Re: Best vacuum without Dyson "claims"

In article <4316f50b.7205267@localhost>, Stephen X. Carter wrote:
> On Thu, 01 Sep 2005 07:11:42 GMT, "Rick F." <r@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Do you think that all of those other manufacturers would be trying to
> copy Dyson if it wasn't genuinely effective?

Hmm.. I've really not looked at any vacuums since we got our Miele a while
back..

> Do you think that his market share in the UK would be so huge if it
> didn't work.

I've got no idea.. I'm across the pond..

> Next to no crap gets spewed out by Dysons.

Well they do from just about every other vacuum cleaner sold in the US
that costs <$200+US IMHO..

> Dyson prides himself on build quality - rightly so. In his
> autobiography he tells the tale of how his sales were skyrocketing in
> the UK (sort of) except from one big store in Bristol. So he went along
> incognito to see if he could spot the reason. And the reason seemed to
> be that the salesfolk were telling people that Dysons were made of cheap
> and nasty plastic and would break easily. So he then (personally)
> arranged a presentation to the staff in the store, got up on the
> platform, got a big sledgehammer and invited the sales people to try to
> smash the plastic. Of course they failed. This story in in his
> autobiography - go check it out.

That's fine.. Perhaps they're made as good as my Miele.. I'm not going to
try one though.. I see a fair amount of them being sold as re-furbs on
various websites here and there, and that alone tells me something..

I'm just tired of the crappy stuff that most of the Eureka, Hoovers and
(to a slightly lesser degree) Red Devil produce made of flimsy plastic,
and parts that just aren't up to multi years of use (or abuse?).. They
are no better than the $40 printers you buy down at your local Staples..
They're designed for perhaps 1-2 years of service before they end up in
the land fill.. That is just poor environmental responsibility -- much
like w/ many other products which shouldn't be considered consumables, but
are..

Just my $0.0000002 worth..

.

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