When you go to the lavatory after you wash your hands, you often have two options to dry them. It's either use the hand dryer or pull a piece of paper and wipe them down. Most people opt for the faster paper towel option, but is it the better option? Some studies even say that hand dryer are less hygienic. But as it turns out, there is a lot happening in the background. And as it seems the hand dryer is turning out to be the ideal way to dry your hands. In this article, we are going to feature the top-selling hand dryer from Mitsubishi Electric, the Jet Towel, and talk about the 4 reasons why it is so much better than paper towels.
1.)The Environment
According to one study made by AsapSCIENCE, about 13 billion pounds of paper towels are being thrown away every year in the US alone. In order to put that into context, it takes about 17 trees and 20,000 gallons of water to produce a ton of paper towels. Because of the way paper towels are made, in a year it produces about 11,607 pounds of CO2. A Mitsubishi Jet Towel hand dryer on the other hand uses just 2 watt hours per dry. That, in comparison makes its yearly energy consumption in a small office of just 627.9 kilowatt hours. What that figure means in CO2 emissions is just 747 pounds per year.
2.)Cost
Suppose there are 200 people inside a small office, and each one uses about 4.5 paper towels per day. It would total to about 702,000 paper towels per year. Depending on the price, that amount of paper towels in a year would cost around £2,106. Compare that with the Mitsubishi Jet Towel hand dryer, which uses just 627.9 kilowatt hours per year. On a normal tariff of about 12p per kilowatt hour, electricity usage would amount only to £75.35.
3.)Hygiene
There has been a lot of debacle on the issue of which one is better between the paper towel and the hand dryer. Each industry seem to conduct their own studies to prove they are right. The paper towel industry would say that of course the paper towel is better. And the same with the hand dryers industry, they would claim that hand dryers are better.
Although the paper towel industry has a point that a paper towel can dry hands quicker. Because the longer the hand is wet, the more it's susceptible to bacteria. The Mitsubishi Jet Towel is equipped with a powerful brushless motor that drives jet blasts of air at 240 mph which allow the user's front and backhands to dry in just 4 seconds.
4.)Reliability
Because the paper towel operates in some kind of dispenser, it has the tendency to run out. Refilling the paper towels would require staffing, and the downtime of refilling would cause major hassle to lavatory users. The Mitsubishi Jet Towel in comparison runs on electricity, which virtually never runs out. As long as there's electricity, the hand dryer would always be available. In addition, the Mitsubishi Jet Towel Mitsubishi Jet Towel is equipped with a powerful and reliable brushless electric motor that would require little to no servicing.
If you are looking for a hand drying solution that is Economical, Reliable, Hygienic, and Environment Friendly. Check out the Mitsubishi Jet Towel in our Store.
