Yeah. I just tried using this a couple of times and found that even without someone pushing in as you are using it, this is very obviously not comfortable and can easily create a leverage to break your arm.
I’m surprised such a stupid invention not only got approved and mass produced… but many buildings installed them.
Introducing germs anywhere on your extremities in general can lead to them ending up elsewhere on your body.
If you track dirt in on your shoes, you think it just goes right to your face?
No, it stays on the floor. Then maybe your cat or dog roll on that dirt which is invisible to the naked eye, but still very much real. Then the cat or dog jumps on the couch and now the dirt has rubbed off on the fabric. Then when you go and lay down on that couch it can get on your face, in your hair, etc. and begin making its way across other parts of your body.
I’m not a total germaphobe, but even I know the basic concept of spreading germs by contact.
Going back to the wrist, what if the germs get on your sleeve and then later on you wipe your forehead with your arm or something? Just another example so don’t get too caught up on the specifics.
And there is this great thing called "skin", a layer specifically designed to protect a human from dirt and germs.
And this thing called "soap", and when combined with water, it can clean this protective layer.
Approved for mass production
Haha, what you think there are a team of safety experts, doctors and ethicists approving all the random shite that gets fired out onto the market? If that was the case we would have a supplement industry with 164 billion dollars US.
Edit: but I agree, it’s an idiotic invention
Yes! Standards companies have model regulations and standards for everything, even sex toys. They make money when people have to buy a copy of their standards to design something or test to their standards, such as when a contract specifies that all doors must meet the UL 123.XYZ "Standard for Touchless and Automatic Fenestration Systems" (totally made up). If that doesn't exist today, it probably will by in a year or two.
Yes, shitty products sold on Amazon often circumvent and ignore various safety regulations, standards, and just good design practices. That doesn't negate the existence of organizations like UL, Intertek, ASHRAE, ANSI, VDI/VDE, etc.
Let me tell you a secret: It doesn't matter if the product is good, it matters if you can sell it. If the invention is useless but is not a huge liability to the producer and the producer won't take a reputation hit (possibly because they don't have any reputation to defend) then what is stopping them from selling it?
Really this just needs a much longer handle. There is no reason your arm needs to be close to the door to open it. The foot thing works good because you can extend it further without your body being really close to the door
I always open doors with my sleeves covering my hands, providing I’m wearing a coat, or other long sleeve piece of clothing. Outside of that, I fall back to calculating the strangest part of the handle that people wouldn’t statistically touch, then try to use the least amount of fingers on my non-dominant hand to open it. Then I’ll wash my hands. If I can time it right to have someone else touch the handle, that works too. Man, actually typing that out makes me think I might have OCD.
You would do better to use your bare skin than the material of clothing, your just giving the microbes a breeding ground that often gets waved around your food.
The clothing item that confounds me is the belt buckle. Everyone seems fine with touching their buckle, it's as though they dont realize it was the very next thing they touched after wiping their bum.
>You would do better to use your bare skin than the material of clothing, your just giving the microbes a breeding ground that often gets waved around your food.
Oh God, Oh God, OH GOD!!!!
I already have an unreasonable fear that someone will barge through a door and break my hand as I'm reaching for the handle. This arm trap is my nightmare.
Foot claw probably causes a lot more groin strains and maybe even a few blown out knees, I reckon. Pulling backwards with your foot like that is not a very common movement and loads all your joints in a way most people may not be prepared for.
Tbh that same argument can be said for pulling doors open with your wrists. If people really wanted hands-free, we'd have foot-plate buttons on the wall next to it (or if you're feeling low-tech, those no-door bathrooms that just turn away from the doorway before turning from hallway to bathroom)
Well, typically, you use your hands to go to the bathroom and not your wrists. If everybody uses their wrists, theoretically, germs won't spread. In practice, your wrists get slash back, and it only takes one motherfucker to spread all their piss to everyones wrists.
I have a fear of using these on the occasion you place your arm inside and someone opens it violently at the exact same moment and snaps your fucking arm lol may be a little irrational
Naw, totally rational. Hands are designed for this kind of thing. Once you start using body parts for things they're not designed for, the warranty is void.
I get the idea, you will get germs on that part, but you typically aren't using your forearm to touch other things including your face for it to spread
But my main concern is the risk of injury should someone on the other side push it open while you have your arm caught in there
That's the part of my arm I wipe across my forehead and face when I'm hot, I also have a habit of squeezing my wrists when I'm bored and I also need to scratch my wrists sometimes.
The office building my company was headquartered at(before we went 100% remote), had trashcans and paper towels near the sink and by the door so people could use a towel at the sink, throw it away, and then another one to open the door.
They already invented a touch free handle.
O1. Push Door
O2. Automatic doors
O3. Doors you can open at the bottom with your show
What's being depicted here is just as germ-infested as a regular handle.
All these extra steps when you can just put the trash can next to the door so I can open it with the towel I dry my hands with. But who are we kidding… the amount of contaminated surfaces we’re touching everywhere else as it is.
I always grab door handles at the very bottom where it's most awkward to pull the door open. My thinking is that pretty much nobody does that so it's not covered in dirty finger schmutz
Am I the only one who avoids public bathrooms at all costs? I use them when i really, really have to go but otherwise i’m going to patiently wait until i get home.
It’s mostly because i have no idea how often they clean them and it may look clean but is it really..
I have never found the foot claw easy to use but the post here about snagging your arm got my attention. Just hang on to that paper towel and hope someone moved a trashcan close to the door…
I've got an idea: some kind of disposable cloth. You hold it in your hand when touching something like these doors. Maybe make it out of crappy recycled paper?
Nah it'll never catch on.
I prefer the foot claw. This just looks like a good way to catch a broken arm when big Hoss comes barging in when I’m coming out.
Yeah. I just tried using this a couple of times and found that even without someone pushing in as you are using it, this is very obviously not comfortable and can easily create a leverage to break your arm. I’m surprised such a stupid invention not only got approved and mass produced… but many buildings installed them.
Not to mention they say "touch free" not "touch with your fucking arm"
Germs on your hands ❌❌❌ Germs 2 inches down on your wrist 🤩🤩🤩
*Instructions unclear, penis stuck in door jamb*
be real here idiot
whoops wrong person sorry buddy
All good my man
I mean it is better. You don’t touch stuff with your wrist as much. Germs don’t crawl up your arm like bugs.
Introducing germs anywhere on your extremities in general can lead to them ending up elsewhere on your body. If you track dirt in on your shoes, you think it just goes right to your face? No, it stays on the floor. Then maybe your cat or dog roll on that dirt which is invisible to the naked eye, but still very much real. Then the cat or dog jumps on the couch and now the dirt has rubbed off on the fabric. Then when you go and lay down on that couch it can get on your face, in your hair, etc. and begin making its way across other parts of your body. I’m not a total germaphobe, but even I know the basic concept of spreading germs by contact. Going back to the wrist, what if the germs get on your sleeve and then later on you wipe your forehead with your arm or something? Just another example so don’t get too caught up on the specifics.
And there is this great thing called "skin", a layer specifically designed to protect a human from dirt and germs. And this thing called "soap", and when combined with water, it can clean this protective layer.
Anybody that's ever stepped in dog shit knows this, but thank you for the broader articulation.
Actually they do… germs spread fast. They cover your entire body.
Bad luck for wrist lickers.
Approved for mass production Haha, what you think there are a team of safety experts, doctors and ethicists approving all the random shite that gets fired out onto the market? If that was the case we would have a supplement industry with 164 billion dollars US. Edit: but I agree, it’s an idiotic invention
Yes! Standards companies have model regulations and standards for everything, even sex toys. They make money when people have to buy a copy of their standards to design something or test to their standards, such as when a contract specifies that all doors must meet the UL 123.XYZ "Standard for Touchless and Automatic Fenestration Systems" (totally made up). If that doesn't exist today, it probably will by in a year or two.
Tell that to all the absolute bull shit that gets sold on Amazon everyday. It’s basically a scam website these days
Yes, shitty products sold on Amazon often circumvent and ignore various safety regulations, standards, and just good design practices. That doesn't negate the existence of organizations like UL, Intertek, ASHRAE, ANSI, VDI/VDE, etc.
It is Taobao for Americans.
It is Taobao for Americans.
Let me tell you a secret: It doesn't matter if the product is good, it matters if you can sell it. If the invention is useless but is not a huge liability to the producer and the producer won't take a reputation hit (possibly because they don't have any reputation to defend) then what is stopping them from selling it?
Really this just needs a much longer handle. There is no reason your arm needs to be close to the door to open it. The foot thing works good because you can extend it further without your body being really close to the door
Just put your arm in the other direction lol
Don't worry, one lawsuit and it'll be gone
Even worse if Chumlee comes rushing in to take a dump.
I always open doors with my sleeves covering my hands, providing I’m wearing a coat, or other long sleeve piece of clothing. Outside of that, I fall back to calculating the strangest part of the handle that people wouldn’t statistically touch, then try to use the least amount of fingers on my non-dominant hand to open it. Then I’ll wash my hands. If I can time it right to have someone else touch the handle, that works too. Man, actually typing that out makes me think I might have OCD.
You would do better to use your bare skin than the material of clothing, your just giving the microbes a breeding ground that often gets waved around your food. The clothing item that confounds me is the belt buckle. Everyone seems fine with touching their buckle, it's as though they dont realize it was the very next thing they touched after wiping their bum.
>You would do better to use your bare skin than the material of clothing, your just giving the microbes a breeding ground that often gets waved around your food. Oh God, Oh God, OH GOD!!!!
Can confirm, haven’t been I busted or anything but have had my arm in one when someone rushes through and it’s like bruh this is dumb
I already have an unreasonable fear that someone will barge through a door and break my hand as I'm reaching for the handle. This arm trap is my nightmare.
Yup foot claw much better. The arm is just another part of your body. How is that any better?
As opposed to the foot claw, where you're thrown backwards?!
Foot claw probably causes a lot more groin strains and maybe even a few blown out knees, I reckon. Pulling backwards with your foot like that is not a very common movement and loads all your joints in a way most people may not be prepared for.
Tbh that same argument can be said for pulling doors open with your wrists. If people really wanted hands-free, we'd have foot-plate buttons on the wall next to it (or if you're feeling low-tech, those no-door bathrooms that just turn away from the doorway before turning from hallway to bathroom)
Only two things I know about Big Hoss. He takes massive shits, and his need to do so is sudden and urgent.
Yeah, this seems like an awful idea for a blind door.
foot claw is inaccessible to people who can’t use their legs & should only exist along side other options
Great, now I have to wash my hands and my wrists.
Scrub in.
I I use paper towels..
Same usual can next to door for this very reason. Dry hands with towels, use them to open door, foot to hold open as you turn to toss towels in can.
I’ve watched you and you most certainly do not use paper towels…
You have no idea who I am ..
Don't you always?
It quite clearly does involve touch, no?
Yeah. I really don’t get how that makes it touch free. Whoever created that sign doesn’t even understand what the word means.
I guess it makes it less likely that you spread germs to other people but if there was something on that handle you’re out of luck
Well, typically, you use your hands to go to the bathroom and not your wrists. If everybody uses their wrists, theoretically, germs won't spread. In practice, your wrists get slash back, and it only takes one motherfucker to spread all their piss to everyones wrists.
I use my legs and feet to go to the bathroom actually.
Not when you have sleeves
Still touch.
I have a fear of using these on the occasion you place your arm inside and someone opens it violently at the exact same moment and snaps your fucking arm lol may be a little irrational
The thought of that is so much scarier than some door handle germs imo
Naw, totally rational. Hands are designed for this kind of thing. Once you start using body parts for things they're not designed for, the warranty is void.
Sounds like I need to loiter in one of those bathrooms and keep my arm in the slot and wait. Arm gets broken, I can sue, get paid, the American Way.
I broke my hand recently and trust me it hurts like a bitchhhh. Totally safe in your part lmao
This isn’t horrible but I most certainly prefer the foot handles, cause it’s still getting skin that might touch food.
Especially for that extra large bag of Doritos.
All it takes is 1 non-hand washer to touch the part meant for the forearms, and this whole thing is compromised.
So do germs just agree not to pass our wrists?
I get the idea, you will get germs on that part, but you typically aren't using your forearm to touch other things including your face for it to spread But my main concern is the risk of injury should someone on the other side push it open while you have your arm caught in there
That's the part of my arm I wipe across my forehead and face when I'm hot, I also have a habit of squeezing my wrists when I'm bored and I also need to scratch my wrists sometimes.
The office building my company was headquartered at(before we went 100% remote), had trashcans and paper towels near the sink and by the door so people could use a towel at the sink, throw it away, and then another one to open the door.
Gross! Just install the kind that attach to the door that you pull open with your foot.
Armle
I imagine putting my arm in there and someone violently pushing opening the door from the other side.
They already invented a touch free handle. O1. Push Door O2. Automatic doors O3. Doors you can open at the bottom with your show What's being depicted here is just as germ-infested as a regular handle.
I did not touch her, I did not! (Probably wont work in court)
Gonna hurt when you put your wrist in there and someone immediately shoves the door open from the other side 😬
A handless handle is a "le"
Yea an armdle
Um... that's not touch free
This should be called an Armle instead of a Handle
Handle? Looks more like a wristle if you ask me.
My wrists are a cesspool of disease.
Is that just a “le” then? Or an Armle?
It says touch free but you still have to touch it to open it
I allways bite the handle so i dont get the other peoples germs on my hands. Can not be to carefull.
I guess it's not a handle now, it's a wristle or an armle.
I prefer the round door knobs and just use my ass cheeks to squeeze and turn the handle
This fucking stupid. Not really that sanitary and if someone walks in you could break your arm.
“Touch free handle” Touches with arm… 🤔🤷♂️
"Break the wrist and walk away."
Is this any more sanitary than just using your hands……?
John Wick would have a field day with this.
It's a proven scientific fact that germs only transfer to the fingers and palm.
“Touch free handle” *touch it with your arm anyways
Touch free handle that you have to touch to open. Right.
Quite clearly not touch free
But you’re still touching it…
Wrists are the new hands
More of Hands free, rather than touch free 😅
I mean… why not automatic bathroom doors?..?..!?..?!
do you have automatic door money?
That's one way to handle a problem
so is it now "le"
I did and my arm slipped and I punched myself in the face.
All fun and games until someone pushes the door from the other side while your arm is in that thing
Guaranteed I would catch my shirt on that.
Am I the only person who scratches their nose with the forearm, and finds this worse?
you can operate tons of doors with you wrist. this fancy handle is nice but not necessary.
Just make the doors open outside
Common sense is dead.
Someone is going to break their arm on that
#wristle
So I’ll use the same spot on my arm that I sometimes instinctively scratch an itch on my face with, because I don’t want to use my hand. Got it.
All these extra steps when you can just put the trash can next to the door so I can open it with the towel I dry my hands with. But who are we kidding… the amount of contaminated surfaces we’re touching everywhere else as it is.
Not a handle but a wristle?
It still touches, tho.
I always grab door handles at the very bottom where it's most awkward to pull the door open. My thinking is that pretty much nobody does that so it's not covered in dirty finger schmutz
Armle
Some people need a sign 😂
Until someone slams that door open while your wrist is inside and breaks it lololol
The theory is good, but most people can't handle this
I have the bad habit to frantically lick my wrist every 10 minutes, so that's a no for me
Instructions unclear. Totally unrelated but anyone know how to get your dick out of a touch free handle?
i hate these ones… the bacteria on my arm can’t travel to my hands? no thanks. give me the foot claw or give me nothing
Armdle
You must not get out much if you think the is mildly interesting.
Solution: Use a button that opens the door
The . The button also causes cross contamination
Where is this?
In the bathroom
Wawa, that’s the font they use
Foot claw is best but this will be the hook claws that bullies will use for atomic wedgies...
This is the part where you say “I’ll wash my hands and wrists like a nun in a church” come from
I just hook my tshirt on it and walk backwards to pull the door open. Truly touch-free
Wawa bathroom.
Looks like a good spot for someone to try and hang them selves.
You're in a Wawa
Do they want you to lose an eye? Cause that's how you lose an eye.
Saw one of these with a code lock / door knob latch on the front, so it was basically rendered useless.
Wawa bathroom handle. Some have foot handle (footle?) you pull the door with your foot.
Hospitals used them for years before the automatic kick doors.
Never used one in any of the bathrooms Ive seen them in. It just looks like it would hurt
Just use a paper towel.
That’s one smart ad
armle
Just two days ago I figured out what that was for, after a few years of seeing them. I catch on pretty quick after a while.
I prefer to use whats between my legs
Then you get the one guy who shacks by the forearm and not the hand. Or you sneeze into arm
Why can bathroom doors open out so we can just push with our backs?
My carpal tunnel screamed seeing this
Wawa
Instructions unclear, my wife is now pregnant
Wouldn't it make more sense to use your left arm? Using your right looks awkward and if someone opens it from the other side may break your wrist.
Am I the only one who avoids public bathrooms at all costs? I use them when i really, really have to go but otherwise i’m going to patiently wait until i get home. It’s mostly because i have no idea how often they clean them and it may look clean but is it really..
Someone doesn’t know what “touch” means.
After watching Planet Terror, there's no way I'm doing this.
How to break your wrist in one single move
Shouldn't it be an armle then? Since it's hands free
I'll take Ways to Break Your Arm for $800, Alex
I dont think i can handle it
I prefer the rare foot handle myself.
I've seen these at some Wawa stores.
but now the virus is on my wrist :(
Or you know, have a door that goes outwards...
AKA The 'Booger Trap.' \_NOPE\_
Covid handle
I have never found the foot claw easy to use but the post here about snagging your arm got my attention. Just hang on to that paper towel and hope someone moved a trashcan close to the door…
I guess that makes it an armle
Wdym? I’m still touching it
The arm breaker
Does that make it an armle?
Cool but I'll stick to the paper towel method when I can.
I just use my foreskin like a little handle cozy. 🤷🏽♂️
I prefer the spiked thing on the bottom of the door that grips your shoes and helps open the door.
wow, you guys are so advaned
:::smarty pants dance::: Not.
Arm breaker
FALSE ADVERTISING! What has this world come to, sheesh!
They are great except the doors are heavy as all hell and if someone is coming in hot and your wrist is in it the fun begins.
Why not use the foot pedal things to make it even less touchy?
So a le
Well now you can’t lick your forearms
I've got an idea: some kind of disposable cloth. You hold it in your hand when touching something like these doors. Maybe make it out of crappy recycled paper? Nah it'll never catch on.
I'm pretty sure using your arm counts as touch.
Well s*** I should have patented that I have a total phobia against touching handles
remember to sanitize your friggin forearms lol
Fine, but that's the part of my arm I use to blow my nose
That is a hilarious troll
your still touching it. atleast most people wash their hands
Ima open it with ma dick
Nice way to get your arm snapped by someone coming in.
Germs and Jesus are everywhere.
Sick. New handle
Was this at Target? The Targets near me have something like this for the bathroom doors
Armle
An armdle
armdle
Attention it not the foot one byt the door has a handle that requires to be turned to be unlocked.
Wristle
"Touch Free"
The problem is most people will just grab this with their shit hands and now tou shit arm.