Vacuum Cleaners Discussions

Some observations -

• Oreck is conspicuously missing from the upright ratings.
• Panasonic has a new AeroBlast for $700 is a apparently a poor copy of a Dyson that burps loudly when it reverses the air flow to clean the filter.   Why would anyone pay so much for a Dyson copy, particularly when the filter clogs with fine dust?
  
• Hoover's fall from grace is noted, presumably due to their ill conceived bagless vacuums.  Hoover now has the worst reliability of the uprights.  Dyson is second only to Kirby in the reliability rankings.   
  
• For uprights, Kenmore takes the top 2 spots (bagged and bagless), followed by the Riccar SupraLite RSL3, the Electrolux Oxygen EL5035A, and the Kirby Sentria.  
  
• The Halo is #33 on the list for uprights. 
  
• The $60 Hoover Tempo Widepath has a better tool airflow score than the Dyson DC17 as well as better carpet cleaning scores. 
  

mole wrote:
Isn't that just a little discriminatory?  If anything, I'm envious of the folks over there in Japan because they're always the first recipients of new Dyson technology...the DC12 and DC22 for example.  As for your other remark, hoping that Dyson will get out of the floorcare industry, I'm just going to chalk that up as wishful thinking because I promise you that will never happen, at least not during your lifetime.  Dyson has sold millions of cleaners worldwide and I honestly don't see that changing anytime soon.

As Dusty said, the DC21 is a very popular machine.  A bagless canister with an electric power nozzle that works properly, what more could anyone want?  And I've mentioned before on another thread that the DC18 is a favorite of women who run their own housecleaning businesses. 

-MH

CarmineD wrote:
That's an easy one, as well as comparing apples and oranges.  We're talking about a vacuum cleaner purchase here.  There's no reason I wouldn't believe a trusted family member who raves nonstop about their Dyson (or anything else for that matter).

Speaking of which, one thing I noticed on the online reviews:  I've never, as of yet, seen any instance where a friend or family member recommended a Dyson to someone and they didn't like it.  Always the contrary.

Motorhead wrote:

Why the difference?  What do people use to buy dysons?   Apples and oranges.  Or money.  $500 plus of USA dollars.  Would you accept and take family and friends' advice alone when you spend $500 and more?  Or do you research and investigate the financial terms for yourself?  Or just plunk down the $500 + based on hearsay [word of mouth as you say]? 

I gifted a dyson DC07 pink to my daughter.  It's sitting unused in a spare bedroom since June 2007.  Can't push and pull it over the carpets.  Her husband, who spent 2 years in the UK during the late 90's playing basketball, tells his house guests, and others who ask, the reason the dyson is not used: The DC07 doesn't work on US carpets.  It was designed for the European market.  Does this nullify your last statement? 

Carmine D.

CarmineD wrote:

Your whole family and their friends must be red necks if house guests are visiting to discuss vacuums.  

HARDSELL wrote:

Is your mother a man?

mole

mole wrote:
Electrolux / Eureka, Panasonic, Riccar, Sebo, Samsung and then a few dealer only brands. 

Dusty

mole wrote:

Is your mother your father's sister or cousin?  Lots of inbreeding in the mole hole.

HARDSELL wrote:

Here's a truthful answer to a sarcastic question.  My Son-in-law has 3 brothers, 2 of whom are married and 2 of whom are living in a bordering state.  All the brothers, and their Wifes, spend alot of time visiting LV and using the spare and guest bedrooms.  The dyson pink vacuum is stored in the guest bedroom [unused since June 2007]. 

When one of the married brothers visited for Christmas with his Wife, they mentioned that they planned to buy a new vacuum.  They had seen the dyson pink stored in the guest bedroom on several visits [unused].  They said they planned to buy the vacuum at COSTCO.    Which one:  The HOOVER Rewind.  Why?  My Son-in-law's sister-in-law [his brother's Wife} works for the Pharmacy at COSTCO and she was using one at work which she really liked. 

I gifted a new HOOVER Rewind [which I purchased from COSTCO] to them during their stay.  They love it.

Carmine D.

CarmineD wrote:

Very good Carmine.  As usual the first post left you wide open for sarcasm  since you were trying to lead us to believe that all house guests want to discuss vacuums.  It has now become an isolated incident. 

As for the Rewind.  Does a person vacuuming a business really give a sheet about the vacuum so long as it runs.  I am not so sure that your family/frinds trust your judgement as much as they apreciate a free vacuum although it is not as good as they could purchasse.

I've seen the Elite Rewind before and pass it by every time without giving it a second look.  Here's the link to the Amazon page for the Elite Rewind.  Check out the user-submitted photos there.  I am amazed at how dusty this machine is after what appears to be the first or second use, not to mention the clear plastic turning cloudy fast.  I can't tell if it has become scratched from sand and dirt, or just the static attracting the residual dust.  At any rate it's not appealing and not something I would expect from a new machine.   Makes me want to sneeze.  It is worth noting that I've had my DC21 for nearly a year and the clear plastic has not become hazy like this.  No doubt a higher grade of plastic is used in the Dyson.

And while we're on the subject of plastics, look at that cheap "grainy" plastic used on the body of the Rewind! 

-MH