If you own or manage a facility that caters to the public, including staff, you will have restrooms for women and men. Needless to say, hand washing is extremely important, in a public facility there are really only two alternatives when it comes to drying hands; paper towels or an electric hand dryer.
Although paper towels serve the purpose they are very wasteful, rarely would one person use one towel, at best two or three towels at one cent each are used. When you compare this cost to the cost of operating the best hand dryer it is obvious that hand dryers are far better than paper towels. Not only do hand dryers save money on disposables, there are no trash cans to empty and no fear of vandalism where paper towels are used to block the toilets and wash basins.
Things to consider:
- Price: It is hard to define what might be the best hand dryer bases simply on price, a great deal depends on a combination of price and utility. A simple office of only two or three employees may very well get along nicely with a hand dryer costing no more than $150 to $200. If however, the restroom is catering to a large concentration of clientele, the demands are different, so is the price.
- Speed of operation: One of the most important attributes of the best had dryer is speed. No one wants to spend any more time than is absolutely necessary in a public restroom. Many high speed models can be purchased for $500, this minimal investment can mean the difference between spending 45 seconds drying hands or 10 seconds. Thirty five seconds does not sound like much but it is when your focus is returning to the office or to resume dining.
In any shared space; bacteria is a real issue. The best hand dryer for situations such as this are automatic models, ones that start and stop when a person’s hands are brought close to an infrared sensor and then removed. As there is no need to touch any surface, the chances of cross contamination are far less.
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