Why the Dyson Airblade™ hand dryer is better
The Dyson Airblade™ hand dryer is the fastest hand dryer – cleaning the air before blowing it onto hands, so it’s hygienic too. It also uses up to 80% less energy than warm air hand dryers. It's more cost efficient than paper towels and creates less waste that ends up in landfill.

The fastest hand dryer
Some warm air hand dryers take up to 43 seconds to dry hands. The Dyson Airblade™ hand dryer works in just 12 seconds – with 400mph sheets of air literally scraping hands dry.

As hygienic as paper towels
The Dyson Airblade™ hand dryer is fitted with a HEPA filter – integrated with anti-microbial additives. It captures and eliminates over 99.9% of bacteria from the air used to dry hands. It's the only hand dryer that's certified hygienic by independent public health specialist NSF International. It’s as hygienic as paper towels.
The most hygienic hand dryer
Costs less to run than paper towels and warm air hand dryers
A faster dry time and no energy-hungry heating element means the Dyson Airblade™ hand dryer costs up to 80% less to run than warm air hand dryers and up to 97% less than paper towels.
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Better for the environment
Paper towels need constant restocking, which is carbon intensive and requires natural resources. Paper towels also create waste that ends up in landfill or has to be incinerated.
Warm air hand dryers use outdated, inefficient technology and typically require up to 2400W of power. Airblade™ technology consumes just 1400W and works in just 12 seconds. So it uses up to 80% less energy than warm air dryers.
The Dyson Airblade™ hand dryer is the only hand dryer to be awarded the Carbon Reduction Label from the Carbon Trust. Dyson is committed to reducing its carbon footprint further by 2012.
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