Vacuum Cleaners Discussions

I vacuum daily.  1500 square feet.  80 percent carpet.  20 percent floors.  Change the bag monthly.  No filters to maintain.  If I vacuumed daily with a dyson, and any other bagless, I would dump 30 times a month.   Hassle.  Big headache.

Most persons vacuum 2-3 times per week on the average.  That means dumping a dirt bin 2-3 times per week and 8-12 times per month.  Hassle? Headache?  Choose your poison. 

If a person vacuumed once a month [depending on the square feet], and did a thorough vacuuming, my sense is that he/she would have to dump the dirt bin at least 2-4 times for 1500 square feet.  And they would still leave behind a huge amount of embedded dirt in the carpets and rugs.

Carmine D.

In the case of dyson/bagless that overfilled bin dirt goes to the pre-motor filter and after the pre-motor filter becomes saturated the unfiltered dirt gets into the motor and then to the post motor filter.  All the while overheating and wearing out the motor components.  Choose your poison.

Carmine D.

If Oreck had proper suction you would have to change bags more frequently.  I disagree that most vacuume 2 to 3 times weekly.  I never emptied my Dyson efter each use.  I vacuum 1800 sq feet.  Of course my house was not filthy before vacuuming.

The most embedded dirt I ever removed was when I replaced the Oreck with a Dyson. 

Really?  500 ORECK stores nationwide and more opening all the time is not underachievement by any stretch of the imagination even yours.  Some who post here thought hurricane Katrina in August 2005 would be the death knell of ORECK.  Boasted about it on the vacuum Forums.  The eye of the storm hit the ORECK plant dead center. 

ORECK didn't miss a beat.  Opened up temporary headquarters in Texas AND contributed to the relief efforts of the victims of the storm.  Used its stores nationwide to meet all customer orders.  Accounted for all its employees and paid them salary and benefits all during the reconstruction period while the plant was disabled.  New plant new location after a year and still a lock on the lightweight vacuum market and hotel/motel industry.    Adds new meaning to the word underachievement.

Carmine D.

In my 40 plus years of vacuum store ownership and operations, I never made money on new vacuum sales.  Repairs, parts and rebuilts were the money makers.  For the first 5 years of business, I didn't sell a new vacuum out of my store.  I referred new vacuum buyers to other businesses.  Free. 

I added new vacuums in the mid 50's as an accomodation to my customers who asked to buy new vacuums.  I started with HOOVER, then Westinghouse, then EUREKA and then Panasonic.  I was the first authorized sales and service dealer for Panasonic in NJ in the early 70's.  I never made $200 on the sale of a new vacuum.  I was lucky to cover my vacuum cost with overhead added.  If I made a profit of $10-$25 on the sale it was all gravy.  Then only because I bought in the largest volume and took advantage of the promotions and freebies.

The first thought that came to mind when I read the $200 profit you make on the sale of one dyson, was that I was in the vacuum business at the wrong time.  1949-1992.  No wonder several vacuum posters in the past bragged that dyson sales were paying their monthly mortgage and financing their early retirement. 

Carmine D.

I am sure that you let this slip out.  You always avoided my question when I asked i fyou made more profit on vacuum sales or on parts and service.  The truth is out.Now we know why you dislike Dyson so much.  They do not require all those supplies and servicings like the brands you profited from.

HARDSELL:

Who said? The CFO of Wal*Mart and the Exec VP for Wal*Mart's home division.  Retail sales numbers for May were reported last week.  The best performers: Wal*Mart and COSTCO with same store sales increases of 3.9 and 5 percent. 

Wal*Mart's VP for the home division says and I quote: "We see really solid numbers that show people are staying at home more, and when they are at home, they are preparing food, and that means they [have] to sweep and vacuum their floor, so one of my biggest departments is floor care, vacuum cleaners for example."  Read an weep.

Carmine D.

HARDSELL:

Those pleated HOOVER cartridge filters, like in the EmPower and WT are teflon coated, completely immersible, and guaranteed for the lifetime of the vacuums.  Less expensive than the leading bagless brand filters. 

I believe, correct me if I'm wrong, that the post motor filters on the latest dysons DC24/25 are P-L-E-A-T-E-D paper. 

Carmine D. 

Not the ORECK XL Classic for $150 retail plus shipping.  Least expensive of all ORECKS.  Not in the Deluxe for $399.  Most popular and best buy of all the ORECKS.  Perhaps the Ultra for $549 and the XL 21 for $749.  The Deluxe for $399 is as good as the Ultra and has the same motor.  Who needs a 10 year warranty? If it's a warranty you're looking for then buy the XL for $749 and it costs you $35 for 21 years.  Free everything for 21 years.  

$200 on a $500 retail dyson is huge mark up.  Not surprising you defend it and the customers who buy.  Profit motive speaks volumes.

Carmine D.