The Dyson Air Multiplier
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A bladeless desk fan that uses Air Multiplier™ technology to generate smooth, uninterrupted airflow with no unpleasant buffeting.

It costs £220. It doesn't nosh you off, or anything. My boss bought one because he thought they looked cool and liked the idea of being able to put his hand through it, though he'd never experienced the heartache of unpleasant buffeting (at least, not in the office) or expressed any special wish to be able to put his hand through the old bladed fan.

The main benefit appears to be that it's easier to dust, but given that it costs at least six times as much as a bog standard bladed fan the same size, and uses about the same amount of electricity, you have to have it for about sixty years for the incremental time saving from dusting it to justify James Dyson's "saviour of British engineering" complex.

Still, polo-necked, Grim-Up-North-London design ponces will nod sagely if they see one, so it must be good and I'm obviously just ignorant.
( shinyshinyscalp less a man, more a way of life, Fri 30 Sep 2011, 15:50, 4 replies)

I have seen this in a shop & hmmmed to my self
"What sort of numpty-muppet would pay that much for a gimmick?"
Please tell me your boss is incapable of breeding.
(Misery McUglywife an attention seeking sociopathic fuckstain., Fri 30 Sep 2011, 23:18, closed)

Sadly
His capabilities are as follows:
Capable: Breeding, with burly teen sons to prove it
Incapable: Forming complete sentences, sticking to the contracted terms & conditions for his employees, carrying off the trending low-slung jeans he started wearing when he turned 50, and many, many more.
( shinyshinyscalp less a man, more a way of life, Mon 3 Oct 2011, 15:43, closed)

hahahahamuppetbosshahahahahahahha
( enoughblueskyforsailorstrousers, Sat 1 Oct 2011, 16:19, closed)

If it cost a "bit more" than a normal cheap ass fan it would be great.
(SillyMoo, Sun 2 Oct 2011, 18:31, closed)