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For recurring revenue… selling only the fan, you get one sale and you’re done. Selling the fan but with a filter unit, some subset of customers will replace the
by radicaldreamer 6y ago
For recurring revenue… selling only the fan, you get one sale and you’re done. Selling the fan but with a filter unit, some subset of customers will replace the filter every 6 months as “recommended” and you have recurring revenue on that fan forever.
- cptskippy 6y agoDyson filters aren't consumables. You wash them out and reuse them.
- soylentcola 6y agoThen I imagine part of it is the fact that people are willing to spend $x on a fan (of any sort) and $x+y on an air purifier. If an air purifier is generally accepted to be a higher-price item, then making a fan into one with some sort of filter helps justify the higher price. (Just speculation, though. I have no info about their design or marketing decisions.)
- kelvie 6y agoAre they? We have a modern unit (with the 2 stage filter), adn they send a notification when you have to buy a new one, for $99 CAD
- ortusdux 6y agoWow, they have a payment plan for the filters. https://www.dyson.com/support/journey/tools/970341-01 https://www.dyson.com/support/journey/tools/970341-01
- detritus 6y agoThe company famed for creating bagless vacuums added a 'bag' to a product that doesn't necessarily need it? Dyson's stance on Brexit makes ever more sense... .
- ashtonkem 6y agoHaving just gone back to a bagged vacuum, I genuinely wonder why people ever accepted bag-less vacuums in the first place. Aside from the “empty the canister out and watch all fine dust float back into my house” issue, vacuum bags function as one massive filter. It’s not physically possible to build a filter into a bag less vacuum that approaches the size or capability of the vacuum bag itself.
- tpxl 6y agoWater works really well as a filter.
- cma 6y agoBagless vacuums will typically have a pleated filter for the fine particles. Pleating expands the surface area.
- jdmichal 6y agoBagged vacuums also typically have pleated filters at the air outlet, after the bag.
- sitharus 6y agoBags are a razors + blades model. The vacuum is $100 but the bags are $30 for 3 if you buy the branded bags. Plus the suction on a bagged vacuum measurably decreases before the bag is full. These days I have a roomba and a Dyson cordless stick vacuum for occasional use.
- thesh4d0w 6y agoOn a vaccum they are washable, on my tower fan they're replacable. I ordered some from china (probably fake) for $30 rather than the $100 dyson wanted.
- ska 6y agoI'm pretty sure there aren't any reusable HEPA filters regardless of vendor. Lots of units will have a washable pre-filter, but that's to pick up big stuff and extend the life of the disposable part.
- qwertay 6y agoDyson suggests replacing the filter every year but you could vacuum off the dust on the outside. Their vacuum cleaner filters are washable which is probably where OP got the idea.