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Today we are going to review the new $1000 headphones from Dyson that also have air
purification built in, pulling air in through the ear holes and spitting them out near the
mouth hole. You might be thinking that this is stupid or perhaps the dumbest
piece of technology you've ever seen, but Tesla would disagree. Let's get started.
[Intro]
So you might not know this, but the Tesla
Model X has something called a bioweapon defense mode that's designed to keep out
biogas and particulates from inside the cabin. Pretty bold claim. You might be asking how does
this work since if the cabin was airtight the passengers would just die. Let me show you.
[Drill sounds]
The secret to Tesla's bioweapon air filtration system is the massive
air filter here behind the front trunk. Yes it cleans the air, but the amount of
air flowing through to pressurize the cabin is also important to remember.
With all the air flowing through the front vents, there's no way
anything bad from the outside can get in.
Hey. I didn't see you there. Tesla's not the only one using pressure to keep air clean. Woodworkers,
chainsaw carvers, and stone sculptures have been using powered air purifying respirators
for the past decade since. Since the additional airflow makes it feel like you're not breathing
through a mask, they're more comfy for long hours of work. This shield, of course,
is for grinding and wood ship protection but the mask itself, since it has the airflow,
doesn't necessarily have to be sealed. NASA realized this while building the Hubble and
James Webb telescopes. As long as overpressure is present, an airtight seam is not required
for a purified environment. Obviously this is an industrial mask for industrial situations.
But on a consumer level, I hate to say it, but Dyson might be onto something. However,
just because NASA, Tesla, and 3M all use overpressure filtration does not
mean these Dyson headphones are any good, or are on par with NASA quality. What we have
learned however is that while air filtration is important, air pressure is more importanter.
I'll show you how they work from the inside in a second, but notice this vent right here. The
magnets keep the shield in place on both levels and then it can press in against my face creating
a seam along the bottom lip. So all of the air comes out through this vent here. There is
definitely an overpressure situation happening and science is doing its job no matter how ridiculous
it may look. This all hinges, of course, on if the air being blown in is filtered and cleaned up
first, so let's see how that looks on the inside. The very plastic Dyson visor isn't doing much of
anything, just a couple of magnets holding on a hollow extendo tube that has some screen door
mesh near your mouth and nose. It's definitely not producing a powerful stream of air by any
means. There's such a gentle amount of air flowing from the mask, it could very well be disturbed
by an outside breeze. But if you're on a bus or public transport, it could probably hold its own.
You can hear the air if you listen closely. The spinning fans are also visible through the
transparent window. The outer grille of the Dyson headphones is made of metal. Spinning that off
we can see the replaceable air filter which looks incredibly similar to the Tesla air filter because
it is similar. This guy removes 99% of pollutants and goes as tiny as 0.1 microns. To be fair, the
Tesla filter removes 99.97% instead of just 99%, but a Model X is also like 100x more expensive.
Both filters have carbon layers to help remove odors, but remember,
these filters deal in the 0.1 microns of size and the molecules that trigger smell are 0.0004
microns. So smell will keep passing through all day long like sand in a pasta strainer.
There are 6 T4 screws surrounding the outer edge of the fan. Taking that out, we can see Dyson got
creative with the suspension system. Fans can vibrate, especially while moving your head.
But Dyson has attached some rubber bands to the clear plastic slats which helps suspend the fan
keeping it isolated and protected from the music and its own vibrations. I'm a big fan of that.
The fan does it spinning, pulling air in through the purification filter and spins
that clean wind out of the rubber boot towards your mouth. Not too shabby. Now,
finding the speaker driver was fairly interesting. The massive bean bag sized ear cushions can just
spin off with quite a lot of mesh material in the middle. If Dyson ever ends up failing out of the
headphone business, they would do absolutely amazing making luxury furniture for hamsters.
There are an additional 7 screws holding the driver housing in place.
And if you're thinking, 'Wow that's a bit smaller than I thought', you're definitely
not alone. Turns out Dyson's speaker only fills up a tiny fraction of the actual ear cup housing.
The rest of the space is for circuit boards and buttons. Before we pull out the pitchforks though,
I did Google normal headphone speaker sizes and the 40 millimeter speaker
in the Dyson Zone is very on par with the 40 millimeter driver in the Airpods Max,
as well as the 40 millimeter driver in the Bose QuietComforts. So it seems like an industry
standard even though now we know it looks as funny on the inside as it does on the outside.
I guess the question is, is it worth it for a thousand dollars? And if I had to
choose between a hair straightener and Dyson blow dryer, or the air purifying headphones,
I would probably choose the headphones. If the air outside is turning everyone into zombies,
something is better than nothing. But there are also a whole lot of other things I would
rather spend a thousand dollars on. You can save yourself $985 by just getting
a JerryRig razor knife instead. Or get 60 of them. Who am I to tell you how to spend
a thousand bucks? Either way though, thanks a ton for watching and I'll see you around.