Magnetic Oscilation or not the thig is supposed to blow air. If input and output are the same the underlying technology is pointless. And I don't see how squeezing a bunch of air through a small slit justifies the $300 price tag. And unless your face is 3 feet from the fan buffeting isn't a problem.
Money grubbing marketing. All they did was put the fans at the bottom, then somehow try to market it like they invented new technology. That's so conniving.
@ToonGirlSodaPop yes. and no. the hollow cylinder of air is supposed to mobilise the air inside as well, but most of the power would be concentrated on the edges.
I love how slow they show the buffets in this video..
At the speed fan blades move, I doubt you'd ever notice any form of buffeting. Shit, I didn't even know what buffeting was or that my fans were doing it to me until I heard of the air multiplier...
$300 to $500 for a stupid fan? At least the vacuum looks pretty decent, but an over-rated and over-priced fan? Come on now. People never bothered with "buffeting" because it doesn't bother them.
@ymetwoday actually... those are blades. No matter how you bend it, those are still blades, even a vacuum cleaner has blades. They are just not exposed.
@djteac Forgive my ignorance, but the explanation I heard was that the closest thing to blades in this thing is the brushless DC motor replacing the (legacy) brushed motor.
How would that be groundbreaking? Miniature piezo fans (and my cheap hair clippers) already do magnetic oscillation. That can't support the pressure needed to push the air up the tube and out the ring (unless larger and less energy efficient).
@thebakerman1= I got a fan that is over 20 years old, and it still works. I'm keeping it. It'skept my family cool. No one's complaining. Dyson should be doing something useful.
While this is a very clever idea and solves problems with cleanup and maintenance, the "buffeting" claim is more than a bit far fetched. I don't notice buffeting with my fan at home and neither does anyone else. Let's be honest. The "buffets" are so minute that you never realize they are there and its anything but "unpleasant".
Fans basically chop air up and send slices of it towards you; buffet, without a silent T, means to hit unevenly and hinder one to the point of annoyance.
It DOES have fan blades. An impeller is a fan and an impeller has blades. The blades of the fan are out of view in the base. It's like a leaf blower but instead of a tube it has a plenum. It might be unusual but it's basically a $15 fan. Semantics with an accent...
Star gate ?
MegaStingers 5 months ago
How easy is it to clean the fan
Videogamer52100 6 months ago
Magnetic Oscilation or not the thig is supposed to blow air. If input and output are the same the underlying technology is pointless. And I don't see how squeezing a bunch of air through a small slit justifies the $300 price tag. And unless your face is 3 feet from the fan buffeting isn't a problem.
crc32ctx 7 months ago
I have ten of those...great!!
20willsdude 8 months ago
Money grubbing marketing. All they did was put the fans at the bottom, then somehow try to market it like they invented new technology. That's so conniving.
schadara 8 months ago
Wouldn't that just go around your face?
ToonGirlSodaPop 8 months ago
@ToonGirlSodaPop yes. and no. the hollow cylinder of air is supposed to mobilise the air inside as well, but most of the power would be concentrated on the edges.
dimomarg 7 months ago
I love how slow they show the buffets in this video..
At the speed fan blades move, I doubt you'd ever notice any form of buffeting. Shit, I didn't even know what buffeting was or that my fans were doing it to me until I heard of the air multiplier...
Trike17 8 months ago 2
@Trike17 Exactly. I've never notice that my fan slaps me.
endimion17 4 months ago
Jeez, dont you hate it when your just sitting there enjoying your fan and then all the sudden you get buffeted? Man I hate that....
TheInvisibleManz 10 months ago 4
$300 to $500 for a stupid fan? At least the vacuum looks pretty decent, but an over-rated and over-priced fan? Come on now. People never bothered with "buffeting" because it doesn't bother them.
brewdev 10 months ago
Technology inspired by Warren Buffett.
kmarinas86 1 year ago
Who realised fans buffet you before this fan existed?
iLuckyyy 1 year ago
Does this fan really work?
wiko84 1 year ago
the Blades are below inside the air-intake.
so actually it does use Blades.
It would have been real ground breaking if it was some sort of magneticOscilating technology but its not.
1800s 1 year ago 17
@1800s actuaily it is like a vacuum that sucks in air not blades.
ymetwoday 1 year ago
@ymetwoday actually... those are blades. No matter how you bend it, those are still blades, even a vacuum cleaner has blades. They are just not exposed.
djteac 9 months ago
@djteac Forgive my ignorance, but the explanation I heard was that the closest thing to blades in this thing is the brushless DC motor replacing the (legacy) brushed motor.
VBAadmin 7 months ago
@1800s
How would that be groundbreaking? Miniature piezo fans (and my cheap hair clippers) already do magnetic oscillation. That can't support the pressure needed to push the air up the tube and out the ring (unless larger and less energy efficient).
StinkyCheese9999 6 months ago
OMG i saw tht fan yesterday in sears.. where does da air come from omg
caleb5556 1 year ago
Oh geez, I guess helicopters got it all wrong
MisterMushy 1 year ago 29
Buffeting = Snake Oil
liOVERLOADil 1 year ago
@thebakerman1= I got a fan that is over 20 years old, and it still works. I'm keeping it. It'skept my family cool. No one's complaining. Dyson should be doing something useful.
vigo894 1 year ago
300 dollar fan if i were rich and didnt know the value of money
WeEatBrainz 1 year ago
@WeEatBrainz
Even if I was a billionaire I wouldn't buy a $300 fan. This is just plain ludicrous.
thebakerman1 1 year ago
Very nice!
I would want that in the window frames of my car too.
Wedler78 1 year ago
can you guys see the future now?
imagine helicopters without blades and how safer that'd be.
we could have airplane engines bladeless.
maybe even begin on that new hovercraft/flying car thing haha
it's amazing how much we've progressed
jdvp16 1 year ago
@jdvp16
Sorry to bring you back to reality, but what that thing does is basic hydrodynamics...
It's more than possible that it is already tested..... And in fact... it is... in hovercrafts...
So nop.... you aren't going to see any matrix like heli anytime soon... there are other fiction films much closer to reality...
TrickyNekro 1 year ago
@TrickyNekro woot for the hovercrafts! cry for the heli's -__-
thanks for the info though!
jdvp16 1 year ago
While this is a very clever idea and solves problems with cleanup and maintenance, the "buffeting" claim is more than a bit far fetched. I don't notice buffeting with my fan at home and neither does anyone else. Let's be honest. The "buffets" are so minute that you never realize they are there and its anything but "unpleasant".
GAQ01 1 year ago
its basically a motor from a hoover in a plastic case with a hoop on the top ...plastic crap ...not worth £200 . NO WAY . lol
mark871162 2 years ago
what on earth is 'buffeting' - youre not talking about picnic food
mark871162 2 years ago
Fans basically chop air up and send slices of it towards you; buffet, without a silent T, means to hit unevenly and hinder one to the point of annoyance.
CoinManipulator 2 years ago
@CoinManipulator but if they rotate fast enough you cant tell at all
EazyE6793 1 year ago
It DOES have fan blades. An impeller is a fan and an impeller has blades. The blades of the fan are out of view in the base. It's like a leaf blower but instead of a tube it has a plenum. It might be unusual but it's basically a $15 fan. Semantics with an accent...
utubebl8 2 years ago