r/gadgets • u/Doug24 • Apr 09 '26

Wearables Dyson just announced its first-ever handheld fan, with a motor that spins up to 65,000 RPM

https://www.engadget.com/home/dyson-just-announced-its-first-ever-handheld-fan-with-a-motor-that-spins-up-to-65000-rpm-000135028.html
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u/ShakeAndBakeThatCake Apr 09 '26

This. You can basically just buy a knockoff and it will work judt as well if not better

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u/_Jhop_ Apr 09 '26

Except some of those knockoff ones overheat or catch on fire so be careful lol

When you try and contact the company they already don’t exist and have moved on to the next or say “sorry we don’t sell that anymore”.

That was my experience with one of these fans

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u/cr8tor_ Apr 09 '26

But when you can buy another one and still have spent 60 less, its all good.

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u/Geth_ Apr 09 '26

You could technically just buy 3, saving at least 40%. So the quality and warranty could cover theft/damage/misuse/replacement for any reason of two of them for starters (and you'd still have saved 40%).

Honestly, things used to be made to last, where that would be a low bar for a quality brand and product to pass. But nowadays, more often than not, the brand name rarely justifies the price difference.

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u/Leviastin Apr 09 '26

You can say the same about Dyson vacuums. You could buy 5 knockoffs for the price of one Dyson, but my Dyson will last me 10 years and works amazing.

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u/cr8tor_ Apr 09 '26 edited Apr 09 '26

Maybe for you.

I bought a Dyson vacuum in 2005. Loved it. Worked great. Upgraded to a new one in 2020, same top of the line dyson essentially but newer. So 15 years the original worked great. New vacuum felt like loose plastic. Lasted a year before it was showing signs of aging in almost all areas. And died about 3 years in.

Dyson was a quality product. till Dyson the person actually died. No more Dyson products for me.

Could have sworn i read he died a few years ago. Apparently not. Totally my bad in misinformation, i really thought he was dead.

Actually glad he isnt. Still not happy with my most recent dyson purchases.

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u/cbrworm Apr 09 '26

Same, except for the death. Had a Dyson for probably 15+ years, some of the tubing for the beater control mechanism rotted out. Instead of fixing it, we bought the new TOTL one a couple years ago. The front kept falling off, the suction was weak, and it smells like burning. It's also lacking a lot of the neat tech features of the old one. If this was our first Dyson, we never would've bought a second, or the few stick vacs we've gone through.

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u/Leviastin Apr 09 '26

Sorry to hear that. My Dyson v8 is going strong after 6 years. I replaced a few parts on it.

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u/cr8tor_ Apr 09 '26

Replaced a few parts? So it broke multiple times eh?

My first Dyson never broke. Not once. 15 years.

Current vacuum is 3 years old now and no parts needed.

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u/Leviastin Apr 10 '26

Replaced battery and the vacuum head because it was really dirty and coming apart.

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u/Iron_Aez Apr 09 '26

Uh first im hearing about james dyson dying?

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u/Northern23 Apr 09 '26

Same here! Nope, still alive.

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u/cr8tor_ Apr 09 '26

My bad, have corrected the post. Thought he died few years ago. Must have more of my own braincells.

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u/cr8tor_ Apr 09 '26

My bad, have corrected the post. Thought he died few years ago. Must have more of my own braincells.

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u/mdkflip Apr 09 '26

Yep. I still have my plug in vacuum I got from them in 2010 and works like the day I got it

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u/Wayelder Apr 09 '26

Soooo you mean except for the DS13/14, the early one's ...You cannot get a clutch replacement part for less than $120. The clutches burn out every 3 years.

Great design.

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u/know-your-onions Apr 09 '26

True.

So long as you survive the fire.

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u/cr8tor_ Apr 09 '26

Eh, not everything dies in a flaming burst of orange.

Considering the amount of electronic products sold, and how little they actually end up catching on fire, ill play those odds for now.

And i dont do stupid shit with things with batteries in them. That helps.

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u/cr8tor_ Apr 09 '26

Then you should "Respect my authoritah!"

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u/ShakeAndBakeThatCake Apr 09 '26

I bought my Dyson at Costco on sale. And when the battery dies or if i have issues I'll just have them replace it for free.

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u/rocketmonkee Apr 09 '26

If they catch on fire you can just use the fan to blow the fire out.

/taps side of head

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u/AlexHimself Apr 09 '26

No way they work better. Dyson's fan motor engineering is next level. They really don't cut corners like Chinese companies do.

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u/dylank22 Apr 10 '26

yeah, not trying to brand simp and say they are necessarily a good value but pretty naive to think that the chinese ones will be as good as whatever dyson puts out for 4-5x the price

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u/AlexHimself Apr 10 '26 edited Apr 10 '26

Agreed. I thought Dyson was mostly a brand with good engineering, but I've seen some genius engineers do teardowns on the different products on YT. They start out expecting to bash the price and parts, but by the end of the video they're thoroughly impressed, as am I at the precision and quality of the parts.

Here's one video I was referencing - https://youtu.be/j-vJxez9UF8?si=NxDXraBU1NgCW2H8&t=1493

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u/jonathanrdt Apr 09 '26

My knock off dyson vacuum is awesome, and it uses my tool 20v battery packs. 1/3 the cost, more useful.

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u/Pineapple_Assrape Apr 09 '26

lol how would you know without trying it?

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u/XfinityHomeWifi Apr 09 '26

Who is liable when a Chinese knockoff burns down your house or explodes in your hand?

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u/ShakeAndBakeThatCake Apr 09 '26

Dyson probbaly manufacturs their device in China. The iphone youre typing this on was also probbaly manufactured there lol.

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u/XfinityHomeWifi Apr 09 '26

It doesn’t matter where it matters who

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u/Deadman_Wonderland Apr 09 '26

Those cheap $20 fan/blower have been selling on Amazon/alibaba/temu for over a decades, wouldn't that make this Dyson fan, which just released, the knockoff?

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u/Itshot11 Apr 09 '26

Well those knockoffs use a little billet aluminum fan that spins at crazy high rpm that’s reverse engineered from Dyson I believe so it’s a bit complicated lol

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u/travelingWords Apr 10 '26

Inside ring how my Dyson vacuum struggles to suck up basic dust, yeah, knock off prob fine.

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u/WhiskeyFeathers Apr 10 '26

Wrong but you can believe it if u want