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Having said that, I find those round door knobs (as prevalent in the US) terrible though: a) hard to operate when you carry something or have dirty/wet/greasy
by FabHK 5y ago
Having said that, I find those round door knobs (as prevalent in the US) terrible though:
a) hard to operate when you carry something or have dirty/wet/greasy hands, as you have to hold it tight and twist.
a') hard to operate for people with arthritis, children, etc.
a'') knobs seem optimised to spread germs as efficiently as possible.
A door handle/lever (like in Europe) you can push open with your elbow, or the back of the hand, or anything really.
b) with the design that uses a push button to lock, you cannot check whether the door is actually locked, because attempting to do so is exactly what unlocks the door.
With a separate locking mechanism, you can lock and then confirm that the door is locked.
But, yeah, UK appliances are remarkably bad (or, at least, were, when I was there decades ago).
- cratermoon 5y agoI'm seeing fewer round doorknobs in public buildings and multifamily housing in the US because of codes and standards around accessibility.
- FabHK 5y agoOh, nice. (Last time I was in the US for an extended period, G. W. Bush was president.)
- _carbyau_ 5y agoEverything you say is correct. And yet there are still reasons to use round knob door handles at least some of the time. I have zero experience on how big a deal this really is but someone seems to think so: https://www.doorstuff.co.uk/blog/canadian-bears-vs-door-handles/ https://www.doorstuff.co.uk/blog/canadian-bears-vs-door-hand...
- FabHK 5y agoHa, fair enough. If bears or velociraptors are a factor, stick with door knobs by all means :-)
- jet_32951 5y agoCan confirm, codes in several California counties forbid lever-type handles on exterior doors because bears learned to open them. However, bears being adaptable, some of them have learned to operate round doorknobs too: https://www.upliftingtoday.com/2018/12/black-bear-makes-surprise-office-visit-to-california-highway-patrol-department/ https://www.upliftingtoday.com/2018/12/black-bear-makes-surp...