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Just heard a report on the radio about these kinds of dryers. Excel Dryer, Inc. in Massachusetts was actually the first to sell a high-speed dryer like this (t

Just heard a report on the radio about these kinds of dryers. Excel Dryer, Inc. in Massachusetts was actually the first to sell a high-speed dryer like this (the Xlerator). The Dyson AirBlade came later. Interesting stuff: http://www.npr.org/2013/02/04/171090394/how-one-company-reinvented-the-hand-dryer http://www.npr.org/2013/02/04/171090394/how-one-company-rein...

Kadin 14y ago
The Xlerator works far better than the Dyson, too, it just doesn't look as strange and doesn't seem to have attracted as much press attention. Every time I've attempted to use a Dyson dryer, it's turned off as I've been drying my fingers, leaving them still wet. It seems like it'd be trivial to put a few seconds worth of delay into the automatic cutoff (or position the sensor higher), but no, they all seem to be configured this way. I've watched probably dozens of people run into the same problem while using them, so I don't think it's just me. Hopefully the Excel dryers will remain after the Dyson dryers get pulled out; I can't imagine they'll age gracefully or attractively with the water dripping down into/onto them, in low-maintenance situations.
- ricardobeat 14y ago
  Isn't the Xlerator just a more powerful (and louder) blower? The Dyson is a different concept, uses way less energy and dries much more efficiently than standard driers, sometimes in one 5-second pass (I haven't seen an xlerator).
  - stcredzero 14y ago
    Xlerator can get my hands dry in an acceptably short time. One pass with an AirBlade leaves me with damp hands more often than not. By the time I have my hands feeling comparably dry with an AirBlade, there's often no time savings left at all. (There is, but only over the low-velocity blowers, which I think are generally horrible.)
- epoxyhockey 14y ago
  The Xlerator works far better than the Dyson, too, it just doesn't look as strange and doesn't seem to have attracted as much press attention. Yeah, the Xlerator may not get a lot of press, but it is the device that I see in every restaurant, bar, and airport bathroom. I have never seen a Dyson dryer.

Kadin 14y ago

The Xlerator works far better than the Dyson, too, it just doesn't look as strange and doesn't seem to have attracted as much press attention. Every time I've attempted to use a Dyson dryer, it's turned off as I've been drying my fingers, leaving them still wet. It seems like it'd be trivial to put a few seconds worth of delay into the automatic cutoff (or position the sensor higher), but no, they all seem to be configured this way. I've watched probably dozens of people run into the same problem while using them, so I don't think it's just me. Hopefully the Excel dryers will remain after the Dyson dryers get pulled out; I can't imagine they'll age gracefully or attractively with the water dripping down into/onto them, in low-maintenance situations.

ricardobeat 14y ago
Isn't the Xlerator just a more powerful (and louder) blower? The Dyson is a different concept, uses way less energy and dries much more efficiently than standard driers, sometimes in one 5-second pass (I haven't seen an xlerator).
- stcredzero 14y ago
  Xlerator can get my hands dry in an acceptably short time. One pass with an AirBlade leaves me with damp hands more often than not. By the time I have my hands feeling comparably dry with an AirBlade, there's often no time savings left at all. (There is, but only over the low-velocity blowers, which I think are generally horrible.)
epoxyhockey 14y ago
The Xlerator works far better than the Dyson, too, it just doesn't look as strange and doesn't seem to have attracted as much press attention. Yeah, the Xlerator may not get a lot of press, but it is the device that I see in every restaurant, bar, and airport bathroom. I have never seen a Dyson dryer.