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DAM VS Concepts
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Post# 172107   3/5/2012 at 23:20 (4,406 days old) by chan55 (Green Bay, WI)        

Hi,
Has anyone else ever wondered why Hoover took a step backwards and dropped the DAM and came out with the Concept line? The DAM's had a great tool set that was easy to connect and worked well, and the hard bag style. The Concept's although very good carpet cleaners, had a soft bag that always seemed to leak dirt, and very poor quality tools that were awful to hook up and did not work well. Or is it just me?????????


Post# 172109 , Reply# 1   3/5/2012 at 23:45 (4,406 days old) by Trebor ()        
The trouble with the Dial A matic...

was that damn small side sucking hose. Had Hoover put a larger diameter hose and the quadiflex agitator in the DAM it would have been great.

The concept was a VERY good carpet cleaning vacuum, however


Post# 172111 , Reply# 2   3/6/2012 at 00:04 (4,406 days old) by Oreck_XL (Brooklyn, New York 11211)        

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I have always felt the same way. For above the floor tool use, the DAM blows the Concept out of the water for sure. Didn't Hoover's backtracking to a "dirty air" system have something to do with selling the patent rights to clean air design to Panasonic?

- Hershel


Post# 172115 , Reply# 3   3/6/2012 at 01:18 (4,406 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa)        

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I love the concept one , great vacuum , Could any one post a pic of the DAM never had the chance to see one I don't think, it could have just had another name here

Post# 172120 , Reply# 4   3/6/2012 at 04:14 (4,406 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield & London)        
DAM

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Gareth

DAM = Dial-A-Matic, known in the UK as Convertable and in Australia as the Dynamatic. Noteabley featured in Bewitched as Samantha Stevens' cleaner.

Al


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Post# 172121 , Reply# 5   3/6/2012 at 04:33 (4,406 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa)        

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aaah it was called the convertible here too Thanx vacbear58

Concept one for me thanx I loved those green brush strips too


Post# 172147 , Reply# 6   3/6/2012 at 08:33 (4,405 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield & London)        
And for me

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Its the DAM/Convertable/Dynamatic every time. I know the Concept 1 is a good cleaner but to me it seems very heavy and clumsy compared to the DAM, which has a certain elegance about it. Then there are the tools .......

Al


Post# 172156 , Reply# 7   3/6/2012 at 10:16 (4,405 days old) by gottahaveahoove (Pittston, Pennsylvania, 18640)        
A major issue with the DAM

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was that the handle became weak very often. That was fixed with the Concept. The tool conversion on the DAM was great and convenient. They BOTH had their good points, AND weaker ones. One of my favorites......


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