Misleading Description at Best Buy

The thing is, most uprights with a rotating brush feel like they could move forward on their own, but never backward. Anyone who has used a Hoover Self-Propelled WindTunnel will know that there is a significant difference between the feel of a standard upright and one with a transmission of power to the wheels that also helps you on the backstrokes.

It's like the overuse of the Dyson terminology "bagless cyclonic." Every $20 cordless Dustbuster is now touted as featuring cyclonic technology.

EBay is one thing - I am no longer surprised at the inaccuracies found there. But a "Big Box" electronics store like Best Buy should be expected to be less sloppy. They aren't even a department store offering everything - their focus is on home entertainment and electrical appliances.

I hate to sound like an old fogey, but I think it's a generational thing. The "haste makes waste" society created by fast-paced computers and "I" electronics creates for a very fast and sloppy society where no one cares about the details any more.

I've written Best Buy about this and hopefully it will be rectified.


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Post# 309411 12/20/2014 at 22:15 (3,407 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada)
Checkrate/Likes I was just surfing Best Buy's website and checking out their vacuum line-up. I was surprised to see that about half of their Shark Rotator and Rocket bagless uprights were erroneously advertised as "self-propelled"! To my knowledge, no Shark vacuums have self-propulsion mechanisms similar to some Hoover or Kirby uprights. Am I missing something here? See this link for an example: CLICK HERE TO GO TO eurekaprince's LINK

Post# 309522 , Reply# 1 12/21/2014 at 19:23 (3,406 days old) by niclonnic (Bonney Lake, WA)
Checkrate/Likes *Interesting...* Although Shark vacuums aren't self-propelled, I have used a Shark Rocket Professional at a local family center. As I was using it, the brush roll spun so fast, the vacuum felt like it was self-propelled going forward! And this was on low-pile commercial carpet. You would have to ask Best Buy about changing the descriptions of Shark vacuums.

Post# 309647 , Reply# 2 12/22/2014 at 19:28 (3,405 days old) by sebo_fan (Scotland, UK, member AKA ukvacfan, & Nar2)
Checkrate/Likes Or it could just be the very idea that the vacuum feels like it has a self propelled feeling based on customer feedback that has been tagged in the spec on the site. I know some sellers have suggested that the SEBO X has self drive on older specs and again that comes down to the way the sensor moves, even though it doesn't have a conventional self drive mechanism.

Post# 309664 , Reply# 3 12/22/2014 at 21:48 (3,405 days old) by sbakerde (Millsboro, DE )
Checkrate/Likes 2 *eBay does that too* eBay has their own specs that come up if you select a model that have a template for. The problem is they are generally very inaccurate. Stupid things like self propelled and full bag indicator for an oreck upright. That was a source of frustration for me when a buyer complains that vacuum is not self propelled and I didn't even put that there.

Post# 309691 , Reply# 4 12/23/2014 at 04:40 (3,405 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada)
Checkrate/Likes 1 The thing is, most uprights with a rotating brush feel like they could move forward on their own, but never backward. Anyone who has used a Hoover Self-Propelled WindTunnel will know that there is a significant difference between the feel of a standard upright and one with a transmission of power to the wheels that also helps you on the backstrokes. It's like the overuse of the Dyson terminology "bagless cyclonic." Every $20 cordless Dustbuster is now touted as featuring cyclonic technology. EBay is one thing - I am no longer surprised at the inaccuracies found there. But a "Big Box" electronics store like Best Buy should be expected to be less sloppy. They aren't even a department store offering everything - their focus is on home entertainment and electrical appliances. I hate to sound like an old fogey, but I think it's a generational thing. The "haste makes waste" society created by fast-paced computers and "I" electronics creates for a very fast and sloppy society where no one cares about the details any more. I've written Best Buy about this and hopefully it will be rectified.