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BOLTR: DYSON HAIR DRYER. Is it WORTH the MONEY?

AvE tears down a roughly $500 Dyson hair dryer, examining how its motor, airflow and electronics fit into a small body. He runs tests along the way and ultimately decides whether the engineering justifies the price.

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Why HN readers recommended it

HN points to it as a favorite teardown, usually when discussing Dyson or how products are engineered and built, with some noting the host was impressed by the engineering.

This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.

Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel
AvE
Topic
product teardown
Format
demo
Level
general
HN recommenders in dataset
4
HN mentions in dataset
7
Recommendation years in dataset
2017–2023

These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.

From the original HN conversations

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  • This might be slightly off-topic, but if you like this type of teardown content, I highly recommend checking out AVE's channel on Youtube [1]. He does plenty of tool teardown's, things like drills, all types of heavy industrial gear, and some electronics thrown in. I …

    WestCoastJustin on Hacker News · 2017-03
    In Nintendo Switch Teardown

  • Watch AvE take stuff apart on Youtube. His disassembly of the Juicero would be a good place to start: [LINK] or this one disassembling an overpriced Dyson hairdryer: [VIDEO]

    rwmj on Hacker News · 2018-07
    In What cracking open a Sonos One tells us about the Sonos IPO

  • AvE did a fun teardown of the hair dryer [0]. If you haven't seen his videos they're all pretty terrific, especially the Juicero one. [0] [VIDEO]

    subculture on Hacker News · 2019-03
    In Dyson Lightcycle Task Lamp

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