Vacuum Cleaners Discussions

Product details:-

• Motor goes at 106,000rpm 'three times faster than any other motor'
• 200 watt motor
• 65/38 air watts (switchable power??)
• £129.99 GBP RRP, powered brush version £149.99

I think the devil will be in the other details, as we learn them. Presumably it's using the Dyson Digital motor? From the photo, the collection bin looks slightly deeper and has a more prominent release switch. It has improved max suction (DC16 has 36 air watts) so I'm presuming (nay hoping) that it can run in standard mode for more than 5mins and switch to a 'turbo' mode as needed?

I have prefectly good DC16, but I could be tempted by something with a longer run time and twice the already impresive suction for car cleaning.

Procare:

You name says it all in this business:  You are a 'pro" and you "care."  A winning combination for going the long distance.

I sold Westinghouse canisters for a brief period after I threw HOOVER products out.  W-House were not the best vacuums on the market by a long shot.  I liked the sales rep.  A young Jewish college grad who got shafted by HOOVER and suffered a terrible personal tragedy: The unsolved murder of his 5 year old daughter.  When he jumped to W-House I put the entire line in my store.  I stood behind the products and that was the best selling feature I could make to the customers who bought them.  One of the best personal and professional experiences and joys in my entire business career.

Carmine D.

Carmine D.

Hello Severus:

Interesting observation about DIB.  When a poor overpriced product [DC16] has a weak advocate [DIB], all the rest of the competition gets the market share and the advertisement is free. 

Save to say that at 2 of the dyson's competitors in the handheld market, the Dirt Devil Ultra and Black& Decker pivot vacuum, one corded with a revolving brush and one cordless with tools, at $35 and $50 keep on going after dyson's DC16 [$150-$200] needs another 3-5 hour charge for 5 minutes more of clean up.  No wonder vacmanuk's friend start's the car clean up with dyson's DC16 and has to finish the job with a Dirt Devil. 

Carmine D.

DIB:

Like I said of all your questions, they are meaningless.  The answers are moot to consumers' purchasing decisions for handhelds.  You ask "soup" questions.  5-6 minutes for operation times at $150-$200 for any garage, house and/or car clean up applications is blindly unrealistic.  Hence, dyson and James are pushing the DC30/31 for $300 with a lo speed of 10 minutes and hi speed of 5 minutes.  Neither of which is truly any better than the DC16 for serious clean ups around the house, car and garage.  More importantly, from a new products perspective they are not even comparable let alone better than the Dirt Devil corded ultra and B&D pivot.  The latter two brands/models at a fraction of dyson's prices.

The only bellying up here is being done by you and the weak products you profess/proclaim on behalf of your beloved James w/o buying/using.  BTW how's that cyclonic dyson nose cleaner coming along?  I'm sure it will keep you busy, that is if you take your nose out long enough.

Carmine D.