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HARDSELL
Joined: Aug 22, 2007
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Re: Dyson DC11 is Back!
Reply #11 Jun 16, 2009 5:51 pm |
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DIB: WRT dyson's original ball DC15, within one month of its launch in the USA, I was the first here to post that BEST BUY stores would reduce its MSRP by at least $50 by the end of the year. You recall a DC15's All Floor original price was $599. Many of the posters here with dyson rosy glasses laughed at my post. Except Venson. He agreed. Well, I was wrong, dyson dropped the MSRP by $100 in September 2005, within 3 months of its launch. The BEST BUY store that is the largest seller of dyson vacuums on the east coast says the dyson DC15 is [was] its worse seller after dyson's DC11, which had the highest return rate of all its vacuums. Consumer Reports consistently rated a dyson DC15 ball as the worse of all dyson uprights. That is up until DC24 baby ball model, which now has the infamous ranking of the worse of all CR's dyson ratings. As I recall, you boasted paying only $300 for your DC15 ball from BEST BUY, well under the MSRP. The only way BB could sell them. Carmine D. You were also the first (and likely only) to post that several Hoovers would be the demise of Dyson. I was the first to tell you that you were wrong. I was right.
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CarmineD
Joined: Dec 31, 2007
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Re: Dyson DC11 is Back!
Reply #12 Jun 16, 2009 6:08 pm |
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You were also the first (and likely only) to post that several Hoovers would be the demise of Dyson. I was the first to tell you that you were wrong. I was right.
Hi HS:
In case you missed it, I have ONE ally which I strategically predicted here in January 2009 would agree with me: Consumer Reports. HOOVER received 7 of the top 20 upright winners per CR, including spots 1, 3, 5, 8, 15, 18 and 20. Your favorite brand got 13 and 19. That's a death/funeral knell. Carmine D.
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HARDSELL
Joined: Aug 22, 2007
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Re: Dyson DC11 is Back!
Reply #13 Jun 16, 2009 6:53 pm |
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Hi HS: In case you missed it, I have ONE ally which I strategically predicted here in January 2009 would agree with me: Consumer Reports. HOOVER received 7 of the top 20 upright winners per CR, including spots 1, 3, 5, 8, 15, 18 and 20. Your favorite brand got 13 and 19. That's a death/funeral knell. Carmine D. I hear the wind blowing again.
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vacmanuk
Location: Scotland UK
Joined: May 31, 2009
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Re: Dyson DC11 is Back!
Reply #15 Jun 17, 2009 8:01 am |
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Sorry guys I MUST concur here. Its simply not enough to rely on statistics, believing ALL the hype that consumer reports do = after all Im sure some of you have vacuums that have been slated in the past and yet they give you sterling service. Granted, some statistics are worth relying on but they don't create a whole picture. <BR><BR>I'll give you an example; on here (and I can't remember whether it was a review or not) someone mentioned that the Sebo Felix gave poor carpet performance. Not in my home! If I go over the whole carpet with the Felix and then a bagless vacuum with no dirt in the bin, hardly any other dirt comes to the surface which the cyclonic system produces. This isn't a lab test but purely one that's done by me. <BR><BR>Similarly I got a surprise when I did the same testing with a claimed "best performance" Panasonic bagged upright and the bagless test- the cyclonic vac produced a lot more dirt after the Panasonic had gone over the same carpet. Here's a good video with a Dyson in it! http://fwd.five.tv/videos/jon-tests-vacuum-cleaners
This message was modified Jun 17, 2009 by vacmanuk
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CarmineD
Joined: Dec 31, 2007
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Re: Dyson DC11 is Back!
Reply #18 Jun 17, 2009 9:04 am |
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Sorry guys I MUST concur here. Its simply not enough to rely on statistics, believing ALL the hype that consumer reports do = after all Im sure some of you have vacuums that have been slated in the past and yet they give you sterling service. Granted, some statistics are worth relying on but they don't create a whole picture. <BR><BR>I'll give you an example; on here (and I can't remember whether it was a review or not) someone mentioned that the Sebo Felix gave poor carpet performance. Not in my home! If I go over the whole carpet with the Felix and then a bagless vacuum with no dirt in the bin, hardly any other dirt comes to the surface which the cyclonic system produces. This isn't a lab test but purely one that's done by me. <BR><BR>Similarly I got a surprise when I did the same testing with a claimed "best performance" Panasonic bagged upright and the bagless test- the cyclonic vac produced a lot more dirt after the Panasonic had gone over the same carpet.
Here's a good video with a Dyson in it!
http://fwd.five.tv/videos/jon-tests-vacuum-cleaners
Hi vacmanuk:
If I recall correctly, SEBO's felix was not given a poor rating for rug performance by Consumer Reports. But I'd have to verify and confirm with certainty. Carmine D.
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mole
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Location: earth
Joined: Sep 30, 2007
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Re: Dyson DC11 is Back!
Reply #19 Jun 17, 2009 9:14 am |
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I once put together a compact c5 with a electrolux p/n 5 and did my own demo on a 9x12 carpet, using basic junk yard parts,adapted my filterqueen dust scope to the machine hose end, put in the black demo filters and it blew way every vacuum i own. So anyone want to opine about what caused this revelation was it the compact or the p/n 5. I must say you guys are getting warmer. Hey venson please set these guys strait.......... regards MOLE |
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