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Old 15th October, 2009, 12:27 PM
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Vacuum Maker Dyson Unveils High Tech Fans

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The first time a vacuum cleaner could be considered cool was when the Dyson vacuum hit the market... [Front page...]
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Old 15th October, 2009, 05:50 PM
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Arrow Cool Fan, but $330 is crazy for a 12" fan!!!

I really like this idea & the design but...

You either have to be rich or crazy to pay out $330 for a 12" fan!!!
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Old 15th October, 2009, 06:06 PM
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Dyson has alway over estimated his value IMHO
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Old 15th October, 2009, 09:48 PM
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I really like this idea & the design but...

You either have to be rich or crazy to pay out $330 for a 12" fan!!!
Unless you are male and lonely! 12"...............aww forget about it!
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Interesting idea that would probably work well for cooling people. It won't work well into any significant loading, but open plan offices don't generally have that issue. PC cases do though!
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Looks to me like he's basically building a venturi? So yeah, output drops like a rock with any back pressure. Still an interesting idea though.
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But not $330 worth of interesting.
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But then again, the original IBM PC with 64K memory and a single floppy drive was $3000 when it was introduced.
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I bet they're flying off the shelves in these times of economic hardship and doubt. Cheap at thrice the price!
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Por por beat me too it. But I was going to inject something about money and "blow" and how well of a "job" it did. LoL
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Well don't hold yourself back Robbie! ":O}
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