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Reply #90 - 06/04/07 at 3:36pm

I disagree. It isn't true for any bagged vacuum. Bagged vacuums start with full suction, then lose that scution steadily until the bag is replaced, at which point they have full suction again. It isn't true of vacuums with pleated filters. Those lose suction steadily, regaining some when you beat the filter, but full suction isn't restored until they filter is replaced. By contrast, the Dyson starts at a level, gains suction as dirt is added, then slowly loses it, but always stays above the initial level, unless you fail to clean the pre-motor filter. With Dyson the only time suction falls below the initial suction level is if you fail to clean the filter as recommended, and that is not true of other vacuums.

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Carmine_Difazio Ultimate Member I love YaBB 1G - SP1! Posts: 5559	Re: more about dyson airblade? Reply #91 - 06/04/07 at 6:20pm Carl: But suction alone does not an upright vacuum make. Now especially true of dyson too. Carmine D.
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Reply #93 - 06/15/07 at 10:41am

I travel quite a bit for business and was in Minneapolis Airport earlier this week. I had read here that they had installed the Airblade in restrooms there for a test. I just happened to go into the bathroom at the entrance to concourse E and saw an AirBlade. I took a pic with my cell phone to post, but I deleted by mistake. The reason I took the pic was because there was a big "OUT OF ORDER" note taped to it.

I pulled up the note and stuck my hads in, and nothng happened. What I did notice was that the "inside" of the unit was all caked with water deposit marks and was really messy. Obviously the staff at establishments is going to have to learn to clean these new devices if they make it to market; something that they are not used to cleaning now since I can not think of a hand dryer that would require cleaning.

Just thought I would post my observations. I'm due to go to MSP again in just a few weeks, I'll have to look and see what the status is at that time.

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Venson Thomas

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Reply #94 - 06/18/07 at 5:34pm

Hi,

I think I mentioned a good while back that maintenance of the Air Blade would be a problem. Its design though great to look at didn't give me the feeling that janitorial staff were going to be thrilled about having to wipe out the well underneath the drying slot. Since this device is reported not to use heated air but high pressure air force instead to "squeegee" water of your hands there's probably not much of the water on wet hands is actually being evaporated.

I can't imagine any way around the problem unless you mount the machine upside down meaning users would push their hands up into the drying slot instead of down. Gravity would hopefully deal with residual moisture.

Jut wanted to mention that the Air Blade has very recently been covered again by USA Today online . . .

Venson

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Reply #95 - 06/19/07 at 7:27am

Quote from Venson Thomas on 06/18/07 at 5:34pm:

Hi,

I think I mentioned a good while back that maintenance of the Air Blade would be a problem. Its design though great to look at didn't give me the feeling that janitorial staff were going to be thrilled about having to wipe out the well underneath the drying slot. Since this device is reported not to use heated air but high pressure air force instead to "squeegee" water of your hands there's probably not much of the water on wet hands is actually being evaporated.

Venson

Do indeed remember. Here's the relevent excerpt:

Quote from guess_who on 10/03/06 at 12:47pm:

Expanding on RAT's feeling, I think the "trough" is going to prove a major irritation to maintenance people who'll have to daily wipe out the residue from wet, drippy, possibly not well-rinsed hands to keep the thing looking good. It doesn't appear that you can just reach down into it and wipe it out. You'd have to bend to get into the thing sideways to clean it. Ease of clean-up may well affect possible takers' perception of its value.

Venson

And an excerpt from RAT's:

Quote from RAT on 10/03/06 at 10:36am:

The biggest fault I see with the design is the ergonomics of the slot in which one sticks her hands. To me it looks a little small with little room to rotate the arms. There are a lot of obese people who could potentially get their arms stuck in the slot or not be able to use the air blade because of the small opening. It's not clear that the Airblade would work effectively for someone with large arms either.

If I were a gambling man, I would not bet on the success of the Airblade without modifications to make it more ergonomic.

Carmine D.

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JimB Senior Member I love YaBB 1G - SP1! Posts: 391	Re: more about dyson airblade? Reply #96 - 06/19/07 at 11:21am http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/manufacturing/2007-06-17-dyson-usat_N.htm?csp=34 Quick article on the airblade in th USA today.
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Venson Thomas Newbie Posts: 8	Re: more about dyson airblade? Reply #97 - 06/19/07 at 11:25am Thanks Carmine! Venson
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old-timer Ultimate Member I love YaBB 1G - SP1! Posts: 1223	Re: more about dyson airblade? Reply #98 - 06/19/07 at 6:11pm Oh Well,with all the money that was spent on this experiment,it looks like the designers are going to have to put a paint job on it maybe some ghost flames as pawn it off as a high performance tissue dispenser.Yes Dyson you really out did yourself with this one.Can i have the award money now O.T.
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Venson Thomas Newbie Posts: 8	Re: more about dyson airblade? Reply #99 - 06/19/07 at 6:19pm Hi O.T., My only problem with this Dyson doo-dad is that when think, "What will they think of next," I get awful scared. Regards, Venson
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