Relieving in flight

Ok guys, this has probably been covered in older posts but what are you all using regarding urinary relief on long flights? Ive used gallon ziplock bags in the past but whats your experience with cathaters. What brand and how are they.

In my LAK17a, I use Coloplast Conveen Optima condom catheters connected to tubing (via two one way valves) and a 4 liter collection bag behind my seat.. I keep the bag in a waterproof outer bag "just in case)" You need to empty and rinse the bag every flight (obviously).

There are long and short versions of the condom catheters. I find the shorts hold just fine and are much easier to remove.

I'm pretty happy with that set up. It is a bit more convenient to have the tube run outside your glider via an external hole (as it did in my PW-5) but you do end up with a dirty glider and getting urine corrosion on any parts it hits / gets sucked up into.

Lou

I like the "overboard" option. There's a few guys I would have liked to "pee" on thermalling below me lol.

I recall hearing on the radio several years back someone informing
someone else that he had a yellow icicle extending aft from his rudder.

I use the Coloplast with a urinary drainage bag, too.Â* I just lay it on
the cockpit floor between my knees so I have a short straight tube and
less chance of things getting jammed up.Â* The bag has its own anti
reflux valve so there's no need for the fancy connectors in my setup.Â*
Unfortunately the last time I ordered I was told that they're no longer
in production.Â* I'll be needing another source or product.

On 12/20/2017 8:21 PM, wrote:
I like the "overboard" option. There's a few guys I would have liked to "pee" on thermalling below me lol.

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whats your experience with cathaters.

The external catheters use an adhesive. Selective manscaping pays off at the end of the day.

Gees, I dont know if I like that "adhesive" idea.

On Wednesday, December 20, 2017 at 7:29:42 PM UTC-8, wrote:
Gees, I dont know if I like that "adhesive" idea.

I wouldn't want to use anything but an external catheter plumbed to the outside world, preferably in a system that the urine does not contact the glider. Seems best to install a conduit to push a tube attached to the catheter through, extending it beyond the laminar flow.
Using a "hand-held device" while driving a car is considered bad. It should be at least as bad while flying?
The adhesive is far less sticky than a "band aid".
Jim

Several options available in addition to the adhesive condom catheters.

1. Inflatable condom catheters. Reusable and non-adhesive.

2. Zip lock bags with adsorbant pads. These work well if you are not needing to urinate on all flights, but want something in case you need one.

Non adhesive conveens with a little velcro tie wrap. Dont laugh - Ive been using that for over 30 years with no inflight mishaps - and I re-use the conveens many times. Rinse, hang to dry, dust inside and out with a very small amount of talc and roll up over a tube sized to give just a little stretch. A box of 30 lasts about a decade (I'm on my third). Too much information??

On Thursday, December 21, 2017 at 4:01:31 AM UTC, JS wrote:
Seems best to install a conduit to push a tube attached to the catheter through, extending it beyond the laminar flow.

How far out do you need to go for the urine to miss the glider?

Transfix external catheters, with an external tube (from the BGA website for the Brits) work well for me.

Paul