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Dyson Launches New 'Supersonic' Hair Dryer To Revolutionize Hair Care (nbcnews.com)
An anonymous reader writes: Dyson has a launched a hair dryer with a design language similar to that of its bladeless fans. The $399 hair dryer is four years in the making, involving 103 engineers, over 1,000 miles of test hair, and a $71 million investment -- the Dyson Supersonic is being touted as "the hairdryer rethought" by its inventor Sir James Dyson. "We realized that hair dryers can cause extreme heat damage to hair," said Dyson in a press release. "So I challenged Dyson engineers to really understand the science of hair and develop our version of a hair dryer, which we think solves these problems." The hair dryer can be reserved online and will be sold exclusively at Sephora for $399 this fall.
Miele Vacuums in Germany are power hogs and need 2200W. That's fine, as German power outlets are 240V at 13A. You can draw more than 3000W before tripping the breaker. Try doing that on a 110V/15A outlet and the results won't be so pretty.
It's easy to be powerful, if you don't mind wasting a lot of power. But just watch what's happening right now; the EU smartened up to this game and passed new regulations, limiting vacuums to 1600W. All of a sudden, Miele vacuums don't look all that great any more. But Dyson's are awesome, as they have many years of experience maximizing suction power with much lower electrical power needs.
Funny, I have a dyson and it disassembles fully. I was also provided with an itemised parts list and order form to buy each replacement part seperately. Look, I understand from reading the comments on this story that US people dont like dyson. At least try to make an effort at reality, though. Basically all I see is the usual redneck xenophobic shtick.
move to finland. having the hair freeze on the way to school sucked biiig time.