These are perfect for not getting your hands dirty!
I participated in a gut biome study a while back and these were part of their stool sample collection kits. I thought they were super nifty and made collecting the stool sample far less disgusting than I'd envisioned it would be.<br />AND THEN<br /><br />My 8 year old kid, who is definitely old enough to know better than to put coins in her mouth, put a quarter in her mouth and then, of course, accidentally swallowed it. She had some chest pain so we went to the ER and had some Xrays where we saw the coin hovering in her esophagus. She ate some food and then we had more Xrays and then we saw it was in her stomach.<br />I know what experienced parents are thinking and yes, *usually* the coins go through with no problem. But this was a quarter and the doc was slightly more concerned about it making its way through her digestive system without getting caught, so we were instructed to check every poop to verify the coin passed.<br />We tried using a metal detector at first, but it is surprisingly cumbersome to dial in to the proper sensitivity and to keep the stupid sensor hovered at just the right distance above the poopy water. Then I remembered using these awesome, fantastic, splendidly wonderful poop hammocks for the gut microbacteria study I'd participated in and, of course, found them on Amazon. Hovering that metal detector over the piles of voided material was easy peasy! It was also much easier to chopstick my way through the patty when we finally got that "beep beep beep" to verify the coin than I imagine it would've been to do in a bowl of water.<br /><br />Anyway, these are great and you should probably just get them if you've come looking for a thing like this.
Rating: 5 stars