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http://gizmodo.com/345918/dyson-dc24-vac-sir-james-brings-his-ball-back

Two models, one small, one large :-

DC24
http://www.dyson.co.uk/store/product.asp?product=DC24-ALLFLOORS

DC25
http://www.dyson.co.uk/store/product.asp?product=DC25-ALLFLOORS

Hey Guys:

Nice pics!  Really.

How about one with the Ball, Slim, Mommie and baby dyson ball models?  Showing the evolution of the ball technolgy by dyson.  And if you are really energetic and resourceful, the major features: Like year of launch, Price, Cord length, Weight, and Dimensions and maybe Air Watts.  With the assumption that the new dyson baby ball models: Mommie and baby will make it to the USA sometime soon.  And price estimates on the baby ball dysons based on the UK amounts.

Just a thought from a non-dyson fan to consider for the Forum readers. 

Carmine D.

How about the warranty?

Hows the parts availability?

is the customer service line up to snuff?

Will consumer reports like it?

It should be priced at about $179.00,to $199.00,to compete with the other box store cleaners.

MOLE

Hi Mole,

I think "baby" will run more in the area of $250.  If Dyson released a hand vacuum at $150 -- which should have priced at $75.00 all things including its novety toy aspect considered -- and still wants it, I don't think it will price this new model which to my mind is a basically a stick vac,  at a reasonable amount either.  Does "baby" have tools?

Venson

Venson wrote:

Not sure about the tools.I would hope so though.

Does baby got tools......... Maybe but babys got back,one of my favorite songs from Sir MIX A LOT.

MOLE

GO NEW YORK FOOTBALL GIANTS..............

M00seUK wrote:

Moose, I'm impressed!  I’m pretty sure this link/code came from the slide show I took my pic from.  If so, how did you do it or could you link me a tutorial if not to much trouble?  Many thanks.        DIB

Hi DIB,

This is probably the best picture of the DC24 by far...side-by-side with the DC15 which IMO seems to be the best comparison.  The DC24 must be quite small in reality, because we all know the DC15 isn't much bigger than the DC07.  I like how it retained the same basic design of the DC15, but simplified slightly and with a few improvements like the center suction channel in the nozzle.  Now I'm anxious to see a real-life shot of the DC25.

Hi Venson,

I thought the same thing, that it resembled a stick vac or one of those "mini-sweepers" in a way.  While it's a small machine it's definitely not a stick vac, and it does have tools (in fact you can see the brush peeking out in the high-res photo).  I can't imagine a Dyson without attachments or the ability to do above-floor cleaning, it would go directly against their marketing for one machine to do all.  The reason for the DC24, or so I heard, is to counter Oreck's negative ads about the Dyson.  It's 4 pounds heavier than the Oreck, but this one would give the added advantage of having the attachments right there, instead of having to grab a separate minicanister to do above-floor cleaning. 

-MH

DysonInventsBig wrote:
Yay, just naturally inquisitve! I saw the news article before you posted and discovered you could get the URL to the original images by clicking through from the slideshow Flash object.

Motorhead wrote:
To mention that by including 'the ball' it would feel lighter in use than a wheeled vac.

It also presents a handy size for above ground cleaning tasks :-

http://item.slide.com/r/1/0/i/Lsy64tPX2D_XWPc7bIAsJz0VZc8Qz7U2/

Motorhead wrote:

I don't know about negative ads by Oreck, but recently when I was in an Oreck Clean Home Center, a customer was performing a test of the DC14 [average retail is $450] vice the Oreck XL Deluxe [average retail is $400].   For doing the in-store test, the Oreck customer gets a free gift.  I understand that the test has become a staple of the Oreck in-store sales.  

I heard the Oreck employee mention that Orecks are certified by the Rug and Carpet Institute of America.   And dysons are not.  The customer appeared interested in this fact and the literature that Oreck uses in concert with the demo.  When asked why by the customer, I thought the Oreck employee had a very good neutral [not negative] answer.  He said, with the supervision of the Manager of the store standing by, that dysons were made primarily for European carpets [even the US dyson models] which are less difficult to clean because they are lower pile than the American rugs and carpets.  Then the employee turned the Oreck and dyson over so the employee could see the differences in the brush rolls. 

I left shortly after this so I don't know if the customer bought the Oreck and what the free gift was for doing the test.

Carmine D.

M00seUK wrote:

Just a remnder, the same argument was made by dyson with the DC15 which weighs 20 pounds.  When Consumer Reports tested the DC15 Ball, it countered the dyson claim by saying that the wrist, hand, elbow and arm weight of the DC15 was too heavy, awkward, and bulky for many of its testers.  Including the men.

Carmine D.