been said a hundred times i'm sure:, but: great deal but its still 150 bucks for a friggin fan

alanhill wrote:so we cant make our "LUKE YOU ARE MY FATHER" voice?

Shouldn't that be "LUKE, I AM YOUR FATHER"?

This thing is LOUD - it even sounded loud in the sounds-like-a-cafeteria Bed Bath & Beyond where I saw it.

For $150 you should consider a whisper-quiet air mover like a Vornado instead. Even their shop fan is cheaper (and moves way more air)!

Fan:Air Multiplier :: Outboard Motor:JetSki

Both move fluids. One set by exposed propellers the other by enclosed impellers.

Its only $82 on Amazon...
http://www.amazon.com/Inch-Blade-Bladeless-Portable-Multiplier/dp/B004XO98XO/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1316104175&sr=8-3

In for one!

I like loud and expensive fans!

Too bad it doesn't have visible blades. I like talking in front of them!

Turbulence is bad for wind tunnels. There are many ways to remove the buffeting. The simple way, is to make your wind tunnel long, relative to the size of the fan. This is not an option for the constrained space available at a science fair.

The usual science fair technique for paper airplane scale wind tunnels, is to buy ten thousand straws at a warehouse store. Then you blow the air through the straws. The turbulence is insignificant after going through 7 inches of straws.

This works, except the local warehouse store only sells individually wrapped straws. They are still cheap, but it takes a long time to remove all of those wrappers.

I haven't done the wind tunnel thing. I did coach a fifth grade Science Olympiad straw tower team.

Each time you pull the wrapper off of a straw, it builds up a little static charge. Throw the straw into a plastic bucket, and the bucket of straws gets a little more charged up. Repeat a few hundred times relatively quickly, and fresh straws will bounce back out of the bucket.

The fifth graders who were helping unwrap the straws had a lot of fun with that.

If these fans really produce a nice laminar flow without all those straws, it would deprive the fifth grade science fair student of the static electricity learning experience.

alanhill wrote:so we cant make our "LUKE YOU ARE MY FATHER" voice?

Luke had children? I missed that episode.

Looks like cheaper rip-o... I mean alternatives are available.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=130574257989

I would feel more comfortable playing strip poker around this fan

thepaloalto wrote:http://www.amazon.com/Dyson-Multiplier-Table-10-Inches/dp/B00383I0OE

240$ on amazon

http://www.ioqs.com/en/electronic-gadgets/101-bladeless-fan.html

this thing BLOWS....

I would not buy anything from Woot because I purchased a tshirt almost 3 weeks ago and still have not received and I wrote Woot and they blew it off like no big deal still have not received item!!!!

moleary1018 wrote:This is pretty much the only Dyson product I'm not impressed with...

Now if they ever have the Dyson hand-dryers on here (at a good price) I'm in for three! I highly recommend it, it is so choice! (anyone? anyone?)

It is so choice. If you have the means, I highly recommend picking one up.

Why settle for this fan when you can have one that can also blow warm air.
http://www.popsci.com/gadgets/article/2011-09/dyson-hot-review-now-were-innovating

ROGETRAY wrote:LINK....or it didn't happen!!!!

I like it - an updated version of "If a tree falls in a forest..."

If you see it on the Internet and you don't post a link to it, did it really exist?

Although cheaper than retail, still way overpriced for nothing more than a glorified fan.

This is coooool - the video was awesome! Now about going a little further and making larger units for highway upgrades for tube travel...no more gasoline powered vehicles and their carbon exhausts or accidents or salt on the road or bad road conditions or speed limits or tickets - I am liking this train of thought - and no more trains...crazy am I? My great-grandfather would have thought you crazy describing the interstate road system and he never knew what MPH meant - horse-and-buggy days.

firebirdude wrote:All in all, I felt it was way too much money for something that basically did the exact same thing as a regular fan.

Indeed, and it seemed louder (and took up more space) than a comparable Vornado, which is $40.

Handled one before -not nearly gullible enough to buy one.

Thats what she said...

The only thing I'd find this good for is to have a prop from The Big Bang Theory set. Sheldon and Lenard have one in their apartment.

space0matic wrote:WORST WOOT EVER.
You've jumped the Shark.
-Loyal member since 2007- and only 1 Basket of Crabs (the 14+percent) who is a frequent buyer of other WOOT products, even during non-WOOT-OFF's.
Yet, this is the only WOOT-OFF that I stayed up for the whole time- no sleep.
502 502 502 502, over and over again. The worst part was when I clicked "everything OK for my order (for Bundle of Carrots). Clicked the gold button- gave me a conformation page, and when I checked my purchase order account, it wasn't there. The old bait & switch.
A mistake here and there we understand; but this WOOT-OFF was one disaster after another.
What a total failure, WOOT. You've SOLD OUT.

Seriously? They have a bad day (maybe even two) and they've "sold out"? That doesn't even make sense. Sold out to who? Amazon? They've had several successful woot offs since that all went down, so you can't possibly mean that. What do you mean then?

XterraGuy wrote:Wouldn't buy this at half the price, it's still overpriced for a fan.

Next stop Big Lots, $49.99

I wish it was the cooler looking black/blue one:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00383G5UK/ref=pd_lpo_k2_dp_sr_1?pf_rd_p=486539851&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe-1&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=B00383I0OE&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=0599VARDXXE40MCHK51W

nerdler wrote:So in your opinion, there is a correlation between popularity and quality. Interesting.

And thus, another Apple fan is born, amirite?

dgbatchelor wrote:And thus, another Apple fan is born, amirite?

I'm pretty sure Apple doesn't make table fans. Let's veer this back on topic.

DennisWKam wrote:Yeah, we're sorry about her. I share a cube wall with her and she's pregnant and kinda moody.

Oh my gosh!! Funniest reply ever!!! **two thumbs up**

DennisWKam wrote:TERRIBLE SUGGESTIONS! OH GOD! THE GOGGLES! THEY DO NOTHING!

OH NO, RUN AWAY FAST! I SEEN THIS IN JURASSIC PARK, GET IN THE JEEP AND DRIVE!
must go faster, must go faster, must go faster!

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nerdler wrote:So in your opinion, there is a correlation between popularity and quality. Interesting.

No, he was clearly indicating a correlation between perceived value and popularity.

philluhlig wrote:OH NO, RUN AWAY FAST! I SEEN THIS IN JURASSIC PARK, GET IN THE JEEP AND DRIVE!
must go faster, must go faster, must go faster!

Pretty interesting until you realize it's nothing more than a fan in a tube with a nozzle. A novelty, but not worth half the price (hence the Woot).

brentabrown wrote:'smooth, uninterrupted airflow with no unpleasant buffeting'

Um ... little help here?

Exactly WHAT is unpleasant about the feel of air hitting your skin? Isn't that kinda the point of a fan in the first place?

Nothing. This is an entirely made-up problem with a pointless, expensive "solution." Anyone who claims they needed one of these because they couldn't take one more minute of buffeting is a liar trying to justify blowing money out the window in a slow, noisy fashion.

$150 and no remote? This doesn't blow this sucks.

DennisWKam wrote:Yeah, we're sorry about her. I share a cube wall with her and she's pregnant and kinda moody.

I'm getting kinda turned on.

ThorsHammer wrote:$150 and no remote? This doesn't blow this sucks.

It's a curiosity item. There's no reason to include a remote and reduce profits, something only required for an item being sold for function and not intrigue. I'm not saying it's right; but they know darn well that few interested are going lose interest over the remote.

lmlopez wrote:Next stop Big Lots, $49.99

I WILL buy one at $49.99. Not because it'll then be a deal, but just because these are really cool, despite being really weak. For $49.99, you can get a Vornado that will blow like 5 times more air than these things, which makes it seem that even at $49.99, this is a poor value, but it does look cool, so it'll be worth the "splurge". (not at $149+, though, because that's just plain dumb)