$649 Dyson Fan vs. $15 Walmart Fan: The Hard Truth
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- Опубликовано: 22 май 2024
- When I was young, I was a little obsessed with how cool Dyson fans were. But are they actually worth that amount of money? In this relatively silly video, I'm going to compare it to my $15 Walmart fan with wind speed and sound level tests!
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Always thought the Dyson fans looked cool but always wondered about how efficient they were as fans
Me too! That's why I made the video.
I just had a gut feeling that Dyson is just a good marketeer. And products are just a esthetically good looking so they can have a higher sticker price.
And no functionality.
But now i have ur vids as proof as to scientifically Dyson is just blah...
As a fan, they perform worse. But they are actually air purifiers act as a fan.
If you need a fan. Buy a fan.
@@SekRanger pointless comment
@@ktolwal bladeless fan.
Dyson fan looks cool. Ordinary fan makes cool.
"The fifteen dollar Walmart fan had wind speeds of 6.5 miles/h at 3 feet and 5.1 miles/h at 6 feet."
Me, an European: Hmmm, interesting, no clue what it means, but suck it Dyson boi."
Me , as an indian too 😂
Ok so a mile is 5,280 feet so 6.5 mph. And 3 feet away is 36 inches.
Also, the average indoor temperature is about 73 degrees Fahrenheit so take that into account as well for your indoor speeds.
@@jaystarr6571 It's like you talking another language.
@@urband10 OK, maybe I should have said MPH instead of mph and 3'36" instead of 3 feet and 36 inches. Sorry about that.
Let me clarify for you:
6.5 miles/h is about 1.6 fathoms per second
3 feet is equal to 9 hands
5.1 miles/h is roughly 0.87 furlongs per minute
and 6 feet is a mere 1.93304e-16 light years
Hope that helps.
This is one of those tests that highlight the fact that more expensive doesn't always mean better
You know the expense is based on design for the most part right? Whether it is better or not depends on what you want. If you have small kids you may not want a fan they can stick their grubby little fingers into for example.
Would have been interesting to see the wattage used on each one throughout the settings.
Yes I was thinking that too.the dyson is sucking air through a hepa filter and activated charcoal so will be using more power.
This is a GREAT review, and proof that just because it looks cooler and costs more money doesn't mean it's better. We got our Dyson Pure Hot + Cool because it did everything (heating, cooling and air purification) - and got it at Costco for almost half the price of what it retails for. So it was a more worthwhile (albeit still overpriced) investment. It's come in handy when the office gets a little colder in the winter than the rest of the apartment, and I wouldn't trade it for the world now as it starts getting warmer and my pcs, and what have you warm up the room even quicker. But again, although I'm happy with it overall, it doesn't mean you can't get numerous products that do all these things separately for much cheaper, and just swap them out throughout the year.
Thanks man!
One question, if the heater,fan or air purifier stops working....the other 2 are affected?
@@nickbien ok... good to know, thanks!
I always wondered why people praised the Dyson. My friends and I designed a fan last year for our group Engineering project (I'm an aerospace student), and we found out during the development that the Dyson design was quite inefficient
That's pretty cool! Did you come up with a better design?
@@MarkSpurrell yes, which is quite close the conventional one. Having a larger air intake reduce the noise and allows a bigger flow. Honestly, if the style is not an issue, the old fans were not bad at all 😅.
I bought a $50 fan that sits on the ground and you just basically swivel it up or down. That thing is so damn powerful and even on the lowest setting it sounds like a industrial fan. It will instantly cool you off but you just just have to endure the jet engine is has for a motor lmao
$650 Dyson fan VS $15 walmart fan.
Me: Just buy $200 AC that actually cooling your room.
The wind speed is different as the airflow is evenly spread out compared to the Walmart fan at it flows on one spot
Got one of these from Costco. Returned it after a few months. We hated it. Dyson products are insanely overpriced and usually don't last long. Every dyson product I've had has broken. Had bad air flow out of the box. The filters on our fan clogged up before they were supposed to be replaced and then the air would barely flow at all. The filter replacements are also 80 bucks a pop.
Oh, right. That's another thing I didn't like, they charge a crazy high price for filter replacements and ask to you swap them out once a year.
I just found out that there's a different type of fan than that bladed one. Basically I'm poor.
Where's the table lamp guy? His request is close.
Nice analysis. I wonder, did you also measure what air *volume* is moved by each fan vs air *speed*? Do you think there is there any practical difference between volume vs. speed?
What a great video, I bought a Dyson fan about 6 years ago becuase it was on special. I drove home plugged it, unplugged it, drove back and returned it… finally understanding why it was on special. It was R5000 at half price at the time, and I bought a replacement fan, for R600… I still have my El Cheapo, works like a charm and have never even changed the batteries on the remote…. It is unfortunate because I wanted to need the Dyson :-)
One more comparison to make: Plug them into a watt meter, and I'll bet you'll find, that the Dyson "Air Multiplier" will use more power per CFM of air flow. Again, that difference in power will probably be less, than powering up both the conventional fan AND an air purifier. The Dyson might actually be more efficient than running both other less expensive units. Note, that for every watt consumed by ANY electrical appliance, there is ~3.4 BTU's of heat dissipated. The less power your air circulating equipment uses, the less temperature rise in the room!
Also on youtube, CBC made a air purifier report and bought most brands, Dyson, germguardian, blue air, levito, Honeywell, and some other brands I can't remember. Turns out blue air won overall. But they also made a cheap air purifier from a box fan and taping it into an air filter. The cheapo-made air purifier outperforms Dyson which was the most expensive brand they tested. Save your money and don't believe the hype with Dyson. CBC interviewed Dyson engineer to explain themselves and it didn't look good for them.
A change of 10 db does indicate 10 times the power, but humans do not perceive that as 10 times the volume. For practical purposes, a change of 1 db is approximately the smallest perceptible change in sound volume. It takes doubling amplifier power to raise speaker volume by about 3 db. To produce an apparent doubling of volume, the amplifier power must be multiplied by 10.
Bought one of the original back in 2009 and it still works to this day.
what about the clean up
@@alistergoh9744 ?
very interesting comparison. not gonna lie, I was expecting you to favor the Dyson LOL. fun fact, there is actually a sort of cult-following for the real retro/oldschool oscillating fans because of their innate soothing sound that similar modern fans just seem to lack for some reason. I actually spent a few hours recently restoring an ancient oscillating desk fan i've had since the 90s that started to have mechanical issues. theres just something about how it sounds :D
That's pretty cool!
@@MarkSpurrell ive fallen asleep to the sound of it for many years! I appreciate you taking the time to reply!
Ooh have you seen the Deerma versions of the bladeless fans? They've been trouncing Dyson in terms of windspeed at a fraction of the cost. They're really popular in the posh parts of South East Asia.
I haven't! If I ever decide to make a fan review channel I'll check it out 😅
Can confirm these results. I have one and continue to use it because I enjoy the technology it has (really wanted something with env info and voice controls) but when it comes to its core purpose itself, it’s honestly crap as a fan. It’s significantly louder and moves less air than my much cheaper Honeywell stick fan does.
In an effort to stop people from all commenting the same thing, here's a list of frequently commented things and my response to them:
*Comment:* You're comparing an Air Purifier to a fan. That's like comparing an apple to an orange.
*Response:* Dyson markets this product directly as the "Dyson Pure Cool Air Purifying Fan." The box is plastered with phrases like "Cools you in the summer," or "powerful air projection," along with all of their purification branding. Consumers that go to the store to buy one of these are looking to buy a product that works well as both an air purifier AND a fan. If the Pure Cool purifies the air just fine but is completely inferior as a fan, then it is a poor design and consumers should simply buy a fan and a purifier separately instead of spending over $600 for an inferior product. Also, I just made a follow up video with the AM07 fan, one without the purifier: ruclips.net/video/OB3v_BvtBUo/видео.html
*Comment:* The Dyson will last much longer as it has a brushless motor.
*Response:* True. But you could buy several cheap fans and replace them as they wear out and still have saved hundreds of dollars.
*Comment:* A 10dB difference is ten times louder in a technical sense, but humans don't perceive that large of a difference.
*Response:* Also true. We perceive it to be about twice as loud. But that's still significantly louder than the cheap fan.
*Comment:* You should have compared the cheap fan with the AM07 Dyson fan that doesn't have a HEPA filter restricting its air flow.
*Response:* This was the only fan at my local store, so it was the one I tested. I think the point I was trying to make about the efficacy of this particular Dyson fan still stands, but if Dyson is confident that one of their other fans is able to beat up some cheap fans in a wind speed test, they can send over one and I'll shoot another video with more tests.
Great Video. But to be honest, I don't think windspeed is the way to compare fans - I'm not trying to install a windturbine in my living room. More interesting would be the air volume these can push.
I had something similar with the dyson V8 vacuum. Looks great! Vacuums well on its highest power setting! ...runs out of battery in 7 minutes! ...costs $600! “Form over function” is really stupid when designing home appliances.
I always wanted someone to review this
Dyson products are futuristic conversation pieces, but that's about it. The one thing left out would have been is the cost of operating the Dyson cheaper than the operating a fan and air purifier separately? It definite has the advantage in space. Otherwise, a great review.
I own one and yes in the beginning i was surprised how much more powerful my old fan was but after using it for a couple months realized that for some odd reason, the air that it blows feels somewhat cooler than the old fan and the fact that you have such a large range of speeds, it makes it so nice to have nice cool air blow at you so quietly and still keep you pretty damn cool. Older fans would just feel exactly the same regardless of which speed u used. So for me its amazing and i love it. Not to mention all the features and wireless control and air filtration
Dyson vacuum cleaner that sucks = good
Dyson fan that sucks = bad
😂
I've had that exact Dyson fan/air purifier for almost 2 years now. It's run continuously in air purify mode that whole time and it's developed a strange irritating noise that comes and goes. I also have a couple other air purifiers and I think they are doing about the same job but more silently. One thing I dislike about the Dyson filter design is all the plastic built into the filters compared to other filters that are only made of filter material.
what a great idea for a video 😭 entertaining yet informative as always. thanks for making this, i had always been curious about how they compared!
Oh yeah i keep coming to your channel
Since you review the wh 1000 xm 3
I watched lots of your videos
But this one encouraged me to subscribe
I really like this kind of videos
Thank you Thank you Thank you
Isn’t the whole point of the Dyson’s unique design to move air across the whole room and not just blow it forward? I’m also curious about the efficiency of the two and how the unique tower design impacts airflow across a room at the lower speeds compared to your typical fan
I want to get the hot and cool one for my room. Rather than having a separate heater and fan which takes space.
Your testing is a bit flawed on the first test. Wind speed is a poor measure for the effectiveness of the fan, air volume would be much better. A better measurement would be cfm (cubic feet per minute or the metric equivalent).
Think of it this way, a bullet travels fast but won't destroy a house, a car on the other hand travels much slower but will destroy a house. Speed is not everything. The sound level is inexcusable and the price is still ridiculous.
The fan I own is the bottom left tower fan at 5:26 made by Honeywell.
not a big FAN of the dyson fan, but the cryptomic is such a good buy for someone living in the San Francisco Bay Area (yearly fires). i just have it plugged in, and cleans the air whenever it detects it. detects the humidity and adapts to it. haven't had any respiratory problem since I bought it. of course, its expensive but hospital bills literally puts people in a debt hole
the cheap fan is also telescopic and can be tilted. A cheap box fan with a cheap furnace filter glued/tied to it is the best ( ~$30 ).
Better to just buy a purifier and stick them to the wallmart fan
I have an air conditioner and ceiling fan and i'm thinking about buying one of these two too.
I got a cheaper Dyson fan it's called Dyson vacuum cleaner its sucks in the warm air and allergens downside I have hoover the house everytime I want to make a fan. Great video Mark its FANtastic ! ;)
do their vacuums as well :) love to see a comparison with cheaper machines
U earned a like with the closing joke! Made me chuckle. Great vid
Is air speed really what matters here? I don't want a bunch of fast air flying at my face. What about volume of air moved.
I enjoyed your video. A few things to note.
For dB ratings +3dB is technically 2x louder but to our ears +10 dB is perceptively 2x louder.
For windspeed you need to seal the fans to the air speed tester. The way you measured the airflow is like using a cup to measure how much water is dumped out of a small bucket vs large bucket. You can easily miss a lot of water if your cup isn't capturing everything.
Last thing is Dyson would have a brushless motor vs the Walmarts brushed motor. What that means to the consumer is the brushes wear away over time getting louder and slower on the Walmart fan over time. The Dyson should easily outlast the Walmart fan by 4x so 20 years vs say 5 years.
Your conclusions still stand and the Walmart fan is a much better value and quieter. Thank you for sharing.
These are some great notes! I wasn't trying hard to do this scientifically, it was more or less just a fun video to confirm my suspicions about the dyson fan. Glad you liked the video!
I tried a Dyson fan once and it's definitely not worth it. The high pitched sound from the tiny "bladeless" design drove me nuts. The noise was like nails on a chalk board plus the price was just too much. You can buy a good fan and air purifier for much less!
I am into Dyson vacs. Had a DC14 for 13 years and its still running. Got a Dyson Ball Animal 2 last year and so far it’s running smoothly (If your wondering, yes I am keeping the DC14). But I am quite disappointed at how expensive these fans are. Even their lamps are expensive. There vacuums in my opinion are worth the price. The fan id say is worth less (I am saying that in 2 words as in it should be cheaper)
I agree with the findings but the chart at 3:23 is kinda misleading graphically. Looking at the windspeeds at 6ft away … how is 3.1 so low compared to 5.1?
Nice review, Mark! The Dysons definitely look cool, but was curious as to how they performed.
We've been using these Walmart type fans for several years, but recently tried out the Honeywell (QuietSet) Tower Fan which go for just under $100 CAD. Definitely looks nicer and takes up less space and on the low speeds, tends to be quieter.
Good review, you could add power consumption to your data and the consumables that are included when owning these products. Thanks again for the review.😃
What an awesome comparison, excellent content Mark!👍
LMAO! Well Mark, this was unexpected . . . and fun! But now you need to tell us which air purifier you'd recommend at low, medium and high price points! 😎
Glad you liked the video! I was wondering what kind of reception I was going to get from such a silly video.
@@MarkSpurrell I also need to thank you for indirectly leading me to buy a Galaxy S10e this week with your recent S9 Tech Rewind video. One "second look" video led to another, and I ended up buying an amazing phone in like new condition for US $360 on Amazon . . . and it's not freakin' huge!
this is why i always hesitated to buy a dyson fan when i'd see them on sale for black friday. finally got the answers.
i'll stick with my $50 honeywell
I think Dyson is less efficiënt bc the wind goes through 3 filters and than used for the fan. Kind of logical. That also explain that it gets noisy at higher levels.
But then again the dyson fan is meant to be an air purifier too
Ive always wanted a dyson fan but now I'm rethinking my decision. could you also test a *vornado* fan please
I think you're missing any measurements regarding total air volume being moved. Not too sure how this would be measured, but pure fan speed might not be the best way to measure.
For example, if I had a 1" diameter fan that managed to make a 20mph gust, and a 20" diameter fan that *only* made a 5mph gust, I'd still have a larger volume of air being moved by the larger one (probably).
Also compare their power usage
Love your comparison 👍🏻
Without the gadgets, our existing ears and skin can already know that the Dyson fan is an overselling thing. But we just find it hard to get our own head around that visual beauty of the a Dyson fan I guess. So I relented and bought one Dyson fan myself and it’s just been sitting pretty in places I don’t need it much. Haha.
Next! Dyson Vacuum vs Regular Vacuum!
How about in terms of electrical consumption?
Turning on a cheap electrical fan + air purifier vs. Dyson fan
For that kind of money i would expect the dyson to live longer than me. Even more than that.
As always, hoping you get more subs bro. You are such an underrated reviewer of tech. Great job with all of your vids and keep it up.
Will be here supporting bro! Keep safe always 👍🏻
hm. could dyson carry more air at the lower speed ?
then what would you pick ? more aggressive and more narrow flow or the opposite less aggressive and wider one ?
Can you let me know the chair model. Looks pretty cool. I am in the market for a new office chair.
I thought the same thing when he cut to the video of the fan. Cool fan... but where'd you get that chair???
Thank you for this!
What about a Box Fan + Furnace Filter? The Dysons main selling point is the air filter, and thats probably why the air speed is lower than a standard fan.
For 40 bucks you can get a box fan and stick a really high quality 20" filter on the back - I have one in my house for wildfire season, and it works great.
Great video! Keep the content coming!
Omg I love his apartment decor! 😍
Thank you!
@@MarkSpurrell
Oh absolutely! Wishing you well!
such an awesome comparison
i love how they always called it a bladeless fan, when infact it has blades its just inside the base and pushes the air up into the exhaust chambers (although iirc its a squirrel cage fan so not the type of blades like a normal box/desk fan but more like the ones found in cars and hvac units)
Whoa !! Nice video Mark . This comparison kinda made me realize that traditional ways are better than modern ways. Even though they look cooler , they aren't always efficient :)
I can imagine repair cost vs buying another $15 fan.
Dyson trying to reinvent the wheel, I mean Fan
Great video as always, keep up the good work!
Freckles : "Sometimes things that are expensive are worse"
Dude, I can’t believe you’re 25
I never used my Dyson fan for cooling. Only for heating purposes.
You can get a cheap household filter and put it on the backside of the fan to improve air quality.
There was a lot of air filters so I guess that would reduce the power????
Isn't dyson thing literally pretty novelty item for rich people?
Dyson need to improve the noise level
Where to find your screen saver?
the Dyson is just a computer fan blowing up threw restricted slits.
Apples & oranges, if you compare a air purifier to a fan of course the air flow will be different as the purifier has to suck it through a filter, you should be comparing the Dyson “Cool” not “ Pure Cool”.
I'm not comparing an air purifier to a fan. I'm comparing a fan with an air purifier to a fan without one. If an integrated air purifier makes it a fan so inferior to the point where even the cheapest fans in the world can outperform it, then it's a poor design.
@@MarkSpurrell Yes and I’m pointing out that by the fundamental concept of filtration there will always be a impact in airflow, as such a test based on airflow will always be biased regardless of design to the item without. The only way to correct for this would be for the Dyson to dramatically increase power and thus noise which would bias the second test.
You're correct! Not disputing that at all. But the whole point of this video is to demonstrate that you don't always get what you pay for. One of the most important elements of this product (the ability to cool you down) is drastically inferior to other products on the market that can be had for much cheaper. The wind speed test was what I used to show that in the simplest way possible. The reason as to why the Dyson performed worse is largely irrelevant to the end user.
@@MarkSpurrell Exactly and that’s why I’m saying that you should be comparing it to the standard fan Dyson version as that’s the one people should be buying if the important element to them is being cooled down. I’m not saying it would perform any better but it would make more sense. You don’t compare the miles to gallon of a Nissan to a Ferrari if the most important element to you is just getting to work.
Yeah, that was a stupid test right from the start.
lets all face it - we wanted the Dyson fan so we can say we can afford the Dyson fan.
as always, companies wanted to sell new things that you dont need and you pay big bucks on things you dont need. economics 101. There's a sucker born every minute.
I really like my Walmart fan for sleeping.
A good room air purifier needs moves a large amount of air. How effective can a Dyson be with such low air flow?
How well does the Walmart fan purify the air?
I'd rather have the louder fan. Perfect white noise machine.
Haha fair enough I guess?
@@MarkSpurrell l live next to 5+ bars and a park. Drowning out noise is a precious commodity.
Cool video. You’ve just gained a new subscriber. 👍🏼
But would appreciate more comparison points like temperature and energy efficiency.
Temperature? Fans don't change the air temperature.
You'd be surprised to know how power hungry those regular Walmart fans are. I suggest taking a look at inverter stand fans, they're DC instead of AC, and takes a lot less to power them; 30 watts vs 60-80 watts.
Dyson invented so many new ways for something to be unrepairable and obsolete
What colour you have on your wall?
What about the power consumption???
I got one for my sister bc she was experiencing the fires in California and had a new baby just to get rid of the smoke particles but the fan is stupid
Would have loved to see the comparison done on comparable measures rather than arbitrary 1-10 or low/med/high settings. Such as wind speed to dB for each unit. Basically... move far enough away until the cheep fan measures the same windspeed as the Dyson does at 6 feet, then measure the dB for each unit at their respective distances.
Say more about that chair. 🥺
Please!
And of course I get a Dyson blow dryer ad before this
A suggestion: include test for power rating
I think this is why dyson is very expensive, due to its low power consumption (well if it is inverter, if not...meh)
There isn't a link to the cheap Walmart fan that was tested (I like how quiet it is) and the link to the alternative fan is not the one that was tested. My luck would be that the Amazon fan would be noisy. That's just my luck in suitability like this.
Wait.....You need cooling in Canada? 😂😂
Great video. Something very different!!
We actually can get temperatures in excess of 40 degress celcius/104 fahrenheit in the summer! It gets hot here like most places.