Is this a joke? $600+ for a desk LED lamp? Even if current LEDs lose brightness, you could just replace the bulb every month for the next 10 years before this lamp even came close to an ROI. But I guess Dyson isn't going after the "value" market, just the cool factor.
Jake Dyson Lighting
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#12Isn't it a bit too much for an LED light?
You're paying a premium for the industrial design.
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#13Is this a joke? $600+ for a desk LED lamp? Even if current LEDs lose brightness, you could just replace the bulb every month for the next 10 years before this lamp even came close to an ROI. But I guess Dyson isn't going after the "value" market, just the cool factor.
> Is this a joke?
I see you're new to Dyson's business model. Keep in mind, these are the guys who make a $400 fan in a niche full of $10 competitors.
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#14I was such a huge Dyson fan, bought a cleaner a decade ago, read his books. Had the suspicion the cleaner was crap. Lots of reviews said the same. But I convinced myself I and the others were wrong, Dyson is a genius. Some years ago I finally admitted it was expensive crap and got something else.
Of all the dyson products I have (2 vacs, 1 bladeless fan), customer service is the weakest link. The fan has a recall last year, they should have emailed customers shipping labels to print out to drop off the product at our convenience, but rather ask you to visit a local UPS B&M store and the store clerk had to fax the RMA request in. The whole thing took 2 hours on a busy Saturday. Completely failed customer service for a premium product that sells at 5x-10x the price of others. Yes the build quality is good, but not that good to worth 5x-10x the average price for the same product. And certainly not worth the hassles to deal with their customer support.
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#15I was such a huge Dyson fan, bought a cleaner a decade ago, read his books. Had the suspicion the cleaner was crap. Lots of reviews said the same. But I convinced myself I and the others were wrong, Dyson is a genius. Some years ago I finally admitted it was expensive crap and got something else.
I've got a Dyson DC18 and it's been good as far as I can tell, but I haven't compared it with anything else. What did you replace it with? Is the replacement better? Did you try any side-by-side comparisons?
Re: Jake Dyson Lighting
#16I thought heat pipes needed convection to work. How would the liquid move in a straight, level pipe?
There are a number of different ways to build heat pipes. A few of the common designs typically used in cpu heatsinks and laptops do not rely on gravity or centrifugal force. Based on the skimpy page content, it appears they are using the more common wick/capillary system here.
I'm not seeing anything ground breaking in their blurb, but maybe they left out the fancy part.
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#17Stays bright for 37 years, has a 2 year warranty.
I think a true innovation would be a light that stayed bright for 2 years and had a 37 year warranty.
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#18I was such a huge Dyson fan, bought a cleaner a decade ago, read his books. Had the suspicion the cleaner was crap. Lots of reviews said the same. But I convinced myself I and the others were wrong, Dyson is a genius. Some years ago I finally admitted it was expensive crap and got something else.
I bought a Dyson vacuum 5 years ago or so for 1/2 price from a clearance sale. It has been one of the best vacuums I have owned. Was it worth the original $400 price? Probably not, but for $200 I think it was a good deal.
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#19Is this a joke? $600+ for a desk LED lamp? Even if current LEDs lose brightness, you could just replace the bulb every month for the next 10 years before this lamp even came close to an ROI. But I guess Dyson isn't going after the "value" market, just the cool factor.
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#20Heat pipes are used in laptop, desktop, GPU heatsinks and coolers. They are also commonly used in oil-pipes thru permafrost. Are they using some interesting long-life LEDs?