Device uses movement of ions to generate airflow without any moving parts like in iPads and MacBook Air.

    • @[email protected]
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      273 months ago

      They do not. For a given power input they produce less airflow at lower velocity than a regular fan. They’re a complete scam.

            • @[email protected]
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              43 months ago

              Advertising for a product isn’t a citation. That article literally just repeats Dyson’s own claims. Do you have anything that actually tests that claim?

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                  13 months ago

                  You made an assertion. If you are unable to provide supporting evidence, we can assume that your assertion is incorrect without needing to prove anything.

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                23 months ago

                I don’t think you two are even contradicting each other. The airflow going through the base can be 15x smaller than the total result, but also require more energy than just using a regular fan that moves that amount of air.

                Total airflow and efficiency are two independent things.

                Disclaimer: I have no real data on how Dyson fans work.

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                  13 months ago

                  Of course, it is a purifier, it is hard to get high volumes of air through the HEPA filter

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                    23 months ago

                    As demonstraded by the ActionLab video someone else posted, “bladeless” fans in general are less efficient. The one he tested was not a Dyson and didn’t have a HEPA filter.

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              23 months ago

              They’re “bladeless” fans are just regular fans with more steps. Those added steps introduce inefficiencies. Simple as that. If you wanted to make a fan more efficient, you could add a shroud close to the blades, but the energy cost of electric fans are already low enough that it really doesn’t matter.

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      103 months ago

      They literally generate as much as that small fan in the case can generate.

      With the aerodynamics of the case it’s just a matter of converting higher pressure into lower pressure with higher (& a bit more laminated) airflow.