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I prefer the Excel XLERATOR hand dryers, and usually spec them over most other models. Hands dry in ~10 seconds, not spashing onto a lower surface, etc.
by LegitShady 6y ago
I prefer the Excel XLERATOR hand dryers, and usually spec them over most other models. Hands dry in ~10 seconds, not spashing onto a lower surface, etc.
- bluGill 6y agoI hate them because they are too loud. Sure they work fast, but I need to put air plugs in before using them, and those are never provided.
- unwind 6y ago*Ear plugs, hopefully. :)
- SethMurphy 6y agoThe noise is a feature. It is a social signal that you are clean for everyone in the establishment, or at least for everyone who can see the entrance to the restroom.
- LegitShady 6y agoits 10 seconds, I prefer loud and fast to mediocre in both respects.
- wu_187 6y agoDitto. They dry my hands much faster than the Dyson and I don't have to touch a germ infested surface.
- adamscybot 6y agoYeh, those are good. Though they seem to have appeared shortly after the Dyson blade dryers. Dyson seem to have shaken the market a bit into realising you actually need power in these things for them to be useful.
- LegitShady 6y agoNo, the XLERATORS predate the dyson airblade by ~4-5 years. The dyson just made people realize that they were more expensive than the garbage units people used before, but not that expensive.
- LegitShady 6y agoI checked and I spec'd an XLERATOR in 2004, and I think they became available the year before. The dyson took another 2-3 years to reach market, so 4-5 years is probably overstating it. Either way Excel were the innovators. Dyson just made it look cool. The apple-style marketers who charged 2x as much so could afford some stupid overengineering.
- jandrese 6y agoI thought those were considered to be a bad idea because they blasted all of the germs from your hands all over the room? Also, my kids won't use them because they're too loud.
- LegitShady 6y agowhat do you think has more germs, your recently washed hands or the bathroom around you? Also, the dyson's do the same thing.
- jandrese 6y agoThe Dyson ones were also considered bad.