Dyson Fan Advertisement Banned for Misleading Viewers Over Cord

Dyson fans stand on display in a staff area at the Dyson Group Plc campus in Malmesbury, U.K.

Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg
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A television ad for a Dyson fan has been banned in the U.K. for giving the misleading impression that it is cordless.

The ad, seen in April, showed the mains-operated Pure Hot + Cool Fan in a family’s open-plan flat.