by When Dyson announced this earlier this year, the company was keeping a few details tight. Notably, Dyson hasn’t revealed pricing or availability, and hasn’t said much about battery life either. It shared this information on Wednesday. Let’s start with the details everyone wants to know. When the wearable arrives in the US next March, it will start at a staggering $949, ​​making it almost double the price of the .
Initially, Dyson is only taking pre-orders by appointment before the headphones are available through its website and demo stores across the country. In the US, the company will offer the wearable in two color variants: Ultra Blue/Prussian Blue and Prussian Blue/Bright Copper. The latter will only be available directly from the company, but it comes with a few extras, including a second electrostatic carbon filter, a soft case and an in-flight adapter kit.
Both the standard and Dyson Direct models come with Zone’s signature visor, plus a dedicated case and cleaning brush. According to Dyson, the electrostatic filters are designed to last up to 12 months before they should be replaced. The filters feature a two-layer design that contains potassium-enriched carbon to trap acidic gases such as nitrogen dioxide, sulfur dioxide and ozone. All in all, the company claims the filters block 99 percent of particles, including those as small as 0.1 microns.
On the audio front, the Zone headphones can achieve noise-cancellation of up to 38 decibels and feature 40-millimeter neodymium drivers. You can use the MyDyson companion app to choose between three audio equalization modes called Dyson EQ, Bass Boost and Neutral. At launch, the headphones will support SBC, AAC and LHDC audio codecs, as well as Bluetooth 5.0.
Battery life depends on how intensively you use the zone’s air filtration feature. When the Visor isn’t being powered, the Zone’s 2,600mAh battery provides up to 50 hours of listening time on a single charge. Using the sight on the slowest setting reduces battery life to a modest four hours. Increasing the cleaning speed to the Medium and High flow settings further reduces battery life to two and a half hours and one and a half hours, respectively. According to Dyson, when charging via USB-C, it takes about three hours to charge the battery from empty to 100 percent. All of this means you have to be selective about when you decide to use the visor.
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