Dyson has revealed two new products: its Pure Hot+Cool Link purifier heater, and its humifidier with Air Multiplier technology.
The Pure Hot+Cool purifier heater can be used for quickly heating a room in the winter, or cooling in the summer, while providing intelligent air purification all year. It automatically purifiers detected pollutants in the home, and simultaneously reports the live indoor and outdoor air quality to the Dyson Link app. The device oscillates to project and circulate purified air across the whole room.
While Dyson says that some purifiers rely on motors to force air through filters to capture particles, thus allowing pollutants to pass through and back into the air you breathe, the Link uses Dyson's 360-degree Glass HEPA filter that captures 99.7% of potentially harmful particles, as small as 0.3 microns. They are trapped in the filter, and eliminated from the air. Further, sensors in the machine detect changes in conditions before automatically adjusting airflow to maintain the target air quality.
According to Dyson, the air pollution inside your home can be up to five times worse than outside. Pollutants include pollen, mould, bacteria and odours.
The Pure Hot+Cool Link purifier heater automatically keeps the room at your target temperature and projects a powerful airflow of purified air, using thermostat heat control and Air Multiplier technology. It uses Dyson's Jet Focus Technology, a technology inspired by the Coanda effect, a phenomena in which fast flowing air follows the direction of the surface it is flowing over.
For concentrated personal heating and cooling, Dyson explains, air is released from a jet and accelerated over an airfoil shaped ramp to produce a focused flow of air. For whole room use, a second jet of air joins the first, broadening its angle to produce a wide stream of powerful airflow.
The Dyson Link App, developed for iOS and Android, will allow users to remotely monitor the inside air quality, even if they are out of the house; review air quality inside their home, see the purifier and set a new target before ‘very poor' levels are reached; and keep track of the air quality history in order to oversee peak pollution times, for example during pollen seasons or when cleaning or cooking. If auto-mode is selected, the machine can then automatically react to the monitored air quality. Additionally, users can gain live insights into the air quality indoors, but also outdoors in a location of their choice through the app.
The device ships with a remote control for setting it between one and 10 airflow, and setting a sleep timer, with intervals ranging from 15 minutes to nine hours. It comes in white/silver or blue/iron.
Additionally, Dyson has launched its new humidifier using Air Multiplier technology for even distribution and Dyson's Ultraviolet Cleanse technology to kill 99.9% of bacteria in the water. It projects clean, hydrated air around the room evenly and doubles as a quiet fan to keep you cool in the warmer months.
"Humidifiers are sometimes seen as a way to combat allergies and the symptoms of colds and the flu, but in reality, many can do quite the opposite," says James Dyson. "The majority are a breeding ground for nasty germs, which are then distributed around your home. Using patented UV light technology, the Dyson humidifier kills 99.9 per cent of bacteria in the water before the machine is set to work."
A piezoelectric transducer in the base of the machine vibrates up to 1.7 million times a second breaking the water down into microscopic particles, which are drawn up through the loop amplifier and projected through the air using Air Multiplier technology.
Using Intelligent Climate Control, the Dyson humidifier is able to measure both the temperature and the moisture in the air. One press of the remote, and the machine will create a comfortable, hygienic environment. The machine runs for up to 18 hours on a single tank of water.
The device will be available in early October for $600 in white/silver or black/nickel.