Dyson EV

[AutobahnSHO]

Oh there's a fan. It's just in the base where you can't see it. Total gimmick. But if you use cool words like "air multiplier," you can charge $300 for a fan.

+1

And hand dryers are gross

[93JC]

Oh there's a fan. It's just in the base where you can't see it. Total gimmick. But if you use cool words like "air multiplier," you can charge $300 for a fan.

It's asinine how much money Dyson sells many of its products. I love my vacuum cleaner, and the vacuum cleaner I bought for my parents 10+ years ago hasn't had any issues whatsoever. Would I buy a Dyson "air multiplier"? Heeeeeeeell naw, it's a $300 desk ornament. Ye olde fashioned prop fans work just as well, despite whatever the Dyson marketing machine says about "choppy air". (I don't give a shit if the air coming from my fan is "choppy"; why would anyone?)

[FoMoJo]

Oh there's a fan. It's just in the base where you can't see it. Total gimmick. But if you use cool words like "air multiplier," you can charge $300 for a fan.

Yes, curves, angles and induction as well.  Personally, I wouldn't pay that much for a fan, but lot's of people do.

[r0tor]

I love our dyson... gets almost daily use sucking up kitty litter with no issues in I guess 3 or so years now

[FoMoJo]

It's asinine how much money Dyson sells many of its products. I love my vacuum cleaner, and the vacuum cleaner I bought for my parents 10+ years ago hasn't had any issues whatsoever. Would I buy a Dyson "air multiplier"? Heeeeeeeell naw, it's a $300 desk ornament. Ye olde fashioned prop fans work just as well, despite whatever the Dyson marketing machine says about "choppy air". (I don't give a shit if the air coming from my fan is "choppy"; why would anyone?)

What make is your vacuum?

[CaminoRacer]

I've got a Bissell that was on sale for $60 at Target almost 2 years ago. No complaints about it, and I'm much richer having not ponied up for a Dyson.

[FoMoJo]

I've got a Bissell that was on sale for $60 at Target almost 2 years ago. No complaints about it, and I'm much richer having not ponied up for a Dyson.

Don't vacuum drywall dust with it.

[Laconian]

BREAKING: Dyson releases "air exponentiator", stock quintuples

[93JC]

What make is your vacuum?

I have a Dyson DC66. The one I bought for my parents is a DC07. Neither was cheap, but I think they're well worth it. The fans, the lights, the hair dryers, the hand dryers? Waaay too expensive.

[Payman]

I have no carpet. I win.

[CaminoRacer]

I have no carpet. I win.

Dirt floors? nice

[93JC]

I have no carpet. I win.

My Dyson is awesome on every surface. Came with a soft-bristle brush for doing hard floors.

Actually, my favourite thing about the vacuum is the "tangle-free turbine tool" that came with it:



This thing is frickin' spectacular at cleaning upholstery. I was in need of a vacuum cleaner a few years back and coincidentally after my grandparents died no one else wanted their two vacuum cleaners, a Bissell and a Eureka, so I took 'em both thinking I'd keep whichever I liked more and would sell the other. In the end I hated them both and sold them both off for money toward the Dyson, but the thing I reeeeeeally hated about the damn things was their "powered brush" tools for upholstery. I don't have any leather furniture so I'm always using the vacuum to clean my chairs and couches, and the Bissell and Eureka tools were appallingly bad. The Dyson tool was a revelation by comparison, it works great!

[Galaxy]

I will also vouch for Dyson, my usual supplier for home appliances and power tools is the local Champion Bosch, but their cordless vacuum absolutely sucks (well actually it does not suck that is the problem) compared to the Dyson.

[r0tor]

I have no carpet. I win.

Dyson has a "fluffy" motorized head for the cordless vacs that is amazing on hardwood floord

[MrH]

True.

True, and last year it was up to $1.42B in profit on $5.67B in revenue. Margins in the automotive industry are much tighter, and even basket-case Tesla posted over $11B in revenue in 2017, and lost over $600M. Their 2018 revenues should hit about $20B but they'll almost assuredly still post a loss.

That said Dyson is still a private firm owned solely by James Dyson himself, so ultimately he can make whatever irrational decisions he wants as long as he's got the cash to burn.

Tesla is about the worst example out there of how automotive operations should be run

[SJ_GTI]

I've never used a Dyson. I've only owned one vacuum in my life (and it still works fine)...a Kirby vacuum that I bought used from my brother (when he wanted to a buy a new one). My current house is hardwood and tile everywhere except the basement, so it only gets used occasionally nowadays but it is still going.

[GoCougs]

Dyson is a fraud. In this video about his revolutionary "digital motor" (i.e., brushless motor, that have been made for decades) he equates carbon dust from brushes used on universal motors (typically what powers appliances) with "carbon emissions." You gotta be kidding me:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kcGltYWz3k

But I do have two of the vacuums and they were definitely game changers.

[GoCougs]

As to the EV? Like all EVs, it's mostly just PR, with the side helping parasitic statism (i.e., being queued up in the chance that government hegemony declares the ICE and enemy of the state).

[FoMoJo]

I've never used a Dyson. I've only owned one vacuum in my life (and it still works fine)...a Kirby vacuum that I bought used from my brother (when he wanted to a buy a new one). My current house is hardwood and tile everywhere except the basement, so it only gets used occasionally nowadays but it is still going.

Kirby, made in the USA.  Warren Buffet approves.

[12,000 RPM]

As to the EV? Like all EVs, it's mostly just PR, with the side helping parasitic statism (i.e., being queued up in the chance that government hegemony declares the ICE and enemy of the state).

Dyson is a fraud. In this video about his revolutionary "digital motor" (i.e., brushless motor, that have been made for decades) he equates carbon dust from brushes used on universal motors (typically what powers appliances) with "carbon emissions." You gotta be kidding me:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kcGltYWz3k

But I do have two of the vacuums and they were definitely game changers.

Cougs is in his bag here, like Klay putting up 14 3s against the Bulls

I am in agreement on the EV announcements though... just a free press/SEO grab.