XLent

The regular readers among you may remember a while back I posted about putting hand dryers into room 101 - especially the hand dryers that do little more than breath heavily on you.

Well last night i had the privilege of using the best hand dryer i have ever seen! Jo and I were at IKEA, on my visit to the loo there was an incredibly loud noise - from my cubicle i assumed it was some kind of cleaner being used to unblock a sink or something.

I washed my hands and ventured to the dryers and that's when i got my first glimpse of the XLerator! this thing was fantastic - an immense sound, it rippled the skin on the back of my hands.

"Hand dryer motor shall be a series commutated through-flow discharge vacuum motor/blower (5/8 HP / 20,000 RPM) which provides air velocity of 16,000 LFM (linear feet per minute) at the air outlet and 14,000 LFM at the hands (4 inches [102 mm] below air outlet)."

I tried to get Jo to visit the loo to see if the Ladies had the same machine - She wasn't that bothered...

Truly the best dryer ever - i fear that now I've experience the XLerator I'm never going to be satisfied with any other hand dryer.