Sam
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I am going to buy a fan tomorrow as my office is like a greenhouse (until I find a portable a/c machine I want to buy that actually works  ), just been looking on the Comet website and they sell these poncey looking Dyson air multipliers for £200-£300.
WTF? Seriously, you could buy a portable a/c machine for that money - why the hell would you spend that money on what is essentially a fan (and not a very good one I might add based on my review of one on demonstration at our local Currys).
I know it looks stylish and that, but I don't think I would pay any more than say £80 for that! 
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Hammer
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We bought 2 airblades in work for almost a grand.
They are shit, I still use hand towels.
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John
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Airblades in costco are pish, it's all marketing bullshit, dyson vacuums are shit as well.
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jamied
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I've always found the airblades to work very well
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Chris x
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Originally posted by jamied
I've always found the airblades to work very well
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_Allan_
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Not a fan
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Xs
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quote:
Originally posted by John
Airblades in costco are pish, it's all marketing bullshit, dyson vacuums are shit as well.
Do you shop anywhere apart from Costco?
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weedon
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Originally posted by _Allan_
Not a fan
lol
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Jambo
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Air blades are amazing and Dyson vacs are astonishing.
Your doing it wrong
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Ste
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You're spelling it wrong.
I would rather lose by a mile because i built my own car, than win by an inch because someone else built it for me.
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Ben J
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I find Airblades awesome. And Dyson Vacs are top drawer. The fan is a rip off tho.
[Edited on 23-05-2012 by Ben J]
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DaveyLC
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quote:
Originally posted by John
Airblades in costco are pish, it's all marketing bullshit, dyson vacuums are shit as well.
Do you just like to contradict everything John? Just for the sake of it?
Dysons are brilliant Vacums and those Dyson fans are fantastic compared to traditional fans.
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JaffaTB
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my mums dyson vacuum is the only one that can do my car properly
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BarnshaW
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they got rid of handtowels at my work recently in favour for these airblades.
They are alright i guess, cant say they are amazing or any better then a normal hand drier , i also dont understand how they are "the most hygenic" over a normal automatic handdrier?
i notice the airblades collect a load of shit at the bottom which looks rank, a normal automatic one wouldnt do this so IMO is more hygenic.
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BarnshaW
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also i am really confused, an airblade isnt a fan for an office its a hand drier? so its not even what you are looking for?
unless i am missing something?
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Sam
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Barnshaw, the Dyson fan is called an "air multiplier" (which is what I wrote in my original post)... I don't understand why people are talking about hand driers in my thread TBH?
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BarnshaW
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oh yeah, fucking hammer it was, apologies
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John
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quote:
Originally posted by DaveyLC
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Originally posted by John
Airblades in costco are pish, it's all marketing bullshit, dyson vacuums are shit as well.
Do you just like to contradict everything John? Just for the sake of it?
Dysons are brilliant Vacums and those Dyson fans are fantastic compared to traditional fans.
The vacuum's aren't anywhere near as good as the Numatic range, the air multiplier blows some air about, I wouldn't say it's better than a normal fan though.
A broken dyson vac sitting in the corner of every building also isn't a good endorsement.
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DaveyLC
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Are Numatic cleaners not aimed at industrial/commercial customers? Bit like comparing Cummins to BMW.
[Edited on 23-05-2012 by DaveyLC]
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John
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Not sure, even if it was, if it's better what's the difference?
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ed
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Most Dyson products have very annoying design flaws in them. The Airblade - take a look on the floor underneath one when you use one next, water everywhere. Plus they get very grubby. The Cityvac - the hose is too short and needs to have a hinged joint where it joins the main body of the vacuum and I think it's only designed for people about 5 ft tall to use. A lot of their older vacuum cleaners couldn't go from a hard surface to a carpet without throwing the drive belt on the brush too.
It's a shame they wouldn't employ me to fix their design issues (bitter much?)
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Whittie
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Dyson hoovers kick the shit out of Henry, can't comment on the fans though
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Hammer
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Dyson has the Apple factor. Folk would lap up anything with a patent and a Dyson badge.
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Rob_Quads
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quote:
Originally posted by Whittie
Dyson hoovers kick the shit out of Henry, can't comment on the fans though
Different jobs. Our Dyson would have died if I used to for all the work in the garage and the building work we used it for.
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Sam
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quote:
Originally posted by Hammer
Dyson has the Apple factor. Folk would lap up anything with a patent and a Dyson badge.
I disagree; my iPhone and MacBook Pro actually work unlike other branded phones and computers/laptops I've owned in the past (of which I've had many). That and the designer look of their products are some of the reasons why people like buying Apple products.
As an aside - I would have gone off on one about shit British engineering - however you may or may not know that the chief designer at Apple is actually British
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