Dept. of Parties. Going to a product launch party is about the strangest thing imaginable.
You arrive at a beautifully done up space (in this case a huge inflated yellow bubble on 62nd Street), get met by bouncers and then charming caterers plying you with wine and small food, and then begin to check out the cool exhibit explaining how the hell the Dyson vacuum works (complicated), while everyone else stands around chatting and not paying any attention to the product.
Do all these press people know how it works?
My guess is not.
What they really want is to see the man, James Dyson.
Here is our unfiltered review:
- Dyson is a very smart inventor (and a liberal arts major!)
- Dyson is working the PR hard
- Dyson is a regular, soft spoken guy and this is not his forte, but he comes across as very charming
- Dyson is not corporate
- Dyson is cool
- Dyson vacuums never stop improving
- Dyson vacuums are simply better than anything else on the market (much like Gillette is to razors)
- Dyson vacuums are the no. 1 selling vacuum in Britain
- Dyson vacuums just passed Hoover in US sales
- Dyson will continue to do so
- The Ball is extremely cool
- The Ball is so stupid smart you want to slap your forehead and say, "Why didn't I think of that!"
- Dyson vacuums are rather expensive
- Dyson vacuums are rather big for New Yorkers (even the new canister)
- Dyson should do what Apple did and make a Mini with a mini price and just clobber the market
- Then we will buy one for our small apartment
- US vacuum companies are incredibly stupid
- We will all own a Dyson within 10 years and it's a good thing MGR
I wouldn't say all that.
My parents have a oreck dual stack and it works so much better than my dyson. However on that note the oreck is simply way too big for my place.
I really like my dyson, however when/if I ever upgraded to something larger I would get an oreck.
Here's the question...Is it worth the upgrade?
What a coincidence. I was searching the AT database 2 days looking for recommendations on a medium size vacuum at a decent price.
Dyson vacs are expensive but work really well. When I bought mine, I used the one of the hundreds of 20% off coupons I get in the mail from Bed Bath & Beyond to buy the cheapest model. Okay, technically, they're not supposed to honor the coupon for certain manufacturers like Dyson. But if you get the right checker to help you, and you work it with a big smile and cheeky banter... Bam! 20% off! (Yes, I admit I am a bad person and will probably end up in "retail hell" for my coupon infractions. But, oh well, I have a Dyson for $80 below list.)
What a coincidence. I was searching the AT database 2 days ago looking for recommendations on a medium size vacuum at a decent price.
Dysons work really well (especially on Norfolk Terrier hair, especially when you get the purple "Animal" model...Dyson, not terrier), but aside from them being too big for most NY apartments as MGR notes, I know somebody like my tiny little Mom would NOT be able to maneuver it. OR deal with the kick-back from when you use the attachments with the hose.
Also wish Dyson would incorporate a retracting cord, my pet peeve of most vacuums.
ps-- BRILLIANT idea... a launch party that cleans up after itself!!
My friend who has two cats got a dyson animal and loves it. I've never seen cat hair at her house, other than on the cats...
I have a Roomba iRobot and I get to be both lazy and clean. I start it up before I leave the house. It does very well on the cat hair and kitty litter, which used to be a big problem.
What about Miele? I am a Miele man all the way. Got the "flamingo" (I think) a few months ago and it is great. So quiet and so powerful. Plus it is a small canister and fits conveniently in a corner of the closet.
I have the Animal Dyson and it kicks butt. It's huge though and we need to arrange our utility closet to make it fit just so.
I definitely recommend it for pet lovers.
I've also thought of getting a Roomba for daily touch-ups but I'm not sure how my dogs will take to this things beeping around.
My partner and I bickered about Dyson for many months -- I am a true skeptic and never believe advertising hype (of course, I work in advertising . . .) whereas he was quite take by the 'never loses it suction' line. After all, my 1958 Electrolux never suction until the bag is full -- solid as a brick. So one day I got the brilliant idea of checking out Consumer Reports to see what they say. One big complaint was already mentioned above (non-retracting cord) but there were plenty of others. They recommend 2 other models (a Eureka, and I forget the other) for about $149. He bought the Eureka. I will admit that Dyson's look cool, but when you are vacuuming, so what!
For pet lovers, I recommend a Mini. Schnauzer. No shedding.
"I just think that things should work properly" ), but does it really work 3x as well as your typical vacuum?
I like the look of the Dyson, and the motto (
The amount of pet hair it collected from areas that looked "clean" was pretty staggering...
Anyone see the April SmartMoney, with its big piece on vacuum cleaners? I looked at it two days before my vacuum broke, so I merely skimmed it, but the Dyson was by no means rated very high.
I have never been as disappointed in a product as I am after purchasing a Dyson Canister. I am not even sure why I bought it. I have a Consumer Reports highly rated Kenmore upright that works marvelously well. The Dyson beater brush does not work on carpets, and is that not the point of beater brushes, to get the dirt out of carpets? I do not care if the beater works on bare floors. Dyson even sent me a replacement beater brush head, and it does not work either. And bag-less? Eh, I now realize I like having a bag. So much easier to discard. I hope I have learned my lesson. I guess that is why that model is no longer offered...
Oh, yeah, and my maid cannot for the life of her figure out how to use it. I have to give her a tutorial everytime she comes. I think she started to bring her own now. LOL
My sister has a Dyson, the purple one for pet hair (two long-haired cats), and loves it. It works really well, and she has so much fun vacuuming that she does it every day.
For the petlovers considering a Roomba but wondering how your animals would react, I give you this link -
www.tomatonation.com/roombaloo.shtml
(Hilarity ensues.)
Anne, I read that piece too (you must be a TWOP fan) and thought about linking it here but you beat me to it. I have fantasies about getting a Roomba but without any cats, it seems like half the fun is gone.
Bought a dyson and love it. It works as advertised and I never have to buy another filter (or vacum again!). Thanks Dyson!
BTW - check out www.binos.com !!!
Miele is the Best. It will pick up anything. If you want something that will cut down on the allergens there is only one true answer. Miele is the only truly HEPA certified vacuum cleaner, because you can put a HEPA filter on any vacuum but most just leak before the dirt even makes the HEPA filter so you are really just redistributing particles in your house. Don't believe me, check this out:
Through a particulate analysis on YouTube, I show how well the Miele vacuum works and truly traps the dust. My findings prove that the Miele Vacuum is completely sealed and really is HEPA.
YouTube Miele Vacuum Video – As seen on ABC 7
You can see from this video that the Miele will trap all of the particles in a cloth like bag that self-seals on its way out and you are actually purifying the air in your house by vacuuming! The filtration is 99.95% effective at 0.3 microns which is amazing. Thanks to its HEPA filter and super intensive clean bags the vacuum is able to achieve this kind of filtration.
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