PHOTOS: Dyson's Air Multiplier

Vacuum design meets the humble fan

PHOTOS: Dyson's Air Multiplier

13 October 2009 12:47 GMT / By Duncan Geere

Dyson has unveiled its "Air Multiplier" fan and Pocket-lint was on hand to get some snaps of the interesting magnifying-glass-shaped design. The company tried very hard to keep its bladeless fan a secret, but news leaked out some months ago so the eventual announcement was almost something of an anticlimax.

The fan does what it purports to do very well. It blows air at you, basically. It does this without blades thanks to a very thin stream of air which the fan emits from around the rim at 55mph. Without boring you with an extensive description of fluid dynamics, it works because of friction - if air is travelling in a jet, air alongside it tends to get pulled along too.

It can therefore shoot out a relatively thin stream of air, and that small quantity of air will pull upto 15 times more air along with it. Pretty efficient, compared to a traditional fan (though a similar principle does apply there, too). In terms of volume, the fan is about as noisy as a regular fan, if a smidge less.

What was most surprising about the Air Multiplier was the price - £200 for both the 10-inch and 13-inch versions. It's pretty and all, but when a regular fan is a fiver, it seems tough to justify splashing out two hundred quid on a desk fan, however beautiful it is. What do you guys think?

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Comments

  • Its not really bladeless... They have just moved the blades down to the motor and run them direct there which then blows the air upwards into the circle and then directs it into your waiting face. So its not that amazing really... Its sort of like putting a sheet of card infront of a fan to direct the flow in a different direction.

    It still has blades, but we cant see them.
    Posted by chris, uk
  • Or put your fingers in them, most importantly Posted by radioedit, United Kingdom
  • Well if he can 'conjur' money out of your pockets then he's quite a 'smart' fella isn't he?!!
    I just wonder how much power the unit uses and how much noise? Power increases to the 3rd 'power' and noise to the 6th 'power'. So little initial air volume (low power) but high air velocity High Noise!! And perhaps more importantly; the noise is produced OUTSIDE the equipment in the secondary airstream.....
    Posted by Art€, Hungary
  • Admit it, we all want one. Posted by Richcolour, UK
  • Looks like a Stargate, for mice. Posted by M Hunter, England
  • at last...a Dyson product that actually looks good, and not in garish plastic with lumps, bulges and tubes! Posted by Qjames, UK
  • How to contact Mr Dyson ? Posted by Darius, Ireland
  • No need to clean the blades? Nice. Bit pricey though. Posted by Andy, Australia

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