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Looks a great hand held vacuum cleaner! Least the owners of AirRam will be pleased there is a hand held to accompany it! One reason why I didn't buy one as no attachments but might get one of these Multi! Agree no turbo tool!

Probably they might extend the range to compete with the Dyson Digital Slim and offer a floor/turbo tool attached to a wand! Battery power is longer!

I see they are offering a free extension wand for the Multi if purchased direct with Gtech!

I know a few people say the AirRam doesn't cope work well on think carpet/rugs! I'm sure there will be new versions of the AirRam and Multi in years to come!!
 
It looks like a great one and a good design. I'm impressed with GTech - they sent me out a free handle and pipe after my original one broke on my SW02 sweeper. I guess if you were to measure the tools, nothing would stop you from adding a mini turbo brush onto the end.
 
Mmm looks like Dyson is directly fighting back at the Gtech Airram see link/clip below from the official Dyson YouTube Channel!



Wonder what Gtech will make of that!?
 
Thanks for the info Paul I hadn't seen this, I wonder if there is a big messy filter under that green shroud and is it going to need frequent filter maintenance? I think they should have included a longer extension tube and a floor head to make this more versatile but they seem to be marketing this as an addition to the AirRam. I'm not Dyson fan but if I got this I think I'd always be thinking I went for the understudy to the Dyson cordless :s It may be cheaper but if you got the AirRam and this then you could get the latest Dyson cordless!
 
one of these days, Dyson!

SOMEONE will put those plastic cyclone vacuums in their place!
Here's hoping...
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Very true ultraperformer

For both Gtech Products you could get the Dyson DC59 but then you have to consider buying from Gtech direct as at present are selling the 2 models at a discounted price saving £50.00 plus including the extension wand for free as this is not included normally plus you get longer run times than the Dyson.

Or you go for the Dyson having versatile cleaning in one unit with powerful cleaning performance and light weight and better filtration but runtime is not very long! Plus you could add additional cleaning tools to the unit.
 
Good points Jon but I'd then have to store two extra vacuums and charge them both, plus regardless of their marketing there is no way I'd only vacuum my carpet with the AirRam, AEG Nimble and Morphy Richards liftaway would still be needed to get the deep down dirt out.
 
The Air Ram is not multi cyclonic, and contains sponge filters in the lid of the dirt container, which need to be "tapped" out periodically to maintain suction. In this respect the Air Ram is nowhere near the Dyson on filtration and dirt separation. I really cant see what the big craze is with the Air Ram, after all its just a sweeper with a battery operated motor.
 
Thank you, thats very true taking up more space. Same argument some Dyson owners are highlighting with the Dyson Hard and the other Digital Slims, you cant use the hard tool on the other machines (due to pressure applied using the hard tool) and you can not add the turbo floor tool to the Hard (wand has not power connectors). Again wanting you to buy both!

To be honest I wouldn't either, there is still a long way to go before batter powered vacuums will replace mains powered ones!
 
Steve I completely agree with what you said I can't understand what the fuss about it is either. Jon I hope to get that Dyson Hard tool to fit on my DC38 I believe its the standard click fit connection? We have mainly hard floors and it would be really handy plus the wand on the DC38 seems very sturdy.
 
Steve I completely agree with what you said I can't understand what the fuss about it is either. Jon I hope to get that Dyson Hard tool to fit on my DC38 I believe its the standard click fit connection? We have mainly hard floors and it would be really handy plus the wand on the DC38 seems very sturdy.
 
I think the Dyson Digital Slim is really better suited to homes with hard flooring only, as it has the special carbon fibre brushroll filaments that are designed for hard floors, as in the pic above, it trounces the Air Ram where flour is to be picked up. The DC59 would not deep clean a carpet well though in comparison to a mains vac. The Air ram would quickly lose suction with flour as the foam pad filters become clogged, whereas the Dyson would spin the flour out of the airflow and keep up its suction.


The DC59 if it wasn't so expensive would be a very good choice for those who want that grab and go convenience on hard floors, as they can be cleaned faster than carpets, and the run time is quite good with the DC59 as it uses the latest battery technology and latest digital motor.


Sorry, but the Air Ram is nothing special, and GTECH has relied on over advertising and mass marketing to sell them (taking a leaf out of Dyson's book). I would have the DC59 any day over the Air Ram, but the Air Ram is cheaper which is the only advantage it has.


 


Looking at the hand vac it appears not to be multi cyclonic and has no turbine head - but it has the advantage of being £200 cheaper than the DC59 - so I presume it would be a good seller due to people's love affair with the Air Ram.
 
Let me know if you do and how you get on with it. Yes I believe it is the standard click fit. I would like something to use daily instead of a mains vacuum.

I did consider the Dyson Hard as I have some hard floors but carpets elsewhere. Shame it doesn't come with a floor tool to use on carpets! Will you use Dyson wipes (£4.99 for x12 looking at the website on offer at mo for £4.24!!) or some other ones?
 
Have any of you guys actually used the GTech AirRam DAILY for weeks if not Months on end as a daily driver and used it on a multitude of floorcoverings to pick up a multitude of dirt dust and grit?

I eagerly await your responses!!!!
 
The Gadget show link that Adam provided on the other thread shows an independent test of quite a few stick vacuums and Dyson's hand held. In it you can see that the Dyson is pretty good with the pick up of just about everything in the first test.

Surprisingly a lot of other cordless stick vacs fail to pick up anything in a major way, including that AEG stick vacuum.

http://gadgetshow.channel5.com/gadg.../series-18-episode-7-wireless-vacuum-cleaners
 
The Gadget show "test" was ridiculous ( as per usual with most of their domestic appliance tests ) Very few vacuums would pick up at the speed the Gtech was being used and bounced around.
 
..And?

Don't mind the power of such a cleaner, whereas it's Air-Watts or Amps, It's all in the design.


Modern cleaners NEED those full 12 amp, or 2000 Watt motors to FORCE dirt thru all those tight turns and bends.


Whereas an elder cleaner, take for example a Hoover Convertible or a KIRBY can deliver twice the power for half the power!


My little old 1940s General-Electric upright only runs on 300 WATTS, For a full-size upright!


 


I don't see why fuss over some $400 vacuum when a $5 Garage Sale ElectrikBroom will outlive and outperform that Dyson Ten-Fold. Especially that new mopping thing! Great Job, Dyson! You've invented a $500 Swiffer!
 
We didn't get the DC04 over in the states,

We didn't get Dyson period until the DC07. Everyone loved the former big name in Bagless, Fantom.


Speaking of, has anyone seen their new Dyson commercial airing about on Television?


Here's what they state:


 


Only cleaner to have...


"Self-Adjusting cleaner head"- Wrong! Budget-End Hoover Elites, along with other Budget cleaners all had that before Dyson was even a thing. Canister Carpet nozzles "automatically" adjust, Too.


"Easy built-in Wand"- Fantom invented it. I say that because of, in the late 1980s, IONA, the parent compant of Fantom Technologies, began to build commercial machines labeled, "Vectron", for S C Johnson Wax. They did license Jame's Dual-Cyclonic technology, But I don't Dyson had even thought of such a unique handle design. If anyone can prove me else wise, please do so.


 


They said some other Rubbish, but that escapes my mind for the time being.
 
Actually, the DC01 was being prototyped 5127 times, it took JD years to make the DC01, and it was the first vacuum to have a carry handle, a stretch hose, a clear bin, a wand and hose release feature and the bagless design! It was launched in 1993 and swept through the UK market and it made JD a millionaire.
JD and Fantom worked together, Dyson sold the patents to Fantom
 
The handle wand first appeared on the dyson designed G-Force in the mid 80's, long before the fantom vacuums.


 


As for the test, I wish I could view the video but I can't due to being in the US. The dyson video is forgetting one thing, it needs all those air watts to pull dirt up through that long tube and all the cyclones, plus suction really does not matter so much on carpet cleaning. I would personally take the Gtech over the dyson since my home is mostly carpet. I have no doubt the dyson would do better for fine dust on hard floors, but for run time and carpet cleaning I would take the Gtech any day.


Scott
 
Agreed, but I thought suction can help with carpet cleaning because if you compare a swivel sweeper (brushes only) to a DC05 motorhead for example (not got aggressive bristles) the DC05 will clean better?

OR a Gtech air ram to a Henry Xtra, Henry is miles better
 
Indeed, that is the reason the airram cleans better than the Gtech sweepers. But if you flip your analogy around, say in comparing a hoover junior to a dyson dc03, the dyson has loads more suction but the junior has much better agitation and therefore will clean carpets better.
 

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