In addition to top vacuum cleaners, hair styling products and bath hand dryers, Dyson is also known for its bladeless air purifiers that make them quieter and safer, as well as a promised HEPA glass filter inside to remove 99.97% of unwanted airborne particles in a house such as pollen, mold, bacteria, pollution and odors. There is even one that can eliminate formaldehyde. This is great for when you’re at home or in the office, but a four foot cleaner plugged into an outlet does not offer protection from pollution anywhere else. The Dyson Zone is the company’s first personal air purifier and comes with headphones as an accompaniment. Trojan horse in high-end bluetooth headsets, Zone offers a filtering buffer between the user and the outside world. When worn out in public, users can feel a bit like Bane from Batman. There may be some awkward looks, but they may be less than expected, thanks to the presence of headphones.
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The company started working in the Zone six years ago. The original standard was a “respirator-like fresh air mouthpiece combined with a backpack to hold the engine and internal operation,” according to a press release. The end product — over 500 repetitions later — is a huge improvement in design and ergonomics. It still seems like it might take a while to get used to it, though perhaps less so in the Covid-19 era than when Dyson’s engineers first started on it. Inside each ear are two of the smallest electric motors Dyson has ever developed with air compressors that pump air through dual-layer filters. A mattress uses electrostatic precipitation to capture and retain 99% of particles as small as 0.1 microns in size, which include pollen, bacteria and even dust from brakes and construction sites. The other layer uses a “potassium-enriched carbon filter” to trap gases such as nitrogen dioxide, sulfur dioxide and ozone, which are commonly found in heavily used vehicle cities. Image: Dyson The purified air is then sent to the user’s mouth and nose via ducts inside a non-contact visor that Dyson has built specifically to keep winds away while worn and used outdoors. The user can select one of four cleaning modes: high, medium, low and automatic, which will automatically switch between medium and low depending on the user’s movements. The cornice is designed to hold everything else out, but because it does not touch the user’s face, it does not create a tight enough seal to be considered a good choice for those who want to minimize the risks of Covid-19 in public places. For these cases, Dyson includes an accessory called a “community face cover” that creates a tighter seal around the nose and mouth when worn next to the mask – although it is a washable, non-N95 rated fabric solution. . Dyson also includes a second choice of FFP2 mask with the Zone for those who want so much protection from the particulate matter offered by the N95 masks, but are not washable and will eventually need to be replaced with spare parts sold by the company. Image: Dyson But cleaning the air is only half what the Dyson Zone can do. Pressed into each ear cup along with the motors and filters is a “high-performance neodymium electro-acoustic system” that promises excellent high-frequency response sound, as well as microphones that power an advanced active noise canceling system necessary for electric headphones sits just outside a user’s ears. The Zone offers three different noise canceling functions: isolation that completely silences the world around the wearer, conversation that amplifies voices and disables air purification when the user dips the cornice to speak, and transparency that helps users realize the world around them by cleverly amplifying sirens or public announcements over the music you enjoy.
But how much is it?
The biggest unknown that revolves around Dyson’s first wireless headphones is how much they will cost. The other products of the company are already available at top prices – $ 950 vacuum cleaners, $ 430 hair dryers and $ 670 air purifiers, oh my – and the fact that Dyson has not yet officially revealed the price of the Zone seems to indicate that it will not it is cheap. The horror is reminiscent of the collective breath when Apple unveiled the $ 550 price of AirPods Max headphones, but Apple backed up the shock with one of the most impressive sets of wireless noise canceling headphones you can buy today. If Dyson can deliver a product that is just as good when the Zone becomes available in August, it may be able to raise the bar of what consumers expect from their headphones. They may not be happy with headphones that only work as headphones. Will the Zone be another breath or a literal breath of fresh air?
