Vacuum Cleaners Discussions

WRT the rug questions of USA vice UK, possibly the answer lies in the fact that for many years the best and biggest rug makers were here in the US.  Hence their products were more available in the USA than elsewhere in the world.

Carmine D.

WRT dyson prices and sales, KOHL's advertsied sales running June 24 thru July 5 [at 57 Southern California and 5 Las Vegas locations] offer new dyson DC25 for $449 and DC17 Animal for $399.  Plus an additional 15 percent off for seniors and $10 KOHL' s cash for each $50 spent.  After these are sold on sale, I suspect the DC27 [Sam's exclusive] and DC28 airmuscle are next for big box store sales.

Carmine D.

Hi,

I briefly tried out the Dyson DC28 at Best Buy today. The price is down for the Fourth ($509.00). Hose suction is quite nice. The only thing baffling is why the low carpet setting makes you work to move the machine about. My BB has very low-pile commercial carpet tile and I was surprised at the resistance when the cleaner was set to the normally appropriate "low" setting.

The very enthusiastic young salesman on the appliance floor assured me it was better to use the medium setting. I didn't buy the idea but tried it anyway. Set at medium on pile that was low the cleaner of course became easy to push and did pick up surface litter. I can't say that surface litter pick-up would attest to the thoroughness of clean in that or other situations.

The young man also impressed upon me that my life would be changed -- "Direct drive motor, no bags, no belts." He was a nice kid, I tried not to yawn. What was meritable is that first thing, he did a quick demo in regard to filter maintenance. He precisely instructed how they should be rinsed and left to dry thoroughly before replacement.

Best,

Venson

Venson wrote:

Hi Venson:

Thanks for the interesting post.  I was the first to use Best Buy's DC28 display.  I asked the sales lady, a nice young woman who was equally helpful as your BB associate, the following in order to demo test the height adjustments and she agreed.

We unloaded a DC14 bin on the low level flat BB carpet.  I spread it out abot a foot and I walked over it to get it in the rug fibers.  Combination of fine medium and heavy dirt.  Using the medium setting first, and easy to push, I made one slow pass over the rug dirt.  And shut off.  Then I dumped the bin onto a clean rug surface away from the test carpet area.

Next, using the low level adjustment I made the same pass over the rug area I already vacuumed.  Harder to push.  Much more harder.  More stuff picked up.  Then, I dumped the bin next to the previous bin dropping.  Almost as much picked up in the second pass as the first.  Obvious to me that the low level was better performance wise but harder on the arm/wrist muscles.

She watched me and and at this point she was thinking I have a "ringer" on my hands.  But she didn't say so outload.  I mentioned before I complained about the price 600 beannies being too high.  She advised to watch for sales.  And told me about the 30 day BB price match.  $90 bucks off is a nice savings for the latest and greatest dyson right out of the gate.  Combine with another 10-15-20 percent off, and the DC28 price is getting into a range that may attract some vacuum buyers' interest.

Carmine D.

 

Venson wrote:
If it only surface cleans it may be an Oreck with Dyson logos.

HARDSELL wrote:
Hi HS,

Couldn't have been an Oreck --- it had four or five buttons too many.

Best,

Venson

Venson wrote:

Hi Venson:

Touche.  ORECK's forte is simplicity.  Plus excellent performance for the price. 

Carmine D.

Dyson DC28 AirMuscle promo video.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ux3KH3q3_DE

Popular Mechanics, Consumer Reports and Wired give the DC28 high marks.  Wired also gives it their “Editors Pick”.        DIB


Wired:  http://www.wired.com/reviews/product/pr_dyson_dc28_animal

Consumer Reports:  http://blogs.consumerreports.org/home/2009/06/dyson-dc28-animal-upright-airmuscle-vacuum-consumer-reports-vacuum-reviews-ratings-best-vacuum-dc17.html

Popular Mechanics:  http://www.popularmechanics.com/blogs/home_journal_news/4322140.html

DysonInventsBig wrote:

Wired and Popular Mechanics are industry paid source materials, paraphrasing your and HS criticism for CR.  Apparently your opinions on the worthiness of these reviewers depends on whether the reviews suit your needs.  Again, you don't read very well and impute your perspective into CR's words.  High Marks?  A "very good" vice a "good" is high marks?  At $600 beannies?  Promise  is a high mark? The caveat about performance and price about dysons is a high mark?   I excerpted for you to re-read again. 

"The promise behind all that technology is better cleaning, since the system separately adjusts the vacuum head and brush to the cleaning surface. Dyson also says the automated process makes the vacuum easier to push.

This latest Dyson earned a very good in our carpet-cleaning test and did better than most of its brand mates, getting a very good instead of Dyson’s usual good. It also scored well in our pet-hair test and in airflow for tools—a plus when you need to get spilled cereal and other messes out of the nooks and crannies of a couch. Four friendly push-button height settings are another plus, since you can still do some adjusting on your own.

But as our handling test revealed, the DC28's added pulling power made this 21-pound vacuum relatively hard to push and pull. And while Dyson has been among the most reliable brands of upright vacuum in our repair surveys, some recommended models and CR Best Buys from similarly reliable brands cost hundreds less. The D17 Absolute Animal, $550, also scored a very good in our carpet tests."

Carmine D.