wstonehockertv
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I was wanting to know why Bissell and Dirt Devil waited until the early 2000's to release a canister with a power nozzle.
No Bissell/DD Power Nozzle Canisters Until The Early 2000's
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eureka1998
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DD had one in the 90s
I never knew about their early models from the 90s as a young kid EXCEPT for the MVP and Ultra MVP. But during the mid 1990s Dirt Devil had the Power Pak canister.
I never knew about their early models from the 90s as a young kid EXCEPT for the MVP and Ultra MVP. But during the mid 1990s Dirt Devil had the Power Pak canister.
wstonehockertv
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I must've made a little mistake on my part. Sorry.
panasonicvac
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There was also the Bissell Big Green Powerbrush.
wstonehockertv
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That was a carpet extractor.
panasonicvac
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It is still however a canister design with a powerhead.
fan-of-fans
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Did Bissell even have any canisters before the Zing, Digipro, etc? I know they had some in the 70s, but I don’t remember any from the 80s or 90s. And I don’t think any of their 70s models had one but I could be wrong.
And Dirt Devil I don’t remember ever having a full size canister, it just wasn’t a market they were in. So it’s not a huge surprise only the Can Vac had one, as it’s the only canister they really had before the bagless ones, unless you count the Vax made extractor/shop vac thing.
And Dirt Devil I don’t remember ever having a full size canister, it just wasn’t a market they were in. So it’s not a huge surprise only the Can Vac had one, as it’s the only canister they really had before the bagless ones, unless you count the Vax made extractor/shop vac thing.
wstonehockertv
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You forgot the Butler.
wstonehockertv
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What I was meaning to say was full-size canisters with power nozzles, not those small canisters that are straight-suction and make more sense for homes with all hard floors. The fact Bissell and DD/Royal were late to that market in the early 2000's kind of says something...
panasonicvac
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Actually Royal did had a powerhead canister in the 90's. Ever heard of a Power Team before?
wstonehockertv
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I have, I have.
regularrett69
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Royal started early
Royal's metal Power Teams were great canisters! Those were produced from the 70's all the way to the very late 90's, I believe '98 or '99 was when they were officially discontinued? And Dirt Devil of course had the little Power Pak in many different variations. For Bissell, the only power nozzle canister that comes to mind is the digi pro. I'm assuming Dirt Devil and Bissell didn't put much money into designing full sized power nozzle equipped canisters because they weren't very popular in America at the time, and other countries did it better because their markets bought more of them. If you look at Dirt Devil, they used that same Power Pak nozzle design for over 10 years on various models, bagged and bagless, before they turned to other companies to source nozzles from. And for Bissell, they just turned to Samsung to brand the digi pro for them presumably because they didn't want to invest the money to design their own. There was a market for canisters, it just wasn't their primary sales.
Royal's metal Power Teams were great canisters! Those were produced from the 70's all the way to the very late 90's, I believe '98 or '99 was when they were officially discontinued? And Dirt Devil of course had the little Power Pak in many different variations. For Bissell, the only power nozzle canister that comes to mind is the digi pro. I'm assuming Dirt Devil and Bissell didn't put much money into designing full sized power nozzle equipped canisters because they weren't very popular in America at the time, and other countries did it better because their markets bought more of them. If you look at Dirt Devil, they used that same Power Pak nozzle design for over 10 years on various models, bagged and bagless, before they turned to other companies to source nozzles from. And for Bissell, they just turned to Samsung to brand the digi pro for them presumably because they didn't want to invest the money to design their own. There was a market for canisters, it just wasn't their primary sales.
wstonehockertv
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Y'all might be onto something.
