Dyson is putting out some headphones . . . and that may seem like an odd move, since they're in the AIR business, making vacuum cleaners, air purifiers, and fans. But these aren't your standard headphones.
They're called the Dyson Zone air-purifying, noise-canceling headphones, and they look like a cross between ear-to-ear headphones, with a built-in mask across your nose and mouth.
It isn't a flimsy COVID-19 mark . . . it's a "visor" that rests in front of your face, delivering clean, purified air WITHOUT actually making contact with your mouth. So, maybe it's closer to a football helmet than anything else.
It isn't meant to protect you from Covid . . . instead, it was designed to filter out "allergens, pollutants, and other particulates." The visor is removable, and it has four air purification settings.
30 years of air filtration expertise pioneered into a wearable, high-end audio device. With a contact-free visor to supply a continuous stream of purified air to your nose and mouth. So, you can breathe cleaner air, anywhere.
According to a statement from Dyson, the Dyson Zone compressors in the earcups on the headphones draw in air through filters, then project purified air to the user's nose and mouth through a special visor.
The Dyson Zone has been in development for six years, as the company tested more than 500 prototypes before coming up with the final product. Dyson did not provide details on pricing. The device will launch this fall.
What do you think? Something you'd try?