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October 2006 - Consumer Reports
09/03/06 at 2:05am

Electrolux and Kenmore are the big winners in the latest ratings. The Electrolux Oxygen EL5035A is the big winner in terms of publicity - being both on the front cover and featured in a major way on the "features that count" page.

CR has decided to make vacuum weight count more in the "ease of use" scores.

CR is working on developing new tests related to pet hair on carpeting. In the future CR will rate vacuums based on how well they pick up pet hair. CR will be looking at how much hair makes it into the bag or dirt canister. Some $400+ vacuums have lousy preliminary scores for handling pet hair.

CR still doesn't have adequate reliability data for Dyson.

Kirby changed models and was not tested.

The Hoover Fusion and Eureka Optima were not recommended due to dirt emissions.

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guess_who Junior Member Posts: 29	Re: October 2006 - Consumer Reports Reply #1 - 09/03/06 at 4:44pm Thanks RAT. Venson
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planethoover Junior Member Posts: 40	Re: October 2006 - Consumer Reports Reply #2 - 09/03/06 at 7:53pm Just out of curiousity, is the Kenmore Iridium also included in this report?
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HARDSELL Ultimate Member I love YaBB 1G - SP1! Posts: 937	Re: October 2006 - Consumer Reports Reply #3 - 09/03/06 at 8:02pm Strange that CR is changing their tests. I thought that they were perfect.
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Carmine_Difazio Ultimate Member I love YaBB 1G - SP1! Posts: 5559	Re: October 2006 - Consumer Reports Reply #4 - 09/03/06 at 10:16pm Quote from HARDSELL on 09/03/06 at 8:02pm: Strange that CR is changing their tests. I thought that they were perfect. There is always one more thing that you can do better. And after that, one more and one more. Perfection is a goal. Carmine D.
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Re: October 2006 - Consumer Reports
Reply #5 - 09/04/06 at 12:30am

The Miele cannister they tested was the Plus; rated midpack. Sears kenmore did very well...top 3 places below Oxygen 3 (oxygen was only can to get excellent on rugs).

They tested the Sebo 3.1 with the older powerbrush (C series) again, and the Bosch Premium with the small power head.

Wrt uprights, the Hoover Tempo upright outdid the Dyson DC15 on rugs (excellent .vs. good), but remains noisy.
The cheapest Bissell Powerforce ($40) proved the best Bissell at cleaning rugs (VG).

The Hoover Fusion seemed lower midpack in performance save for emissions, where it was only fair.

The Z was midpack; excellent cleaning except only fair with tools (low dirt capacity) and ease of use.

The Airider (floating vac) was poor on rugs and dirt capacity but very good on emissions. Bottom ranked.

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planethoover Junior Member Posts: 40	Re: October 2006 - Consumer Reports Reply #6 - 09/04/06 at 1:23am Was the Iridium model included with the top three Sears Kenmore canisters?
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VacOMatic Senior Member I love YaBB 1G - SP1! Posts: 475	Re: October 2006 - Consumer Reports Reply #7 - 09/04/06 at 1:28pm The Iridium was not listed. Perhaps next round they will get to it.
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Re: October 2006 - Consumer Reports
Reply #8 - 09/04/06 at 10:43pm

Quote from HARDSELL on 09/03/06 at 8:02pm:

Strange that CR is changing their tests. I thought that they were perfect.

Why does it surprise you that as vacuum cleaners evolve, so do the tests? I applaud CR for adding a score related to a vacuums ability to remove pet hair from the rug and deposit it into either the bag or dust container. CR does listen to reader requests and adapts when it seems reasonable.

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Re: October 2006 - Consumer Reports
Reply #9 - 09/04/06 at 11:11pm

an interesting note;
The Sebo X4 only did fair for vacuuming with tools, while the C3.1 did good.
Both of these vacs use exactly the same bags.
In this case it suggests the C's more powerful motor/fan setup made a difference.
By comparison, the Bosch Premium did VG on this test. Main difference? Filtrette bags.

And also noted, the toprated vac was a bagged model, but its picture is of the slightly lower rated bagless version.

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