Vacuum Cleaners Discussions

I received this "teaser email today: http://links.mkt2388.com/ctt?kn=1&m=2735925&r=MTgwOTM1MTgzMTcS1&b=0&j=NzgxMTAyODMS1&mt=1&rt=0
Anyone know what's up with this??

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A new confection! As I said before, this is straight out of "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory". All we need now are Oompaloompas.

Okay, so you put a small fan in a can and force its output through a narrowed exhaust vent. (Remember leaf blowers?) Very modern, very cute and very worth $39.95.

If they'd snatched a condenser out of one of those tabletop ice cream makers or wine coolers for cooling and squeezed it in I'd probably spring for throwing an extra 75 bucks into the deal. Who wouldn't want a tabletop air conditioner? Whatever . . .

I can go to bed now, even my dullest dreams are loads better than this. And with that I say, goodnight and God bless you Lord Jimmy. Go talk to Ron Popeil, you might learn something.

Venson

I for one applaud Dyson for producing these things in the UK.   The trick is how do you apply this design to windmills.  The bladeless windmill would be a great idea to avoid the chopping up of birds.  Who knows, there might be a market for such things for parents of small children. 

If Dyson wants to make this a success, he's got to take his inventions on Oprah.  In fact, given the O shape of this fan, it could be the official Oprah fan. 

DysonInventsBig wrote:
CarmineD wrote:
Just do what I do...  When I see your running at the mouth of nonsensical non-vacuum related (there’s plenty of it)....  I just tune you out.  Problem solved.


DIB

M00seUK wrote:

May I assist.  For a desk top fan!!!! 

Okay DIB, tune that out.  And tune out Severus, MOLE and Venson.  $300 for a bladeless desktop fan.  In the worse recession of modern history with no end in sight.  Just the invention that world needs.

BTW, I understand the role players in the clip are dyson employees who were stringed along on the launch too.  Hence the reactions.

Carmine D.

 

Severus wrote:

It is as overpriced as Oprah is overpaid.

HARDSELL wrote:

HS:

Pay toilet shuffle again.  All dyson products are overpriced.  Oprah gets what the market bears.  She's an entertainer.  Apple products get what the market bears.  It's the electronics gadgetry that define society's wiredness.  James fixes the prices on dyson vacuum and non-vacuum products.  No relevance to reality.  As turtle1 pointed out.  Dyson overprices to eliminate competition.  What he [James] doesn't get is that overpricing products eliminates sales.  Especially in hard economic times and non-essential wares [read vacuums and fans].

If, as you say, no vacuum is worth $600 when referring to dyson's products, then by logical deduction certainly no dyson desk fan is worth $300.  Not even in the fantasy land that inventor dyson lives.

Carmine D.

I'm curious if any of the posters here can answer whether dyson's newfangled fan made the Nordstrom's Christmas wish list of luxury gift giving.  A status symbol for the rich.  Anyone know?

Carmine D.

Well I think its a great idea but it is a natural extension to what his Air blade hand dryer does, a fantastic machine if I do say so myself!

They are, at least, acknowledging that this will be far from a mass selling item in the UK. That's why James Dyson is in New York for the launch, which also coincides (I believe) with that start of summer in Australia.

Thinking back to a friend's sister who lives in LA, I'm sure she'd buy one of these with little consideration... well if her husband still has a job, that is. Certainly, many people will put up with a $20 fan that supplies 'choppy' air if means they have money to eat that week... yay, it would certainly been a better seller in the less responsible times.

A few years back I lived in an apartment, in London, which got incredibly hot in summer. I needed a fan, but I didn't want to spend too much on one, since it would likely only be required for a matter of weeks. I went to the supermarket and was pleased to be able to buy a free-standing pedestal fan for something like £15 GBP. The build quality and styling wasn't amazing, but hey, it did the job. One issue was that it was fairly noisy, so I needed to use ear plugs to get some sleep. Something that the Dyson goes some way toward resolving. But, again, if I can save £175 GBP by using ear plugs for a few weeks, I'm happy. Yep, it's certainly a much more viable product in a country which has warm weather most of the year.

The other sales angle is large workplaces, using fans in preference to air conditioning and the cost / environmental savings that can bring. James Dyson is said to be big fa... um, supporter of open windows and fresh air in the workplace... but hey, Dyson's building manager wouldn't have the same challenge of making 500 x £200 desk fans fit a budget. Perhaps they think there should be government environmental subsidy for this type of product? They've certainly developed an 'interesting' product, even if the commercial success is still to be determined.

Dyson air multiplier video >
http://media.dyson.com/assets/press/videos/airMultiplierTech.wmv