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.

Hello 'turtle1'

As a general rule customers loyal to a brand account for less than 10 percent of the brand's sales.  In fact, most companies will say flat out that that their loyal customers are not their bread butter.  This is true to form here where we hear loyal dyson buyers who have not purchased a new dyson since the DC07, or bought a DC15 from BEST BUY for $300 vice the $600 MSRP.  How many have sprung for a newer ball models?  Or a DDM model?  Or a DC28?   Why?  Performance concerns?  Prices too high?  Hard times don't allow the luxury of a new vacuum when the old is working okay?  All the above.  Time is ticking on dyson.  James needs to move quickly to reinvent the company and pricing its products.  Else doom and gloom for the ONE  billionaire dollar Brit [down from $2 B in 2006].

Carmine D.

i totally agree....and believe in freedom of choice.  never said  otherwise. ...but if you critisize all who dont have a dyson

or have a different outlook as you about a dyson  then at least own one.  just as i love riccar and panasonic, someone else may not.

and thats fine....i respect that . i also feel the other units you mentioned are of outstanding quality .build .performance .matierials .engineering...

all true high end units. that will outlast most if not all. but the price of those units is not  something id pay....no matter what.

when a customer asks my opinion..i give it. ..but its an honest one.  if i dont know much about a certain brand...then i say so.

i sell within their budget and stand by that sale.....i recommend what i know and feel to be the best choice for their needs.

i totally respect your view...and what  you have to say...and always will ...i do understand all your points ....but as ive said before''  i give dyson credit where credit is do.

but high end.....it is not....  but thats just my opinion.

Dyson will survive but not as the dominant bagless vacuum product that many forecasted and predicted years ago when dyson came on the USA scene.  I recall dyson forum shills/supporters heralding dyson's rise to prominence over all other brands in the USA JUST AS IT DID IN THE UK.  These dyson advocates told us the vacuum consumers in the USA was no different than the UK.  In the last 7 plus years we may have learned that the UK vacuum consumers are no different than those in the USA.  Dyson is carving out a niche market at best and needs to be content with that status in the industry.  Not to impugn that achievement.  It's an accomplishment.  Just not quite on the same scale as dyson expected.

Carmine D.

hi carmine

i guess james will have to be content  with 1 billion...guess it beats being a millionaire..   yes i agree dyson will wedge himself into a small corner of the market.

and if his presence keeps all the comp on thier toes..all the better i say.  keeps things fresh.... From what i have seen and heard from customers

was that the dc7 was their favorite....as was it the dyson that had been given to me...and gave away. all others who bought the models after..disliked them.

complained..or just bought something else...no love.   I wish i knew more about the european market...it seems as if the uk is the place to be for some cool looking vacs.

i like dyson..the inventor....i like a few of his ideas...and i hope to see the ddm take off and   do all james said it would do ....id love to see the vac industry go to all digital hi power motors....dysons idea ? yes.      But without a doubt  his compitition will make a far more powerful version of it.....and top the charts as usual,

According to Forbes magazine:  James was worth $2 B in 2006 [probably his best year for profitability]; $1.7 B in 2007 [the recession set in the last quarter of 2007], and $1.2 B in 2008 [officially th recession date is January 2008 and still].  Do you see which way the trend is going for dyson?  James may be in the millionaire class now in 2009.  Beyond?  Who knows?  Still not bad for him.  However, the wealth editor of the Forbes magazine who tracks and publishes the yearly list of the world's richest, says on record that the billionaires who fall are the ones who fall the hardest.   They get use to the perks and celebrity treatment.  When that goes away, they don't adjust very well. 

Carmine D.

hi carmine

yeah i can see that...how a change like that can totally mess up  your chi....your happy place.

kinda like when my sweet  wife and i were dating and she'd come over and cook nice dinners all the time....now this is heaven id say...my hard workig man needs a good dinner  she'd say.

then oneday we got married.......... and now the cashiers at mcdonalds know us by name....so i myself havent ajusted very well either. hahaha

OR is he going to sell it till its sales hit bottom....then revive it in another color w/ removeable cord...at a deep price cut? to stay close to the more powerful

half the price  corded comp ? or is everything dyson makes going to be and stay in the higher priced  niche category , that gets outperformed by all

at a much lower price.  With a very competitive price and A CORD.....i see this being dysons only product that can compete or has a chance at breaking loose of the niche lable.  

A short history of McDonalds:  A purchase of 100 shares in April 1965 at $2200 by August 1987 resulted in 18,000 shares at $500,000 if the owner reinvested all the stock dividends into new shares.  One of my favorite places for coffee.  And I must admit I indulge in a big Mac and fries with a Coke every so often too. 

On the DC30 and DC31, a separate cord in a rewinder that can be attached and detached to the unit and not part of the held held weight when used with the cord.  Excellent idea.

Carmine D.

hi carmine

As a kid in the 80s i can remember dad saying how he wished he had a piece of mcdonalds...instead of NATIONAL / PAN-AM airlines....if only.

i had my product tester / evaluator [my wife]..try his handheld...watch a UT video.....thinks it looks like one of those SCUNCE steamers.....not too heavy but needs cord and hasnt much power beyond that of a small dustbuster her grandma used to have...willing to put up with a loud motor only if its got the power  / suction  to offset. but a larger  battery or much heavier version would make it heavy on wrist...overall / likes the look , doesnt mind emptying cup aft each use , needs detachable cord , power not on par with the price....way overpriced....get more for much less from its competitors.

Hello 'Turtle1'

Just as Wal*Mart has profited from the trading down effect of consumers during the the current economic downturn, so has McDonald's.  People accustomed to eating out weekly at Red Lobster, Appleby's, TGI Friday's, Ruby Tuesday, Olive Garden etc are doing frequenting fast food places like McDonalds.  Never to late to own it.  Ask yourself a question;  In 30 years what fast food eateries will still be around and doing well?  Mac's.  Mac's offers a "direct purchase' investment plan.  Investors can ante up as much as they want whenever they want and buy shares/fractions of shares of Mac's with very small if no buy commissions like those charged by the stock brokers.  Worth a look especially for parents who want to teach their children about stock/company ownership while squirreling away money for college.

James is desperate.  Pulling out all the stops and flooding the market with everything he's got now in hopes of pumping up sales.  It won't matter.  Like Venson cogently says, people aren't spending on expensive household appliances.  The goal among the working families, fearful of losing their jobs if they haven't already, is to keep things working with parts and repairs.  Dyson falls short there too with its vacuums oftentimes going unclaimed among repair shops and/or traded in for other brands.

Carmine D.