11 Responses to “More Ways To Dispense Paper Towels Than To Skin A Cat?”

1. Adrian
   September 16th, 2004 @ 12:06 pm

   Peter,

   Great idea, at least in what concerns those of us fascinated by mundane everyday objects most people just suffer through helplessly.

   I used to work for a co. making these (dreadful) objects. To date I have yet to see ONE such dispenser properly resolved functionally, let alone from a hygienic point of view. Mechanisms jam, paper roll breaks, people inevitably vent out on the darned things, they get replaced by another more hideous and just as badly-designed one, and so on…It’s one reason why electrical hand dryers, another atrocious “invention” persists – no maintenance costs.

   I don’t think many trained designers work in these firms, their products haven’t changed in decades even if economical working solutions stare them in the face. Sad indeed, lots of inertia in the industrial products sector.

   Keep it up friend.

2. Whit
   September 18th, 2004 @ 8:42 pm

   OK, Peter, hand over the ditcam. You can get it back when you show you know how to use one properly. (Is it also your phone? And you think I care? Fork it over.)

   Actually, met a kid the other day who liked a restaurant because it had fully automated (wave-and-wipe) towel dispensers. She was really taken with the concept. Joe — my son — adores the damn things. (Try explaining “waste” to a 3-year-old returning to a restaurant table stocked with free sweetener packets and graced with a half-pound of pasta in the kid’s meal.)

   You need explicitly to invite people in Japan to address this issue. You know they must have some wicked good paper towel dispensers over there.

   W

3. Charles Floyd
   September 20th, 2004 @ 6:41 am

   Yes, You’re on to something here. And while you’re at it, how do we get the door open without touching it. Because it only takes that one dirty guy that doesn’t wash to nullify all that hand washing. Have you noticed that some places have the trash can placed so that as you leave you can toss the towel after opening the door with it?
   Perhaps I’m overdoing it, but I think you shouldn’t have to touch anything for the washing to be truly effective. If you solve this problem, whoever solves this problem, will have accomplished a worthwhile goal. Notice the way doctors wash up? Really, all that most people do in the restroom is add the smell of soap to their germy hands! Gee, I hope I don’t seem excessive!

4. SJ
   September 20th, 2004 @ 1:47 pm

   I worked at a design firm that developed the wave-your hand dispenser you’ve pictured above. The simple reason why these and other types of ‘alternative’ dispensers exist is because it’s drastically cheaper than the inverted kleenex box to keep these stocked. Paper towel rolls are a fraction of the cost compared to stacks of fan-folded towels. The cost of the dispenser itself (even with batteries) is negligible compared to the cost of keeping these things filled.

5. Paul Munro
   October 14th, 2004 @ 1:58 pm

   I purchased 4 of the enmotion towels you mention above, for the restrooms in our church over a year ago. They work fine all the time. We even have a small Nursery and Grade school and the smallest child learns quickly how to use the dispenser with no problem. The rolls last a long time cutting down on constant refilling. Much less paper is wasted.
   We are happy with them.

6. Roxanne
   October 18th, 2004 @ 6:30 am

   I find your usage of the term “to skin a cat” archaic and completely offensive.

7. Cora
   October 19th, 2004 @ 10:47 am

   I sell janitorial products for a local company, and just got a call from a customer wanting to know if we had the “wave & wipe” dispensers available for sale-(we don’t)-lots of our customers have gone to these-they prove to be very popular.

8. Anonymous
   October 27th, 2004 @ 5:34 am

   get better paper twels

9. Maggie
   February 5th, 2006 @ 6:21 pm

   I just love paper towel dispencers! Not many people will amit that but I do. Where would be with out them our hands would cold and wet. We would propable get pneumonia and DIE! I prefere the kind that you can motion activate they are a dandie. So thank you to all the people who create paper towel dispencers.

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