Well, of course it is a Dyson "product placement" fluff-piece.
Certainly the idea of a 50-year-old Hoover being the oldest vacuum cleaner in the U.K. is preposterous!
Not meaning to bag on Dyson [pun intended], but will note that the lady who cleans my client's office with a Dyson really hates the machine. And so does my client. A Dyson for the office was high-tech hubby's idea. My client much prefers the Riccar upright she has at home (and that cost, what, a third as much?), although with a full-time housekeeper she hardly ever uses it herself.
One day at the office she had to sweep up some hole-puncher "doo-doo" that she accidentally dumped all over the place. You never heard such grumbling and kvetching as she pulled the Dyson into the room to sweep up the mess. It may do a bang-up job on some kinds of dirt, but it had a hell of a time picking up those tiny paper punch-outs. And, to her, the machine is heavy and awkward to move around.
And the office cleaning lady does not like having to dump out the dirt cup - and I can see why - when you dump it out, a cloud of dust billows out of the trash can. So much for all that hepa filtration!
I know there are Dyson lovers out there, and I wholly respect them. But there are also people who don't much care for them...! I hope it's okay for both sides of the coin to share their opinions as long as we are civil about it, smile
