Vacuum Cleaners Discussions

Since I have been coming to this site I have seen bickering about Dyson, Hoover and a few other brands. But to me it is why is this industry important and why all the different brands and models. My feeling is that they are necessary to maintain a way of life. Cleanliness, health, and just plain keeping everything nice. We started with dirt floors, went to rock and wood floors. Floors were kept up with brooms for hundreds of years. With the advent of electricity the vacuum cleaner came along  with elecrtic motors.

Just so you know , I am aware of the types of early sweepers from the late 1800's.

So the question I put to you is why is it so important to be a bagless society of Dyson? Why Bagged? Why a particular brand over another? Give me and anyone that comes to this site some answers as to why and how is one better than another?

I am watching and listening.                                                                  Procare           54 years in the business and still going strong.

          

mole wrote:

Thanks MOLE.  Glad to hear business is booming.

HARDSELL:  Note the highlighted part of MOLE's post.  Do you get it yet?

Much has been said about consumers avoiding the high price vacuums at the big box retailers BECAUSE of the bad economic conditions.  That may be true.  But many consumers with the do re me are shopping and buying at the indy's because they are tired of educating big box store staff in the products they are selling.  Oftentimes these sales people say things about the products that are blatantly untrue and wrong.  It's biting them in the butt too.  Consumers are returning to the retailers for refunds and credits.  Retailers are returning to the makers.  Oops there goes another refurb.

Carmine D.

procare wrote:
Why Dyson (society?) over bagged...

Dyson can guarantee No Loss of Suction (strength) for a period of time (1 month to many years).  There is not a bag vac manufacturer or a bag manufacturer (including the mighty 3M) that can give this guarantee.

Dyson owners like the convenience and/or looking at how much they have collected in their clear bins vice a concealed bag.

Dyson owners enjoy not having to locate and the costs associated with collection bags and/or filters.

Dyson Ball owners like having more maneuverability-choices/flexibility when saddled with the chore of vacuuming.

Dyson owns broad patents on the Ball, and only Dyson has the legal right to manufacturer this type of steering (best in the world steering) vacuum cleaners.

Dyson owns broad patents on the Core + Root filtration and only Dyson has the legal right to manufacturer these type of separators (best in the world filtration w/DDM) vacuum cleaners.

Dyson DDM DC22 owners enjoy having what looks to be the strongest suctioning, smallest footprint canister in the world vacuum cleaner.

Dyson owners enjoy the connivence of quick bin dumping (although they have not figured out or been taught how to [mostly] eliminate the dust plume, a shame).


DIB

So DIB, what's your explaination for all the dyson refurbs?  If new dyson sales are going back to retailers and dyson sells them on its Web Site AND there are hundreds of pages of them on the internet something's wrong!  Give us your insight as to why.

Carmine D.

DysonInventsBig wrote:

BULL.  I just repaired a 4 year old DC07 animal used once/twice a week tops and it needed a new post-motor filter.  $40 bucks.  And the pre-motor filter [$20] was shakey.  Could have been replaced.  $20.

Carmine D.

DIB:

I can tear apart each of the silly points you made about dysons with incontrovertible proof.  I choose only one, probably the biggest dyson selling myth propagated:  No cost for bags and lifetime filters.  Yeah, right!  I'll spare others here reading my redundancy just to prove you wrong again and again.  You refuse and ignore the truth about dyson.  It's no better than any other big box outsourced brand made vacuum on the market today, bagged/bagless.  Just much more expensive [at least for now but prices are dropping].  Sooner or later you'll gat your head out of James' butt and you'll have to come to terms with the truth about your fave brand.  Mediocre performance at best at exorbitant prices.

Carmine D.

Thanks Vacmanuk:

I enjoyed your post.  Reminded me too that I still have several very old, just like me, cordless carpet sweepers.  A few date back before the turn of the Century: 20th.  They all work marvelously.  And still look pretty good too for their age and use.  Great conversation pieces.  Young/old these war horses of  a by-gone era in our history are the talk and interest of all who see and use.

Carmine D.

Hello Venson:

Thanks for your insights on the vacuum industry.  We share many of the same perspectives on vacuums, the industry and most importantly the vacuum consumers.  Most vacuum buyers/users, like my engineer friend and her dyson, could care less about the patents and 500 engineers.  They want to turn it on, use it, put away and move on with the busy-ness of their lives and families.  Only when they can't, like her, do they care about their vacuums.

After I demoed the dyson's finer points of care and use, she was very quiet.  I waited for a response.  Carmine, she said, in 4 years you can expect another call to do another service on my dyson.  I just smiled.  At my age, it's always nice to have something to look forward to.    Before you get the wrong idea, she makes wonderful lasagna.  A lost art in today's world. 

Carmine D.

Hi Carmine,im really surprised that the belts/clutch were still O.K. Think they will still be your friends when the clutch/belts have to be replaced . If i were you i would just

tell them i had to make many changes to your dc07 while repairing it,and turned it into an ORECK.

They will thank you and treat you at micky D's on top of  the itialian food.MMMMMMMMMM FOOD................

regards

MOLE

mole wrote:

Hello MOLE:

I attribute DC07 clutch and belt worthiness after 4 years to her lack of the vacuum's usage.  But I suspect they will go in time.  I passed along a dirt devil cordless stick to the oldest boy: 7.  He loves it!   Maybe in time an ORECK.  As you say, a hokie on a stick. 

BTW, old Mac Donald's, as my grand daughter calls the Golden Arches, is one of my favorites.  Can't overindulge.  Bad on the wasteline.

Carmine D.

Got to stay in shape for the ladies  At least you wont get tired chasing them around at the spa,

B.T.W tried the angus burger at mickys last night,not bad for 4 bucks but should throw in fries and coke just to sweeten the deal.I still think wendys beats them for value.

Did you run summer hours when you had your shop?. I am really thinking hard about bringing some one in to take over the helm. After 37 years of this stuff  it not work anymore but something to do.

Know anyone that can be the next vacuum guru...............

regards

MOLE