Yes it is an ‘investment’ not a ‘sunk cost’… and here is some quick calculation to prove our point! Here we have used list price of the hand dryer.

 

Your ROI can be better if:

 

• If any discount is offered to you on the list price.

• We have not subtracted from the hand dryer price, the money you would have otherwise spent on buying paper towel dispensers. 

• Labour involved in ordering and refilling the paper towel dispensers every day

 

As mentioned earlier, we are considering the worst case scenarios so your savings will always be better than calculated below.

 

 

ROI for Prima Series Hand Dryer Model: AS 25-IR SB

 

Assume that you buy an askon Mach Series hand dryer AS 25-IR SB for which you paid Rs. 13778.

 

The ROI for Rs. 13778 as compared to if you were using paper towels will be,

                                     13778 ÷ ((2.5*120)-18.2) = 49 hours of hand dryer operation

• Where Rs. 2.5 is the cost per drying when using paper towels

• 120 is the number of drying cycles in 1 hour of continuous operation of hand dryer model AS 25-IR SB.

• Rs. 13 is cost of 1 unit of electricity in Mumbai as of April’16. Thus cost of operating AS 25-IR SB for 1 hour is Rs. 18.2

• Rs. 13778 is the List Price of hand dryer AS 25-IR SB as of April 2016 excluding taxes.

 

 

Following are some conclusions we can make:

 

• If the hand dryer is operated for 1 hour or 120 drying cycles of 30 seconds each per day, the cost of Rs. 13778 will be recovered in 49 days or 1.5 months as compared to if you were using paper towels for drying hands!! This is applicable for high volume facilities.

 

• If the hand dryer is used for 30 minutes or 60 hand drying cycles of 30 seconds each, the cost of Rs. 13778 will be recovered in 98 days or 3.5 months as compared to if you were using paper towels for drying hands!! This is applicable for medium volume facilities.

 

• If the hand dryer is used for 15 minutes or 30 hand drying cycles of 30 seconds each, the cost of Rs. 13778 will be recovered in 196 days or 6.5 months as compared to if you were using paper towels for drying hands!! This is applicable for low volume facilities.

 

• Thus, after 49 days (if hand dryer used for 120 drying cycles everyday) there will be savings of Rs. 282 every 120 drying cycles using hand dryer model AS 25-IR SB as compared to using paper towels.

 

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ROI for Mach Series Hand Dryer Model: ASH-MJ1

 

Assume that you buy an askon Mach Series hand dryer ASH-MJ1 for which you paid Rs. 17867.

 

The ROI for Rs. 17867 as compared to if you were using paper towels will be,

 

                                17867 ÷ ((2.5*240)-13) = 31 hours of hand dryer operation

 

• Where Rs. 2.5 is the cost per drying when using paper towels

• 240 is the number of drying cycles in 1 hour of continuous operation of askon hand dryer model ASH-MJ1.

• Rs. 13 is cost of 1 unit of electricity in Mumbai as of April’16. Thus cost of operating ASH-MJ1 for an hour is Rs. 13

• Rs. 17867 is the List Price of hand dryer model ASH-MJ1 as of April 2016 excluding taxes.

 

 

Following are some conclusions we can make:

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•  If the hand dryer is operated for 1 hour or 240 drying cycles of 15 seconds each per day, the cost of Rs. 17867 will be recovered in 31 days or 1 month as compared to if you were using paper towels for drying hands!! This is applicable for high volume facilities.

 

• If the hand dryer is used for 30 minutes or 120 hand drying cycles of 15 seconds each, the cost of Rs. 17867 will be recovered in 62 days or 2 months as compared to if you were using paper towels for drying hands!! This is applicable for medium volume facilities.

 

• If the hand dryer is used for 15 minutes or 60 hand drying cycles of 15 seconds each, the cost of Rs. 17867 will be recovered in 124 days or 4 months as compared to if you were using paper towels for drying hands!! This is applicable for low volume facilities.

 

• Thus, after 31 days (if hand dryer used for 240 drying cycles everyday) there will be savings of Rs. 587 every 240 drying cycles using hand dryer model ASH-MH1 as compared to using paper towels.

 

 

ROI for Mach Series Hand Dryer Model: ASH-MJ2

 

Assume that you buy an askon Mach Series hand dryer ASH-MJ2 for which you paid Rs. 55000.

 

The ROI for Rs. 55000 as compared to if you were using paper towels will be,

 

55000 ÷ ((2.5 * 300)-9.1) = 74 hours of hand dryer operation

 

• Where Rs. 2.5 is the cost per drying when using paper towels

• 300 is the number of hand drying cycles in 1 hour of continuous operation of hand dryer model ASH-MJ2

• Rs. 13 is cost of 1 KWH of electricity in Mumbai as of April’16. Thus cost of operating 0.7 KW hand dryer ASH-MJ2 for an hour is Rs. 9.1

• Rs. 55000 is the List Price of hand dryer ASH-MJ2 as of April 2016 excluding taxes.

 

Following are some conclusions we can make:

 

• If the hand dryer is operated for 1 hour or 300 drying cycles of 12 seconds each per day, the cost of Rs. 55000 will be recovered in 74 days or 2.5 months as compared to if you were using paper towels for drying hands!! This is applicable for high volume facilities.

 

• If the hand dryer is used for 30 minutes or 150 hand drying cycles of 12 seconds each, the cost of Rs. 55000 will be recovered in 148 days or 5 months as compared to if you were using paper towels for drying hands!! This is applicable for medium volume facilities.

 

• If the hand dryer is used for 15 minutes or 75 hand drying cycles of 12 seconds each, the cost of Rs. 55000 will be recovered in 296 days or 10 months as compared to if you were using paper towels for drying hands!! This is applicable for low volume facilities.

 

• Thus, after 74 days (if hand dryer used for 300 drying cycles everyday) there will be saving of Rs. 741 every 300 drying cycles when using the hand dryer model ASH-MJ2 as compared to using paper towels.