It has blades: Dyson’s little white lie • Hacker News Board

Re: It has blades: Dyson’s little white lie

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Post by axod » Wed, Oct 14, 2009, 7:39 PM UTC

assemble wrote: post #11

axod wrote: post #9

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>> "Still, Dyson is a bit of a snake-oil salesman. He makes sleek, designer houseware and peddles it via the outlets frequented by those with disposable income whom are always looking out for sleek, designer houseware." That's BS. Having recently bought a new Dyson Vacuum cleaner, I'm still surprised just how well thought out, well put together it is. The attachment that uses the suction to spin round a brush for cle…

My Hoover ( http://www.hoover.com/product.aspx?model=U5780900&ds=fal... ) does all that stuff too. It even has the roller brush for stairs, couches, etc. Even better -- it works! I'm consistently not impressed with Dyson's BS.

Hoover failed to innovate for decades, then Dyson came along, and Hoover just started copying them.

I'd rather have the original than an imitation personally. (Original being the co. that invented the stuff, patented it etc).

Re: It has blades: Dyson’s little white lie

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Post by favouriteduck » Thu, Oct 15, 2009, 12:44 AM UTC

ajju wrote: post #19

GavinB wrote: post #10

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There are a lot of different reasons for this, including the fan blades chopping the oxygen molecules in half. My cousin had a roommate in South Korea who believed that the fan would create a vortex that sucked the air from the room, creating a fatal vacuum. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fan_death#Beliefs

"chopping the oxygen molecules in half" The fans in Korea must have really fine blades.

or really big oxygen molecules o_O

Re: It has blades: Dyson’s little white lie

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Post by favouriteduck » Thu, Oct 15, 2009, 2:35 AM UTC

Well that was a let-down. I didn't know about this gimmicky fan. I thought someone had put fins on a Dyson sphere. That would be way cool.