Family drier proves hit with pool users
It looks like Dr Who’s tardis but it has a more down to earth function
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IT BEARS a striking resemblance to Doctor Who’s time-travelling tardis, but this machine at an Inverness leisure centre has a far more down-to-earth function.
Using warm air and infra-red lamps, experts claim it is an environmentally friendly way of drying whole families still dripping wet after emerging from a swimming pool.
The drier, which is the first of its kind in the Highlands, is being used at Inverness Leisure, at Bught Park, as part of its drive to contribute to a greener and cleaner environment.
Generators have already been installed at the facility which allow it to create its own electricity.
Managers say the drier, fitted earlier this month, will also help cut down the time customers spend in the changing room. A total of 804,351 visitors used facilities at the centre in the last year, a record for the building and an increase of more than 150,000 visits from the previous 12 months.
Used on sites with a large number of customers such as holiday parks, the drier has been dubbed “the tardis” by leisure centre staff because of Doctor Who’s futuristic police call box.
It allows two adults and two children to enter and be dried by a warm air that allows evaporation to occur while infra-red lamps gently warm the skin.
Head of operations at the centre Craig Steedman said: “We have been amazed by how popular the new drier has been for our customers. We’ve had hundreds of customers use it already all with very positive reports.”
The new drier costs £1 for three minutes.
