Dyson Lightcycle Task Lamp

This has some very appealing aspects—I&#x27;m particularly intrigued by the stand design—but I&#x27;m mystified by the idea that a lamp designed to last six decades apparently requires an app to operate many of it&#x27;s key features. Sixty years ago there was, as far as I can tell, one significant digital network in the world[0], and the smallest computers weren&#x27;t desktops--they were <i>desks</i>.[1] It seems all but impossible that Dyson&#x27;s app is still going to be available and functional for more than maybe a decade of this lamp&#x27;s projected lifespan. Computer technology just evolves too fast. I would really appreciate if $600+ appliances would include in the box everything that they need to operate to the best of their capabilities, so that we don&#x27;t end up with lamps stuck in alarm clock mode when Dyson doesn&#x27;t upgrade their app to work with iOS 16.<p>[0]: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Semi-Automatic_Ground_Environment" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Semi-Automatic_Ground_Environm...</a><p>[1]: eg <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.computerhistory.org&#x2F;revolution&#x2F;mainframe-computers&#x2F;7&#x2F;166&#x2F;664" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.computerhistory.org&#x2F;revolution&#x2F;mainframe-compute...</a>

$500 for a lamp... I&#x27;m out of words. I don&#x27;t care how much tech you put into it, at the end of the day, it&#x27;s not going to be tremendously better than a lightbulb hanging over your desk for $5~10.

Whereas an Anglepoise lamp <i>actually will</i> last 60 years. Many already have. It&#x27;s too early to know if their LED variant will.<p>Dyson had one decent idea that everyone else adopted too - cyclones instead of bags. Everything else seems to require paying 10x what a sane premium and expensive cost might be - lamps, hair dryers, fan heaters.<p>The innovation is making it appear complex enough to justify the absurd price. I bet they are still using too much ABS plastic that&#x27;ll be disintegrating after 5 years.

That&#x27;s great, but who wants to pay that much to have the same light for 60 years?<p>One &quot;advantage&quot; of consumerism is cheap = changeable<p>The sad part of modern technology is that you can&#x27;t fix it yourself, nor do you understand how it works. It doesn&#x27;t make you any smarter.<p>That said, having a luxury product that last 60 years is a very niche market.

God these products are terrible. All that added cost to protect some budget LEDs from burnout or discolour. They cost next to nothing. There is no innovation in this product.

Yet another expensive over-engineered product from Dyson.

&gt; Heat Pipe cooling technology. […] Dyson engineers addressed this with technology often used in satellites.<p>Or in many&#x2F;most CPU and GPU heatsinks for the last decade or so, both Intel and AMD have heatpipe-based stock coolers in their range. There are heatpipe-based heatsinks available for $10~15.

For that kind of money, it not only needs to light my desk, it better damn well make a perfect martini!

For that much you would think it would also be a piece of art to improve the space in which it sits. This looks more like an erector set component.

You could buy a BenQ WiT for $180. Vastly more practical for most nerds, cheaper and has a replaceable DC transformer. The name isn’t as sexy though!<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.benq.com&#x2F;en&#x2F;lighting&#x2F;e-reading-lamp&#x2F;wit.html" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.benq.com&#x2F;en&#x2F;lighting&#x2F;e-reading-lamp&#x2F;wit.html</a>

This is crazy expensive for a desk lamp, but I can imagine applications that would justify expensive lighting. I’d happily pay 10-20x premium for guaranteed ultra-long life bulbs to use in built-in home fixtures—especially difficult-to-reach locations.

As someone with a basic understanding of thermodynamics, I&#x27;m highly offended by the assertion that their cooling technology is &quot;energy free&quot;.

A couple fo years ago someone figured out how to recreate sunlight. I can&#x27;t wait for that to take off and was hoping this might be the start. I think this is them <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.coelux.com" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.coelux.com</a>

Personally, I&#x27;m done with Dyson. James was a vocal supporter of Brexit, gets what he wants, then decides to move his company&#x27;s HQ to Singapore. That kind of blatant hypocrisy taints their products for me.

Not sure about the point of this. Okay, the heat pipe is a reasonable idea, but a light that matches my local sun cycle would be useless: At night (when I actually need it) it would be off.<p>Clearly I&#x27;m missing something.

Wow, it takes something to make Philips Hue look cheap. I&#x27;ll stick to those, which I can fill several rooms with for the same price.

dyson lightcycle task lamp is good product.