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Dan Dryers - Are you a fan?

Are you a fan of Dan Dryers?

  • Yes I'm a psychopath who loves to walk around with soaking wet hands

    Votes: 4 17.4%

  • Absolutely not

    Votes: 11 47.8%

  • I prefer to shake dry

    Votes: 3 13.0%

  • What's hand washing?

    Votes: 1 4.3%

  • Other

    Votes: 4 17.4%
  • Total voters
    23
Burbs said:
I’ve just used this very Dan Dryer and it took 35 seconds to go from wet to dry hands. Unacceptable for good toilet throughputs.
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They were due to supply PA with equipment but those throughputs are too good for the park
 
Also generally what is with toilets having six sinks but only one drier? Even when it isn't one of these feeble ones it takes just almost as long to dry as it does to wash so they need to be installed on a 1:1 ratio.

Dyson airblade claims 10-15 seconds to try and we should spend 20 seconds washing.
 
Having a lovely at Kolmården here in Sweden, a beautiful park with an epic rollercoaster. But my day has just been ruined with a trip to the toilet where I found a god awful Dan Dryer:

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Shhhh! It’s “immersion”! You are in a French themed area after all.

I was disappointed there were no squatty potties tbh. It ruined my suspended belief of actually stepping out of a Merc on the Autoroute and into the aire toilets. Everything else was perfect. The sights, the sounds, the scents. It was just the fixtures that let it down and stopped it scoring a perfect 10 for me.
 
I've always wondered, would it be possible to design a drier that rapidly sucks air in rather than blows it out, so it could remove all the splashes and sprays as it did so rather than distributing it over your trousers?
 
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I’ve finally found a decent Dan Dryer on the DFDS ferry between Newcastle (verrrrry goooood, verrrrry niceeeee) and Amsterdam.

The airflow is satisfactory and it does indeed dry one’s hands.

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Somehow I've only just seen the post about dryers sucking rather than blowing. Fluid dynamics means this doesn't really work, as you just don't get good enough airflow. By way of example - you can blow out a candle really easily even from quite a long way away, you cannot extinguish one by sucking unless you practically put the candle in your mouth.

On topic: dan dryers are almost always total garbage.
 
NuttySquirrel said:
Think that just means you are the only person to have admitted as such...
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Ha ha, I do usually wash my hands when I have been for a wee but admittedly not every single time, but certainly if I am about to have food.

I reckon you could actually end up picking up more germs by washing your hands, especially if you have to physically touch the tap then use dryers or towels or wipe your hands on your clothes.

Washing hands after a wee was definitely less of a thing 40 years ago.

I had a disagreement with an ex-girlfriend once about it. I said that if I go for a wee and I don't have to physically touch a door handle to get in or out then the only thing I am touching is me, so providing I don't wee on my hands what is the problem? She said , yes but it's your penis.

Imagine her reaction when I politely pointed out that touching my penis didn't seem to bother her when she had it in her mouth the night before !! We are no longer together 🤣
 
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