The Dyson Airblade - Ok, this is a brilliant idea, a fan with no exposed moving parts and that makes no noise. BRILLIANT. Except of course the fact its 300+$. 300$, for a fan! Seriously, who the hell is willing to pay 300$ for a fan! I am pretty frivolous with my money and I loves me a new gadget, but thats taking things to extremes even for me.

Lots of people are.

There are enough people that Dyson is able to charge that much and still sell quite a few of them.

I can immediately think of several groups.

Obviously there are the people who have a fortune in debt and just put it on their credit card.


I've seen quite a few wealthy people who take their very expensive toys in places that make most normal people shudder. I've seen a Lamborghini on washboard roads on the mountains. I've seen a Ferrari among a bunch of hummers in a remote campsite. I've seen several corvettes on parade while offroading in the desert.

For those who do have the means, a cool looking bladeless fan for $300 is a reasonable price for such a toy.


There are businesses who want to impress. There are conference rooms where a fan would be nice. Imagine an extended mahogany board table surrounded by executive chairs that cost a few thousand dollars each. Would such a company have a cheap $5 fan in corner?

There are also business who have been hit with lawsuits in the past from injuries from fans. Spending a few bucks more on a bladeless fan is a small investment against the future.

For those who do have the means, a cool looking bladeless fan for $300 is a reasonable price for such a toy.

While I do agree that it was a pretty cool "toy", it wasn't marketed as a limited "toy".

I was more likely to see it in Target and other low to mid range retailers. It was sold mostly to common, middle class people.

There are businesses who want to impress. There are conference rooms where a fan would be nice. Imagine an extended mahogany board table surrounded by executive chairs that cost a few thousand dollars each. Would such a company have a cheap $5 fan in corner?[/quote]No. A company that wants to impress would have central air and therefore wouldn't need a fan. There's only a limited market of people who want to impress you with their $300 fan, but can't or haven't simply bought air conditioning already. Most people who don't have air conditioning are not in a place where a $300 fan is a responsible purchase.

No. A company that wants to impress would have central air and therefore wouldn't need a fan. There's only a limited market of people who want to impress you with their $300 fan, but can't or haven't simply bought air conditioning already. Most people who don't have air conditioning are not in a place where a $300 fan is a responsible purchase.

The presence of air conditioning is not mutually exclusive with the occasional need to have fans.

No. A company that wants to impress would have central air and therefore wouldn't need a fan. There's only a limited market of people who want to impress you with their $300 fan, but can't or haven't simply bought air conditioning already. Most people who don't have air conditioning are not in a place where a $300 fan is a responsible purchase.

Have you seen the fan? I'd say it's just as responsible a purchase as any apple product.

http://www.geekandhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/dyson-air-multiplier-fans-550x299.jpg

too sexy.

Since when did expensive become dumb? The Dyson fan obviously has a market if they can sell them for so much. Maybe consumers are dumb for buying such an expensive item but that is very well their right to do. Not sure how that makes the product dumb. Now the Shake Weight, that is dumb all the way around.

Being in a building with central air doesn't always mean the building is all cooled to the same temperature. Especially a conference room with a lot of people in it would raise the ambient temperature quite a bit.