Device uses movement of ions to generate airflow without any moving parts like in iPads and MacBook Air.

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    4 days ago

    Advertising for a product isn’t a citation. That article literally just repeats Dyson’s own claims. Do you have anything that actually tests that claim?

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      4 days ago

      I don’t think you two are even contradicting each other. The airflow going through the base can be 15x smaller than the total result, but also require more energy than just using a regular fan that moves that amount of air.

      Total airflow and efficiency are two independent things.

      Disclaimer: I have no real data on how Dyson fans work.

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        4 days ago

        Of course, it is a purifier, it is hard to get high volumes of air through the HEPA filter

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          3 days ago

          As demonstraded by the ActionLab video someone else posted, “bladeless” fans in general are less efficient. The one he tested was not a Dyson and didn’t have a HEPA filter.

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              3 days ago

              It was also moving more volume of air, not just airspeed. Sure I would have loved to see a fully shrouded experiment, but their experiment did show a regular fan moved air faster over a wider area, which would mean it is also moving a higher volume of air.

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        3 days ago

        You made an assertion. If you are unable to provide supporting evidence, we can assume that your assertion is incorrect without needing to prove anything.