Vacuum Cleaners Discussions

Apparently to be available at BEST BUY Stores soon.

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=8773393&type=product&id=1204331806923

Carmine D.

Going green is about "social responsibility" not just saving [or as Mole prefers making] money.

Carmine D.

If it is any consolation, the EU is gearing up for energy efficiency ratings on vacuum cleaners, too. There are upright cleaners available that have 2000W motors. Far, far too much, in my opinion, as you cannot use the onboard tools properly, because there is no form of suction control.

Electrolux seems to have pre-empted the legislation, by producing the 'Enviro-vac' machine, with a 700W motor. Supposedly able to clean as efficiently as a machine with twice that power.

Hoover UK has machines that employ 1800, 1900 & 2000W motors, but use a flimsy brushroll.

Would it not be more sensible to downgrade the motor power and fit a decent agitator, like they used to have? This would also reduce the irritating, screaming noise that emanates from modern machines.

Hi Trilobite,

That's what I meant.  Ability to clean well is a more a design issue than one regarding motor power.  A 500 watt vacuum that can channel air flow well can serve as well as one employing a thousand watts any day.  I know that because I have a Lux 1205 that just amazes me with its ability to do real work. 

Nonetheless, I still maintain that vacuuming whether with a high or lesser-powered machine doesn't make that much of a dent in an electric bill.  They are not usually used for all that long a time and, God knows, not usually used that often in many homes.

On the other hand our wonderful frost-free refrigerators burn up a lot of juice.  It is claimed that their power consumption has been lessened but at one point in time my local power supplier, Con Edison, claimed they cost about a dollar a day to run.  Now we're talking money -- $356.00 a year.  It's doubtful that you'll come near that at year end because of your vacuum.  The biggest drop in power consumption in my home has been due to switching to compact flourescent bulbs.

People are being played with. I am not saying that real conservation issues do not exist but this is much the same as all scare tactics used to send us scrambling about to hoping to buy a sense of safety.  Safety, in the bigger sense of the word, cannot be bought but simply being practical can move us closer to it.

Venson

Originally thought there were 3.  Then 4.  Come to find out there are 5.  4 ups and a cann.  Nothing new as I said save colors and marginal design changes.  But certainly of interest to vacuum collectors and historians despite the HOOVER TTI union  and/or because of it.  100 years is a special celebration for a company in the vacuum industry.  Not many [royal another TTI sub] in the past have gone that long time.  If longevity is a sign of popularity, as dyson Matt says, then HOOVER must be the most popular in the industry at least for 2008! 

Carmine D.