I hadn’t thought of the safety side, but I’m sure it satisfies all major market safety regs. In the UK at least It will need fitting from scratch though, due to rules regarding the hard-wiring of bathroom electricals, and be fitted or certified by a registered electrician.
Seems pretty cool, although the one thing that could be an interesting use case/disaster is what happens if the sink is full of water, (either due to the drain being plugged or inadvertently clogged) will the flow of the air spray all the water out of the sink and all over the user/bathroom?
Could be a fun set of fail videos, but I still like the concept. I get geeked out when I go to a place that has the airblade.
Neat concept, dunno how well it would work in real life. I can’t imagine the electronics and water would be that much of an issue as there are already IR sensor taps that must have some sort of electricity (unless maybe battery, not sure how they work).
Personally, I don’t like air dryers of any kind. I like at least having the option of a paper towel as I also often wash my head (no hair- head gets oily). Not to mention if I spill something paper towel can be really useful.
The dyson dryers also for me always seem like I’m playing a game of “how can I not touch the sides”…
Out of all the hand driers, Dyson works the best for me though I don’t like the shape. At least this one looks better.
It’s a certainty they have the restroom electrical safety all figured out. The UK is the most regulated place I’ve ever lived - they would have planned for that. Thank goodness there’s no string to pull!
Moi, that’s hilarious!
There’s another one on their website that’s interesting too
It’s 2000€!!! &It would freak my mom out. People will still touch the ‘handles’ so no germ transfer is BS.
If he really wanted to re-invent hand-washing after a toilet visit. Why not redesign the doorhandle? So it automatically washes/disinfects your hand while leaving the toilet?..no more cheating.
I used to respect James Dyson in his early days (1st generation cycleone). Now he’s turning into a parody of himself…
I’m not sure if there are any like me, but I get easily irritated by the noise coming from hand dryers even when they are across at the other end of the toilet. I can’t imagine having 6 of them going off simultaneously beside me.
Lifted from this weekend’s Wall Street Journal article on Dyson. The article states that from dead-stop the motor reaches 95,000 rpm in 0.7 seconds and that the air exits at 430 mph. Are safety glasses provided?