Transparent toilets - your worst nightmare?

No, not for me!

I went to a loo in Brussels where you couldn’t see in to the cubicle but once seated you could clearly see out?.
I got stage fright!
It was truly weird.

Japanese toilets are amazing and I’d rather have one of these than some of the disgusting loos in public places here. If you’ve been to the top of the Shard building in London their loos have floor to ceiling windows so you can see out when you are on the loo - no chance of being overlooked. They do have blinds you can pull though.

I can’t understand why anyone would want to be anything other than private when using the loo! I’d be worried that the opacity, or whatever it’s called, in those “modern” toilets might fail. I too have had bad dreams about using a loo with no door/a clear glass door. I am a very private person in many respects and definitely have body issues and I think those dreams are reminding me of that fact.

This is one of my nightmares come true.
A regular nightmare is being desperate to spend a penny, being unable to find a loo and when I eventually find one it has no door and is facing a public footpath.

Have you read the thread properly, Saetana? If you had, you’ll have seen that people have concerns as to the technology behind this.

Did anyone actually read this properly? The toilets become opaque once the door is locked!

How about what they're doing in Amsterdam ? Plant pots to pee in to save it being done in the streets. There must be arrangements of floral pots which surround the city/town specially equipped for said use. For men obviously.

The first time I used one of those train toilets I didn’t lock the door: thankfully I only realised as I was leaving. And another time I put my coat in the sink not realising that it would automatically turn the water on. Went back to my seat with a wet coat.

I have never heard of anything so ridiculous. What happens for instance if the "technology" fails - how embarrassing.

But many years ago I was on a toilet on the train and I ended up locked in as the door had jammed shut, and I was knocking for over 10 minutes to explain to someone and the guard who was checking peoples tickets came to the rescue, and from that moment on, i am afraid of locking any toilet door if is the type of lock that is not a manual one. Not only was it a frightening experience but I could have lost my stop in getting off the train. So can appreciate someone not liking lifts for the same reason if their lift had broken down, its a panic thing.

I have always been very wary of those superloos as their doors can open at any moment. I find the idea of transparent glass even worse even if it does turn opaque while in use. I'm sure some sort of outline would still be visible. I know that oversharing is all too common these days but this takes things to a new level. It could only have been thought up by a man.

Complete privacy needed for me in public toilets. I wouldn't trust any of the see through types. They could go wrong and stay see through.

I don't use trains much but as DD lives in Glasgow and I just outside London I have done that journey a few times. I get very nervous of the curved sliding doors as it is quite difficult to be sure you have locked them securely. Thankfully no embarassing mishaps yet but seen others get it wrong!

A friend’s daughter went into one of these whacky loos in a restaurant in London some few years ago. Apparently when the light goes on the glass becomes opaque She didn’t realise this and turned it off thinking no one would see her. Much amusement & tittering apparently as she exited
I would have to find alternative facilities! I won’t use those all singing all dancing all self washing loos since DD told me the door opens automatically after a certain time spent within . Nor do I use train loos. The door is too far away to stick your foot against it

My initial reaction is a definite no but I guess it depends on how desperate you are !

Have none of you, especially Londoners, ever heard of The Cellar Door, in the Aldwych district of Central London? www.cellardoor.biz/ They boast the sexiest toilets in London.

It used to be a subterranean gents toilets and was converted to a bar & lounge about twenty odd years ago. One wall is made up of a clever mix of mirrors to give the place the impression of a larger dimension.

They really do have some rocking good nights in there and as for those sexy toilets: There are just two unisex cubicles, both have clear view glass doors, lock the door and the glass goes opaque. I have to admit it is freaky the first time you use them, but they have become quite famous, or is that infamous?

Kentmaid that reminds me of when we moved into this house. The main bathroom was decorated with a gigantic mural of a railway with Noddy & Big Ears, and sundry creatures as passengers.

One of the first things I did was send my Dh out to buy a large pot of magnolia emulsion paint to decorate over it, because being watched at my toilette by those characters was the stuff of nightmares! ? ? ?

Many years ago, we visited my DD living in a student shared house.
I was in a hurry to visit the loo (it had been a long journey) dived in and sat quickly. Then I realised lights had come on and there was an uncurtained window onto a public pathway.
Yikes
No, it was OK.
It was a very clever and realistically 3D painted wall. The loo was completely surrounded by other rooms so no windows with is why the lights came on automatically.
Still took some time getting used to it though. Glad when she moved.

Lordy.
A toilet is the one place l want total privacy.
No glass, automation, coloured lights or whatever.
Just a solid full length door with a good bolt on it.
And fir once in my life, l would like a clean loo that actually has toilet paper ready to hand.

I’ve now learnt to carefully check the bathroom set up in a hotel, after inadvertently booking one with a very open plan set up. That was bad enough with the DH.....

As for using a public loo where ‘only’ your silhouette shows - absolutely not!

Maw that’s the stuff of nightmares! ?

Have come across bathrooms in the middle of hotel rooms in China with the same glass. Still made my husband sit and face the corner while I used the loo, very off putting.

@Marjgran, please be very careful when using a nettle patch.... I speak from painful experience ?? one very cold night on the way home from a pub (many moons ago) I nipped in a field that was frosty. When I got home and started to warm up I realised I had stung myself where nobody wants to be stung ?.
Not a pleasant experience!!
I would be concerned the glass wouldn't turn opaque quickly enough once I was inside. How would you know?
The public toilets in my town are really not pleasant. If and when I decide to venture out again I will continue to use the toilets in shops.

That’ll be a nope!

I’ve stayed in two hotels with glass-walled en-suites. One kind of lit up when occupied (you could choose the colour you wanted ) but you could still definitely see that someone as in there.

The other bathroom had an opaque strip around the mid section area but it was clear at the top and lower levels. We were on holiday with my dd and her friend so I made them have that room while we had the more conventional room.

Can anyone understand the fashion for having bath tubs in bedrooms? It’s beyond me.