Dyson Reinvents the Fan

[xchrisbobisx]

The world needs more James Dyson's. Passionate about something. Even if that passion is making vacuums.

[TheBlackOpsish]

hey thats in costco

[wow0yunnies]

for 300 bucks, you can get an A/C.

[martin2handy]

yeah it's all very jolly talking about fans over air cond when you have the poofta summer UK has, come here with your poxy fan... 45 degree air blowing at you... thanks Jimbo.

[olivergibson]

I don't think anyone cares about 'discomfort' caused by blade fans, that they can carry several at a time, or that you can store them easily. The fact they're environmentally friendly and energy efficient so potentially save money seems far more interesting and would have greater potential to encourage people to fork out $200 compared to a classic fan for less than $50. Until Dyson find a different way of selling this product it seems they've invented something with little real value

[BR4NDONcec]

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[borminblood]

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[Astromchaser]

I'll take my vintage fans any day.

[sasuke315]

Chops the air up? Who cares

Danger to kids? Yeah any kid who sticks their hand in a fan is braindead

Easier to clean? Yeah sure, boy it takes a lot of effort to snap off a safety grill and wipe the blades

[yf21bowman]

ad a water mist sprayer to it and I'll buy it

[theonlyonebuttwo]

And it only costs £200 -.-

[128pinkfloyd]

This technology has been used for industrial purposes since the '70's. So its not like he invented this. He just scaled it down to size for use as a fan.

[TheMrADz]

@128pinkfloyd But what he invented was the multiplying action by blowing the air over the airfoil at an angle

[nutzeeer]

because its better it hasnt to be more expensive

[icthe7]

So if there is a tornado will this make it like an F200

[guilleory]

Really nice but quite too much expensive

€300? C'mon....I'd better get an air conditioner for that price

[TheVikingWarrior09]

THIS GUY HAS A LOT OF FANS.

[xXEl1m1n4tOrXx]

he had 900$ on one arm lol

[FeeLtheHertZ]

This thing is AWESOME!

[Deyman123]

Ya the price could have been a bit higher..........

I think I'll just go grab my grandma's good ol' fan from the basement!

[EpiDemic117]

@Deyman123 haha. I just got a Honeywell Blower fan yesterday. It's dead quiet. Has a Thermostat built in. Comes with a remote, Oscillates, Has a timer, AND is light as hell. Only problem i had is a weird noise this one makes (defective) Gonna return it and get another otherwise this tower blower unit BLOWS away the airmultiplier in quietness and power. (since cylindrical blowers are generally much quieter)

[meyers5150]

I'm not a fan of fans and in fact the 'breeze' is for free thinking anarchists and hippies! I didn't lose both of my legs in Korea for you liberals to max out to a free-form acid wind party! Damn you and your hemp born wind tunnels! Dyson is the anti-vac! Repent. Attica!

[THETOMANATOR2]

if it works like the air blade hand drier they should use it to make better hairdryers. ( I have dibs on the Intelectual property right on this one ! ) haha

[mrplease66]

way, way way too expensive for a fan! 300£ is a totally absurd price for a breeze.

Looks ok, does the same, with the same noise and the same power consuption. No Bloody Way am I buying this crock of shit.

[EpiDemic117]

@mrplease66 "300£ is a totally absurd price for a breeze." Agreed. That's even more than what they sell it for in the U.S. ($300). Dyson reminds me of the apple of vacuum cleaners and fans. They act like they invented most of this shit when in fact this technology has been around for a very long time. Even the had drier he made. The Japanese have been making those since the 90's. FAKE DYSON! you aren't original besides begin a salesmen.

[marcr69r]

if i bought one of these my 3yr old niece would only dunk it in a bucket full of soapy water and wave it about, hoping for some huge bubbles lol.

[JodieIsInDaHouse]

LMFAO

It doesn't SUCK. It BLOWS!

This should be their motto!!!

[miamizue06]

299,-€ sind eindeutig zu viel Geld für ein Gerät was die Luft bewegt !!!

[Sidowse]

Amazon sells a "Bionaire Remote Control Tower Fan with Sliding Control Panel" for £52. No contest, the Bionaire is almost 1/4 of the price and does so much more.

[Sidowse]

Classic mistake. They have discovered something "Cool" and they have tried to find a use for it. That is the wrong way round to do things! You need to find a problem/annoyance encounted by many and then develop a solution for it. Such as with the ball-barrow and bagless vacuum cleaner. This to me is another Dyson washing machine.

[Sidowse]

What happens when the impeller gets clogged up with dust? Thats a far bigger hassel to clean than cleaning the blades of a fan. Honestly!! A nice idea but they should never have wasted money in putting it into production unless they sell it for about £80. Still pricey but at that sort of price it doesn't take the piss nearly as much. PeopleatDysonAreObviouslyEarni­ngTooMuchMoney and have lost touch with their markets.

[Joe41272]

I saw one of these fans at Best Buy. It's very quiet, and cool looking, but doesn't put out much air, and costs $300. No, thanks...I'll stick with the $20 model, and put up with the "discomfort" of air moved the old fashioned way. In addition, the air is forced from the outside of the ring, but the center does nothing. Again, a cool gadget, but certainly not worth what it costs.

[PacManJulie]

It would take less than three hundred years for a full ROI. After that its pure profit! Oh wow man, this thing is so sweet, I;m gonna be rich.

[lowtone10]

they look so cool, but theyre £200!

[monkeyman522]

I like the concept of this but it sounds like its using the same motor as the airblade which is quite noisy. If they got the decibels down along with the price tag, I'd buy one.

[expomarker3]

This fan sucks

[whateveragain111]

Another Dyson invention to suck the money from your wallet.

[tri400]

is this actually more energy efficient than normal fans? (for the same airflow)

[khaderach19]

think of it as a piston (bladed fan) aircraft engine vs a jet engine (bladeless). basically more drag = more energy wasted. blades have use drag to move the air the jet engine doesnt.

[Sidowse]

Your post doesn't make any sense!

[frappleknives]

do you know how stupid you sound? 1.) grammar. and 2.) jet engines have blades, they are just used in a different manner than those on an IC engine on a small aircraft.

What dyson didn't like about the fan blades is the inconsistent and spiral airflow coming from ordinary fans.

[khaderach19]

@frappleknives older aircraft engines used a piston style motor to power the blades through the air. I think a ramjet would be a better analogy of what this is. small amount of energy to force air moving within the ring, which causes the surrounding air to move as well.

[sqbsbear]

@khaderach19 it's pretty simple fluid mechanics, the moving air around the foil creates a zone of lower pressure which draws more air from the surrounding high pressure environment...

[lowtone10]

@sqbsbear like a partial vacuum?

[sqbsbear]

@lowtone10 sorry for the late reply, yes I suppose you could think of it that way. The relatively higher pressure areas are drawn towards the lower pressure areas, creating this movement of air that we experience as wind.

[tri400]

@khaderach19 lol, a jet engine does have blades....