Darkwolf2k wrote:Everyone is being absurdly obtuse. Do you see blades? No? Then it's a bladeless fan. Having a fan inside of it really has nothing to do with the fact that the part that blows air doesn't have blades.

So no cars have engines because you don't see them while driving? To see the engine you have to move something out of the way like this fan to see the blades. And your explanation it rather comical. The blades create the wind. It just happens to have a piece of plastic covering the fan.

Ringo4422 wrote:Jet engines use fan turbines. Pumps use impellers.
Pets are smart enough to keep away from fan blades, a child will put their finger into it... only once. Us older experienced adults survived steel fan blades without all the super safety stuff out now and guess what? We still have all our fingers.

Its still an impeller, google is your friend
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Learning by experience is one thing, hot irons, open flames, spinning blades boarder on child endangerment.

Even with all your fingers its never to late to learn.

sharxgrrl wrote:I have two cats. I think I'm going to get one just for the amusement factor of each of them sticking their heads through it and looking confused!

Train them to jump through it. Be sure to post video.

buffaloed wrote:Fake poop is the ultimate conversation starter. You can spend as much as $10 on the Tobar Elite fake dog poo, but I find the 25 cent version works just as well.

Real dog poop is free, plus the smell and flies are much more authentic.

allhighruler wrote:Anybody else see the wootalyzer glitch? No longer the first comment!

Not a glitch. Since woot was purchased the new overlords only allow the shills supporting the product to post for the first hour or so.

I wonder if they can apply the same concept to a small space heater unit? I'd definitely buy that. Don't really need a cooling fan, but I use small space heaters in my house and office regularly.

rhj wrote:Its still an impeller, google is your friend
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Learning by experience is one thing, hot irons, open flames, spinning blades boarder on child endangerment.

Even with all your fingers its never to late to learn.

I had a Chevy Impeller once. But it had a fan under the hood with the engine that I couldn't see ;-)

It is, in fact, eminently compatible with *all* iDevices, guaranteed to keep them all as cool as the proverbial cucumber, with less turbulence - and no (exposed) blades!!!

Also compatible with various Linux and Windows devices, as well as select models of IBM System/370 mainframes.

jackkip wrote:It looks great, but will it work with my Mac?

I wanted a fan to cool me down, but this one was too tight, and I couldn't get it off after trying it around my waist.

Is it only 100V? Not dual(free) voltage?

showcaller wrote:
"But dad, how can you be the prosecuting attorney and the defense attorney at the same time?" "Watch son!"

from a the firesign theater way back when.

Classic stuff!

But at least we're not all bozos on this bus!

nathlar wrote:Not a glitch. Since woot was purchased the new overlords only allow the shills supporting the product to post for the first hour or so.

Interesting too is the fact that all my recent Woot shipments are arriving in what appear to be Amazon style boxes (evidenced by markings onnthe bottom of the box) without the overlord branding - and also have overlord-style packing lists (where pre-overlord shipments normally dint come with any packing lists at all).

BTW, did anyone else catch the Woot box in last week's episode of The Big Bang Theory?

danieloneil01 wrote:So no cars have engines because you don't see them while driving? To see the engine you have to move something out of the way like this fan to see the blades. And your explanation it rather comical. The blades create the wind. It just happens to have a piece of plastic covering the fan.

Maybe he drives a Flintstone car. You could take it one step further. Unless he has a plexiglass plate in his head, no one can see his brain. Does that make him brainless fan of bladeless fans?

aaronshall wrote:You Just Ruined the magic!!!!

that's funny!

Really? People will buy anything... Dyson is one of the most over priced manufactures around and people keep buying there product just because of the hoity toity commercials. In reality they are just a simple blade-less fan on a simple motor.

Why are these so expensive... tanga.com has an off-brand usb one for 15 bucks haha

misterpeach wrote:There is nothing funner with these than showing them to someone who has never seen a bladeless fan & sticking your hand through it. The reactions are priceless!

Haven't you seen the Dyson "bladeless" hand dryers in public restrooms?

http://www.dyson.com/handdryers/default.asp

Does anyone know if it can be used as a non-oscellating fan.

vkronlein wrote:Nonsense, my Dyson vacuum is the second best product I've ever purchased ... my Mac being the first.

Now if they could just add Siri so it would vacuum the house for you ...

So you fell for marketing 3 times, and you're implying you fell for it a fourth?

Darkwolf2k wrote:That is EXACTLY the first thought that came to my mind when I saw Dyson's new commercial on TV about how they make solutions to whatever problems.

"Dyson- we solve the problems others ignore, because those problems don't exist."

remsirk wrote:Does anyone know if it can be used as a non-oscellating fan.

Yeah, it doesn't have to move.

littlebrother2 wrote:HA!..
there sure is a bunch of cheap ba$tards on woot!if you ain't got 100 bucks,just go to wallys world and get a box fan for 15.00..maybe it'll last a month(?)before it burns up..and.. (after you go through 10 of them)my dysons will still be working fine..quality costs money!..duuuh?

My 22" Patton steel-cage fan I bought JUST went out of warranty.

I bought it in 2002. For $50.

How long's the warranty on this? Oh. I can buy a 1 year warranty for $16?

Doesn't sound like Dyson's terribly confident of their product. Even new, it's only a two year warranty.

I'll grant that they're a different class of product. The Patton doesn't oscillate. And while it's very quiet on Low speed, on High it's horribly loud - but on High, it will cool my entire house.

It looks like Patton's smaller fans don't have the ten year warranty any more. They're still three year, though.

These fans really do work well. I don't think I'd pay $100 for one but I like the one I got with reward points. I have a larger one that I use on the lowest setting for whole-room ventilation.

Have to agree with Dave on this one. The Vornado's move a LOT of air. If you need an exceptionally directional fan, that's the one to get. Nice thing about the Vornado is that you can put it in another room (say, where the window air conditioner is located) and blow the air into the room across the hall. And from a distance, can't even here the noise of the Vornado and just a low hum from the window a/c. And I think I got my Vornado(s) from Woot!

MikeRaphone wrote:I wanted a fan to cool me down, but this one was too tight, and I couldn't get it off after trying it around my waist.

Now THAT is funny!
I'd give you a quality post if I could, but I can't.

I bought two of these when they were briefly marketed as a different model. I think there was something horribly wrong with them however- when I turned one on, the interior shone a brilliant red. The other? Blue. No air moved that I could tell, but when I stuck my hand through the red circle, it would APPEAR THROUGH THE BLUE ONE. I think I must have gotten an early prototype or something.

On the plus side, I moved one to my bedroom, and one next to my washer and dryer. Now I never have to cart my dirty laundry down the stairs, so I have that going for me.

blipvert wrote:I bought two of these when they were briefly marketed as a different model. I think there was something horribly wrong with them however- when I turned one on, the interior shone a brilliant red. The other? Blue. No air moved that I could tell, but when I stuck my hand through the red circle, it would APPEAR THROUGH THE BLUE ONE. I think I must have gotten an early prototype or something.

On the plus side, I moved one to my bedroom, and one next to my washer and dryer. Now I never have to cart my dirty laundry down the stairs, so I have that going for me.

I suggest one goes near the bed, and the other next to the toilet.

danieloneil01 wrote:So no cars have engines because you don't see them while driving? To see the engine you have to move something out of the way like this fan to see the blades. And your explanation it rather comical. The blades create the wind. It just happens to have a piece of plastic covering the fan.

Every person who uses this tadpoleic comparison is just making my point for me.

atd15 wrote:I have to admit on thing. I only buy Dyson products when they are on sale.
It is like buying a Jetsons product in a Flintstones world.
You have to respect them for their innovation and technological drive.

It's all about marketing.. there is nothing remarkable about this fan.. other than the actual fan is hidden in the base..
This design makes the fan inefficient.. but it's not without it's charm.. not a good value if you just need a fan..

Does it have the "Refurbished" etched permanently somewhere ? I would also like to know if it works on 220 volts. Thanks for the help.

Is it me or is Dyson stuff always a refreb?

I'M OUTRAGED BY A HUGE OVERSIGHT BY THE W00T.COM LEGAL TEAM.



a monkey with a woot band, Either woot owes Sony or the other way around somebody is in trouble.

This is Steve from "Cloudy with a chance of meatballs".

iqbalsm wrote:Does it have the "Refurbished" etched permanently somewhere ? I would also like to know if it works on 220 volts. Thanks for the help.

Please... get the video camera out and plug it in to 220v after you hit the record button. It will be a "Must See" on YouTube. I can only imagine what the fanless fan will sound like as it spools up to combustion. Smoke and flames coming out of the ring will also be an awesome sight.

Today only, In P.T. Barnum's 3 Rings:

Bose
Monster Cable
Dyson

Line up suckers and show the world just how much of your disposable income you're willing to part with!

monfort wrote:My experience is that these units are surprisingly loud.
I prefer the brutality of being buffeted by a quiet fan to the clamor of a smooth airflow.
I am a fan of their vacuum cleaners, but not of their fans.

These fans sound just like little vacuum cleaners/hair dryers. Basically just a squirrel cage blower in the base.

Ringo4422 wrote:Sure! Doesn't everybody? The music played through my 975 watt max peak power Pioneer and 3" woofers 1" tweeters speaker system sound much better now that I am using #6 Monster speaker wire @ $2.85/foot. Also I see a HUGE difference on my 22" 1080P LED HDTV with my 3' Monster HDMI cable I bought for $57!
I think I might just go out for an i-Phone 5S and a Dyson bladeless fan.

I really was being sarcastic with everything I stated here. I don't have any of those products.

cheezybeez wrote:The price for this is pretty good and it makes for an interesting conversation piece

How that conversation would go in my family:

Person 1: You spent $100 on a fan??!
Person 2: It was on sale...
Person 1: There is not a person alive who needs a $100 fan.

Anorion wrote:These aren't really fanless. The fan is in the base, and blows out the little holes in the hoop part.

Also, from experience, these are a little weak for the amount of power they use. It's also a lot of fun to get dead bug parts out after they've been in storage for a while...

Well, neither Woot nor Dyson claims that it's fanless. They say that it's "bladeless," which is somewhat true. I've looked inside the chassis but I can't tell whether there is a traditional fan or a centrifugal fan. If the fan is centrifugal (like those used in most cylindrical tower fans), then one can arguably say that it's "bladeless." More likely, it uses a vane-axial design, which is a standard bladed fan inside a tube, with airflow guided by vanes. So yes, it's internally bladed but since blades don't move much of the external air that reaches you, they call it bladeless. It's similar to calling a gadget "cordless" or "wireless" even though it clearly still has wires inside and often uses a cord to recharge.

KMHinsman wrote:I wonder if they can apply the same concept to a small space heater unit? I'd definitely buy that. Don't really need a cooling fan, but I use small space heaters in my house and office regularly.

Well, in the spirit of Everyone being absurdly obtuse...

This product IS a "small space heater."

A fan does NOT cool air. Moving air is neither cooler or warmer than stationary air. You must be physically within the moving air to feel a physical cooling effect upon your humanoid body.

A fan's electric motor actually adds heat to that airstream and room. Whether or not you are in the presence of an operating fan, it is a "small space heater."

:-)

"Fan" just isn't descriptive enough.

I'm a "fan"! (And yes, I too blow hot air)

So how about we label them a Rotary Atmospheric Disturbance Apparatus??

No thank you, I prefer my antique fan with brass blades that will chop your fingers Clean Off... Punk.

Discord wrote:That's a lot of text to essentially say, "I bought two of these and got ripped off. But I'm too proud to admit it. So I'll take my anger at myself out on strangers."

Good job.

oh thats too f ing funny. now i got to buy two myself. after i go drinking tonight. i'll make my decision. thanks for all the humor.