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I bought a Dyson fan and here's the scoop.

Pros: it looks nice

Cons: expensive, requires use of remote control, CFM isn't very high, missing WiFi, missing Bluetooth, missing Zigby and any other home automation protocol, has an expensive consumable filter, noisy motor for the small amount of air coming out.

Here's the spoiler: basically, the fan only puts out about 40 CFM. Yep, that's it. Compared to cheap fans, a conventional room fan puts out 30 times that much or about 1,200 CFM for about $40, nearly 10 times less money.

But it has an "air multiplier"! Fake. That marketing gimmick simply squeezes air out of very small openings causing the air to jet out at high velocity. As long as the fan is pointing towards you, that high velocity air will hit you, just not very much air.

The first thing I noticed was it had a small external power supply. Immediately, I knew the fan didn't have much power. Essentially, Dyson designed an interesting looking device and created a bunch of marketing hype to sell it. Then they added consumables to keep you coming back. At the price point they charged, you'd think they would include every conceivable home automation protocol like Alexa, Google, WiFi, Bluetooth, Zigby and a host of others. Sadly, that's not the case. Nope. Nothing. But it looks cool. And it has an LCD screen with a remote control that has a lot of buttons.

I bought a Dyson fan and here's the scoop. Pros: it looks nice Cons: expensive, requires use of remote control, CFM isn't very high, missing WiFi, missing Bluetooth, missing Zigby and any other home automation protocol, has an expensive consumable filter, noisy motor for the small amount of air coming out. Here's the spoiler: basically, the fan only puts out about 40 CFM. Yep, that's it. Compared to cheap fans, a conventional room fan puts out 30 times that much or about 1,200 CFM for about $40, nearly 10 times less money. But it has an "air multiplier"! Fake. That marketing gimmick simply squeezes air out of very small openings causing the air to jet out at high velocity. As long as the fan is pointing towards you, that high velocity air will hit you, just not very much air. The first thing I noticed was it had a small external power supply. Immediately, I knew the fan didn't have much power. Essentially, Dyson designed an interesting looking device and created a bunch of marketing hype to sell it. Then they added consumables to keep you coming back. At the price point they charged, you'd think they would include every conceivable home automation protocol like Alexa, Google, WiFi, Bluetooth, Zigby and a host of others. Sadly, that's not the case. Nope. Nothing. But it looks cool. And it has an LCD screen with a remote control that has a lot of buttons.

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Bought a dyson electric sweep for around $800. 30 minute battery life on “med”, 15 minutes on “boost” (which really is the only functional option), 30 minutes on “eco”, which doesn’t pick up anything. Hours to recharge. Huge waste of money. To top it off, I only got it based on a cousin’s recommendation. Didn’t stop to consider cousin is wealthy and cares not what things cost or if they work. Blame myself.

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Dyson is legit, I use the battery one for small things and never really run out. That's what the corded model of anything is for, constant use and higher outputs.

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Dyson related but concerns their battery powered vacuums. Purchased the Dyson Animal brand (around 300 US) because reviews were great for using for vehicles and for pet hair. Battery when new last for 7 minutes on high power & 15 minutes on low. Battery dies within 6 months since a charge would last 2 minutes or less towards the end.

New planned obsolescence battery can be purchased for around 100 bucks from Dyson or 25 bucks for chinese battery that lasts for 30 minutes on high. I've had Chinese battery for 2 years and still works great. Should be no reason consumers should be willing to buy products that are planned to fail and have to spend more money to upgrade, but here we are.

A great film if you can find it is 'The Light Bulb Conspiracy.' It is a documentary that speaks of how light bulbs were first built to last for 100 years but globohomo got together to make sure bulb life would be shortened in order to sell more consumables.

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Awesome. I checked archives for it, but didn't think to look on YT for it. Been straying further from YT ever since they purposefully broke the search function but I'll use it if I have a link. Going to watch it again this weekend. Appreciate it mate.

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...and then there are HP printers...

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I score plastic box fans from the Salvation Army in January. One is blowing on me right now. No remote to use. Basically disposable. $5.99

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They managed to convince the average ape that "fan buffeting" is annoying.

They literally imagined up an issue and now people believe it.

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We all understand how susceptible people are to mind control.

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Why did you buy it? Dyson products are well known to be shit

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So its essentially an 'iFan"

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Congratulations on your overpriced home airflow gadget of questionable value.

I've had the same 19.99 box fan for the last 15 years. It's awesome. Moves a ton of air. After 5 years or so I take the plastic front off and clean the interior with a wet paper towel and it's like new again. Did I mention it cost 20 bucks?

I also bought the Dyson DC07 upright vacuum 22 years ago. That thing is built like a tank and still works like new. I've replaced brushes and belts but that's about it. They went from an engineering company to a disposable razor revenue model company about a decade ago.