> Dyson describes the Cool-Me as ‘bladeless’, although that isn’t really the case – rather, the air-moving elements are concealed in the centre of the unit.
isn't that the case with all of Dyson's 'bladeless' fans?
Could never find the right surface to put it on, the weird positioning meant either air points up or down - no in-between preference.
Lastly, the most annoying, the amount of dust that would be persistent on the large center pad area, so I always felt like it was just blowing old dust on me.
I dropped mine off at a donation site. Hopefully someone finds joy in it.
"A shortage of personal air purifiers is most definitely a first-world problem."
It's a public health imperative that various kinds of air cleaning be deployed universally in public places to combat COVID-19, particularly in classrooms. It's insane that the denial is so deep.
Somewhat tangential: I met the founder of this https://www.atalantaclimate.co/ at new york climate week yesterday, it does all the regular air purification stuff, but it also removes carbon from the air, they claim this helps with sleep and work focus in your space (not sure), their demo was impressive (off the shelf co2 monitor in 2 spaces) - I wonder if this is going to be a thing?
That intro... Yeah Dyson's are pricy, but is it really necessary to put on a hair shirt just to write about it? If you are really troubled by what someone will think about you for writing about an expensive fan, maybe work on caring less.
Does this fan even have laminar flow? Pushing purified air through a normal fan often results in a lot of air mixing, and at any significant distance it won't provide much targeted purification.
> Until the ambient temperature reaches about 30 Celsius, I find it as effective as my full-size air conditioner [..]
This sentence made it hard for me to give much consideration to the rest of the review, as I seem to have different standards - 30C is 86F and I'll have defenestrated myself before my office reaches that ambient temp.
I bought a Dreo fan early spring, anticipating a hot summer, and it's brilliant. Doesn't pureify the air like this Dyson, but it's a big corner tower unit, has 9 speeds that go from old ladies dying breath to weather-warning-windy, and has a pretty decent remote control + surprisingly good app to set schedules or connect with Google home / Alexa.
Ended up buying one of their air circulators too, which has only 4 speeds, but is amazing at pushing the air out the window when my poor UK house is hotter than outside. Downside is it uses the same ir remote, so you have to math out how to get to the speeds you want as the plus & minus speed buttons loop around. (Or ask google for the speeds directly).
Height of the heat wave it was lovely to say to Google "I'm boiling" and it would go into my built routine, turning both up high and oscillating for a bit, then calming down automatically after 5 mins, and then slowly reducing more over time.
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Could never find the right surface to put it on, the weird positioning meant either air points up or down - no in-between preference.
Lastly, the most annoying, the amount of dust that would be persistent on the large center pad area, so I always felt like it was just blowing old dust on me.
I dropped mine off at a donation site. Hopefully someone finds joy in it.
It's a public health imperative that various kinds of air cleaning be deployed universally in public places to combat COVID-19, particularly in classrooms. It's insane that the denial is so deep.
Airfanta's 4Lite is touted as having laminar flow specifically for health reasons: https://air-fanta.com/products/airfanta-4lite
Actual testing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29wInO_8Bi8
This sentence made it hard for me to give much consideration to the rest of the review, as I seem to have different standards - 30C is 86F and I'll have defenestrated myself before my office reaches that ambient temp.
Ended up buying one of their air circulators too, which has only 4 speeds, but is amazing at pushing the air out the window when my poor UK house is hotter than outside. Downside is it uses the same ir remote, so you have to math out how to get to the speeds you want as the plus & minus speed buttons loop around. (Or ask google for the speeds directly).
Height of the heat wave it was lovely to say to Google "I'm boiling" and it would go into my built routine, turning both up high and oscillating for a bit, then calming down automatically after 5 mins, and then slowly reducing more over time.