Eco Friendly Hand Dryers

Using paper towel or hand dryers - which is more eco friendly? I, for one, have asked myself this question whenever faced with one or the other in a public restroom. I have, on occasion, simply wiped my hands on my jeans (in the hope that would be the greenest option) but not everyone is willing to do that. So, without further ado, the answer is that hand dryers are more eco friendly. Eco friendly hand dryers...the expression has a nice hum to it... Better technologies have spawned a new generation of eco friendly hand dryers. These are smaller, sleeker, power-efficient and help prevent the spread of bacteria. Besides, their long working life (up to a decade) means that manufacturing accounts for a small proportion of their energy use in their life cycle. Their energy efficiency is further boosted by the fact that eco friendly hand dryers use cold air instead of hot air and these days they can do their job, that is, blow your hands completely dry, in just 12 seconds.

One of the market leaders in the eco friendly hand dryer sector is the Veltia Hand Dryer. The water is removed from the hands with a high speed jet stream of up to 200Km/h. That�s the main advantage these eco friendly hand dryers have over warm air dryers � the latter take longer to operate, therefore are more power-hungry. Another brand that is also wind-storming the eco friendly hand dryer market is Dyson. The Dyson Airblade� boasts of being the fastest hand dryer and using up to 80% less energy than warm air hand dryers. The company says that warm air hand dryers typically require 2400W of power while its Airblade� technology consumes 1400W. It also promises a 12-second drying time, compared to 27 seconds in the case of warm air dryers.

BluStorm Hand Dryer also promise similar specs, but a slightly higher energy consumption at 1600W. Also check out XLERATOR� Hand Dryers for impressive eco friendly hand dryer credentials.

So, the time has come to say goodbye to paper towels that will increase the size of landfills. Remember the paperless office? Well, it never quite materialized but eco friendly hand dryers are helping create the paperless restroom. And that�s a good thing. As technologies evolve at the speed of a hurricane these days, it�s highly likely that eco friendly hand dryers are going to be the norm in the near future and will, quite literally, blow warm air and paper towel dryers to history�s dustbin.