Wow! Fans !!

This seems a nice technology:
http://www.bladelessfanstore.com/

http://www.bladelessfanstore.com/ski...uffetedAir.jpg http://www.bladelessfanstore.com/ski...neBuffeted.jpg

Does anyone have one at home ?

I've heard it isn't as wonderful as the marketing would have one believe.

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Originally Posted by dilettante

I've heard it isn't as wonderful as the marketing would have one believe.

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But the idea of "bladeless" seems to be innovative. Isn't it ?

How it works:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vfy9o38AUk

I've seen one close up. It's pretty awesome you can stick your hand through a fan.
If they weren't so darn expensive I'd buy one.

By the way, are they more efficient on energy?

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Originally Posted by TheBigB

I've seen one close up. It's pretty awesome you can stick your hand through a fan.
If they weren't so darn expensive I'd buy one.

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You can do that with any fan....at least twice (for most people).

So....a fan creates a bunch of distinct pulses of air that maintain themselves in strange shapes for a meter or so out from the fan, but this thing creates a laminar flow? Frankly, I don't believe either claim.

really, just now hearing about this? Been around for a couple years now... and infact, checking the posted date of the linked youtube vid shows almost two years ago to the day...

-tg

Let's see, 4.99$ desk fan from walmart which keeps me cool or 299$* Air multiplier from dyson which looks neat and keeps me cool.

Hmmm, I think I'll save the 295$* bucks and forgo a neat looking device. I do like the airblade things they started putting in public restrooms though.

*not sure on actual price but man is Dyson stuff pricey

I wouldn't consider one here at the office... at home though, it would be nice to be able to watch TV or a movie w/o having to compete against the noisier fan.

-tg

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Originally Posted by techgnome

I wouldn't consider one here at the office... at home though, it would be nice to be able to watch TV or a movie w/o having to compete against the noisier fan.

-tg

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:lol::lol:

I was just thinking the exact opposite. Most of the time, the window fan I have running is there for the white noise to drown out the (minimal) street noise that comes through the open window.

I read a review that said it isn't quiet, just makes a different sound that may be more annoying than a conventional fan's.

It's a jet (well sorta) so what would you expect? It's got to make some noise. :)
But that is pretty awesome device. A body of mine has one; i'm thinking of buying one myself.

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Originally Posted by RhinoBull

It's a jet (well sorta) so what would you expect? It's got to make some noise. :)
But that is pretty awesome device. A body of mine has one; i'm thinking of buying one myself.

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How many bodies do you have? :p

http://www.dyson.com/fans/ sounds great. But does it really "sound" good ? :D

They actually are pretty quiet... they are not completely noiseless... clearly, since there is a motor and an an air propulsion mechanism, there is some sound... but it's more like the sound the water pump on an aquarium makes... sort of a whirring noise I guess. It's low key and not as abrasive as a regular fan.

-tg

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Originally Posted by abhijit

How many bodies do you have? :p

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I'm bodiless. :cry:

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Originally Posted by techgnome

They actually are pretty quiet...

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tg, that depends on the size - large units may annoy some people. :)

Gives a whole new meaning to the term: when sh.. hits the fan.

P.S: Going by thread title, did anyone else think it was going to be about World of Warcraft??

No, I actually expected some god-awful hand wringing over fooootbal.

Guys, don't hijack my thread. If you want to talk about "WOW: World of Warcrafts", create your own thread. I created this thread to talk about "WOW Fans". Don't deviate it. :D

just kidding :p

So did you buy one yet and try it out?

I hear they can cure warts and keep the elephants away too.

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Originally Posted by dilettante

So did you buy one yet and try it out?

I hear they can cure warts and keep the elephants away too.

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Not yet. Have to buy one. I need to get one before this summer. So that, I could wear it as a hat which could blow air to my body from top. :p

Or dip it in soapy water and blow big bubbles, hmm?

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Originally Posted by akhileshbc

Not yet. Have to buy one. I need to get one before this summer. So that, I could wear it as a hat which could blow air to my body from top. :p

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Its an Air Multiplier. You are making an attempt to change it into a Body Multiplier ! :D
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Originally Posted by akhileshbc

Guys, don't hijack my thread. If you want to talk about "WOW: World of Warcrafts", create your own thread. I created this thread to talk about "WOW Fans". Don't deviate it. :D

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Wouldn't dream of it...

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Originally Posted by baja_yu

P.S: Going by thread title, did anyone else think it was going to be about World of Watercraft??

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I'm not a boater, so that never occured to me.

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Originally Posted by Hack

I'm not a boater, so that never occured to me.

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:D You got me going there for a moment, I thought I actually wrote Watercraft :)

Cool! :D :lol:

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Originally Posted by dilettante

I hear they can cure warts and keep the elephants away too.

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don't hate on the elephants :( lol

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Originally Posted by dilettante

So did you buy one yet and try it out?

I hear they can cure warts and keep the elephants away too.

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But not both at the same time (read the fine print if you don't believe me). You can elephants without warts, or warts without elephants, but not both.