Airplane Bathroom Sink Review
Bad:
747 sinks, such as this one I used during the flight from Beijing to LAX, are awful for those of us who actually like to have clean hands. I had to wash one hand at a time because the lever must be held down constantly by the other hand in order to keep the water flowing. The hot water quickly became too hot, and mixing hot and cold water was difficult due to the distance between levers and the pressure required to hold them down. After cleaning one hand I had to touch the not-necessarily clean metal controls with the clean hand in order to wash the other hand, and then again at the end to activate the drain. Hmmm, maybe it says something about me that I actually care about this.
747 sinks, such as this one I used during the flight from Beijing to LAX, are awful for those of us who actually like to have clean hands. I had to wash one hand at a time because the lever must be held down constantly by the other hand in order to keep the water flowing. The hot water quickly became too hot, and mixing hot and cold water was difficult due to the distance between levers and the pressure required to hold them down. After cleaning one hand I had to touch the not-necessarily clean metal controls with the clean hand in order to wash the other hand, and then again at the end to activate the drain. Hmmm, maybe it says something about me that I actually care about this.Good:
My sink prayers were answered by the sink aboard the Airbus 320 plane I took from LAX to Minneapolis.
My sink prayers were answered by the sink aboard the Airbus 320 plane I took from LAX to Minneapolis.
Woohoo, with that dial I could select the temperature, and when pressed it caused the water to flow for long enough to quickly rinse both hands. Yay.
January 15th, 2007 at 4:09 am
[...] PS. This blog is now a year old, home to such consequential airline-related postings as this one, or the Airplane Bathroom Sink Review. [...]
March 19th, 2007 at 11:14 am
All that smooth and practical stainless steel surfaces. So hygienic, so clean.
So why these Airplane bathrooms always give seem to be little dirty.
Maybe less hygienic design attitude will let us feel better.
Let us face some wood surfaces and ,just for example, handmade pottery bathroom sinks and it will make us feel more human.
September 1st, 2007 at 2:29 am
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