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Vacuum cleaner exam :P |
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| Post# 254014 10/26/2013 at 16:31 (3,832 days old) by parwaz786 ( ) | ||
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Wouldn't it be cool if like in school you do these exams and get your grade etc, so I thought if there was a vacuum exam wouldn't we pass? maybe we can make one for each other's enjoyment? :) | ||
| Post# 254018 , Reply# 1 10/26/2013 at 16:46 (3,832 days old) by ncovert (Grove City, PA) | ||
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That's a good idea, and it sounds really fun! | ||
| Post# 254022 , Reply# 2 10/26/2013 at 16:53 (3,832 days old) by thekirbylover (Warrington, cheshire ) | ||
that would be cool | ||
| Post# 254107 , Reply# 5 10/27/2013 at 06:10 (3,831 days old) by Turbo500 (West Yorkshire, UK) | ||
Well said, Benny. Not slagging off Dyson cleaners in anyway here, but the success of the company lies purely in grabbing onto a niche in the market and clinging on for dear life.
Lets not forget that disposable paper bags were added to vacuums to make them easier to empty, instead of the old cloth shake out bags. Through clever marketing, James Dyson created a problem that people never even knew they had, which is what a good marketing strategy should do - it puts ideas into peoples heads. The DC01 wasn't actually that good, especially when compared with what other cleaners were on offer at the time. So the success of the company is not to do with the actual product, but rather a very clever marketing strategy. | ||
| Post# 254119 , Reply# 9 10/27/2013 at 08:23 (3,831 days old) by vintagerepairer (England) | ||
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Sorry, the whole of my post is about the DC02. I wrote "01" in error. | ||
| Post# 254131 , Reply# 10 10/27/2013 at 09:49 (3,831 days old) by parwaz786 ( ) | ||
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DC01 is not a pets vacuum, try a Root Cyclone Dyson for hair, its not going to break, and you would find the tangle free mini turbine head to be very useful. | ||
| Post# 254134 , Reply# 11 10/27/2013 at 09:52 (3,831 days old) by HI-LOswitch98 () | ||
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It was a DC02 & it was sucking up Human hair after mum had given dad a haircut. Plus the Mini Turbine Head wasn't launched then. | ||
| Post# 254139 , Reply# 12 10/27/2013 at 10:45 (3,831 days old) by parwaz786 ( ) | ||
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Dyson's are much better now, Dc02 is crap, the second crappest Dyson made. the DC08 is the best cylinder dyson made in terms of suction, but the best performing is the DC23/DC21 motorhead, DC05 was good, but why did they stop the handle control feature? :/ | ||
| Post# 254150 , Reply# 14 10/27/2013 at 11:15 (3,831 days old) by sebo_fan (Scotland, UK, member AKA ukvacfan, & Nar2) | ||
Some very good points, but lets not forget, Dyson did not make his mark on vacuum cleaners to begin with. He was "lucky" to be considered serious at all with the ball barrow wheel barrow.
I don't consider Dyson as a company who make vacuum cleaners and that's it. From the Contra-washing machine, to the hand fans, to the loop fan heater and now taps which have an air blade built in, the company build their inspiration from existing things that people "don't know much about," or didn't think an improvement could be bettered, added etc to make life easier. As I did own a DC01 a very long time ago, I do consider it to be an alright vacuum cleaner. Like the Vax Mach Air, any bagless upright with a brush roll is crucial if you have daily pick up required in a home full of pets. It doesn't matter that "no small turbo brush" came with the DC01 originally - thanks to the 32mm sizing, you can simply jam on an aftermarket mini turbo brush by any one company and for example Wilco's/Electrolux pet hair tool. The biggest ploy for marketing wasn't just the suction system but for the fact that you could literally see the dust that other vacuums left behind, again playing on the bag principle. Had Dyson just used a generic, conventional upright and cylinder design as well, I don't think many buyers would have gone for the brand or its models - in his book he does refer that early DC01's had dark bins which buyers didn't want, too. He 's not only reinvented several key points of vacuum cleaner design - but quite literally continues to turn design on its head - thus also cashing in on a niche market, with patents along the way to secure that new design in the first place. A reason to why Dyson has taken to Samsung to court with Samsung's latest cylinder vacs. | ||
| Post# 254153 , Reply# 16 10/27/2013 at 11:30 (3,831 days old) by sebo_fan (Scotland, UK, member AKA ukvacfan, & Nar2) | ||
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Well, whilst I can see your point Benny, you only have to look at uprights from the period before - with reference to Hoover's soft bag uprights with so many different colours and patterns. Same kind of thing in my view. There was always a neighbour or someone who had a Hoover "Deluxe," or a Hoover Senior "in green" as opposed to the blue colour. Hoover certainly cashed in on the colours, there, not to mention the different bag designs etc and of course the rare House of Frasers/Allander versions.
Then those fabulous hard box uprights like the Hoover Junior and then the Deluxe/Starlight. | ||
| Post# 254157 , Reply# 17 10/27/2013 at 11:43 (3,831 days old) by vintagerepairer (England) | ||
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True, but they were designed to be functional still. | ||
| Post# 254169 , Reply# 18 10/27/2013 at 12:34 (3,831 days old) by sebo_fan (Scotland, UK, member AKA ukvacfan, & Nar2) | ||
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| Post# 254171 , Reply# 20 10/27/2013 at 13:03 (3,831 days old) by sebo_fan (Scotland, UK, member AKA ukvacfan, & Nar2) | ||
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To be honest I don't think it crossed their mind - again, you have to weigh up the fact that so many brands didn't want cylinder sales to suffer. thus adding very little in the way of above floor cleaning designs on uprights, including a handle release hose attached and a hose that stretched to some distance. SEBO of course were different as they employed a patented hose and wand hoister release on the side of their uprights with nothing to do with the main handle of the vacuum.
Also during that time line of release, there were very few other brands who used clear hoses that could expand. Again, other brands just didn't "bother" experimenting with a stretch style hose that could compact within itself. Not to my mind anyway. This post was last edited 10/27/2013 at 13:41 | ||
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