dauber's World is sometimes criticized (unfairly) that the Dauber's World Product of the Year Awards often go to products that no one would ever actually use like the wine rack (though Dauber's World would still love to see more women using the 2007 Product of the Year award winner). Dauber's World is, if nothing else, a man of the people so in the spirit of providing you (the presumably loyal reader) with something useful Dauber's World presents the Travel John.

Before even describing the product (which is probably somewhat obvious anyways) Dauber's World wants to give kudos to the graphic designer who came up with the genius logo for Travel John (pictured). Not only are the traditional bathroom logos squeezing their legs together (presumably because they need to pee) you can see sweat coming from their heads! Ahh yes -- everyone has been there at some point in their life. Dauber's World feels your pain.

Travel John actually has a few products, but look at the description of the bread-and-butter disposable urinal product:

Each Bag is made of strong plastic, that is puncture resistant and contains our Revolutionary LIQSORB® polymer pouch that solidifies liquids instantly into a Leak-proof, odorless, spill-proof gel that is non-toxic and safe for disposal in any waste bin.

Other features include a "unisex adapter" (does Dauber's World even need to make a sarcastic remark here? This is the best ever use of that phrase) as well as a volume indicator and spill guard.

Right now you're probably thinking that it couldn't possibly get any better, but it does. They actually have (Dauber's World is not making this up) a video demonstrating how it works (note you have to hit the pause button, then play to see the video on the site)! Whoever designed this product actually thought quite a bit about the problem and did a commendable job devising an almost perfect solution. The real downside of the product is that there's no way to discretely use it. Just think of how much more useful this would be if it could be used without anyone knowing that you were using it. Imagine being stuck in a meeting and needing to go to the bathroom, but you can't leave (for whatever reason). The way the disposable urinal is currently designed doesn't afford you the ability to use it in that situation. Solving this problem would certainly catapult Travel John into the class of other life-changing inventions such as the steam engine, the light bulb, the airplane, penicillin, the transistor and internet porn.

2 comments:

Paabiker said...

As we know, social norms change rapidly. It was not too long ago that breast feeding in public was taboo. All it takes is a good marketing director to establish discreet use of his product in public places.

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