A faucet with an automatic shut-off feature fits into this category. We're sure you've seen public toilets and perhaps lavatories that operate automatically.

Another theory we'd like to offer: Those automatic faucets never work on the first try! You end up jabbing and poking your dirty hands all over the faucet to try to trigger the stream of water.

April 24, 2009 Automatic faucets are a good idea, they're convenient, hygienic and big water savers, but many of us who've encountered these "smart taps" in public washrooms would be familiar with ...

Luckily, my cat was always too dumb to make the connection between the faucet and fresh water, so she’s made do thus far with just sipping from her water dish. But I’ve heard that once kitties ...

The automatic faucets offer a hygienic, water-saving, and easy-to-use product. Benefits. Water saving performance – flow rate can be adjusted down to 1.4lpm; ...

The study's authors suggest that the automatic faucet's valves may be to blame, because they found bacteria growing in there, too (manual taps don't have the valves).

Typically automatic flush faucets turn on the water flow for a short period at least once every 12 hours to wash out microbes that may become concentrated during stagnant intervals.