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Air-purifying headphones with active noise cancelling

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Re: Air-purifying headphones with active noise cancelling

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WithinReason wrote: post #77
rbinv wrote: post #71

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Your breath (what you exhale) always contains substantial amounts of moisture (and yes, potentially virions). It does not matter if you speak or not. It does not matter if the environment is cold or not. There is no "simple warm air" out of your lungs. I agree with mtn_nerd, you must be trolling. Considering your choice of words, you're probably well aware of that.

The breath you see in cold weather is not aerosols but condensed moisture. I don't know how pointing out this trivial fact can be construed as trolling.

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Re: Air-purifying headphones with active noise cancelling

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Post by adhesive_wombat »

maerF0x0 wrote: post #33

This _has_ to be an early Apr 1. Please be an early Apr fool's ... Has it really gotten this bad? If so I hope this is a wake up call, we don't want to live in a Mad Max: fury road reality, right?

There is certainly a resemblance [1].

[1] https://www.therpf.com/forums/attachments/107e65287a72a2732d...

Re: Air-purifying headphones with active noise cancelling

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Post by adhesive_wombat »

AlexandrB wrote: post #46
thebean11 wrote: post #40

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What's the issue with the dryers? You use them to dry already-washed hands and the dryers themselves aren't very close to the toilets.

That assumes everyone thoroughly washes their hands, which is unlikely. Dyson hand dryers, specifically, always have a nasty puddle of water at the bottom of their drying "crevice" in busy bathrooms.

Doesn't matter how well you wash your hands, you still have to touch the door handle to get out (they usually open inwards) and some grotty germbags will have poopified that handle 50 times over before you get to touch it.

Re: Air-purifying headphones with active noise cancelling

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Post by boogies »

adhesive_wombat wrote: post #84
AlexandrB wrote: post #46

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That assumes everyone thoroughly washes their hands, which is unlikely. Dyson hand dryers, specifically, always have a nasty puddle of water at the bottom of their drying "crevice" in busy bathrooms.

Doesn't matter how well you wash your hands, you still have to touch the door handle to get out (they usually open inwards) and some grotty germbags will have poopified that handle 50 times over before you get to touch it.

The bathrooms with Dyson driers near me open inwards but have foot openers,¹ as well as the other bathrooms with paper towels inside and waste baskets just outside (so you can use the towel to open the door before tossing it).

¹similar to this: https://cdn.trendhunterstatic.com/thumbs/426/foot-door-handl...

Re: Air-purifying headphones with active noise cancelling

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Post by andbberger »

ExtraE wrote: post #68
redisman wrote: post #66

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Respirator masks work much better though and are cheap. I put on my woodworking N99 respirator and it works perfectly for wildfire smoke. This is about the size of a Covid N95 mask

> Respirator masks work much better I haven’t observed this to be true; I generally find them to be very uncomfortable. Do you have a brand recommendation? I also have a pretty big beard which makes them less effective.

3m aura

Re: Air-purifying headphones with active noise cancelling

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Post by toomanybeersies »

maddynator wrote: post #22

They are definitely not what we are use to when we hear the word headphone but I think they have a specific usecase and market they can address. I think they are good for anyone doing woodworking, gardening (have pollens), labs where they are chemicals, and similar outdoor work environment. The problem can be the cost. Dyson are not cheap so and they market that can use is not going to spend that much money. but the…

> labs where they are chemicals

I strongly suspect these don't meet OSHA requirements as a respirator.

Re: Air-purifying headphones with active noise cancelling

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Post by amluto »

hunglee2 wrote: post #18

A.K.A 'Snot Cannon' I can see this has having the similar type of negative public health impact as the Dyson Blade dryers in public toilets, simply circulating fecal matter further in an enclosed space. Naomi Wu with the critique: https://twitter.com/RealSexyCyborg/status/150912514143903334...

This seems like a stretch. Barring some rather unexpected effect, this device will not change the amount of aerosolized pathogen emitted by a person. At most it will change the distribution — the aerosols will be presumably be mixed into a larger volume of air. So maybe they will spread somewhat father, but, if so, they’ll be more dilute.

[0] To the extent the wearer’s breath is sucked back through the filter, the total emitted pathogen load will be reduced.

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