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Dyson air purifier outperformed by cheap DIY box fan filter in Marketplace test

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Re: Dyson air purifier outperformed by cheap DIY box fan filter in Marketplace test

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Post by turtlebits »

I'm not a fan of Dyson products, but i really like their air purifier (with heat). I'm not that concerned with performance as I'm just trying to maintain clean air, not actively clean it.

It's quiet, has an actual thermostat (instead of the 0-10 knob). No burning smell and hot air temperature isn't a fire hazard (great for clumsy kids).

Best of all, it looks nice.

That said, I don't think I'd be willing to pay upwards of $600 for one. (I got a refurb HP02 for <$200, and would buy another one at that price in an instant.)

Re: Dyson air purifier outperformed by cheap DIY box fan filter in Marketplace test

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Post by BoorishBears »

reaperducer wrote: post #133
lurquer wrote: post #132

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Further Protip: Wipe your hands on your jeans.

Unless I'm at the library or a Starbucks, I generally don't wear the kind of clothes in public that one wipes hands on.

I had to read this comment like 3 times to parse it... and I'm still not sure I get it

Wiping your hands on your pants when there's towels or something is kind of silly, but how on earth does the article of clothing define if you can wipe your hands on it?

Are you wearing vinyl pants or something?

Re: Dyson air purifier outperformed by cheap DIY box fan filter in Marketplace test

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Post by [deleted] »

AlexandrB wrote: post #3

Dyson : Air Products :: Beats : Audio Products Pretty much every Dyson product I've used, from the public bathroom air "blades" to the vacuums, seem like a gimmicky, inferior products with a premium price tag. None of them do their intended job better than older, cheaper products in their category. I know James Dyson is regarded as a genius engineer, but the consumer product company bearing his name seems to be 99% m…

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Re: Dyson air purifier outperformed by cheap DIY box fan filter in Marketplace test

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Post by bluGill »

reaperducer wrote: post #112

The cobbled together box fan may work better than a Dyson, but my wife isn't going to let me put a cobbled together box fan in the library. People care about aesthetics. There are entire industries built around this, even in technical areas (industrial design, UX, etc...) So the Dyson wins simply because it will exist in the house and clean a portion of the air, while the Sanford and Son rig won't be in the house and…

So hire a cabinet maker to build a nice box around it.

Re: Dyson air purifier outperformed by cheap DIY box fan filter in Marketplace test

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Post by ooboe »

SeanLuke wrote: post #35
AlexandrB wrote: post #3

Dyson : Air Products :: Beats : Audio Products Pretty much every Dyson product I've used, from the public bathroom air "blades" to the vacuums, seem like a gimmicky, inferior products with a premium price tag. None of them do their intended job better than older, cheaper products in their category. I know James Dyson is regarded as a genius engineer, but the consumer product company bearing his name seems to be 99% m…

The nonsensical Dyson canister vacuums are the ones that amaze me. Dyson competes based on premium coolness, so just consider at its primary coolness competitor: Miele. Across the board, Miele canisters are lighter, more powerful, cleaner, and much more effective than their Dyson cost equivalents. They have a far lower failure rate and last much longer. Bagless canisters have so many negatives compared to bagged vacu…

I have to agree with this. I have a Miele bagged canister and my partner has a Dyson bagless canister. The Miele is superior (often significantly) in every measure, including price. Granted I do have to buy bags but it'll take decades of bags to negate the price difference.

Re: Dyson air purifier outperformed by cheap DIY box fan filter in Marketplace test

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Post by greggturkington »

4ggr0 wrote: post #14
AlexandrB wrote: post #3

Dyson : Air Products :: Beats : Audio Products Pretty much every Dyson product I've used, from the public bathroom air "blades" to the vacuums, seem like a gimmicky, inferior products with a premium price tag. None of them do their intended job better than older, cheaper products in their category. I know James Dyson is regarded as a genius engineer, but the consumer product company bearing his name seems to be 99% m…

I love the public bathroom Dyson thingies. They kinda became a standard for me now, love how quickly they dry hands. Way better than paper, towels or weak fans. But yeah, the other stuff is a bit gimmicky.

I'm glad they changed it from "insert your hands between two blades of air" to "put your hands under ONE blade."

The old design would just push your hands into one side or the other, where the bacteria-laced water from the last person still remained.

Re: Dyson air purifier outperformed by cheap DIY box fan filter in Marketplace test

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Post by Karawebnetwork »

joncrane wrote: post #152
Karawebnetwork wrote: post #61

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I live in a large loft-style apartment on two floors which is actually a large room. There are only a few windows and they are placed in a way that no air draft gets created. When I bought a purifier, one of the things I was looking for was air movement. I position my Dyson so that there's a draft throughout the apartment. I thought this would improve the air filtration because the air would move through my home and…

Why wouldn't you just use a cheap fan in place of the Dyson? Sounds like you have a separate purifier that does the cleaning, and all you need is something that will move air.

The only fans I can find that are big enough to move air over two floors make more noise on their low setting than the Dyson's on its high setting. Then there's the issue that the fans would need to be connected to an app in order to power automatically as air quality drops.

(I don't have the Honeywell anymore as it was my ex's)

This conversation makes me want to buy a second purifier and simply stop purchasing filters for my Dyson. That way, it would continue to work as a space heater and fan but the air purifying would be done by a dedicated device.

Makes sense as by rule of thumb, no "jack of all trades" devices will ever be better than a dedicated device. Hindsight is 20/20.

Re: Dyson air purifier outperformed by cheap DIY box fan filter in Marketplace test

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Post by cgriswald »

ljf wrote: post #34
tidepod12 wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yea, it's weird reading this thread to me. I have a cordless Dyson vacuum and it is by far the best home vacuum I have ever used, both in terms of suction power (even compared to non-cordless ones) and in terms of other usability/features.

We must have had a dud as we got the Dyson animal hair one and it was terrible. Battery life was rubbish, the suction was crappy and the pick up just wasn't that good. Ended up getting a gtech which was fine for 2 adults in a small 2 bed house with wooden floors, but now we have kids and a bigger place we got a Shark corded and it is amazing. Literally the best vacuum we've ever owned.

FWIW, we have six furry animals of our own (with four different hair types) and also foster and board dogs. We never buy the “animal” cleaning machine. I’ve never seen a product that in any way shows it’s somehow more capable of dealing with hair or messes than other products in the same line. I have had them be more expensive and flimsier relative to that same line though.

Re: Dyson air purifier outperformed by cheap DIY box fan filter in Marketplace test

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Post by KingOfCoders »

turtlebits wrote: post #171

I'm not a fan of Dyson products, but i really like their air purifier (with heat). I'm not that concerned with performance as I'm just trying to maintain clean air, not actively clean it. It's quiet, has an actual thermostat (instead of the 0-10 knob). No burning smell and hot air temperature isn't a fire hazard (great for clumsy kids). Best of all, it looks nice. That said, I don't think I'd be willing to pay upward…

"Best of all, it looks nice." The Dyson USP.
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