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.

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. 

As usual you read with dyson color glasses.  The article points out all the same cons mentioned here aleady that rattled you up when posted:  Bin capacity, battery life and price.  "Only" as in 6 minutes with full power is not a "nice" feature, it's a big bad negative.  What's that about advising others to take a reading comprehension course?  Maybe you should too!  Like I say: Remove the timber from your eye before you criticize the splinter in your neighbor's eye.

Carmine D. 

No DIB, quoting scripture, as in knowing the Word, is only half the mission.  The other half is putting it into practice in our daily lives. 

What you should have said was that this DC31 review is balanced, pointing out the good and bad.  Nice is not a good description for a new product review.  It gives the wrong impression.  After all these years here and reading my posts to you, you disappoint me just like Dave dyson.

Carmine D.

Instead of a toy handheld, give us a small canister/shop vac with cyclone technology for $100 to clean out the car.