how does a bladeless fan get refurbished?

Nice, best price I've seen, in for one.

http://www.dyson.com/store/productFan.asp?product=AM01-IRONBLUE

product site..$200 off the retail price..not bad

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...

kurahee wrote:how does a bladeless fan get refurbished?

They remove the blades off of a broken bladed fan!

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For 99.99, I'll stick to the old fashioned method of generating a cool breeze for myself...

...and hire a native to fan me with a palm frond.

I doubt this will make my house as cool as I wish it would.

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

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

You Just Ruined the magic!!!!

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...

bladeless, not fanless. no?

I hope someday someone will invent a non-buffeting fan that is grossly overpriced.

there's no remote for this?

Well, I think that Anorion entity was trying to say they're not bladeless... The claim isn't that they're fanless... It is bladeless.

I'm going to buy one just so I can deconstruct it in front of 2 good point appointed witnesses and prove that there's blades in this thing, and just because they're hidden away down under everything in the base doesn't mean they don't exist.

Hey, I'm going to sell people computer-less computers. It is just going to be a box that you plug the monitor, keyboard, and mouse into.. Turn it on and VIOLA! There's your computerless computer. You can't see a thing. You wouldn't even know the thing was there if you didn't see those blinking lights that indicate that this thing actually does computing stuff without even having a computer.

jizza wrote:I doubt this will make my house as cool as I wish it would.

It can make it cool like "Hey look! this fan has no blades! How does it work?" but in terms of power it's not so great (maybe a dorm room or a small office)

rachel0031 wrote:bladeless, not fanless. no?

The fan has blades; they are hidden in the base.

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...

It's purported to be bladeless, not fanless. Never seen one opened up, but I'd imagine it's a centrifugal fan with impellers instead of blades.

I have one of the tall versions of this fan and it works as described. It's very, very nice despite its price.

NewMaster wrote:The fan has blades; they are hidden in the base.

my point was that it isn't fanless. that makes no sense.

Also, question, how powerful is this, really? I am looking to replace my Vornado 783B which has a chipped blade, making it super noisy.

Obviously this Dyson isn't as powerful, but is it at least half as powerful? Could it circulate the air in a large room or is it a glorified desk fan?

hmm, I kinda want to see what can make it through while it is on. ping pong balls, paper footballs...

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

It is grossly overpriced at $199 for the performance it offers. At $99, it is better, but still doesn't work as well as less expensive fans.

So if Dyson is the same company that makes Vacuums that are made to suck, then I suppose it would stand to reason that if they just reversed the wires they have something that blows... and if their vacuum cleaners are bladeless then it would stand to reason their fans are to.

Quite logical Captain.

Funny, I didn't notice that my usual fan had an "unpleasant buffeting" sensation, until now. Huh.

The "fan" is largely a curio; it's quite ineffective in all respects that a fan would be usually judged for.

(reposted video) - EDIT: I totally read the description... :|

I have one. These are VERY loud. ;-(

wootin' robin
woot woot wootly woot.

SuperNinja wrote:I hope someday someone will invent a non-buffeting fan that is grossly overpriced.

You mean not overpriced? Chinese knockoffs for sure, they're out there already the last time I was in Asia.

Yeah, these things are way too overpriced even at refurbished pricing.

I bursted my bubble too when I found out the blades were inside.

All I like from Dysons are the hand dryers honestly.

The vaccum, still overpriced

They should make Dyson headphones to compete with Beats, lol.

elpepe wrote:Also, question, how powerful is this, really? I am looking to replace my Vornado 783B which has a chipped blade, making it super noisy.

Obviously this Dyson isn't as powerful, but is it at least half as powerful? Could it circulate the air in a large room or is it a glorified desk fan?

In regards to moving air, it's not to bad. However I found the fan to be a little bit noisier than a conventional fan when pushing the same amount of air, it kind of bothered me so I returned mine. At $99 though, might retry it, ...going to ask the wife.

However, there is this youtube video...[/quote]

The link is on the write up.
The video makes me want to get 25 or more.

joshobra wrote:You mean not overpriced?

No, I said exactly what I meant.

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.

$100+ for a desk fan? It better have a tv in it or something.

The only thing that could be called a truly bladeless fan would be those sharper image ionization doohickeys - which, while smelling nice, are quite ineffective at actually, you know, moving air. At least they don't make the racket one of these things make, though...

who cares how well it works... LOOK how cool it is! had to get one. 1/3 of the retail price.

The regular price on this fan is about ten times what it's worth to me. 33% of that price is still too much.

Does anyone have any experience with this fan and scarity-cat pets? "Pukey Pup," as ThunderThighs nicknamed her, is a rescue and appears fearful of just about everything. It would be nice to find a fan that frightens neither she nor I, but I suspect that the likelihood of this wish might be on par with the chance that I'll see a pig flying over my house tomorrow.

SuperNinja wrote:No, I said exactly what I meant.

Oh well, my bad. I guess im just half asleep.

I forgot to ask, could I still make that robot voice on the fan?

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.