Should hand dryers in restrooms be outlawed?

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Dryers and guns are two completely different things -- the latter is a split-second explosive discharge, while the former is a constant whirr of a motor spinning for several seconds. Even IF it could somehow be silenced, there's not only the potential drop in efficiency, but also the cost to manufacture. Plus... wouldn't it be a far simpler solution if anyone affected by them wore noise-cancelling earmuffs/earplugs instead?

Silencers don't effectively silence guns. It's a myth and you may get a 20-25 dB reduction in an AR15 5.56 MM platform. For example, my AR shoots 167-168 dB un-suppressed and suppressed is 140 dB with 55 GR ball ammo. Either way, you still need hearing protection.

But back on topic... The energy efficient and quiet hand dryers I used at the hospital are very effective. But the design is completely different then standard models. You would stick your hand down inside and they turned on automatically.

Dyson Has One (Click)

I like hand dryers. Paper towel sometimes leaves paper pieces stuck to my hands. But some "turbo" air dryers like Dyson Airblade should be banned. They're terrifying!

I'm okay with the hand dryer pictured here

http://www.ebay.com/itm/World-Dryer-Cas ... SwpkFY7Twm

This one is not so loud. The local McDonald's has this one in the restroom.

Last edited by NewTime on 23 May 2017, 11:33 am, edited 1 time in total.

I looked that one up and the Dyson air blade, both are virtually the same around 80 dB.

Hand Dryer Noise Levels

A youtube video of a Bradley hand dryer.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4EL5T3r57s

An Xlerator Excel Dryer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0Ehwgoq1Zg

A World hand dryer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0oZr5grMIcU

I wish... Some of them are so loud I feel like my head is going to explode. I can't think and everything is pain. Paper towels are so much nicer. I understand hand dryers are better for the environment but I'll usually wipe my hands on my clothes rather than use them unless it's particularly cold.

Related notes:

https://thenoisecurmudgeon.wordpress.co ... -in-quiet/

This also came up in a quick Google search:
Dimplex ONE Series Commercial Hand Dryer. Quiet (55dB)
http://www.morelectricheating.com/produ ... S/ONE.aspx

55db is definitely better than 80db.

I think that there are a lot of worse things that should be outlawed. Not that it will change anything, and then there are the harmless things that *are* outlawed. Like Kinder's Surprise Eggs in the US and blue jeans in North Korea. I wear blue almost every day and they're not even really an American invention.

I've done cleaning at the 3 jobs I had & the dryers were easier.

I cant get the automatic papertowels to give me one half the time

Hand dryers aren't really more hygienic than paper-towels, in fact, the warm air can actually stimulate bacterial growth, or so I have heard.

No one likes the loud ones. Burn down the factory as a warning to the other manufacturers.

A-ha! Just as I suspected!

Maybe without the soap, but the soap is meant to kill the bacteria.

I use both paper towels or hand dryers in public restrooms.

Just because the noise that hand dryers in public restrooms creates makes you uncomfortable does not mean they should be banned at all.

shortfatbalduglyman wrote:
what was that, a personal favor? turning on the hand dryer for me?


seriously. some precious lil "people" truly see themselves as morally innocent, entitled, awesome, cool, smart, wise, perfect.


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it's odd, but i'm pretty sure he was just trying to be nice. nothing more.


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yes, maybe he was "just trying to be nice."

although, i would imagine it might've been more "nice" of him of he were to have talked less.

anyways, it seems, to me, that it was more "nice" for me to give him the toilet, than for him to turn on the blow dryer for me.

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it is much easier to turn on the blow dryer, than it is to make a bowel movement.

especially for me. making a bowel movement takes a lot of energy and time. turning on the blow dryer does not.