Vacuum Cleaners Discussions

Here is the latest upright from Dyson...but it doesn't look much different from a DC27!

http://s7ondemand4.scene7.com/s7ondemand/zoom/flasht_zoom.jsp?company=OttoUK&sku=Freemans3zoom&config=Freemans3zoom&zoomwidth=540&zoomheight=640&windowtitle=Freemans%20Zoom%20Window&nfr=getflash&vc=image%3dOttoUK/341711FRSP

Here is the description:

http://www.freemans.com/web/main/ProductDisplay.asp?An=0&N=0&Au=P_MasterItem&Nu=P_MasterItem&A=341711_&cm_mmc=GOOGLEBASE-_-Froogle-_-Electricals/Appliances/Vacuum%20Cleaners-_-341711&catreqmedia=F0233&ordermedia=F0043&entry=3

CarmineD wrote:

Well they obviously are quality air purifiers, at least compared to a Riccar or Simplicity, and they clean the carpet damn well, AND, if maintained, least at least a good five + years (I've read longer, though, too). That's what I would classify as a quality machine.

Hertz wrote:

The issue is the price and whether worth the money.  I sprang $250 for a DC07 pink which was the max I'd spend.  I was not impressive even for that price.  The clutch and floating head were problematic on my carpets.  The only vacuum to date that has failed to do the job and the most expensive of all I used/purchased.

Carmine D. 

Hertz wrote:
I think what it boils down to is realistic timeline usage and real time experience. Having experienced the older Dysons with brittle nasty beater bars that ruin carpet rather than actually lift the dirt out, I can't testify and say this new Dyson will be the same. Be careful when you quote "quality air purifiers," however - it isn't entirely fair that you're putting a BAGLESS against a BAGGED company and suggesting that a vacuum cleaner air filter is no less a substitute for a quality air purifier.

Sorry, my error.

Venson

Dyson's DC33 upright has just been launched in the USA this Labor Day weekend.  It's MSRP is $399 BUT at least one major retailer is already discounting it by 15 percent which means the price is $341 before applicable taxes.  Dyson's latest and greatest is the least expensive in its product lineup not counting handhelds. 

Things are a changing.

Carmine D.

CarmineD wrote:

Thanks Carmine,

I checked out the U.S. website and thar she was right thar.  That's supposed to mean 341 bucks and no more money spent.  OR do they mean the five-year warranty covers everything?  The company claims:

"*Total maintenance cost cover a five period is based on recommended filter and belt replacement information provided by each manufacturer."

Bissell Cleanview Helix (82H1) -- $212 (maintenance cost)

Hoover Anniversary Windtunnel (U6485900) -- $267 (maintenance cost)

(Please note that "a five period" is not a typo on my part. Text is exactly as input on the website.  See what happens? You charge a little less for your vacuum and you have to give up a proofreader.)

Venson

Venson wrote:

Hi Venson:

Good eye on the error.  Freudian slip, perhaps by the dyson people? 

That may be the implication by dyson and/or inferrence it hopes to elicit by readers.  But we know from experience that in 5 years, if that is the time frame, dyson wear and tear parts will fail/need replacement in dysons and are not covered by the limited warranty.  Recently, efforts in trying to locate a brush roll for a dyson upright, any dyson upright, on the dyson site, proved impossible.  Procare posted a case here along with that thread where a DC25 under warranty needed a brushroll and it end up costing $75 [have to buy brush with nozzle]. 

Include time to constantly dump the dyson dirt bins and clean the filters, if time is indeed money, and I suspect the money amounts for replacement bags and filters are paled in comparison by dyson.

Carmine D.

A change for dyson's DC33 multi floor model upright:  No animal version as in the rest of its product line of dyson vacuums.  Maybe one to come but I suspect not for this one.  This model will be a stand alone budget model for the dyson upright line with perhaps exclusives like it made for retailers where the dyson sales justify.  IMHO

Carmine D.

I've never rated the Dyson Animal cleaners - particularly with DC14 / DC15 and the models before them - it's a yucky, tacky purple colour combination. Your punishment for paying more for a model with only an extra bundled accessory or two, for little (if any) saving. Of course, it's likely proved a successful marketing tool in big box stores, so that pet owners can quickly find a cleaner that'll meet their needs. But anyone who's clued up, would be better off choosing a standard model and buying any accessory they need.

M00seUK wrote:

Dyson offers free [until 9/9/10] the Pet Clean-up Kit, several tools, zorb, dyzolv with MSRP of $99, with the purchase of DC33 and other dyson uprights.  Dyson has made this offer along with free shipping for quite some time now.  Selected retailers of dyson vacuums make the same offer too.  I suspect this is a dyson marketing tool to compete with dyson retailers who are discounting new dysons as much as 25 percent from MSRP and have been the entire summer sales season.

Carmine D.