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So, my current employers have the, uh, washlets you describe, real high grade ones with a heater and a dryer. And I use them for the wash cycle, but I've foun
by lsc 9y ago
So, my current employers have the, uh, washlets you describe, real high grade ones with a heater and a dryer. And I use them for the wash cycle, but I've found that I still prefer to dry off using toilet paper; the air dry function, even though it's heated just takes to damn long.
- 4ad 9y agoJust like those stupid hand air driers at public facilities. God, how I hate those. Americans have it easy, in general paper towels are available even when the damn air thing is installed. But here in Europe, most often you only get the stupid air machine with no paper towels.
- krageon 9y agoThe high end ones take maybe 20s to dry your hands off. Properly drying your hands with paper towels takes at least as long and it wastes paper. What is your problem with an air dryer?
- stedaniels 9y agoYou answered your own question. "The high end ones" all others take anywhere from 30 seconds to infinity. I can probably dry my hands on a paper towel in about 4 or 5 seconds max. I don't feel strongly enough about the subject to argue either way, just adding some more data points to your view on the matter.
- 4ad 9y agoNo, it doesn't take 20 seconds, even a 2 (two!) second wipe job does a better job at drying than 30s of air. Apart from that, air driers are incredibly unsanitary, spreading stuff everywhere. https://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/news/20141121/restroom-hand-dryers-spread-more-germs-than-paper-towels-study-finds https://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/news/20141121/restroom-h... Also see this episode of mythbusters, which goes into much more depth than the synopsis on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MythBusters_(2013_season)#Episode_199_–_"Down_and_Dirty/Earthquake_Survival" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MythBusters_(2013_season)#Epis... And the high-end ones, which are only marginally better, are very, very loud. Loud enough to trigger tinnitus in myself, for example. Paper towels don't "waste" paper, they use paper (of which there's no shortage of, in the world) very efficiently. Plus in Germany and Portugal (at least) they have these reusable cloth towels that move between two spools. If I don't have towels of any kind, I just wipe my hands on my clothes. It's not great but it sure beats the damn useless contraption.
- neeleshs 9y agoOr carry a kerchief in your pocket.
- VVyattPrentice 9y agoThis.
- distances 9y ago> And the high-end ones, which are only marginally better, are very, very loud. Loud enough to trigger tinnitus in myself, for example. I basically don't use air dryers any more due to the infernal noise of the new ones. I'd rather go with wet hands.
- dotancohen 9y agoA side benefit of the paper towel is that in-swinging doors can be pulled with the paper, not your hand. Imagine how many people _didn't_ wash their hands then pulled that door.
- Illotus 9y agoPaper towels are much more sanitary. Big part of washing hands is wiping the bacteria and viruses along with water into something. Drying just gets the water, leaves everything else.
- dalore 9y agoOnly one person can use it at a time, and it wastes energy. Paper is recyclable, and more need for paper means more trees. Paper is low tech and works, and is more hygenic.
- spathi_fwiffo 9y agoI hate it when there are only air dryers in a restroom. Towels can dry anything. Dryers are special built for hands. (sometimes i like to wash my face) also, the level of noise pollution they create is toxic. Especially the high end/high speed ones.
- qwtel 9y agothe problem is that you are actively doing something with the paper towel, while you passively wait for the air dryer.