Dirt Devil Kruz

"Swerve. Twist. Pivot. Coast." The latest evolution in Dirt Devil's Designer Series is the upright Kruz. The Kruz is obviously different because it's full length, as opposed to the preceding hand held Kone and Kurv. As is true with any survival of the fittest scenario, it has also gotten stronger. The Kruz weighs in at 12 volts, which must be noticeably more powerful than the Kone (7.2 v) and the Kurv (9.6 v).

Again, Karim Rashid is the brain behind the vacuum's shapely, slightly spacey design. But, as far as we can tell, the upright is only available in the slick silver shade.

Since we haven't yet tried out the Kruz (or the Kone or Kurv), we're curious for reviews, especially since the hand held models didn't exactly suck up the blue ribbon.

Has anyone tried out this suction machine?

The Kruz retains free-range cordless movement because it charges while sitting in its own storage base. It appears, however, that it is not meant for carpets or rugs at all and it's certainly not able to handle wet messes.

But look how effortlessly the lady on the Dirt Devil website tidies her kitchen! She must be smiling at the 360 degree range of movement and the "Soft Glide Technology."

Ready to test it out? Dirt Devil is currently offering 10-20% discount on their entire Designer Series. Simply enter DESIGNER at checkout to receive the price break.

Comments (5)

How do you spell phallic? phallic? phalic? fallic? falic? Ehh, you know what I mean.

posted by I Love Upstate on December 5th 2007 at 7:45am
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Upstate, its phallic. And yes it is. The designers probably know that women do most of the housework still. And they wanted women to get (subliminally) excited about vacuuming.

Anyway when is AT going to do a top ten of small vacuum cleaners. I need a small vac to clean my hardwood floors and rugs and dont want to pay more than $120.

posted by Trumystique on December 5th 2007 at 7:50am
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Ooh, I'd love to see the Top Ten of small vacs, as Trumystique suggests! It seems crazy (even if still tempting) to buy a Miele for less than 800 square feet...

posted by helloat on December 5th 2007 at 7:55am
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We got a Kone last year for christmas and I've had no problems so far. It's mainly used for spot cleanups after the kids and to pick up that line of dust that you can never quite get in the dustpan or folded into the swiffer when you're cleaning. Pretty handy for pet hair tumbleweeds too.

posted by Morgante on December 5th 2007 at 9:46am
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there was already a kone post a couple months ago with review.

posted by sanriofreak on December 6th 2007 at 12:21am
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