The squatty potty is sturdy and generally well made - though one of the holes is a little misaligned. Before the Squatty Potty, I was stuck in the dark ages of bathroom straining, trying to wrestle my way through stubborn situations. Younger children should use a 9" Squatty Potty (with the topper added on the base) while teenage squatters and adults tend to prefer the 7" stool height (without the topper). Products can be shipped to anywhere that has a physical address and can receive packages via UPS Ground.

Another tester, at 5'5" inches, said they loved the 9-inch height and even found themselves wishing for a much higher toilet stool to truly create a deep squat—not unlike this full-squat Poop Stoop. Indeed, positioning ourselves in this way eradicates the need for straining and facilitates easy and effective elimination. All the nooks and crannies make it a poor choice for a highly trafficked bathroom—it gets dirty pretty quickly.But at 7 inches, it is shorter than our folding pick from Squatty Potty, and it has conspicuous branding. Designed with a gentle sloping surface (to place your heels higher than your toes), the Eclipse Stool provides the extra lift to reposition your body in a squat to make it easier to poop. This ‘bend’ is known as the anorectal angle and is held in place by what is known as the puborectalis muscle. These stools offer all the sturdiness of a standard stool but with the added flexibility of folding for travel or storage.

The textured surface ensures a secure grip, and it's easy to clean – a practical feature for maintaining hygiene. Squatters with regular, no-frills bathrooms may opt for more practical and affordable options such as the Original Squatty Potty . Available in colors and materials that will suit any bathroom decor, the well-designed Proppr stool turns a perfunctory accessory into a statement piece. I filleted the corners because I wanted to keep the arc motif that you see in the rest of the piece.

It is only when we squat, lifting our knees higher than our hips, that the anorectal angle is straightened and the puborectalis muscle releases the rectum, allowing complete defecation. This stool being a nice neutral bamboo makes it a great option to fit into almost any bathroom theme.

Whether you have a specific problem you want to tackle or just want to generally improve your bowel heath, the Squatty Potty will help. This means that when the stool isn’t folded up, it sticks farther out from the toilet than stools with deeper cutouts do. Prefer the 7" Height, but someone else in the home requires the 9" Height This Squatty Potty adjusts between both heights with just a flip. Keep this attractive toilet stool tucked under the curve of your toilet base, then slide it out when you need it. This only partially loosens the muscle which means your body has to work harder to completely relieve itself.However, squatting relaxes the puborectalis muscle completely, creating a completely straight pathway that negates the need for pushing or straining and ensures all waste is eliminated effortlessly. Well before purpose-built devices with kitschy brand names and flashy commercials became bathroom staples, I purchased my first toilet stool at a Los Angeles colonic spa (which I’d visited to prepare for a magazine-cover photo shoot, back in my modeling heyday).