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Carmine_Difazio

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Reply #50 - 10/04/06 at 11:59am

Thanks CPro. My preference is the self-drying hand sanitizer. I use it all the time and carry it with me where ever I go. You probably missed my post stating this. I note that even public restrooms are offering this option along with the traditional hand cleaning facilities. Probably due to the affordability and availability of the hand sanitizing product.

Thank you for the opportunity to clarify your misunderstanding and misinformation concerning my hand cleaning habits.

BTW, when I used the restrooms in the White House, I admit I did take some of the paper hand towels with the Presidential seal.

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Reply #51 - 10/04/06 at 12:54pm

Quote from Carmine_Difazio on 10/01/06 at 5:35pm:

Hand driers/blowers are a conventional device in all USA restrooms already. And have been for many years. Am I missing something here...

My last post was not concerning your personal drying habits. Rather it was concerning the post that I am again quoting to refresh your memory.

Certainly you were correct when you stated that "Hand driers/blowers are a conventional device in all USA restrooms already." As I pointed out, they are also an unsanitary solution. You apparently agree with me on that, since you apparently do not use them either. In other posts which you have made since this post you correctly compare the Dyson Airblade to other sanitizing solutions, but in this particular post, you erroneously compared it to conventional blowers. I'm glad that you were able to answer your own question "Am I missing something here...", and I apologize for bringing up an error that you have since corrected.

Getting back to the product itself, I have no idea if it will sell, but I know that I would find a drying solution along these lines to be a more acceptable solution that conventional dryers, whether manufactured by Dyson, or some other makers. I would like nothing more than to see the conventional blowers gone from the market.

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Reply #52 - 10/04/06 at 1:03pm

Quote from cprohman on 10/04/06 at 11:51am:

What you are missing, Carmine, is that current American hand dryers are disgustingly unsanitary. Try this experiment. Take a clean plate, put some clean water on it, then dry it under a hand dryer. When the water has evaporated, you will find that the plate is covered with urine crytals. How did these come to be there? Simple - the air dryer deposited them there from the air in the room. When I use a restroom, I will not use a standard air dryer, even if that is the only drying choice.

The air-blade, by contrast, appears to be sanitary. It removes the bulk of the air by a squeegee effect, rather than evaporation. It also HEPA filters the air, unlike a conventional dryer, so it will not blow filthy air onto your hands.

I was reading somewhere, that Dyson worked with leading academics to evaluate the hygiene of traditional hand driers. As a direct result of the findings, everyone involved on the project immediately stopped using them.

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Reply #54 - 10/04/06 at 6:10pm

CPro:

Due to the unsanitary conditions of using washing facilities like faucets and towel machines and air/hand dryers, as I pointed out in my posts which you must have missed, many USA restrooms use motion sensors to activate and time the washing and drying usage. Even hand towels. And some even offer the hand sanitizer as another option along side the traditional methods. (My preference).

AND I suggested in response to the launch that a hand sanitizer that combined washing and drying would be an excellent invention for the dyson Airblade. Conserve water. Cost effective. Etc etc. I was wrong on my prediction for the Airblade because I was overestimating dyson's invention. BUT I got the answer to the dyson question right: What do you do for 10 seconds in the restroom: Wash your hands! Did you weigh in on that question? Wink

Thank you again for the opportunity to clarify your misunderstanding and misinformation on my prediction for the dyson Airblade launch.

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tiger21 Ultimate Member I love YaBB 1G - SP1! Posts: 638	Re: more about dyson airblade? Reply #56 - 10/04/06 at 11:43pm 400 MPH air at room tempature, cost $1027 or 549 English pounds. WInshield washer style action. hands dry in 10 seconds.
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Reply #57 - 10/04/06 at 11:58pm

I think the Airblade is a fabulous idea. As a Registered Nurse, I am all for anything that improves sanitation and/or encourages handwashing (you would be surprised to see how many people don't do this at all). My only concern: it still doesn't help me with the door. The majority of bathrooms in the United States (and elsewhere, I assume) have doors that open inward. I remember one of the first things I learned in Nursing school, and indeed, one of the questions on NCLEX (national nursing exam) deals with this. If one touches the faucet or doorhandle after having washed their hands, they fail that particular question--the correct procedure is to use a paper towel to shut off the faucet and open the bathroom door. For this reason alone, the appeal of the Airblade (and other hand dryers) will continue to be limited in healthcare facilities.

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Reply #58 - 10/05/06 at 8:26am

Many new public restroom facilities do not have doors and/or have doors that do not require opening and closing by the patrons but stay open all the time. Instead the restrooms use a walkthrough corridor to the toilet facilities to allow privacy from walking traffic and prohibit restroom viewing. Precisely for the reason you state. Avoidance of germs.

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pickup Newbie Posts: 4	Re: more about dyson airblade? Reply #59 - 10/05/06 at 10:16am OK, this should work. You get to see Dyson himself: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oU5EdWwpySc
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