What happened to "vintagehoover" ?

[oliveoiltinfoil]

I have been a follower of his youtube videos for literally years as his videos were absolutely brilliants. He tested out and reviewed all sorts of vacuums from different era's. His most recent video however was made nearly 5 years ago and there is not mention of him on this forum either.

Does anyone know what happened to him? His youtube videos have a fair few views now. Just curious ...

 

[parwaz786]

He got his dream job at Dyson and has left Youtube, etc. He made some pretty good videos! I do miss them.

 

[oliveoiltinfoil]

Wow. He actually works for dyson now?

 

[suckolux]

Yes

 

[madaboutsebo]

I believe he replies back to customers on Dyson's Fackbook and Twitter pages/feeds. Answering there questions, concerns etc....

 

[vintagerepairer]

Dream Jobs

The granddaughter of a friend of mine used to work part-time for Dyson as an in-store demonstrator. Lovely girl. Her job came to an end when Comet went into administration. In her experience, unless you worked in the design department or were an engineer, there were no such thing as what one might term a dream job at Dyson. She said her position was very well paid, for the amount of physical work she had to do and the time she had to spend doing it, but that dealing with Dyson (the company) was like pulling teeth. No support, no interest in what she was doing, utter contempt from the customer service team who she was encouraged by her manager to telephone when help was needed.

Had Comet not gone under, she would have left fairly soon anyway, claiming that so many demonstrators could not cope with dealing with their employer at any price.

 

[turbo500]

Yep, Jack aka vintagehoover/DysonAnimal does a lot of work for Dyson's online pressence, including Facebook and Twitter. He's doing great, I was at his and his partners place last month.

I certainly miss his video's - he always did such a great job with them. But it's great that he gets to use his experise as his career. I can't think of anyone better for the job .

 

[dysonman1]

As I understand it, Dyson (the company) wants nothing to do with anyone who has any background in vacuum cleaners (whether sales or manufacturing). They don't believe they are in the same league as vacuum cleaners. They want 'fresh' ideas. It's taboo to even mention other vacuum cleaners. Rainbow for years did the same thing.

If James Dyson were to work with people who had actual experience with vacuum cleaners, we might see better brush bars, hoses that don't tear, and motors that last through the warranty period. We might also see EASY TO REPAIR Dysons.

Given that the only difference between a Dyson and a 'vacuum cleaner', is the filtration system - James needs to really look at other vacuum cleaners (vintage ones for sure) to understand how a vacuum cleaner actually CLEANS, as opposed to just moving the top soil from a rug into a bin, where people can 'see it spin'. If seeing dirt spin were THAT important to people, we would have invented clear toilets.

 

[turbo500]

James needs to really look at other vacuum cleaners

I have it on good authority from a number of sources that Dyson's research room is full to the roof with other vacuum cleaners from hundreds of different companies and from various different markets around the world.

 

[dysonman1]

While the research room may be full of vacuum cleaner from competitive brands, he's NOT using his research very well. If he was, we'd have steel soleplates, steel brush bars with replaceable brushes, easy attachment use, MUCH better attachments, etc. None of the "best" of vacuum history has ever been used in a Dyson cleaner. Even the filtration system isn't "new", Rexair invented it in 1930 (dual cyclonic separation - way before Water was introduced in Rexair). In fact, his current DC65 and DC50 uses Panasonic's "Direct Drive" brush roller, where the motor is in the brush (already almost twenty year old technology).

 

[sebo_fan]

Welll.. put it this way. Would I buy the most expensive Dyson vacuum clener in the world? No.

But would I buy a Dyson Airblade to minimise the use of towels in my home? Yeah I think I would get that installed. I think if I could afford it I'd put in that tap as well.

Dyson vacuums may not be as appealing to me, but at least other gadgets that the company have made have worthwhile usage.

It doesn't matter diddlysquat if Dyson make good attachments or not - how would that be profitable for a company who make dozens of different models? If the change to metal sole plates, bristle strip removal facility and so forth adds weight to the uprights, then more buyers would naturally sway to the cylinders.

But asking for a perfect vacuum cleaner from a brand is nigh impossible - the company would stand to make very little profit if making other models.

And if those design elements were to be added to every vacuum cleaner model from that brand, buyers would be confused all to hell, much more than they are now.

 

[vintagerepairer]

It just happened to be a vacuum cleaner which James Dyson took issue with and saw potential for a change. It had to be an everyday object which almost everyone owned. Short of reinventing the toilet paper (I'd say "wheel" but he's already tried that), there are few things which we all use a lot. A vacuum cleaner was a fairly safe bet as it was portable, it was owned by many, and it was possible to shove the price up a few quid. It was a good choice. But I agree, I think the company has no interest in cleaning. None whatsoever. It's focus is to stay in business, and to fulfill a few of James Dysons dreams. I don't knock him for that of course, and he certainly has the cash to play about with, I am just saying that I don't believe that all of their expenditure is in the interests of the profit margins.

 

[floor-a-matic]

<span style="font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif;">Maybe a direct-air Dyson (like a Eureka The Boss 1934 upright) with natural horsehair bristles on floor tool & dusting brush like <span style="text-decoration: underline;">every</span> vacuum should have?  Or even a bagged Dyson?  If either Dyson came out, I'd buy one in a heartbeat!</span>

 

[madaboutsebo]

I thought it was only the DC50 that had the direct drive brush roll and the DC59 Motorhead digital slim model!?

 

[oliveoiltinfoil]

Yes. The carbon fibre/nylon bristled red and black heads and direct driven if they are powered (the cylinder models are air driven but very good, even agitate the carpet, I tried one out in currys once). Panaosnic and Dyson must have a thing going on as Panasonic have supplied dyson with suction motors for a while, and obviously now direct drive motors.

 

[madaboutsebo]

I thought so thanks oliveoiltinfoil for confirming.

 

[beko1987]

I've had replies from Jack on their Facebook page when I critisize their latest models! Have to say his replies are always fantastic, and you can tell he actually likes the machines and Vacs in general, rather than just being an office monkey like me!

Don't know if es he read here does anyone know? Hi!

 

[oliveoiltinfoil]

He got in contact with me through my youtube channel (the ones with the videos and future videos is not my primary one) he explained that he works at Dyson HQ and has over 150 vacuums in his collection, which is incredibly impressive. He seems a very decent guy, and said if I have any queries or anything about vacuums, dyson or not, to get in touch with him. Nice guy.

Obviously distancing himself from other social medias and casting opinion on other vacuum manufactures is not a good practice, as I know working in the auto industry and in authority at Audi, I know exactly where he is coming from.

I hope he doesn't mind us talking about him on here knowing that he can't reply back, but like I said, the only reason I made this thread is because he was probably the best reviewer of vacuums on youtube and had the most interesting videos. Excellent camera and editing in his videos. Dyson are lucky to have him!

 

[vintagerepairer]

Since this message stream began, I've seen the young lady who I mentioned had worked for Dyson. She said any decision to stay away from the social medias would be entirely personal and nothing to do with being asked to by Dyson. Having said that, she also went on to say that for her, she spoke to no one at Dyson who was the least bit interested in cleaning or in vacuum cleaners, saying this may be a unique case anyway. Then again, she said they all seemed unique in their own way. Make of that statement what you like; I chose not to ask for clarity.