No one likes public restroom hand dryers. They just don’t work! How many times have you stuck your hands underneath the hand dryer for over 60 seconds and they still were not dry? Finally you think to yourself, “I can’t keep wasting my time here” so you give up and walk out of the restroom with moist hands. Moments later you pass your boss in the hallway who proceeds to introduce you to the regional manager. After shaking his hand you feel the need to tell him that you just washed your hands in the restroom and that’s why they are moist.

We have all experienced this same situation in one form or another. Truth of the matter is, there is no better time for someone to shake your hand than right after you just washed because they are germ free! However it would be better to do this without having to indirectly communicate “I promise, it’s not pee, it’s just leftover water that the stupid, ineffective hand dryer didn’t actually blow dry.”

No more worries folks! There is a new hand dryer in town (well maybe it’s not new, but there are not many of them wherever I travel). Check out the Xlerator Excel Dryer.

While stopping in at a gas station last week I went in to the restroom to make my contribution to the local waste management system. After washing my hands I prepared myself to burn another 60 seconds of my life, but nearly had my hand de-gloved! Seriously, the skin on my hands was wrinkling and peeling back. It was as if they took a jet engine from a 747 and turned it vertical and bolted it to the wall. Less than 10 seconds and my hands were dry. I was so impressed with this thing that I immediately wrote the brand name down. Amazing. Finally someone listened to customers.

For years I have chosen paper towel over the hand dryer (not because I want to kill more trees, but because I hate ineffectiveness). Now, if I ever see an Xlerator on the wall, I will strap down my children, place my hands under the jet, and go for it!

How awesome would that be to have one of these in your bathroom at home as a hair dryer! We could actually get to church on time! (some of you will get that)