'Say Goodbye To Big Corded Vacuums'

[human]

I wouldn't even take a Dyson for free

So last Friday, a friend of mine calls me up because she's just bought a love seat at a thrift shop for $10 and needs me to come pick it up in the van and take it to her apartment. When I pulled up at the back door of the store, there's a Dyson vacuum cleaner sitting there with a sticker on it that says "Free--Needs a new plug". Sure enough, the plug is missing a prong. My friend says 'Hey, there's another vacuum for you," but I wouldn't bite and neither would she when I offered to fix it up for her and relieve her of my Kirby Heritage 1D, which she says is too heavy for her. And by the time we got the sofa loaded up, she'd decided she didn't want it after all, so now I'm stuck with it in the back of the an until I can get it somewhere to donate it.

 

[vacuumdevil]

James Dyson Lies like a rug

How many times is this Lie going to have to be debunked?

 

[bryan1980]

Just speaking for myself

I've never had a situation where I've needed a vacuum and an outlet wasn't nearby, and I've never looked at having to plug a vacuum in as a big hassle.

 

[royalfan]

@bryan1980 You don't understand they're trying to solve first world problems.

 

[tolivac]

HMMM-you still need an OUTLET to charge the cordless vacuum!!So some time in its lifetime-it has a cord for charging.

 

[rolls_rapide]

I've been wondering whether Dyson IS actually going to be totally get rid of making conventional corded vacuums, or are they just stopping future development of them?

They'd be incredibly foolish to write-off a swathe of consumers looking for mains-operated machines.

Maybe they'll still continue to sell the same cylinder model and upright model, a decade later? A bit like Hoover's 'Purepower' upright, still available twenty-odd years later, stripped of all fripperies but functional.

 

[honestjoe68]

My experience regarding Dyson and the decision to stop development of corded vacuums.

I was told by a supervisor by the name of Tom that the only thing Dyson has “temporarily” stopped is “development” of new corded vacuum cleaners right now and it is ONLY the development and per him, temporary. Dyson will continue to sell and manufacture current available corded models. Now, most of us already know these facts.. but further conversation with him was interesting...

He could Not confirm or deny IF any new model corded Dyson vacuums we’re still to be released anytime soon, in the USA, as I asked him if any new designs had already been developed but Not yet released, prior to his decision to stop development. My question was in hopes the USA would get the Animal 2 version upright the UK received. I explained I’d LOVE to have that UK design as even though I love my Purple USA version of the Animal 2, I like the extra features of the UK version with the same name. From the sound of his voice and hesitations as I asked, I will “assume” the USA will Not receive any new corded upright designs, anytime soon. Which makes sense as the Dyson Animal 2 and the Dyson Small Ball Multi Floor are in the forefront of the corded upright section and the older Cinetic less prominent.

So Tom said, the corded vacuums will remain (for now) and Dyson actually decided since the Cordless/Battery Vacuum is the most desired type of vacuum on the market, at this moment, Dyson shifted ALL its design teams (Corded Upright, Corded Canister/Cylinder) to the development of the next line of fully cordless vacuums. Tom also would Not confirm if Dyson would manufacture Cordless Uprights or Canister Vacuums, which I would LOVE to see something like Dyson's own version of the Riccar or Simplicity Cordless Upright.

With all the “mystery” he still verified/confirmed and made it clear Sir James has Not said corded vacuums will be phased out any time soon, rather instead, the entire vacuum division of Dyson will simply be concentrating on future designs of Cordless models.

I get excellent VIP treatment from Dyson and they have always been very helpful and gone way above and beyond in service and sales for me, but in this business it’s Anyone’s guess as to what is coming to Dyson in the future... I’m just excited to see where they will go next!

I just wanted to throw this out into the discussion, like I said they can “say” anything to us the consumers.. but only Sir James knows what he has planned for the future! Lol. I’m just gonna grab some popcorn and sit and watch what happens!

Thanks, Patrick

 

[mikanic]

I agree with all of you!

It's just awkward, not to mention it was GTECH who invented cordless first. At least you might know that if you're from the UK.

I've used the v10 before in Currys PC World, and as far as business goes, it's not about the money. It's the product.

At around £400, I would have liked to see more storage, a decent design, and most importantly a brush bar that DEEP cleans. Not to mention that one brand do fan-cooling arc-shaped batteries, but that's off topic. However, a battery from that brand could very well go into a full-sized upright that could be battery-powered.

The sound of a vacuum cleaner working looks better and sounds better if it's big. It doesn't have to be heavy to be big.

 

[gregvacs28]

Battery appliances are preferred.

Even if they stopped building corded vacs tomorrow, the market wouldn't suffer. Younger generations are the ones buying vacs. The market is already saturated for typical corded vacs. Dyson said they are no longer developing NEW products....for now. But it's inevitable.

What we aren't seeing at the moment is the battery makers gearing up because the demand is outstripping production. So the manufacturers from electric car manufacturers to home appliance makers have to ease into things.

Even if a battery lasted 30 minutes on charge and a person wanted to vacuum longer, they can swap batteries.

Also, things like petroleum based appliances like lawn mowers don't go on endlessly. You have to put in gas, oil, change filters, they are dirty, noisy, smelly, the engines wear down. Electric appliances don't do that.

I've used a cordless black and decker weed eater and that thing is awesome.
Also a battery robotic lawnmower- so much better than gas.

Batteries can be recharged on one's own solar system, so one can easily and affordably charge they're own appliances.

 

[dysonman1]

I've been using the cordless Riccar SupraLite 8 pound upright at work now for 3 years. I've had the cordless power nozzle (the Volt) for my Vacuflo central vac for over 2 years now. I swapped out the soft brush roller of the Volt for a steel brush roller with stiff brushes (from the Riccar corded 8 pound deluxe upright) and found my run time to be about 50 minutes on a full charge.

While I like some Dyson vacuums very much (and some I don't), personally I think cordless is the way of the future for all vacuum manufacturers.

 

[tolivac]

Both my Volt and the Cordless Superlite vacuums at my place get frequent use too!Really like them!So handy and the Volt works with any canister vacuum hose hose fits the Volts wand!

 

[human]

The ultimate in planned obsolescence...

Have you ever noticed how cordless devices increasingly have sealed battery compartments with non-replaceable battery packs? Some even come with instructions for how to destroy the device to remove the depleted battery pack for recycling at the end of the device's "useful life". So if you buy into this line of horseshit, the whole device is only intended to last only as long as the battery pack when the rest of the device could last considerably longer--and keep more plastic out of our landfills--if it were designed with a replaceable battery pack. Nonsense!

 

[n0oxy]

battery on cordless power nozzles

I'm not sure if the battery on the volt is designed to be user replaceable or not, but the battery on the Perfect power nozzle, which is very similar to an Aerus Electrolux power nozzle definitely is, it can be easily removed and a new battery can be attached, and the charger connects to the battery itself, not the nozzle for charging. It would be really interesting to have a cleaning comparison between these two battery nozzles, of course, some of this would depend on the vacuum it was used on but it would be interesting.
I have not seen replacement batteries available yet for the Perfect nozzle, probably because it's still pretty new. They will both give excellent carpet cleaning ability to a straight suction vac.
I recently read that Wessel-Werk was getting in to the battery nozzle market as well, that should be interesting if it's true.
Mike

 

[tolivac]

The battery on the Volt or the Simplicity Freedom uprights can be removed by two screws on the bottom-back of the battery.Just remove the screws-unplug the battery and put on a new one.Some Simplicity cordless uprights have a clip latch you use to undo the battery and you can put a new one on or a second charged battery.These machines are liked for commercial use.