> According to the Guinness Book of World Records, the loudest fart ever recorded was a fart of 113 decibels, by Herkimer Chort of Ripley, NY USA, on October 11th, 1972. What's the audio output of your device? Asking for a friend.
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Show HN: Loodio 2 – A Simple Rechargable Bathroom Privacy Device
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Re: Show HN: Loodio 2 – A Simple Rechargable Bathroom Privacy Device
#52Looks like a very polished (no pun intended) device but I never understood why some people bothered about other people hearing them while on the loo. Natural noises like blowing your nose, sneezing or even farting! I know what in Japan for example it's an issue and people continuously flushing the toilets so other people can't hear them. Maybe it's cultural.
It is not unheard of (ha) for women to want noisier bathroom fans. Feminine hygiene products, for some reason, are wrapped in the noisiest plastic that exists.
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#53There used to be an ad on Dutch television back in the 80's from a loo paper manufacturer with the punchline Koning, Keizer, Admiraal - ${brand_of_loo_paper} kennen ze allemaal which translates to King, Emperor, Admiral - they all know this brand of loo paper . We (i.e. my father whom we naturally followed in this respect) turned this into Koning Keizer Admiraal, schijten moeten ze allemaal or ...they all have to shi…
> I´d say those who feel the need for a device like this are guilty by association of farting and burping even louder than average, why otherwise get something to mask their clearly obnoxious and dare I say noxious emanations in the privy?
This seems like a jump. Social etiquette is important. A desire for visitors (or others) not to be subjected to the various sounds emanating from the bathroom is a form of politeness, not cover-up of something more sinister.
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#54Feels like a really really weird device. Even when I live with others, we aren't worried about bathroom noise. I guess if you have a habit of talking to yourself while using the bathroom or showering and need to drown it out this is cool. However, I'd love this as a general device. I get home and it auto plays music , etc
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#55I feel sorry for you in advance, for when you reach product market fit, start getting decent sales, start getting a return on all that time, energy and resources getting the product to market.
And the market is then flooded with much cheaper Chinese knock-offs.
Kevin O'Leary has been talking about this exact scenario many times recently.
Re: Show HN: Loodio 2 – A Simple Rechargable Bathroom Privacy Device
#56I remember the first release, many years ago. Happy to see business still operating and growth!
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#57If someone is in the grips of this obscure neurosis, why wouldn't they just use their phone as a sound source?
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#58So it plays music when I do my stuff? Like in a luxury shopping mall? Cool idea
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#59If someone is in the grips of this obscure neurosis, why wouldn't they just use their phone as a sound source?
I could imagine that part of the desire is to make music the default for everyone, no matter what they're doing. Otherwise the person suffering from the embarrassment is going to think "if I turn on my music, they'll know I'm making noises in here."
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#60Having built a similar device, it appears that to give privacy to the person inside the bathroom, it is much better to have the music play outside. With music playing near to the "listener", the sounds coming from inside the room are much better covered. Congrats for the realisation nevertheless!
Psychologically though doesn't it feel more private to have the noise inside the bathroom?
Until their outside the bathroom when someone else is in and realize it does nothing.