IF Your Daily Driver Could Do Something Extra, What Would It Be?

[sebo_fan]

Just an interesting topic since there have been many members on here who have a "daily driver" vacuum cleaner and more lately from those who have bought new vacuums.. if your daily driver could do something extra what would it be?

Personally with my SEBO Felix, I wish it could have an auto cord rewind fitted. There are days when I just find lasso'ing up all 9.5 metres of the cord a bit of a faff!

 

[hi-loswitch98]

Perhaps a longer cord, Panasonics 6.7m cord can't even vacuum our hallway fully even with it plugged in in the middle! So a long cord deffo, about 11m would be great.

Also a longer hose, have to carry the Panasonic up the stairs to clean them to the top.

 

[jmurray01]

Nothing, because it is a Hoover Turbopower 1000 and therefor perfect in every way.

Only jesting of course.

Though in all honesty I can't think of anything that I'd want it to do other than what it already does.

 

[turbo500]

How about brush controls for bare floors, Jamie? So you could switch the brushroll off to go from carpet to bare floors?

With the Sebo x1.1, the only thing I would like is a longer stretch hose that would mean I could clean a full flight of stairs without the extension hose.

 

[ultraperformer]

Hi Ryan,

Funny you should say that because I was thinking this morning how much I really like the Nimble I got Saturday but I just wish it had cord rewind, being used to cylinders I'm used to auto cord rewind, winding up all the cable by hand is annoying! When the novelty has worn off and I go back to the DC38 I wish that had remote control on the handle and a longer cord, its so short but I suppose thats because it's so small?

Dan

 

[tolivac]

In general for Meile canisters-longer cords and hoses-and a REAL dust brush instead of the "doll dust brush" as another member put it.
For Kirby-in the canister mode-some sort of "scrap trap" on the hose attachment so the fan can't ingest hard items like coins,nails,screws,pebbles and such.

 

[jmurray01]

"How about brush controls for bare floors, Jamie? So you could switch the brushroll off to go from carpet to bare floors?" That would be useless for me Chris as I would never use an upright on bare floors, it just doesn't feel right.

Benny (vintagerepairer) made a good argument for that last year.

Talking of which, has anybody seen him lately?

 

[dysondestijl]

Well, for me it would be a lightweight Kirby heritage!

 

[jmurray01]

Good idea. Kirbys are good, but lightweight they are not.

Though in saying that, how they could reduce the weight of a metal machine without going to dreaded plastic is tricky.

 

[turbo500]

Kirby could scrap the bloody techdrive for starters. They wouldn't NEED techdrive if it wasn't for the techdrive making the cleaner heavier in the first place.

 

[parwaz786]

I want my Dyson uprights, mainly DC07 Standard to have autosense, a little crumb sucked up and the brushes stick out and the suction increases to 500 AW, I can push any vacuum cleaner!

 

[turbo500]

I want my DC07 Standard to have autosense

....why?

I never understood the praise for autosense. Seems like a pointless marketing gimmick. Why would anyone want any of their carpet less clean than other areas?

 

[Numatic99]

Not into hoovers much, but I think it's going to be a ho

If I could add a feature to my hoover, it'd have a built in camera and would do the work for me! lol, but I don't think that counts. Tbh, I don't know what I'd add to my Dyson, it's great!

That's what I'd like, it could happen in the not to distant future!

Chris.

 

[sebo_fan]

Autosense/Sensor

Hi Chris - good point about the Autosense - never thought about that before!

 

[paulc]

A shoulder strap would be handy for my M/R Lift Away.

 

[vintagerepairer]

Why not go the whole ten yards...

And invent a home which did not need cleaning. I wouldn't put the concept past James Dyson.

 

[sebo_fan]

I can't imagine having a home which does not need cleaning. How would one cope with not cleaning the toilet or the kitchen bin?

 

[thekirbylover]

for my miele s4

it would have to be a longer cord apart from that its perfect

 

[mieles7]

I'd give my Sebo X2 a longer hose & brushroll on/off, and I'd give my Riccar 8900 a hose.

 

[vintagerepairer]

How would one cope with not cleaning the toilet or the kitch

Well as it was all a suggestion of imagination, I have no idea.

 

[suckolux]

Well, depends on what I am using of course. dc 18, a bit more air flow at the floor tool, so it would pick up the kitty litter at the edge of the rug, will NOT do that.Silverado, well as I get older, boy its heavy

 

[rainbowd4c]

Clean stairs easier.

While it's not the suction or the cord or hose lenth it's the roundness that makes cleaning stairs difficult.

 

[vacuumman206]

D.D: Hoover innovation

I wish my daily driver wasn't so fragile, was un-scratchable and had another 10' on the cord.

 

[vacuumfreeeke]

My daily drivers area all clean air machines, so I would add the ability to clean shag and groom shag to them if I could...  I've never met a clean air machine yet that works well on shag (and in truth, many fan first machines also don't work well on shag), and I loathe having to get out a Kirby or Eureka F and G machine to do a proper job on the shag after I've finished doing the rest of the place with a clean air vac.  

 

[portable]

<span style="font-family: verdana,geneva; font-size: medium;">I bought a Kenmore Progressive canister about a month ago. I am very pleased with the brushroll performance, but I HATE HATE HATE the attachments with a passion. The primary problem is that the dusting brush is HUUUGGGE...waaay too big to be easily maneuvered, difficult to fit into narrow spaces. I will post pictures in the next thread below. </span><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva; font-size: medium;">There is another tool that snaps onto that space that looks like a horse hoof. Ridiculous. </span>


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<span style="font-family: verdana,geneva; font-size: medium;">No upholstery tool, though the "hoof" is supposed to take its place (called a pet hair tool), and there is a motorized Powermate, which is great. There is a small crevice tool, which is difficult to attach and remove. The bare floor attachment is strange; it swivels, but ackwardly. As it turns, it comes off the floor and tips sideways. The motor is powerful, and the filtration system is adequate. However, the large opening for the dusting tool causes air to rush around it, and air leaks around the opening. Also, because of the design of the opening, you cannot adapt the hose (or wand) opening to any other type of tool. </span>


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<span style="font-family: verdana,geneva; font-size: medium;">In general, I am not pleased with this vacuum - I bought it especially for above the floor cleaning. It falls far short, mainly because of the strange tools. A few other models are designed the same way, with the same tools. These models are produced by Panasonic.</span>

 

[suckolux]

Did not like mine either, gave it away, $500 gone.

 

[portable]

<span style="font-family: verdana,geneva; font-size: medium;">A picture (from eBay) of the very large dusting tool, which is attached here while the wand is attached to the extension wand and power nozzle. Ackward arrangement. Of course, the wand can be detached, so that you can use the dusting brush by itself. It's just way too big.</span>

 

[portable]

<span style="font-family: verdana,geneva; font-size: medium;">The entire unit...</span>

 

[suckolux]

Different from mine, but that was 6 years ago?