Dyson Fan

DirtyBird222 wrote: I can't sleep without a fan that has buffety air blowing in my face.

I like to use a box fan in the window near my bed when I sleep, and I always slept well, until this Dyson dude showed up and explained to me that I was being "buffeted". Now I can't get a good night's sleep for worrying about it.

Before, I always considered "buffeting" to be trimming my pencil-thin moustache, and going to Margaritaville for a cheeseburger in paradise with my buddy the bear.

Who knew?

i also need a fan blowing air on me in order to sleep. a $20 walmart fan typically lasts 7 or so years if i keep it reasonably clean.

GR40RACER wrote: OK, only because the GRM crowd will actually get it I will tell you a little about Dyson. First off, 50% of what they do well is marketing, 25% is appearance/packaging and the rest is product performance. I'm a sales rep for World Dryer, I sell against Dyson; World Dryer invented the air powered hand dryer over 80 years ago. When Dyson introduced their hand dryer they put over 3 million dollars into advertising the thing and gave away thousands of units just to get them recognized and out in the North American market, they ran an ad during the super bowl on their hand dryer for Pete sake, this was unheard of in the commerical hand dryer industry Anyway, their hand dryer is what we refer to in the industry as a "blade dryer", it's designed to move water off the hands where most of the traditional hand dryers evaporate the majority of water off the hands. With most blade dryers there is some sort of reservoir to catch the water moved off the hands and Dyson's first model had a reservoir but they lacked any device to get rid of the stored water such as a plumbed drain or heated evaporation device; needless to say, Dyson's first hand dryers had mold problems. Their fix was to block the reservoir which let the water move off the sides of the dryer and fall on the floor, in high trafic restrooms this caused quite a mess. I can't tell you how many Dyson hand dryers I've replaced in the last couple of year, but I'd estimate it's a couple hundred. So that's my Dyson story, I hope you enjoyed it

as a user of hand dryers, here is my story:

i washed my hands in a restroom with one of those dyson dryers. a few seconds later, my hands were dry without me having to wipe them on my pants. this was a new experience as far as dryer-equipped restrooms were concerned.

Buzz Killington wrote: as a user of hand dryers, here is my story:

Ooo.. ooo, I have one too!

A few years back I was running at the Allies and Axis event at SGMP with the Dixie region, and we had a brief shower, which puddled somewhat on the huge parking lot we were using. I'd already driven the first heat, and was on 1st corner worker detail when it rained; my canvas deck shoes were soaked to the socks. Being early December, it was pretty chilly, and my feet were very uncomfortable!

During a short lull due to a timing glitch, I motioned for my GF to come over, and asked if she had brought any extra socks with us. No, she said, but if I'd give them to her she'd take care of it. I took off my shoes and socks and gave them to her about the time the session resumed.

Shagging cones barefoot in the cold and wet just added to the experience, I suppose.. By the time the heat was through, she broought them to me, completly dry!

How the hell did you do that? She explained that she took them to the ladies room and held them under the hand dryer until they were dry! And it worked!

All the guys said I had the coolest GF at the event, and I had to agree.

I would buy one if I had small children around.. instead I got a couple of those nice vertical fans from honeywell..

mad_machine wrote: I would buy one if I had small children around.. instead I got a couple of those nice vertical fans from honeywell..

What's the advantage of a Dyson fan over a vertical Honeywell where small children are concerned? Giant teething ring?

And how many of the purchasers of these $300 fans would be laughing their asses off at the average GRM poster for spending 300% the cost of a 'normal' set of tires for a set that will last 5% as long and be totally useless if used on the road? Or for putting $x,xxx into a car that starts out worth $500 and ends up worth $900? Or for spending $30-40 to stand around a parking lot all day for 3 mins dodging cones in econoboxes with stickers on the side and said useless tries being ground back to dust. Or or or. I think it's great, that people are stimulating the economy by spending their hard earned on crap :) I'm not buying one so all's good with me.

Oh and back at the beginning of the thread, the jokes about people believing anything said with a British accent :) I'm glad to say they are 100% true. I swear people credit me with an additional 20 IQ points because of my accent. Worked wonderful in other ways when I was first here and before my wife if you get my drift :)

i think the difference is that those expensive tires do one thing (stick) a whole lot better than the cheaper tires. my dyson vacuum picks up dirt a whole lot better than the previous generic "normal" vacuums i previously had.

does this fan do anything a whole lot better than a "normal" fan? i think that's the point of the criticism.

A fool and his money are soon parted?

Thanks, I think Innovation products are expensive.

motomoron wrote: Speaking as a someone who uses 3D CAD to design stuff that gets made by the gazillions - the Dyson Fan vacuums really piss me off. There's a school of design I refer to as "Existing only as a result of being easy to do in SolidWorks" of which the Dyson vacs are the best example ever. Hyperlinked supporting images:

Can I put one on a Canoe for a homemade air boat?

I was hoping this was for the other type of Dyson fans

Not Dyson Fan

Chaparral 2J

Buzz Killington wrote: as a user of hand dryers, here is my story: i washed my hands in a restroom with one of those dyson dryers. a few seconds later, my hands were dry without me having to wipe them on my pants. this was a new experience as far as dryer-equipped restrooms were concerned.

That's the Dyson Air Blade. Best hand dryer on the face of this planet. It doesn't kill your ears like those stupid high-tech super-high-speed dryers and it works 1000 times better. Stick your hands in the machine, draw them out in five seconds, and they're dry as a bone!

When I go to a BareBurger restaurant, I always make sure I use the bathroom there (at least to wash my hands) partly because of that dryer.

GR40RACER wrote: I'm a sales rep for World Dryer, I sell against Dyson; World Dryer invented the air powered hand dryer over 80 years ago.

I love World Dryer restroom fixtures, but I have yet to recieve any bacon.