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watch Dragons Den and see if you can spot Patrick with his idea.
SMELLY TOILET!
For those of ...
Re: Bank Holiday MONDAY (Watch Dragons Den...) Its our mate PATRICK on the show !!
I cant tell you how he does. But his idea is a loo which sucks down the smell of your very smelly poo's and saves you the embarrassment of having to own up.
Its a white china lav with a built in electric motor that sorts out those nasty niffs.
Does Mrs P have such issues? Has Deborah M been at the mercy of a nasty one. Will Peter Jones see potential or poo-tential.. Will Theo take a shine to the idea or will James Caan just can the can. Lets wait n see !!
Re: Bank Holiday MONDAY (Watch Dragons Den...) Its our mate PATRICK on the show !!
I remember reading years ago about a drug the japanese developed that makes your poo smell nice and was available in a range of pleasing odours. Haven't heard of it since.
Re: Bank Holiday MONDAY (Watch Dragons Den...) Its our mate PATRICK on the show !!
Thought their was a toilet seat with unit in it,better really as you only have to fit new seat,not complete loo but as extractor fans are in bathroom ,think did not catch on
Anyway its so crowded in London ,one of the few times I manage to get a bit of space
Maybe a portable version would be better,then you can use it when you let 'one go' when nervous,like in doctors surgeries /when doing a quote or making mad ,passionate love to the miss's while making up,after 12 pints with the lads and a indian on the way home
Re: Bank Holiday MONDAY (Watch Dragons Den...) Its our mate PATRICK on the show !!
They might have got all these rejections but I think Patrick and Jim were doing really well and the idea is neat, too ... wouldn't surprise me if that was the standard type toilet system eventually ..
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Well there we are!
So Patrick didnt get his investment but I wonder what happens next and if he earns enough from it to give up the tools and his day job as a plasterer...
Re: Bank Holiday MONDAY (Watch Dragons Den...) Its our mate PATRICK on the show !!
not a bad idea and it must have been edited so didn't explain fully but one question I have is if it connects to the soil stack then you are venting the stack straight into the room
also the toilets they had on display were choosen because they could be fitted to them, most modern floor standing WC have no where near that amount of space behind them to fit such a gadget
A shame, i think it might have legs but might need some work
Did you all see that power8 toolbox that has been mentioned on here before, again a nice product but again has problems, the tools aren't good enough for a pro (did you hear how gutless they where?) and also too high a price for the DIY market
Last edited by Colour Republic; 30-08-2010 at 09:10 PM.
Re: Bank Holiday MONDAY (Watch Dragons Den...) Its our mate PATRICK on the show !!
I went on Dragons' Den to propose my idea of a new type of artificial football turf, but I didn't get any investment because the pitch wasn't good enough.
Re: Bank Holiday MONDAY (Watch Dragons Den...) Its our mate PATRICK on the show !!
Wonder if the idea of supporting an idea that is full of poo frightened off the dragons?
Cant help but feel that as a marketing ploy - getting yourself rejected on Dragons Den is a good way of getting other investors interested, and selling more of your product.
I suspect this idea is already guaranteed a market after this appearance. Good luck to him!
Re: Bank Holiday MONDAY (Watch Dragons Den...) Its our mate PATRICK on the show !!
Originally Posted by macten
I went on Dragons' Den to propose my idea of a new type of artificial football turf, but I didn't get any investment because the pitch wasn't good enough.
Re: Bank Holiday MONDAY (Watch Dragons Den...) Its our mate PATRICK on the show !!
Whatever the outcome in the Den, it is great marketing... about the toilet, refinements to the design can always be made to make it suitable overall, but they'll have to be quick because once and idea is out there it will be easy for richer companies develop this before you can say poo??? Thinking of air borne bacteria in hospitals.. this could be a sound idea...
I was suprised by the enthusiasm shown for the toolset, nobody tried the tools, nobody tried to break it... makes you wonder...
Re: Bank Holiday MONDAY (Watch Dragons Den...) Its our mate PATRICK on the show !!
Thing is that on the face of it, its a good idea,
But cut out the entire commercial market, and your left with domestic.
Now again on the face of it still not a bad idea, when you consider, alot of new builds are three storey so like mine have three toilets and three extractors.
But the missus hit the nail on the head when she pointed out that with a toilet and basin this toilet extractor is all you need.
But.
My ground floor has a toilet and basin, so this would be fine.
My mid floor also has a bath and no windows like most three storeys, so it needs a ceiling / wall extrator anyay so the toilet one would be an extra not replacement.
My top floor has a shower and no window so again ceiling / wall extractor is needed, so again this would be an extra to a fan not a replacement.
So your already down to a third only.
Coupled with the fact that the builders will buy huge quantitys of the extractors, and will be getting them cheap anyway.
Your probably out of the new build market two, leaving the market as basically what they came up with, toilet under stairs, this must be a small, small market.
If only they had gone in with a more powerfull version, for the commercial purposes then it would have been a different ball game.
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