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How to choose the right urinal screen

Five steps to the screen that fits your restroom.

A restroom should look clean and smell fresh every day. The urinal screen is a small detail that makes a big difference. The right screen keeps the urinal fresh, reduces splashback onto the floor and walls, and saves cleaning time. These five steps help you choose it.

  1. 1TrafficHow busy is the restroom?
  2. 2Splash protectionHow well does it stop splashback?
  3. 3FragranceHow long, how strong, which color?
  4. 4EvidenceAre the claims proven?
  5. 5Urinal typeWhat size and type?

How busy is your restroom?

Start with traffic. The more visitors, the more the screen has to handle.

High traffic

Restaurants, bars, airports, shopping malls

60+ days of fragrance and dense anti-splash bristles. ëkcoscreen 60+ costs about the same per day as a 30-day screen. Choose xcrën HD 60+ when the look of the restroom matters too.

Standard traffic

Monthly maintenance

Up to 30 days of fragrance with patented anti-splash bristles. Made for monthly changes.

Budget option

Lower traffic, offices and smaller facilities

They contain less material, so they cost less and their fragrance is lighter. üro lite still has long patented anti-splash bristles. basic scrëen protects the drain from debris but has no anti-splash bristles.

Splash protection: less splashback, less cleaning

Urine that splashes outside the urinal is unpleasant for visitors and means more cleaning. Dense bristles catch the stream and keep the area around the urinal cleaner. ëkcoscreen 60+, xcrën HD 60+, powër screen and üro lite use Sealed Bristles Technology™, our patented anti-splash system.

95%

of the ëkcoscreen 60+ surface covered with patented anti-splash bristles

Blue ëkcoscreen urinal screen in a shield shape with splash-control bristles, seen from above on a black background

92%

of the xcrën HD 60+ surface covered with patented anti-splash bristles

Blue xcrën HD urinal screen in an X shape with splash-control bristles, seen from above on a black background

Fragrance: how long, how strong, which color

How long?

Screens release their fragrance gradually. Most screens last up to 30 days and are changed every month. ëkcoscreen 60+ and xcrën HD 60+ last 60+ days, twice as long as standard 30-day screens, and even longer in low-traffic restrooms.

Day 1Day 30Day 60

30-day screen

Screen 1
Screen 2

ëkcoscreen 60+ / xcrën HD 60+

One screen for 60+ days

With ëkcoscreen 60+, the cost per day is similar to a 30-day screen, but you change it half as often. That saves working time.

How strong?

Which color?

Match the color to your interior or signage. Black looks modern. Blue stands for freshness.

Ask for proof of environmental claims

Under the new EU rules, every environmental claim needs evidence. This is what stands behind ours:

Biodegradable in landfill with Eco-One™: 93% biodegradation within 3.5 years in an independent laboratory test, tested under ASTM D5511 and ISO 15985 at the Instituto Politécnico Nacional in Mexico City. The same material without the additive showed 0%. Up to 99% is projected within 5 years.

93%

Biodegradable in landfill with Eco-One™

93% biodegradation within 3.5 years in an independent laboratory test (ASTM D5511 and ISO 15985). The same material without the additive showed 0%. Up to 99% is projected within 5 years.

Made with recycled EVA. This reduces the amount of new EVA put on the market.

A used screen is biologically contaminated and cannot be recycled, so it ends up in landfill or incineration. In landfill, Eco-One™ makes it biodegradable.

Boxes made from 100% recycled cardboard. PPWR packaging documentation available.

Match the screen to your urinal

Summary: which screen for which restroom?

The right screen pays off: less cleaning, a fresher restroom and happier visitors.

Your restroomOur recommendation
High trafficëkcoscreen 60+, xcrën HD 60+
Standard traffic, monthly changespowër screen
Budget optionüro lite, or basic scrëen without anti-splash bristles
Smaller urinalsüro lite
Waterless urinalsëkcoscreen 60+, xcrën HD 60+
Drain protectionEvery ëkcos screen, most of all ëkcoscreen 60+
Design mattersxcrën HD 60+
Prefer a urinal blockxcrën puck
Biodegradable in landfillEvery ëkcos screen, with Eco-One™
Your own logoPrivate label on every screen

Complete the restroom

Keep one scent from the urinal to the cubicle: our main lines share eleven colors and fragrances.

Not sure which screen to choose?

We are happy to help. Ask for samples and test them in your own restroom.

Market leader in the United States, with products introduced in more than 70 countries.

Ready to upgrade your restrooms?

Browse ëkcos urinal screens and accessories on the official store.