Light it on fire and drive a motorcycle through it.

It has blades. They are inside the base.

Even refurbed I can buy like 10 fans from wally world for that price.

I got mine off of woot when it was sold new.

I love it! Almost a year of every day to every other day use, and it still works like the first time.

The clean up is super easy, just wipe down the intake, and the ring.

The sound it produces is very calming while I'm sleeping

edit:

My first review of the unit

pretty good reviews (4.6 out of 5.0) over at walmart.com

http://www.walmart.com/ip/Dyson-Pedestal-Air-Multiplier-Fan/15024209

What, no obligatory video posting of the Dyson "Balloons and Dyson Air Multiplier™ fans" clip?



There we go. All is right with the world.

And damn, I still get the chills watching that video, dozens of times later.

-=C=-

lichme wrote:Light it on fire and drive a motorcycle through it.

Have chinese acrobats leap through it.

if you are buying this for any other reason that it looks cool you are wasting alot of money. They dont move as much air as a regular fan and they cost 10X the price.

Purchased it new from woot more than a year ago and it is still going strong 24/7 since.

The biggest plus for me is the ease of cleaning the unit. It is very quiet when on lower setting. on high, it still makes quite a bit of noise.

The design is stylish, but do take quite a bit of room vs tower style fan.

The remote magnet is a bit weak, but still convenient.

I also have a $100ish tower fan so while $200 is a lot, I don't think it is an outrageous amount compare to what is out there but I can totally understand that price is hard to justify for a lot of people but for me, I am happy with the purchase and will likely buy the smaller desktop version if it become available.

nice reviews (3.9 out of 5.0) over at amazon

www.amazon.com/Dyson-AM03-Pedestal-Fan-Silver/dp/B003TFDV0Y

I bought two of these on Woot over a year ago. They are still running strong.

http://home.woot.com/offers/dyson-air-multiplier-bladeless-pedestal-fan

The only issue I have had is when they are both on the bare wood floor in the same room and running on about ¾ power they created a sort of subsonic resonance which I could hear throughout the house. Once I had identified the source, it was an easy fix to place each fan on a foam mat which isolated the vibration.

I bought the dyson fan last time it was on woot as a refurb and it died within 2 days. I got a flashing power light and could find no remedy to fix it. I called dyson and then send out a new fan ASAP. Really great service. Just an FYI. The fan that I recieved from Woot and the replacement fan were labled "Refebished - B Grade." Both of the fans came with scraches on the ring, one of them looked like someone used sand paper on it, which was rather frustrating. I called dyson about the scraches and they sent out a new ring no questions asked.

The previous woot referred to above was $229.99 and the last woot-off that sold it too new for $229.99 vs. $179.99 refurb now
http://www.woot.com/Forums/ViewPost.aspx?PostID=4711432&PageIndex=1&ReplyCount=120

and my previous comment from then:

whatsamattaU wrote:Last non-woot off: 250 comments

http://www.woot.com/Forums/ViewPost.aspx?PostID=4683444

also $229.99

and my comments then verbatim:

froogle vs. $229.99 today

Product support page:
http://www.dyson.com/support/help.asp?article=32

including manual:
http://media.dyson.com/downloads/US/fan/manuals/AM03_userguide_US080710.pdf

Good night.

slappomatt wrote:if you are buying this for any other reason that it looks cool you are wasting alot of money. They dont move as much air as a regular fan and they cost 10X the price.

What other reason for owning anything is there?

Why does anyone have questions about this fan?!?!?!? It MULTIPLIES AIR!!!! x18 to be exact. O M G

slappomatt wrote:if you are buying this for any other reason that it looks cool you are wasting alot of money. They dont move as much air as a regular fan and they cost 10X the price.

they put out plenty of air... and other fans that put out as much air or more than the Dyson..are loud.

The more I hear people say this is too pricey for sensible people, the more I senselessly want one as a status symbol.

This sounds a lot like a propeller-less Piper Cub. Is there an option for the bladed model?

I'm getting one of these for every room. First, it does away with the physical danger inherent in traditional fans. Why, as soon as you get your bladded fan out of the screwed on shipping crate and plugged in, the hazard is obvious. Then there's the whole whole-air benefit. I ask you, how is air supposed to carry oxygen to our lungs after it's been chopped up by the tranditional fan? And what of the air itself? Does it know it's about to be slaughtered and is it afraid as it approaches the blades? Does it suffer? It may be down-right immoral to be consuming air like this, and it's messy besides; butchered air parts being spewed across the room like that. Gross. It may also be dangerous in ways we don't yet recognize - look what happened when they split the atom.

All that aside, though, you can't beat the economy of these new-fangled fans. You feed one air into one side of it, you get 18 airs out the other! My guess is you can unplug after a couple of exchanges like that and you'll get the breeze for free for the rest of the day (unless your windows are opened and all your extra air is going out of them). I can't wait 'til Woot posts the Dyson Money Tree.

(Sorry, couldn't resist it.)

wooowoot wrote:All that aside, though, you can't beat the economy of these new-fangled fans. You feed one air into one side of it, you get 18 airs out the other! My guess is you can unplug after a couple of exchanges like that and you'll get the breeze for free for the rest of the day (unless your windows are opened and all your extra air is going out of them). I can't wait 'til Woot posts the Dyson Money Tree.

Love it. :^)

Home depot sells a White Generic Oscillating table fan, 14" fan blades. 3 speed for $9.99 and there built very well, put out lots of air and will last years. They use them to draw people into the store and hopefully to buy there big ticket items. I picked up 4 for my Xmas shopping.

SOOOOOOOooo, I can buy 18 of the white Oscillating table fans or one of these. Oh and the $9.99 fan puts out a lot more air.

But, That's just my humble opinion you may see the value equation different.

curtise wrote:What, no obligatory video posting of the Dyson "Balloons and Dyson Air Multiplier™ fans" clip?



There we go. All is right with the world.

And damn, I still get the chills watching that video, dozens of times later.

-=C=-

Wow, you are easily impressed if that video gives you chills!

curtise wrote:What, no obligatory video posting of the Dyson "Balloons and Dyson Air Multiplier™ fans" clip?

And this is why we pay so much money for Dyson products.... so they can make balloon race tracks with a hundred fans

I'll stick with my Woot Vornado fans and heat fans. $30 for the fan; $45 for the heat fan. I think there is something fishy with a real fan being hidden in the base. Before you know it, you'll be able to connect to the internet without wires.

badhabit12 wrote:Home depot sells a White Generic Oscillating table fan, 14" fan blades. 3 speed for $9.99 and there built very well, put out lots of air and will last years. They use them to draw people into the store and hopefully to buy there big ticket items.

http://www.wisc-online.com/Objects/ViewObject.aspx?ID=ESL1402

tomquincy wrote:And this is why we pay so much money for Dyson products.... so they can make balloon race tracks with a hundred fans

Whaaa. I want to work there. So much fun! Buy more so they can hire me!

I'm getting six so that I can make my own quidditch field.

sixdolla wrote:Why does anyone have questions about this fan?!?!?!? It MULTIPLIES AIR!!!! x18 to be exact. O M G

It also multiplies money. Unfortunately, all of that money ends up back at Dyson HQ.

If I can't make Darth Vader voice sounds with it, it isn't a fan.

If I dip this in a soap solution, will it blow giant bubbles?

curtise wrote:What, no obligatory video posting of the Dyson "Balloons and Dyson Air Multiplier™ fans" clip?



There we go. All is right with the world.

And damn, I still get the chills watching that video, dozens of times later.

-=C=-

Now we know why the fans are so expensive, all those employees on the payroll of Dyson playing with fans and balloons. We also see where all those refurbs come from, the fans used in that demo.

Not a big fan of the price.

CuzzinMerl wrote:If I dip this in a soap solution, will it blow giant bubbles?

That's what I want to know! I bet that's how they secretly test the units back at headquarters.

I just got mine in the mail. Unfortunately it looks like I got a shelf display unit (has a sticker saying so) and it looks like it was used as a tennis racket! It works, but it looks like crap. NOT worth the price. These are not really re-furbished mostly used and sold as is.