Does Anyone Else Hate Air Blowing Hand Driers in Public Toilets?
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I hate them. All it does is blow germs and dust around. Although they are better than those old roller cloths that never pull down. I prefer a paper towel or my own personal face cloth (flannel) to dry my hands. I just think that is healthier.
I like watching the flesh on my hands sink back into my bones.I get fed up half way through the drying process cos they take too long.
. Actually those ones aren’t so bad as they are low level and quite static. It’s the high up white ones with silver dome that moves and blows the air down and all around I’m really talking about.
It is healthier to use a paper towel. Kids hate the dryers cos they are the height of them and they are really loud
I prefer the hand dryers if they are the new Dyson type, they are quick and efficient. In may public toilets paper towels are not reprehensible often a enough and you end up with wet hand , also they are messy because inevitably people through them in the bin and miss and then leave them on the floor.
They really are un hygienic I really do not like them and try not to use them if possible
I avoid them and use the paper towels instead, if no towels are available, I'll use bog roll
I dislike the noise the dryers make which makes me want to escape as soon as possible from the toilets.I prefer paper towels which I make sure go in the bin.
I hate hand dryers and if there aren't any paper towels I will just shake my hands and leave. I also think that toilet room doors should open outwards so that you can push it open with your elbow and not touch anything after washing your hands!
JLouM I think cubicles are getting smaller and smaller (unless I am getting bigger and bigger 
) and the doors should all open outwards because a lot of doors almost touch the toilet!
I don't think it is a good idea to touch the doors with wet hands when leaving. I always carry paper tissues with me to dry my hands with.
Hot air hand dryers do keep the toilets tidier as paper towels aren’t being used. I have to be absolutely desperate to use a public toilet.
dont mind them as long as they are powerful enough. The older ones which just blow a bit of warm air out are useless. Usually end up finishing off my hands on my trousers - get away with it as long as they are the black ones!
I lov ethese things despite them having previously been dubbed unhygeinic. New ones are faster and cleaner.
I remember once when younger being in a pub and someone accidentally knocking a beer over my lap. I was wearing trousers. I had to dash to the loo, rinse out the beer and stand in my undies drying my trousers under the drier. I got some odd looks but at least it wasn't a unisex toilet! They were still damp when I put them back on but better than stinking of beer lol.
I don’t mind using them but be careful if you have rings on as I have found rings in the bottom of them before.
I can't be annoyed with having to keep pressing it on, as it stops when your hands are still wet. Or somebody coming up to use it while u still are and u feel u gotta make way for them. I would rather just dry mine with paper towels. Though there was an article on local social media, saying not to use toilet roll or paper towels in public toilets down town. To make sure to bring tissues out with u, as apparently druggies were rubbing their dirty needles all over toilet roll/ paper in public toilets. It's disgusting.
nadinegregg70 Eew that’s disgusting 
. I definitely prefer just taking my own facecloth for my hands. Just put it in a sandwich bag for the wet.
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