Recession Heating - Is New Dyson Hot The Answer?

penrhyn

Interesting that Dyson choose not to state the power rating of their heater in their literature.
The prices being banded about are from the Dyson website.
http://www.dyson.co.uk/fans/browsetherange.aspx?filters=Heaters

Wywth

8 years on MSE and you haven't learnt to shop around yet? :doh:

penrhyn

Yes, that's why I'm cautioning against the purchase of a 2.0 Kw fan heater costing in excess of £200.
:cool:
PS I spotted a Dyson fan on the set of the Big Bang Theory recently, wonder who bought it?
Leonard drinks Newcastle Brown so maybe he did.

Cardew

Wywth wrote: »

As I understand the advert for this product, James Dyson is not attempting to re-write the laws of thermodynamics. I would have hoped that posters here would recognised how clever this guy is - he's got more than a GCSE in science!

This new heater is not about producing more heat from an given amount of input energy (from what are almost 100% efficient heaters anyway) but about using the heat produced in a more efficient manner. Essentially, as I understand it, you do not have to heat the ceiling and air above you so much before you heat yourself.

Clever he undoubtedly is, and more importantly a genius at marketing.

trotter09

I have two physicists in the corner of my living room. They consume no electricity at all but still produce large amounts of hot air.

penrhyn

trotter09 wrote: »

I have two physicists in the corner of my living room. They consume no electricity at all but still produce large amounts of hot air.

So that's why they have the fan. When Raj and Howard come calling it must get really tropical in there.

pooch

Cardew wrote: »

Clever he undoubtedly is, and more importantly a genius at marketing.

I don't think he's very good at marketing - he couldn't even flog his original invention to any existing manufacturer of vacuum cleaners, hence why he ended up making them himself

pooch

penrhyn wrote: »

Yes, that's why I'm cautioning against the purchase of a 2.0 Kw fan heater costing in excess of £200.

To be more accurate, you appear to have been cautioning against the purchase of a heater claimed to cost £300

It is not a fan heater because it does not have a fan! :cool:
(and it has a ceramic heating element compared to the more usual, cheap electrical element found in fan heaters)

Wywth has posted they can be bought for £239 (possibly less)

penrhyn

Of course it has a fan what do you think pushes the air out of the thing?

Monday seems to be pedants day, what fun :-)

DecentLivingWage

Wywth wrote: »

For anyone interested, a quick google indicates these heaters can cost less than £240 each (including delivery), and not the £300 being banded about earlier in this thread.

http://www.purewell.co.uk/dyson-hot-am04-fan-heater-ironblue-p-2324.html

I haven't done a thorough search so maybe you can find an even cheaper source?

I searched quite fully and cheapest i found was 275 - also just found another review that said they were noisy! I got quite aereated when I thought some scientist had actually solved the problem of creating heat electrically and cheaper - I should have known