Adult diaper

[NewMoon]

Ok, so just took possession of an Acclaim.  Coming out a Meridian where my wife could just climb in the back and use the lady J into a big Gatorade bottle. 

Seems like not an option in the Mooney. My friend and fellow Acclaim owner says his wife uses an adult diaper. My wife lost her s... when presented with this logical option. 

Do other women use them or what alternatives do we have? 

Help Mr. Wizard

[Glen Davis]

A suggestion like that would put my wife in a Pilatus with her next husband. 

[Ragsf15e]

My wife successfully used a lady piddle pack in the Mooney.  Once.  The second time she “missed” and I ended up removing, cleaning and drying the entire interior to make sure we didn’t corrode away the whole damn thing.

[MooneyMitch]

My experience in an Ovation on many cross country adventures..............the Lady J is quite doable, depending on the ability of the female to relocate herself to the back seat area. 

Had some friends, male and female that experimented with diapers.....................results were negative and quite unpleasant.  Continuing the flight afterwards, sitting in the diaper with liquid or other material contained, was an unhappy experience.  If you are really curious, try it at home watching a movie [or whatever]............my bet is your curiosity will be satisfied and the J will appear as a much more positive experience..................warning.....................while the wife is in the back seat.............DO NOT mess around with fun little up and down or slip maneuvers...................you could suffer a serious concussion from a fist, or any other readily available object!  ...............not to mention possible damage to your beautiful interior!!!

[NewMoon]

1 minute ago, MooneyMitch said:

My experience in an Ovation on many cross country adventures..............the Lady J is quite doable, depending on the ability of the female to relocate herself to the back seat area. 

Had some friends, male and female that experimented with diapers.....................results were negative and quite unpleasant.  Continuing the flight afterwards, sitting in the diaper with liquid or other material contained, was an unhappy experience.  If you are really curious, try it at home watching a movie [or whatever]............my bet is your curiosity will be satisfied and the J will appear as a much more positive experience..................warning.....................while the wife is in the back seat.............DO NOT mess around with fun little up and down or slip maneuvers...................you could suffer a serious concussion from a fist, or any other readily available object!  ...............not to mention possible damage to your beautiful interior!!!

Good input, she is petite, very fit and nimble so getting in the back is doable.  Did the lady slide the seat all the way back and slide sideways in the back?

[MooneyMitch]

11 minutes ago, NewMoon said:

Good input, she is petite, very fit and nimble so getting in the back is doable.  Did the lady slide the seat all the way back and slide sideways in the back?

"That ain't no lady.  That's my wife", from the Dick Van Dyke TV show many years ago.........

All seriousness aside.......................there was no need to move the front seat at all.  Just maneuver to the back seat and straddle the J squatting sideways, one foot on the floor and the other on the seat.  Use your imagination for a fun site picture if you will..........  double .

We normally carried lots of water and a food bag full of yummy stuff, so stops were only for fuel.  Worked out very well.

 

 

[alextstone]

My wife goes using a lady J in the front seat.  She 5'4" and 135lbs.  It's not as hard as you might think.

[donkaye]

Here's an idea; limit your legs to 2½ hours.  Never had a bathroom issue with that.  New airports, new experiences.  Quick stops, get out and stretch your legs.  You're refreshed for the next leg.

[ArtVandelay]

Here's an idea; limit your legs to 2½ hours.  Never had a bathroom issue with that.  New airports, new experiences.  Quick stops, get out and stretch your legs.  You're refreshed for the next leg.

Except you’re going to lose a 1/2 hour or more making a pit stop.

I have no experience, but think you would use a diaper as a backup in case you have an accident.

[NewMoon]

36 minutes ago, MooneyMitch said:

"That ain't no lady.  That's my wife", from the Dick Van Dyke TV show many years ago.........

All seriousness aside.......................there was no need to move the front seat at all.  Just maneuver to the back seat and straddle the J squatting sideways, one foot on the floor and the other on the seat.  Use your imagination for a fun site picture if you will..........  double .

We normally carried lots of water and a food bag full of yummy stuff, so stops were only for fuel.  Worked out very well.

 

 

excellent,  i can visually make that out. the one foot down, knee on the seat is the key. thx

[NewMoon]

33 minutes ago, alextstone said:

My wife goes using a lady J in the front seat.  She 5'4" and 135lbs.  It's not as hard as you might think.

super, mine is 2" taller, same size so great input. Thx!

[NewMoon]

30 minutes ago, donkaye said:

Here's an idea; limit your legs to 2½ hours.  Never had a bathroom issue with that.  New airports, new experiences.  Quick stops, get out and stretch your legs.  You're refreshed for the next leg.

yeh, chatting about that option as well..thx 

[MooneyMitch]

Lots of options mentioned here............there's always more than one way to skin a cat...........so they say!!

[Niko182]

1 hour ago, NewMoon said:

My wife lost her s... when presented with this logical option.

Shocker. Who would've guessed.

[donkaye]

5 hours ago, ArtVandelay said:

Except you’re going to lose a 1/2 hour or more making a pit stop.

I have no experience, but think you would use a diaper as a backup in case you have an accident.

What's wrong with losing a half hour versus the bathroom issues discussed above?

[MikeOH]

NONE of these 'ideas' would be mentioned to my wife... I value my life.

We LAND and use real restrooms.  Happily married for 37 years...plan to keep it that way

[laytonl]

2 hours ago, donkaye said:

Here's an idea; limit your legs to 2½ hours.  Never had a bathroom issue with that.  New airports, new experiences.  Quick stops, get out and stretch your legs.  You're refreshed for the next leg.

^ this^
 

My wife has been flying with me for 47 years and 2.5-3.0 hours is her limit.  Solo, I’ll do slight longer legs, but also want to stop at 3.5 hours.  Lee

[kortopates]

Make it fun for your wife or you'll be flying solo in short order. 

My wife and I are both pilots and we generally stick to the 2.5 to 3.0 hrs.

Occasionally there is a need to fly longer legs but that's only when we're flying internationally such as in CENAM and want to avoid landing in some countries where a stop would be super expensive; then she is just as committed to it - but never with diaper! But here in the US, in my opinion, there is no reason to suggest saving a 1/2 hour at the discomfort of your passenger. Stops are part of the adventure and we welcome them.

[Ragsf15e]

3 hours ago, MooneyMitch said:

My experience in an Ovation on many cross country adventures..............the Lady J is quite doable, depending on the ability of the female to relocate herself to the back seat area. 

Had some friends, male and female that experimented with diapers.....................results were negative and quite unpleasant.  Continuing the flight afterwards, sitting in the diaper with liquid or other material contained, was an unhappy experience.  If you are really curious, try it at home watching a movie [or whatever]............my bet is your curiosity will be satisfied and the J will appear as a much more positive experience..................warning.....................while the wife is in the back seat.............DO NOT mess around with fun little up and down or slip maneuvers...................you could suffer a serious concussion from a fist, or any other readily available object!  ...............not to mention possible damage to your beautiful interior!!!

Ha! I pushed over a little once when I knew my wso was peeing.  I was looking in the mirror to see his expression.  Was hilarious.  Luckily he couldn’t reach me to hit me, but unluckily, he threw some stuff at me including the (thankfully sealed) piddle pack.

[MikeOH]

7 minutes ago, Ragsf15e said:

Ha! I pushed over a little once when I knew my wso was peeing.

Ah, so that's why they're called Whizzos

[Shadrach]

12 hours ago, NewMoon said:

super, mine is 2" taller, same size so great input. Thx!

Stop bragging…

[bcg]

14 hours ago, donkaye said:

Here's an idea; limit your legs to 2½ hours.  Never had a bathroom issue with that.  New airports, new experiences.  Quick stops, get out and stretch your legs.  You're refreshed for the next leg.

3.5  - 4 hours is about as long as I can physically stand to be in the plane, which works well with the 5.5 hour fuel endurance of my C.  That seems to be a sweet spot for bathroom breaks for me as well.  I'm with you though, it's a lot more pleasant if we just land, stretch our legs, get some fuel and use a flushing toilet.

[dzeleski]

We use these: https://www.amazon.com/Travel-John-Resealable-Disposable-Urinal/dp/B07Y5QSXQZ

Whether or not its acceptable for her I have no idea but my other half uses these without any problems. I limit my legs to 3-4 hours as I personally like to see 2 hours of fuel left in the tanks after landing.

[Hank]

25 minutes ago, bcg said:

3.5  - 4 hours is about as long as I can physically stand to be in the plane, which works well with the 5.5 hour fuel endurance of my C.  That seems to be a sweet spot for bathroom breaks for me as well.  I'm with you though, it's a lot more pleasant if we just land, stretch our legs, get some fuel and use a flushing toilet.

Yeah, me too.

If I mentioned using a diaper to my wife, I'm afraid of what her response might be . . . .

[Danb]

We generally flew 5-6 hours in our Bravo with LR tanks, I’ve used the travel John once or twice, Fran has never needed to, luckily.  The Acclaim doesn’t have LR tanks so we’re 4-5 hours now. If she wants to stop we will. We’re planning on a cross country out west next week, my longest leg will be near 4 hours. If I know I have the travel johns I won’t need them so make sure they’re with me.