Vacuum Cleaners Discussions

Not sure if this was mentioned yet:

http://www.gizmag.com/miele-hybrid-vacuum-cleaner/12680/

Is there really a market for a plug/battery vacuum?

Not sure how I feel about it yet. I mean who hasn't cussed the vacuum when the plug fell out but worth additional cost....

Lucky1 wrote:
Hi Lucky1,

Heck yeah! The DeWalt people have been selling a somewhat smaller spin on the idea, the 2 Gallon Cordless/Corded Wet/Dry Vac DC500, for a while now.

This new Miele has a 20-minute run time on battery. Even though the suction level produced would not be the same as when connected to an electrical outlet, in a single-vacuum household it could serve as a machine you could carry outside and clean out the car, or travel up on a ladder with or simplify small dust ups in areas where you might not have an electrical source available. It appears to be of proper size and weight tobe a handy all-around machine.

As shown however it is a straight suction vacuum and probably would be fine for households with low-pile carpeting and large bare floor areas. For the U.S. it would be more welcome with electric power nozzle. No more turbo-brushes please. Miele's pricing should merit the customer more.

It being that I'm up to my ears in Mieles, if this model makes the market here I will be passing. Reflecting on Miele's last correspondence that came my way, I think many others will be prepared to do the same. You know -- exchange rates being what they are and the price of Miele quality makes this brand sell high.

Besides which they will never fit this machine with a real PN but will try to sucker the customers in with the offering of a tubro-brush or the dumb rechargeable (and over priced) PN they tried to palm off with the now retired Galaxy series (see Miele website http://www.miele.com).

Best,

Venson

Hi Venson, Lucky1 et al:

Note MIELE's eye for detail.  Shows a young attractive women in her house robe in bare feet cleaning the bath room of all places.  The last and worse place for an electrical appliance like a vacuum to be used.  IMMER BESSER.

Carmine D.

CarmineD wrote:
Hi Carmine,

I did notice. I would not have thought about the scene twice had the model been posed to clean the floor not the sink countertop where there might easily be exposure to moisture. That's a job for a wet cloth -- not a dusting brush.

More flights of fancy by people who spend more time at the drawing board than behind a vacuum cleaner.

Venson

Meant to say that the cleaner's usefulness would be better depicted if after an initial shot of it in normal use in the living room we saw our happy housewife on her outdoor patio giving the patio furniture a quick hit. Dad could be shown out on the driveway giving the family station wagon a going over or up on a ladder or utility stool doing a ceiling fan. The super-neat could even bear a shot of Pop giving Fido's house a sprucing up.

As it is a dry pick-up-only device you want to keep people focused on all the possibility in that area.

Venson

Hi Venson:

Have to say, while impratical, the MIELE ad gets consumer attention.  That's key.

Carmine D.

CarmineD wrote:
Well then they should have shown her in the tub having a bubble bath after a long but eventful day's work with her Miele in the foreground of course. If that won't sell 'em, what will?

Best,

Venson

CarmineD wrote:
What are you trying to convey - "eye for detail"?

DIB

Venson wrote:

Vacuuming is still work.  But the key to advertisng is to make vacuuming look effortless.  Now if that were a MIELE robotic, I think you are on to something with your ad idea.

Carmine D.

DysonInventsBig wrote:

Another soup question?

Carmine D.

CarmineD wrote:
Soup question?  Is it safe or not to use this vacuum in a bathroom?

DIB