No-touch hand wash (for domestic use)

[Sheikah]

Genuine contender for one of the most daft topics ever...

 

But I think this is a ridiculous product, every time it's advertised:

 

 

It's a soap dispenser that is automatic and senses your hands below it, the manufacturer's reason for which: "germs are on the actual hand pump". Yes, but then the soap that comes out kills the germs you just picked up! Maybe in a public place you really woudln't want to touch the soap dispenser, but your own house shouldn't be a shithole.

 

Am I missing a trick here? Or do people think this is a credible product?

[Fierce_LiNk]

Ine's got one of these in her house. I quite like it. It looks quite futuristic, it stores a large amount of soap, and it looks quite neat in her kitchen.

 

I'm worried, because I've been to B & Q today to get some shelves, and I couldn't help but admire the soap dispensers that they had. I'm easily amused.

[Wesley]

Lots of people don't actually wash their hands properly...

 

As for the home... meh.

 

But in hospitals and doctors... yes please.

[Sheikah]

Maybe I can see the aesthetic potential; I guess I'm more or less tackling the company's tagline that it's good for tackling germs. :p

[Raining_again]

but surely by squeezing the soap you are going to wash your hands and therefore eliminate the germs on yer hands? No?

 

The only place where that would be important is in a operating situation where EVERYTHING has to be clean but they already have systems in place to do that.

 

Utterly pointless.

[Fierce_LiNk]

Maybe I can see the aesthetic potential; I guess I'm more or less tackling the company's tagline that it's good for tackling germs. :p

 

But then you say yourself in your original post that in a public place, you wouldn't really want to touch the soap dispenser. I don't like using the dispensers in public toilets. Or the taps. So, aren't you saying in your first post that there is some use for it?

 

I like it. I'd prefer to use one of these in public toilets than the other ones we have. Even just for psychological reasons.

[Sheikah]

But then you say yourself in your original post that in a public place, you wouldn't really want to touch the soap dispenser. I don't like using the dispensers in public toilets. Or the taps. So, aren't you saying in your first post that there is some use for it?

 

I like it. I'd prefer to use one of these in public toilets than the other ones we have. Even just for psychological reasons.

Yeah but I put in the topic title 'domestic use''. I think it's definitely aimed at domestic rather than commercial use, since a commercial soap pump would likely be larger or more secure (ie. can't be ripped out easily).

[Fierce_LiNk]

Yeah but I put in the topic title 'domestic use''. I think it's definitely aimed at domestic rather than commercial use, since a commercial soap pump would likely be larger or more secure (ie. can't be ripped out easily).

 

Ah, fair play.

 

You have to remember, a fair amount of us British folk are dirty buggers. Unfortunatly, I would imagine that there are houses out there that are shit holes.

 

They could definitely use this in South Wales, for example. I can think of a few places.

 

It's not a product that will change the world. It's more of a convenience thing, maybe?

[Wesley]

The fact that touchless soap dispensers are used in hospitals obviously show that less germs are transferred...

 

So why not apply the same thing to everywhere else?

[Sheikah]

Ah, fair play.

 

You have to remember, a fair amount of us British folk are dirty buggers. Unfortunatly, I would imagine that there are houses out there that are shit holes.

 

They could definitely use this in South Wales, for example. I can think of a few places.

 

It's not a product that will change the world. It's more of a convenience thing, maybe?

 

lol, I could just imagine a really filthy household that had taken the time to fit one of these. Like they're living in filth, but they'll sure as hell clean their hands. :p

 

 

The fact that touchless soap dispensers are used in hospitals obviously show that less germs are transferred...

 

So why not apply the same thing to everywhere else?

 

I'm still not seeing it. The soap kills the germs, and certainly, whatever germs were left wouldn't harm you. If there were germs left that would harm you, that soap utterly failed its job. Bit different in a hospital where people generally have their entrails lying half off the operating table.

Edited August 27, 2010 by Sheikah

[MoogleViper]

You have to remember, a fair amount of us British folk are dirty buggers. Unfortunatly, I would imagine that there are houses out there that are shit holes.

 

But the people who have shithole houses obviously aren't bothered by germs so wouldn't by this. It's clearly aimed at paranoid people who think they'll get MRSA if there's a single germ in their house.

 

The fact that touchless soap dispensers are used in hospitals obviously show that less germs are transferred...

 

So why not apply the same thing to everywhere else?

 

Because if things are too clean your immune system will be weakened.

[Eenuh]

Like Jim said, we have an electric soap dispenser at home. We got it when we got our new kitchen, since it looks really nice. Ours is black and metal, with the soap part being see through. And there's a blue light that comes on when you use it. I like it haha.

 

It's not the best thing in the world, and normal soap dispensers work just as well. But things like this can still be nice, at least if they look good. I can't tell from the picture but this one seems a bit bleh. =P

[Fierce_LiNk]

lol, I could just imagine a really filthy household that had taken the time to fit one of these. Like they're living in filth, but they'll sure as hell clean their hands. :p

 

Haha, I just imagined a cartoon there. Where the character has a white vest covered in shit, but sparkling clean hands.

 

But the people who have shithole houses obviously aren't bothered by germs so wouldn't by this. It's clearly aimed at paranoid people who think they'll get MRSA if there's a single germ in their house.

 

Well...Ine's Mother is a bit over the top with cleaning things. A little.

 

Like Jim said, we have an electric soap dispenser at home. We got it when we got our new kitchen, since it looks really nice. Ours is black and metal, with the soap part being see through. And there's a blue light that comes on when you use it. I like it haha.

 

It's not the best thing in the world, and normal soap dispensers work just as well. But things like this can still be nice, at least if they look good. I can't tell from the picture but this one seems a bit bleh. =P

 

I like it, because we usually use it after we've been cooking/during cooking or when we've been washing up. So, if I was going to use the "handle" dispensers, then the handle would really get quite dirty, usually because my hands are covered with bits of food, or cake mixture if we've been making cakes, or something else.

[Cube]

Don't people tend to turn the tap on before using soap, then turn off the tap at the end.

 

So aren't automatic taps more important than automatic soap?

[Raining_again]

Because if things are too clean your immune system will be weakened.

 

Exactly, in a hospital environment your immune system is weak and its crucial that it is super clean. You just don't get MRSA or C Difficile spreads in the home environment.

[Sheikah]

Don't people tend to turn the tap on before using soap, then turn off the tap at the end.

 

So aren't automatic taps more important than automatic soap?

Genius. :p

[Caris]

The world is getting too clean anyways, people are having poor immune systems because of it.

 

A bit of dirt never hurt anyone.

[Sheikah]

Yeah, in a similar vein I remember getting a bit annoyed at these soap spray foams, where you take them with you during while you're out and about and they don't require water. Actually, that could be useful if you have a child, but I'm sure on the advert it was just some sort of hypochondriac.

[Fierce_LiNk]

Don't people tend to turn the tap on before using soap, then turn off the tap at the end.

 

So aren't automatic taps more important than automatic soap?

 

Brilliant.

 

I can see you winning lots of money in life with ideas like this, Cuboid.

 

You'll be famous for this, one day.

[Eenuh]

Don't people tend to turn the tap on before using soap, then turn off the tap at the end.

 

So aren't automatic taps more important than automatic soap?

 

I actually turn on the tap after I've put soaps on my hand. I use the back of my hand/wrist to turn on the tap then. But then I'm a bit weird. =P

 

 

Yeah too many people live life too cleanly now, leading to allergies and sickness. It's good to have some "dirt" around, like animals.

[Ashley]

I guess because germs are on the soap dispenser (as you touch it while all germy) the idea is this way you won't get germs on it which then spread? Maybe?

[ipaul]

We had one of these and it was shit. Always dispensed far too much soap. I dislike them.

[Eenuh]

We had one of these and it was shit. Always dispensed far too much soap. I dislike them.

 

Can't you regulate the amount of soap it dispenses? We can with ours quite easily.

[dwarf]

There's always been one thing missing in my life, and you've only here gone found it!

The cries of 'dirty bastard' from my friends have been washed away.

 

And here's me thinking I was in danger of catching AIDS.

[MadDog]

How much do they cost? Something ridiculous like £15 I bet.