Vacuum Cleaners Discussions

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*Baggless Upright : Removes more dirt than any other bagless vacuum on the market using multi-stage cyclonic filtration system and Hoover’s patented WindTunnel™ technology which utilizes three suction tunnels to lift and remove even the hidden dirt (Per ASTM F608)

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Hello DIB and HARDSELL:

I understand but don't share your animosity for TTI Floorcare Glenwillow OHIO, USA, and its products.  You both impugn HOOVER USA, UK, VAX, BISSELL, DIRT DEVIL, ELECTROLUX, EUREKA, ORECK, and others because these are time tested and proven brands.  And they are poised to outdo your favorite brand in the big box retail stores with less expensive products and better warranties.  To worsen matters, the Foreign King of bagged vacuums with an impeccable reputation for quality, MIELE, is too.  And the ASA, a UK based regulatory body, is scoring fatal hits with legal judgments against your fave brand and in favor of all the others.   

These are the times, my two good friends, that try/test inventors' souls.  Why?  The good times are over.  Gone forever.  The honeymoon period is long forgotten.  Now the the cold hard reality of the the market place comes into being.  All the above brands that you both like to scoff in two part harmony have passed through these times before.  And, by their own merits, survived and flourished.  To their credit, you can be sure of it.  Will yours?  Time will tell.  And, the time is here.

Carmine D.

DC18 wrote:

Hello DC18:

I can't say cheaper since I'm not familiar [yet] with the latest HOOVER lightweight.  The Ultralightweight HOOVER, made by RICCAR/SIMPLICITY, is a worthy contender to the ORECK.  ORECK's beauty is the lack of parts:  Only 30 in all.  Fewer parts, fewer break downs, longer useful life.

Carmine D.

Hi,

I've attached the "spec" sheet for the paired upright and portable vacuum.  Neither Ms. Sinclair or her counterpart were available today when I rang.  I tried a different number and did get someone but he couldn't tell me much as far as hard specs are concerned.  He esitimates that the upright will probably have a 400-watt motor.  As for the portable cleaner, he does not think that, suctionwise, it will be a match-up for the Swingette that Hoover has put out for some time.

Per his information, he says the cleaner is anticipated to hit the stores after New Years.

http://www.hooverpressroom.com/fact_sheets/plat_bagged_facts.pdf

Best,

Venson

CarmineD wrote:
Carmine,

I know you struggle with innovation and its many benefits.  I have linked a nice article of the LED inventor at his 80th birthday celebration.  His gift has benefited the entire civilized world.  The inventors last 3 quotes in the article are what Dyson has been telling others for years.

Good men build, parasites take.


DIB

http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2008/10/25/friends_family_hold_birthday_fete_for_led_inventor

Hello DIB, HARDSELL:

Good and/or bad men is moot now.  Innovative technology is irrelevant now.  Words of wisdom are futile.

The issue to address now and in the future is economic business survival.  How does dyson re-invent itself and its products to compete with the time tested and tried brands in the big box retail store venues/independent vacuum cleaner stores in the current and future bad eonomy.  This is something dyson has never experienced in its business life cycle until right now.   Is dyson ready?  This is not a recession.  The Donald [AKA Trumpster] calls it a Depression with a capital D.  Former Fed Chief Alan Greenspan says it's a worldwide economic sunami, the likes of which people have never known. 

I suggest that you and the 10 percent of loyal dyson branders run right out and buy one/more of the latest and greatest models at the MSRP and spread the wealth around.  It's a good start and dyson will need all the financial assistance he can muster to make the Forbes billionaire club in 2008.

Carmine D. 

CarmineD wrote:
Hi Carmine,

What exactly do you admire about the “time tested” underachievers (the *NIH loving suits)?  What techniques do you use to psych yourself up to find 10, 20, 30, 40 year old product remotely interesting?

DIB

”NIH":  http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/not-invented-here.html

DIB,

Do you have a fear of competition?  Companies like Dyson will have to continue to innovate to be successful with their premium pricing.   American statesman and inventor Ben Franklin actually opposed patent protections because he thought it stymied innovation.   While Dyson has been innovative with the dirt collection system, his brush rolls leave a lot to be desired.  A Kirby vacuum with 1920's technology will outclean a Dyson on carpeting.  Apparently an Oreck vacuum with a clean bag will outclean a Dyson on carpeting too. 

Using your definition of steal, Dyson is guilty of theft too.  Dyson uses a rotating brush roll and nozzle which were invented long ago by others.   Dyson took a basic vacuum design invented by others and improved the dirt collection system.  That's it.  And that's the same thing that the others have done.  They use the latest technology available and try to  make some improvements.    While you may not like the dual cyclone copies, they have brought the technology to consumers who can't afford a $400 vacuum. 


DysonInventsBig wrote:

Hello DIB:

What do I admire about the tried and true vacuum companies in the industry that have passed the test of time?  Good question.  Simple answer, my good friend.  Let's start with this FACT:  They became and stayed successful without using gimmicks and false claims to promote/sell their products. 

And then add: I admire them too because they are the seasoned veterans of the industry.  The cornerstone and foundation of the very industry in which your fave brand is just getting started. 

And last but not least: Many of these companies, like TTI Floorcare of Glenwillow, Ohio, offer bagged and/or bagless brands and models in canisters, uprights, hand vacuums and sticks.  Why?  They understand very well that the majority [90 percent to be exact] of USA vacuum customers have a reportoire of household vacuum brands and products.  Not just one brand.  So these companies treat their rivals, some of which are related business wise, with the respect and dignity that they earned and deserve.   

Carmine D.

Severus wrote:
Severus,

When VAX took and fought for the right to use the Dyson creation, the Dyson phrase... “No Loss of Suction” am I being anti-competition?  I’m sure if Red thought they could get away with it they would lay claim to “Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.”  Trust me when Red creates something in-house they will fight for it and spend any amount of money doing so.

Ben Franklin (a gift to man) was courageous and correct about much.  Ben’s 2 primary innovations (that I am aware of) that he did not want to patent or hold back from being adopted quickly were - 1)  the lighting rod and 2) the cast iron stove.  And IMO, he was right and righteous in doing so.  But to apply Ben’s “ways” today would not be applicable nor necessary, unless the cure for cancer was invented or likewise.

Dyson has reversed engineered no one.  Dyson looks to and trusts in his and his peoples creativity first and uses expired patents second.

The majority of the science that goes into making a good vacuum is indeed very old.  Dyson has a business model and beliefs that are obviously different from some vacuum science.  He rose from obscurity overnight and became a billionaire from it, so who am I to argue with that (unless he asks)?

DIB

DysonInventsBig wrote:

DIB:

I'll argue with it because it's nonsense.  The FACT is dyson floundered from 1979 until 1992.  He got nowhere with his bagless vacuum.  Success came after he won two huge financial settlements for almost $8 MILLION at strategic times in his business career. 

The first in 1992, enabled him to set up the factory in Malmesbury, UK and produce 2 dyson bagless vacuums in 1993: Upright and cylinder models.  And still he had problems. 

The second settlement in the early 2000's, enabled dyson to expand and relocate to the Malay plant [Southeast Asia with a majority of Moslems] and go global by opening new markets.  Nothing to do with a business plan and model.  

And finally the FACT is that BEST BUY management convinced dyson to launch vacuums in the USA in 2002, after the Malay plant was operational, not his business plan.  James wanted to wait. 

Tell us:  What does the dyson business model say about selling $500 plus vacuums in a bad global economy?  Maybe TTI Floorcare can provide a copy of theirs to James to follow?  Only if he asks nicely.

Carmine D.