Dyson Airblade Tap Arrives In Canada

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I have tried to use the Dyson Airblade Tap every now and then each mornig for nearly 2 years at my local Gold's Gym. Unfortunately, due to the combination of high cost and the sunk cost falicy, the gym management still refuses to replace the failed experiment. 1) the sensors work great - for 80% of the users. Which means that 20% of the users have to wave and flail their hands every which way to get water to intermittently spurt out. Some gym members don't even fight with the things any more, they just use the showers to wash their hands. It is especially frustrating to wiggle your fingers all over the place, give up, and then have the water start shooting out only after you start walking away. 2) The dryer arms are far worse. They are placed so that you cannot drop, pour, or (in the tragic case of toothpaste) spit anything into the sink without finding the substance intended for the drain to be instantly distributed across your shirt. DO NOT try to shave at one of these things! 3) Even if the dryer arm placement was not a disaster, the dryer sensors are even more frustrating than the faucet sensor. While the air jets DO come on to shoot spit, shaving cream, or hair mousse at you, they simply will not come on for wet hands. Fortunately most people have their towel handy at the gym... I would be dismayed to see one of these installed In a regular public washroom without hand towels nearby. 4) they are apparently not adjustable. The gym has been unable to find any improvements through servicing the contraption over a span of 2 years! The taps still don't work. 5) the whole concept doesn't make sense anyway... if they DID work, we would have people waiting for the sink while someone is using it to dry their hands. This is a waste of resources. For less money you can have a faucet AND a dryer that 2 people can use concurrently. These things are a testimony to marketing and sales NOT to utility. 6) How the heck do you wash your face in this thing? Dyson has made some great products over the years but I must assume that the only reason they are still selling this embarrassing flop is because of an erroneously large initial production run that they need to sell off. They should fund this lesson with their other products and melt down the unsold ones