I’m probably turning into a nerd, but I’m a big fan of the Dyson Airblade hand dryer. I first came across one at the Louvre Museum and thought it was brilliant, although I’ve often seen people trying to rub their hands in the air stream when they don’t understand how they work.

We went to Cardiff today, Christmas shopping. The new shopping centre is wonderful and the new pedestrian route through from the station almost makes it a pleasure to visit. It really was the pits at that end of town before.

The new John Lewis, their biggest store outside of London, is rather fabulous and they have Dyson Airblades in the toilets – Hooray! the only problem is the yellow gasket, arrowed in red. They are net being cleaned properly and look a bit grubby already even though the store is only eight weeks old.

However, Marks and Spencers have Mitsubishi Air Towel hand dryers. A little research reveals that the Mitsubishi predates the Dyson by quite a few years.

But the Dyson wins hands down in this simple comparison. The Mitsubishi isn’t as powerful and doesn’t really scrape the water off. Worse, it blows down the drain and blows back and evil smell of drains. maybe it isn’t installed properly, but I’m with the Dyson.