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Almost $1,000 to look like the love child of Daft Punk and Bane.
That’s The Verge on vacuum cleaner innovator Dyson’s combination noise-cancelling headphones and air purifier.1
Dyson has released additional details for its Dyson Zone air-purifying headphones, the company’s first audio product we got to test earlier this year. On a new webpage dedicated to the unreleased headphones, Dyson has officially provided the full specifications, alongside a March release date for the US market and an eye-watering price of $949.
So, what are you getting for your money? The Dyson Zone supports Bluetooth 5.0 and features a 3.5mm audio jack and USB-C port for charging. Dyson claims the headphones can achieve up to 50 hours of battery life for audio-only operation, which is reduced to a maximum of four hours for combined air purification and audio. Dyson does not specify if these runtimes are with ANC enabled. The headphones are wireless and feature a 2,600mAh lithium-ion battery, with Dyson claiming that the device can be fully charged in three hours.
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Regarding air filtration, Dyson claims that a combination of electrostatic filters within the Dyson Zone can capture up to 99 percent of the particle pollution (as small as 0.1 microns), and carbon filters target gasses associated with city pollution, such as nitrogen dioxide and sulfur dioxide. These filters last for 12 months and are not reusable. Dyson doesn’t make any claims that the Dyson Zone can be used to prevent covid.
That last caveat presumably because the air purifier doesn’t form a seal around your breathing apparati, which would seem to belie the purpose, but we are not Dyson.
The $949 price tag is competitive, as it’s the only item of its kind, but you could probably buy some choice headphones or earbuds and a good air filter for less. Four hours of battery life isn’t great for in-flight use, which would seem to be one of if not the primary market for them.
You can preorder now and give the receipt for a pair to your favorite technophile, but sadly they’re not scheduled to ship until March of next year.
Portable Mirrored Beauty Fridge
Evidently people keep their makeup and related items in refrigerators; something we didn’t know because we’re not cosmopolitan. This one here includes a car adaptor to make driving whilst applying one’s face even more dangerous than it is already.
The Chefman Portable Mirrored Beauty Fridge with LED Lighting does so much more than keep things cold. Extend the life of your beauty products with this compact, desktop design featuring a chic mirror and ring light. Now, perfectly temperature-controlled products don’t have to compete for space in your fridge. Enjoy the luxury of convenient storage anywhere in your home, office, dorm, or even on the go. With plugs for standard home outlets and for car chargers, the beautiful design and unparalleled convenience of this Personal Mirrored Beauty Fridge with LED Lighting is totally portable. 2
The gadget is reversible, too. One can use it as a heater to keep one’s morning coffee and burgers warm. Headphones not included, but it is about $900 cheaper than Dyson’s contraption.
cocktail maker creates personalized cocktails in seconds
Unwind on the couch, host a dinner party, or throw a blowout backyard BBQ with the bev by BLACK+DECKER cocktail maker. Use the cocktail maker to mix up any occasion with personalized cocktails in seconds. How it works: Simply connect the included water bottle and 750 ml bottles of your favorite vodka, tequila, whiskey, gin, and rum to the easy-load liquor system. Then, select your drink from a growing assortment of 40+ compatible Bartesian cocktail capsules. They contain real juices, extracts, and bitters.
This Keurig for cocktails might well have killed us in our wild days. $250, booze and liability insurance sold separately.3
Hey good-looking! Want some candy? C’mon, hop in the van!
Harass the visually pleasing humans on your town’s main drag with the mini Mr. Microphone, although it’s not a Mr. Microphone and it’s meant for practicing karaoke on your phone. But you could probably plug it in to the 2000-watt car stereo system you treated yourself to last year. One thing for sure, you’ll never find wicker for $9.99.
This item is sold at a website called “Off the Wagon,” which would seem apropos for the Black & Decker booze machine, but it’s meant more as a “fell off the back of the truck” thing.4
Saint Germain des Près - Close to the Place de Furstemberg
The perfect December graduation gift for just about anyone who can climb stairs and afford airfare to Paris, this cozy loft is situated in a 270-year-old building in the desirable 6th arrondissement, convenient to lovely stuff and public transportation. 126 sq. ft. for only $344,000; it may sound small but it'll fit the booze dispenser with no problem. Get it while the dollar’s strong.5
Dada, “dada;” Hum, “One.”
That, comrades, is all we got. Take care, be well.