- The compact Hushjet purifier is Dyson’s first desktop air purifier
- Use a new star -shaped gap inspired by reaction engines
- The electrostatic hepa filter lasts up to 5 years
Dyson is known for making some of the best air purifiers in the market, but they are not especially compact. In fact, some of them are frankly huge (looking at you, Dyson Big+Silves). So, when I heard that the brand was launching its first desk machine, it was intrigued.
For Hushjet purifier, Dyson had to rethink its air purifier design. The models in the current alignment use loops/amps (as seen in the hot+formaldehyde HP09) or cones purifier (as in the aforementioned big+quiet), which are effective but occupy a lot of space. On the contrary, the new addition has a star -shaped nozzle that saves space that works in a completely different way.
The design is inspired by a reaction engine, or a hair dryer concentrator nozzle, if you are looking for a more common analogy. The engine is larger than the star’s nozzle, so the air is compressed as it pushes. So, while using the same drag principle (that is, dragging air from the rest of the room, making a more powerful stream) like other Dyson purifiers, does it in a more compact format.
“The new Star nozzle is exciting because it still drags without having that gap in the middle,” Dyson’s engineer Sophie Harold told me, when I visited Dyson’s campus to take a look at the brand’s new releases. “Having the flexion edges, he is still encouraging the air of the surrounding region to bind with the fast plane. It also means that it can have a compact shape when you want something like a desktop purifier, without having an amplifier that can get in your monitor.”
All that sounds very impressive, but in reality, when the Hushjet was revealed, it disappointed me a little. While it is smaller in general than the other Dyson air purifiers, it is not what I would call compact, and it is certainly too large to sit naturally on a desk. If you are putting it on the floor, it really, it is the footprint that is relevant, already 9.1 inches / 23 cm in diameter, it is not very different from other Dyson purifiers. However, whenever I do not expect something ultra compact, there are more points in this new machine.
Controlling chaos
The new star -shaped nozzle has benefits in terms of acoustics, which means that despite being inspired by airplanes, it is actually extremely quiet in operation. I heard it in its lowest environment in an anechoic chamber of Dyson Labs (that is, one designed to stop any echo, it was so quiet that I could listen to my heart), and I could barely hear it.
“We often look at something called flow turbulence, and that is that with how disorderly or chaotic [air]The flow is, “Sophie explained.” Imagine people who hope to climb a train and try to design a door form, which means that everyone can leave calmly and peacefully, instead of hitting each other and causing chaos. So, what the star does is, reduce that chaos. It minimizes the amount of turbulence that comes out of the plane, which means, in turn, that the flow itself is quieter, and it is what allowed us to have that really calm speed configuration. “
The great final update in the Hushjet is that it uses an electrostatic hepa filter, which is more energy efficient than a normal hepa filter and lasts much more. In fact, Dyson says that this filter can last up to five years before needing to replace, significantly decreasing the continuous costs of executing this purifier. The system is completely sealed, so anything that is absorbed remains inside.
For those of you who are sold in the new design, I have a little bad news: you have a little time to wait. The compact air purifier Dyson Hushjet is not scheduled to go on sale until the beginning of 2026 (that is the date for the United Kingdom. I am waiting for the confirmation of when it is expected to be launched in the United States and Australia). Price information is also TB.
