Comments on: Dyson Airblade Tap by Dyson http://www.dezeen.com/2013/02/05/dyson-airblade-tap-by-dyson/ architecture and design magazine Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:32:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: beatrice http://www.dezeen.com/2013/02/05/dyson-airblade-tap-by-dyson/comment-page-1/#comment-1108833 beatrice Sat, 09 Feb 2013 23:55:00 +0000 http://admin.dezeen.com/?p=288829#comment-1108833 Designer of the world's ugliest hand dryer and a 200 pound desktop fan that solves that terrible problem of 'choppy air' that worried us for centuries. Pfft. Give me a World Dryer Corporation hand dryer any day. Running since the sixties and they only recently changed the design. Designer of the world’s ugliest hand dryer and a 200 pound desktop fan that solves that terrible problem of ‘choppy air’ that worried us for centuries. Pfft.

Give me a World Dryer Corporation hand dryer any day. Running since the sixties and they only recently changed the design.

]]> By: Questions http://www.dezeen.com/2013/02/05/dyson-airblade-tap-by-dyson/comment-page-1/#comment-1108423 Questions Fri, 08 Feb 2013 10:51:00 +0000 http://admin.dezeen.com/?p=288829#comment-1108423 High maintenance costs replacing filters, as per bag-less vacuum cleaners. When do you know it needs replacing? What tools do you need? Can you wash them and reuse? How do you isolate the electrics to change the filter. Do you need to be an electrician or plumber? No soap as mentioned and no alternative drying method if it fails due to electrical fault, or will you need an Airblade dryer as well? Smart marketing ploy; needs some answers. High maintenance costs replacing filters, as per bag-less vacuum cleaners. When do you know it needs replacing? What tools do you need? Can you wash them and reuse? How do you isolate the electrics to change the filter. Do you need to be an electrician or plumber?

No soap as mentioned and no alternative drying method if it fails due to electrical fault, or will you need an Airblade dryer as well? Smart marketing ploy; needs some answers.

]]> By: Team http://www.dezeen.com/2013/02/05/dyson-airblade-tap-by-dyson/comment-page-1/#comment-1108302 Team Fri, 08 Feb 2013 01:33:00 +0000 http://admin.dezeen.com/?p=288829#comment-1108302 If it's an all-in-one and costs £1000 where is the detergent for cleaning your hands i.e. a soap dispenser? Dyson is all talk about not having to drip water around the sink and the inconvenience of having to move over to a drier, as if that is such a problem in this world, but what about going to get soap? Or is Mr Dyson proposing we do away with using detergent? I'm sure the NHS and catering services wouldn't be too fond of that. Also, why not have a single stream airblade over a row of sinks so you use one power source? If it’s an all-in-one and costs £1000 where is the detergent for cleaning your hands i.e. a soap dispenser? Dyson is all talk about not having to drip water around the sink and the inconvenience of having to move over to a drier, as if that is such a problem in this world, but what about going to get soap? Or is Mr Dyson proposing we do away with using detergent? I’m sure the NHS and catering services wouldn’t be too fond of that.

Also, why not have a single stream airblade over a row of sinks so you use one power source?

]]> By: Romain http://www.dezeen.com/2013/02/05/dyson-airblade-tap-by-dyson/comment-page-1/#comment-1107698 Romain Wed, 06 Feb 2013 13:34:00 +0000 http://admin.dezeen.com/?p=288829#comment-1107698 With all the embedded technology, do economies of scale apply here? I mean, how many of these will any developer be able to afford? Dyson must feel very confident about the way they spend their money. If I were to help design (here's me crossing my fingers and typing at the same time) a new high-tech airport, how would I justify fitting public washrooms with extremely high end sinks that may break down from over use (and may require a Master of Science to fix), isn't this over-engineering? Why is there even still a sink? Why not go all-in and design a wash-station that saves space and could perhaps be fitted into planes, trains and buses? With all the embedded technology, do economies of scale apply here? I mean, how many of these will any developer be able to afford? Dyson must feel very confident about the way they spend their money.

If I were to help design (here’s me crossing my fingers and typing at the same time) a new high-tech airport, how would I justify fitting public washrooms with extremely high end sinks that may break down from over use (and may require a Master of Science to fix), isn’t this over-engineering?

Why is there even still a sink? Why not go all-in and design a wash-station that saves space and could perhaps be fitted into planes, trains and buses?

]]> By: Andrew Nelson http://www.dezeen.com/2013/02/05/dyson-airblade-tap-by-dyson/comment-page-1/#comment-1107526 Andrew Nelson Wed, 06 Feb 2013 03:51:00 +0000 http://admin.dezeen.com/?p=288829#comment-1107526 It seems to me that this design will create a traffic jam at the sinks, with so many people stuck in one place to both wash and dry their hands. Dyson's other drying designs seem much more logical in light of this. It seems to me that this design will create a traffic jam at the sinks, with so many people stuck in one place to both wash and dry their hands. Dyson’s other drying designs seem much more logical in light of this.

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