Vacuum Facts
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Does anyone know if there's any major company which hasn’t now produced a cordless stick vac dupe?
It's quite interesting reflecting on the history of the formfactor. Dyson invented it with the DC35. When the V10 came out and was marketed as a true mains replacement, it was positively loathed by a small but very vocal crowd who swore until the swollen veins on their foreheads burst that it would die out, citing little more than aerodynamic metrics that don’t directly relate to cleaning performance, as well as it being bagless, messy, and underpowered. According to the Aerus model associated with a recent thread that got me thinking, despite those same core metrics in that product being literally less than the V10's all the way back in 2018, the manufacturer claims it has “all the power of a high-performance vacuum” (note they didn't say it has high performance), offers “efficient deep cleaning”, there’s “no contact with dirt and dust”, and there are “no expensive bag changes”. I noticed it was in such conflict with the vocal statements made against the still better-specced V10 and that are now absent in contrast. Very interesting reflecting on the behaviour of history and what it really revealed. That the stick vac formfactor seems universally duped says something about the original idea.
It's quite interesting reflecting on the history of the formfactor. Dyson invented it with the DC35. When the V10 came out and was marketed as a true mains replacement, it was positively loathed by a small but very vocal crowd who swore until the swollen veins on their foreheads burst that it would die out, citing little more than aerodynamic metrics that don’t directly relate to cleaning performance, as well as it being bagless, messy, and underpowered. According to the Aerus model associated with a recent thread that got me thinking, despite those same core metrics in that product being literally less than the V10's all the way back in 2018, the manufacturer claims it has “all the power of a high-performance vacuum” (note they didn't say it has high performance), offers “efficient deep cleaning”, there’s “no contact with dirt and dust”, and there are “no expensive bag changes”. I noticed it was in such conflict with the vocal statements made against the still better-specced V10 and that are now absent in contrast. Very interesting reflecting on the behaviour of history and what it really revealed. That the stick vac formfactor seems universally duped says something about the original idea.
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