Carrying around a handheld fan never really used to be a thing in the UK. We’d just wave around a bit of cardboard and call it a day. But hotter summers and the growing popularity of portable fans and neck fans in East Asia have helped push them into the mainstream.
A few years ago, it would’ve been hard to imagine brands like Dyson or Shark touching something as traditionally tacky as a handheld fan. They were the sort of thing you impulsively bought on holiday in Thailand when you got too hot. Could you really make a handheld fan premium?
That’s what Dyson hoped to do with the hushjet mini cool, a handheld fan that claims it can deliver airflow speeds of up to 25m/s, potentially making it one of the most powerful handheld fans on the market. But at £99, can Dyson justify the price tag? I tested it on the hottest day of the year.
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