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Post by Alvamiga on Apr 25, 2013 19:18:58 GMT
I am fed up with the paper towel supply running out at work. On top of that, they never get my hands actually dry-dry.
What are people's preferences?
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Post by raspberrybullets on Apr 25, 2013 19:31:13 GMT
Definitely paper towels. I don't know which one is more environmentally friendly, though I suspect if they are using recycled paper for the towels (which it feels like) than they would be more eco than the hand driers. But in any case, the hand driers just increase all the germiness and all I can see when I see a hand drier is blasts of germs coming out and enveloping me. I haven't used them in years. If there are no paper towels I wipe my hands on my pants or top.
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Post by bill on Apr 25, 2013 19:31:31 GMT
Hand driers provided they are automatic. And whilst we're about it, automatic taps as well. I've only seen them in one place, B and Q I think it was.
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Post by Miisa on Apr 25, 2013 19:46:37 GMT
Hand driers always leave my hands clammy. And yeah, the germ issue is a biggie, both for the air being blown at you and the residual moisture. So paper. Or the washable rolls of towels we have at work.
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Post by juju on Apr 25, 2013 23:29:20 GMT
Paper towels. I don't think any hand dryer has ever actually managed to dry my hands - I usually give up after a few seconds and wipe them down my clothes as well.
Eco wise, I'd like to think that all paper towels were recycled, but then hand dryers use electricity, so which is worse?
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Post by Moose on Apr 26, 2013 0:55:33 GMT
I suppose I am just not very hygenic but I tend to just rinse my hands then shake them
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Post by raspberrybullets on Apr 26, 2013 7:30:34 GMT
You don't even use soap? You know one of the biggest health concerns for the World Health Organisations is simply people not washing their hands properly? The numbr of peopole I see just dipping their hands in and out of the water after using the loo shocks me.
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Post by charliebrown on Apr 26, 2013 7:45:32 GMT
I would choose paper towel, but I really prefer those material towels that are reusable. I've seen such thing in some airports. I suppose it's most environmentally friendly.
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Post by raspberrybullets on Apr 26, 2013 8:01:43 GMT
Those have to be washed. Is washing more eco than recyled paper? It's a tricky question.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 26, 2013 8:04:59 GMT
I prefer paper towels as well. i hate those hand dryers and they never get my hands really dry, either. maybe if I held them under the hand dryer fro long enough, I could get dry hands, but then there are usually other people waiting.
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Post by Miisa on Apr 26, 2013 8:09:40 GMT
Just rinsing your hands and then not drying them properly is a bigger health hazard than doing nothing. The germs spread through wet/damp surfaces, they cannot get around or even survive for very long if conditions are dry. This is why your kitchen sponge usually much dirtier/germier than the countertop it is supposedly cleaning.
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Post by Mari on Apr 26, 2013 8:13:55 GMT
I read once that those airblasters are supposed to be most eco-friendly of the lot. Had to do with the process of making those paper towels, recycled or not, because it uses a lot of water and other stuff.
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Post by Alvamiga on Apr 26, 2013 8:31:45 GMT
I think the electric ones are the least environmentally damaging and I always manage to dry my hands properly, which I find impossible with the paper ones, unless I use loads of them. They have started to make ones that are supposed to be more energy efficient, but I just find they take massively longer to do their job. The thing I find most disgusting about the paper towels is how many people take one and soak water through to the rest of the pile, which, I assume, brings stuff they have washed off their hands with it. As for people not washing their hands properly, most places I go, a very large percentage of the men don't even go near the sinks and just wipe all their germs on the door handle... why do they never make the doors open outwards?!?
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Post by raspberrybullets on Apr 26, 2013 8:57:35 GMT
The best is when they have no doors at all. Sometimes i've seen loos where you just walk in and around a corner. I also love when they have the taps that you can turn on and off with a peddle at your feet. Those are great because you can control how much water you want without having to touch anything except with your shoe. I'm not a fan of the taps that turn off automatically as they never stay on for long enough for me to thoroughly wash my hands.
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Post by tangent on Apr 26, 2013 9:47:32 GMT
If I have a choice I will use a paper towel to remove most of the moisture and an air dryer to finish it off. The Dyson tap dryer is said to be quicker and cheaper to run than anything else on the market and is ideal for airports and motorway service stations. (The tap is in the centre, whilst the arms provide a blast of air, both of which are operated automatically.) Unfortunately, it's very expensive to buy. As for people not washing their hands properly, most places I go, a very large percentage of the men don't even go near the sinks and just wipe all their germs on the door handle... We have paper towels in the toilets at my church. I understand paper towels in the Ladies are used up much faster than in the Gents, possibly ten times faster.
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Post by Moose on Apr 26, 2013 15:37:08 GMT
Yes I use soap .
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Post by Deleted on Apr 26, 2013 17:15:39 GMT
The best is when they have no doors at all. Sometimes i've seen loos where you just walk in and around a corner. I'd still like a bathroom stall with a door, though!
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Post by Moose on Apr 26, 2013 17:18:37 GMT
me too. Preferably floor to ceiling too, not those horrible ones with gaps!
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Post by raspberrybullets on Apr 26, 2013 17:29:33 GMT
Oh you still get a stall and a door! But you get to wash your hands and then walk out without having to touch anything because there is no door to the whole thing itself.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 26, 2013 17:30:13 GMT
Oh, that! Yes, I've seen those bathrooms as well.
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Post by JoeP on Apr 26, 2013 19:14:35 GMT
With paper towels you need to use at least two, sometimes three, and you need to use first one to get most of the water off, then another to get more off, etc.
With hot air driers you absolutely must scrub with soap first and then rinse so there is nothing but water left on your skin - even a normal amount of sweat on your hands will make them not feel dry afterwards.
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Post by JoeP on Apr 26, 2013 19:48:39 GMT
And:
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Post by Alvamiga on Apr 26, 2013 20:54:49 GMT
I think the main reason for the gap under the door is so that you can see the feet of anyone in there and know it's occupied without pushing the doors, which many people find traumatising. ...of course, you can go too far!
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Post by deej on Apr 26, 2013 21:26:40 GMT
Paper towel.
I find the hand driers never dry properly.
They defeat their own aim.
Technology for you.
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Post by Alvamiga on Apr 27, 2013 7:31:53 GMT
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Post by tangent on Apr 27, 2013 7:48:29 GMT
Or else you use the lock on the door
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Post by Deleted on Apr 27, 2013 7:53:12 GMT
Or else you use the lock on the door That's what I thought.
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Post by Alvamiga on Apr 27, 2013 7:57:32 GMT
Many locks are not visible from the outside (or in public places, fully functional). Back at school, you would frequently go in and find all the cubicles locked and no-one in them because some of the kids had climbed through the gap.
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Post by raspberrybullets on Apr 27, 2013 9:17:13 GMT
I used the toilets about 3 times in my entire primary/high school career. I did not like using public toilets.
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Post by JoeP on Apr 27, 2013 10:37:28 GMT
School toilets can be pretty grim.
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