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Thread Number: 36752
/ Tag: Brand New Vacuum Cleaners
Do you think canister vacuum sales will eventually end in the US? |
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| Post# 393218 6/14/2018 at 16:33 (2,136 days old) by fan-of-fans (USA) | ||
I was thinking about this last night. It seems these days, at least in my area, all we are seeing in the retail stores are uprights and stick type vacuums. There are few canisters and if there are any, they tend to be bagless and small, and likely straight suction. Go to Walmart, there are two Eureka canisters, both bagless one with a tiny PN. Bed Bath and Beyond, no canisters. Lowes and Home Depot, maybe one straight suction bagless Bissell. Of course Sears has plenty of bagged and bagless canisters, but everyone seems to disregard them these days. That's a shame.
I just wonder if there will be an end of canister sales in the US. I mean, everyone says go to a Miele or Tacony store, but we have none here. There are no longer any vacuum shops. So the average consumer is going to go to the big box store and buy an upright along with the milk and other groceries. They probably won't think "I really want a canister, why aren't there any?" since all that is on display are uprights. I am assuming that this is why these vacuums are in stores, is this is what people want. But it seems odd that at one time you could buy canisters at the big box stores like Walmart just as easily as uprights. But no longer. Why? And why is Sears the only retailer that still pushes canisters and vacuums that utilize bags anymore? There must be a reason. | ||
| Post# 393221 , Reply# 1 6/14/2018 at 17:49 (2,136 days old) by broomvac (N/A) | ||
I worry even about traditional uprights! It seems carpet is becomes less and less popular, so full-size vacuums appear to be on the decline.
I hate to say it, but a cordless stick vacuum like the Dyson v10 really is the best solution for hard floors. On top of that, people love the convenience and simplicity. Those things are gonna kill upright vacuums. | ||
| Post# 393225 , Reply# 2 6/14/2018 at 20:27 (2,136 days old) by Tseg (World Traveller) | ||
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There is a reason one of those stores you mention is on a path to insolvency. Mass merchants have to follow the data. | ||
| Post# 393241 , Reply# 4 6/15/2018 at 00:19 (2,136 days old) by huskyvacs (Gnaw Bone, Indiana) | ||
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| Post# 393245 , Reply# 5 6/15/2018 at 10:28 (2,135 days old) by kenkart () | ||
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And when I was a kid In the 70s they outnumbered uprights 2 or 3 to one!One reason I never have been hooked on uprights, I never saw many growing up. | ||
| Post# 393250 , Reply# 6 6/15/2018 at 12:01 (2,135 days old) by human (Pines of Carolina) | ||
I see the same trend at thrift shops. Canisters in great condition sell for practically nothing while beat-up bagless, plasticrap uprights are priced at two or three times as much. About a year and a half ago, I nabbed a beautiful Electrolux Diamond J with a PN5 for $10 and there was a clapped out Bissell or Dirt Devil (can't remember but it was green) next to it for $30. Go figure...
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| Post# 393276 , Reply# 8 6/15/2018 at 21:52 (2,135 days old) by myles_v (Fredericksburg, VA) | ||
It's funny you mention Bed Bath and Beyond, I was just there the other day. Mine has a Miele canister and a Bissell canister. They may have also had a Dyson canister but I don't remember exactly. The Bissell had the weird turbine nozzle they sell for hard floors and I don't remember whether the Miele had a power nozzle or not.
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| Post# 393319 , Reply# 10 6/16/2018 at 12:07 (2,134 days old) by kenkart () | ||
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A straight suction Royal Was a great machine for glued down carpet! | ||
| Post# 393347 , Reply# 12 6/16/2018 at 17:16 (2,134 days old) by bikerray (Middle Earth) | ||
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| Post# 393380 , Reply# 14 6/17/2018 at 11:58 (2,133 days old) by completenutt (West Hollywood, California) | ||
Picture this...
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Post# 394894 , Reply# 17 7/14/2018 at 09:29 (2,106 days old) by gottahaveahoove  (Pittston, Pennsylvania, 18640) |
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The two bathrooms at my place are tile
the kitchen is tile and oak. All of the other rooms are oak, except for one bedroom and the big staircase, which are carpeted.
Yes, the Hoover Convertibles are used regularly, and there are Chinese rugs in the house, too. But, nothing makes all of the hard surfaces perfectly clean better than a nice canister with the perfect floor brush. There's always a Hoover canister at the ready for this need. Just my opinion here. | ||
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Post# 394905 , Reply# 19 7/14/2018 at 10:31 (2,106 days old) by gottahaveahoove (Pittston, Pennsylvania, 18640) |
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I agree, | ||
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