I wouldn't want to use this because it looks like it would be impossible to insert and remove your hands without at least once touching some part of the machine itself. Knowing that many other people would have done the same thing, quite possibly without washing their hands first, why would I want to contaminate my hands again with others germs after just washing them?

His Dyson helped this member of mankind.

It touches you??? Ewww!!! How do you spell colofecal?
I'm with Daily I'll just wipe on my trousers or air dry or hunt for disposable paper. No way am I letting something others have touched in a public restroom touch my hands after I've washed. I use a paper towel to open the door when necessary to get out of a restroom.

I'm not buying it. If his hands are dry why is he holding them like they're still wet? Huh, Mr. Dyson?!? I smell a conspiracy!

Alice,
I hope you use a towel to turn the water off as well...

and it's not even original, look at that:

http://www.mitsubishijettowel.com

that Mitsubishi model is 2 years old...

in singapore, we've been using something similar for 3-4 yrs.

yeah, i've definitely seen something like this in japan.

i heart james dyson. i have an old man crush on him. ever since he was yammering about 5000 prototypes for the dyson vac in the old tv ads about 5 years ago.

I took a group of students to London this past fall and we encountered the Dyson hand-dryer in the public loo near the London Eye. The kids were so fascinated with it--it works really, really well, and is like having your own private diesel engine whipping that water away from both sides of your hands at once--that we were almost late to get on the Eye. They kept playing with the dryer.

"Where on earth were you people?" my tour guide asked, when we finally emerged, jazzed about cool technology.

"Washing and drying our hands!" one girl exclaimed. "It was SO COOL!"

And people wonder why American tourists are disparaged as uncultured. Dude, we had clean, clean hands. And for the record, we're from Orlando, so we're pretty jazzed about anything that actually works.

i used this a couple of months ago at a mall in new jersey, it was very exciting and worked like a charm.

They've had the airblades at the AMC 42nd street theaters for over a year now. They're OK, but have a few kinks. And it doesn't touch you - The air from both sides are so strong, you'd have to be pretty determined.

These are installed in at least one bathroom in the international terminal at SFO. (It was the one near the display cases where they feature rotating exhibits before you go through the security check point.) I used one and thought it was amazing for its speed and drying efficiency. I did not have any problems keeping my hands from touching the device -- the force of air coming from both sides keeps your hands away from the walls -- though I do suppose that my hands are a bit smaller than Mr. Dyson's.

They're pretty standard in Japan. I don't know about the Dyson model, but in Japan, there was no danger of touching the sides *ever*. Like the comment above, you would have to do it intentionally.

The post asks, "Think he's cute?"

Um.. YEAH!

we've had these in Minneapolis at a popular movie theater for almost 2 years. there is enough space that you don't have to touch anything and the blast of air dries your hand quickly and thoroughly. sadly, sometimes this is the highlight of my movie going experience.

Used it in London. It works just fine. Unqualified and simple: It's an effective product.