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I never noticed until I was reading the Dyson upright reviews on the Dyson UK site. A customer was bemoaning the demise of the Dyson cylinder cleaners. https://www.dyson.co.uk/vacuum-cleaners/shop-vacuum-cleaners

Here's one of the newest machines. Supposedly set up by a pair of ex-engineers from one of the well-known firms (I'm guessing ex-Dyson employees). Pronounced "Loop" Apparently it has cyclonic separation: an outer cyclone, and four smaller ones. It appears that the four smaller cyclones deposit...

Once again, a company's sophisticated technology is derailed by their own marketing department. I don't know why adverts get released without triple checks - by the engineers involved! Witness the exploded diagrams of the LG A9. Notice that they seem to have a great difficulty in explaining...

... with a doodle. http://https//www.cnet.com/uk/news/google-doodle-highlights-vacuum-cleaner-inventor-hubert-cecil-booth/

Looks like a Dyson competitor. But it seems to be 'crowdfunded', so it might never see the light of day, or it might be destined for certain shores only. http://https//en.xiaomitoday.it/roidmi-handheld-wireless-vacuum-cleaner.html

Years ago, my Gran told me about a machine that her mother had. It was like a Hoover but non-electric, and used friction drive and gears to drive the suction fan. Anyway, this evening, there was I leafing through the online 1929 Christmas Edition of "Radio Times" and I happened upon this...

I was aimlessly looking at the Dyson website and spied something in the cutaway illustration / model of the DC54 Cinetic cylinder cleaner. The cutaway seems to show two different types of small cyclones, both types depositing into separate receptacles. The first type of small cyclones seem to...

A new machine, but looks vaguely similar to the Vax/Bosch/Siemens of years ago...

I received this Email: "This autumn we’ll be releasing a brand new machine in the UK. We can’t tell you what it is just yet, but you can be the first to find out. Sign up below to receive exclusive details of the new machine before everyone else." I presume that it is a vacuum cleaner, but it...

I saw this today in "The Original Factory Shop". Cost £70. Beldray were once known for their ironing board covers. Seems to be another variant of the standard Dyson Root Cyclone design. The online blurb says "1800 Watts". The Point of Sale box said "2000 Watts". I wonder how well it works...

From Argos.co.uk (£199.99) Vax Mach Air Force Pet Hair Bagless Upright Vacuum Cleaner. The Jupiter 1600 Watts Pets Bagless Upright is ideal for dry pick up only. Turbo tool and multi cyclonic. •1600 watts. •300 air watts. •Ideal for pet hair. •No loss of suction. •Length of hose 3.2m...

I was watching this, about the Vax Mach 3, and decided to watch silently, with the closed captions turned on. (Use "Transcribe Audio Beta"). I nearly died laughing at the incompetence of the software attempting to transcribe the audio. It mentioned that the Mach 3: "...uses two stages of debt...

Apparently a Hoover (Candy) machine. It looks Roomba-ish but appears to be better: it only has one agitating main brush, so less entanglements are likely. Also, the suction passes via the agitator cavity, not like the earlier Roombas. http://www.robocom.it/il-prodotto/

A Morphy Richards alternative... http://www.morphyrichards.co.uk/GoblinVacuums.aspx

Am I losing my mind? About a year or so ago, I thought that I came across on-line web pages, that dealt with the history of the Hoover vacuum cleaner, right from the start; i.e. Model O, then Model 2, etc. There were illustrations, video of the 1919 brushroll beating action, user manuals, and...

I saw this over the shoulder of another passenger on the bus tonight. Note: The online news article features a stock photo of the 'Junior 375'. The actual photo in the paper was of a 'Senior cleaner' similar to Jack's 'Hoover 575' Youtube video, but with one significant difference: I am sure...

Let me explain: A friend recently bought a new Samsung Upright, as pictured below. I came across the spare exhaust filter and spare belt, but it was the belt that got my attention, as it stated "Bissell - Styles 7/9/10, etc". When I emptied the Samsung machine, the bin handle felt very like a...

Hi Jack, I have a query about the 'Freedom' cleaner that Hoover Ltd sent you: When you lower the complete handle from vertical, does the handle lock into the conventional Hoover operating position of 45°, thus allowing the user to raise the cleaner head off the floor for clearance of carpet...

From 1991. Britain's most powerful upright. Go to 8'58"

From 1999. The UK did get a self-propelled machine. Go to 2'05"