Quote from Carmine_Difazio on 07/07/07 at 5:28pm:

 
Does not like dyson but prefers other brands?  Mark's first line is "The Dyson bagless vacuum is the top selling Bagless vacuum in the United States. England and Australia. Its far supieror to the Eureka, Bissel, Hoover and Kenmore bagless."
 
He IMHO is your typical Oreck dealer who makes all his money selling bags and his "review" not surprisingly reflects that.   As with many Oreck dealers he most likely sells new Orecks almost exclusively.  At my last check Orecks were the only machines he was selling from his ebay online "superstore".  
 
I do find it funny that you find the opinion of an oreck only dealer is "very straight forward and balanced" despite straight forward untrue statements, but the opinion of a dealer who sells dyson as a small portion of his business his constantly criticized for having opinions shaped by the bottom line.  The hypocrisy does not happen to be tied to his being critical of dyson and sharing your opinion?

Quote from HARDSELL on 07/07/07 at 9:28pm:

 
Hello HARDSELL:
 
Glad to have you back.  Here's what I did to test the performance of the dyson DC07 pink, ORECK XL Classic and HOOVER WT Supreme with imbedded dirt finder light.
 
In the same house having the same carpets, I asked the homeowner to use the ORECK XL Classic on the carpets on the first floor, as he would normally.  Then I asked him to use the DC07 pink on the same carpets upstairs as he normally would do for vacuuming.  For one week.  Then I went back and vacuumed with my HOOVER WT Supreme.  He witnessed.  
 
Without exception, without exception, the red dirt light did not come on when I used the HOOVER WT Supreme on the first floor carpets (vacuumed for one week with the ORECK).  Quite a different case for the upstairs carpets vacuumed with the dyson DC07 pink: The HOOVER WT Supreme red light came on and stayed on for long periods of vacuuming time before the green light came on.  (The dyson DC07 pink was used to vacuum the upstairs carpets).
 
Then, I asked the homeowner to change vacuums using the dyson downstairs and the ORECK upstairs for one week.  And I returned with the HOOVER WT Supreme and vacuumed.  Same result as before.  The dyson vacuumed carpets were not clean (as evidenced by the red dirt light being on) and ORECK vacuumed carpets were clean (as evidenced by the green light).  Easy rug test to do.
 
BTW, one of the complaints the user had about the dyson:  He couldn't get all the dirt and pet hair out of the bin.  He had to stick his hands up into it to clean out.
 
On another note on the VIZIO TV's you were exactly right.  The 42 inch sets are returned in unusually high numbers.  COSTCO confirmed that to me.  As a result it recommends the 50 inch model and claims it to be one of the best for the money (about $1500).  
 
Carmine D.
 

Yes my friend JimB, but it has a much better brush roll.  And suction alone does not a clean carpet make.  It takes agitation from a good brush roll too.  Something the DC07 and DC14 lacks.  Hence dyson improved the brush roll on the DC15, 17, 18 and 21, and lowered the suction.  
 
Anymore questions?
 
Carmine D.

Are you sure you don't work for NPD?  Your posts make about as much sense as their marketshare numbers.  None.  Please speak for yourself and not me when you do.
 
 
Carmine D.

Quote from JimB on 07/07/07 at 11:01pm:

 
And JimB I would add that not explaining what the numbers mean and measure insults readers' intelligence.  Especially if specifically asked to do so.  Makes me think the numbers are meaningless and self-serving.  Unless you care to explain them to the Forum?  I asked several times but got no responses.  What do you think the numbers mean and measure?  Please, I'm all eyes and ears.  We're all eyes and ears.  Do what the NPD couldn't do when asked.  Tell us what the 3 month NPD vacuum sales percentages mean and how they are derived.
 
And I'll remind you that dyson has failed to reach ONE MILLION units sold in the USA in a vacuum market that consistently sells 20 MILLION new vacuums a year.  And if you want to be honest why not post that link too along with the NPD.    6 million is the number sold in last 3 years outside the UK [which sold 4 MILLION].  That's 2 MILLION a year spread over 50 plus countries other than the UK.  And that's for dyson's best selling years and after 5 years of exported sales.
 
Carmine D.