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vpb

2012-01-27 09:58:55 AM

The Apple of small appliances.

jgilb

2012-01-27 10:19:29 AM

Products designed for people with more money than brains.

hitmanric

2012-01-27 10:19:44 AM

vpb: The Apple of small appliances.

The difference is, with dyson you get a substancial technology advancement for the price premium.

Trebuchet-Farker

2012-01-27 10:20:01 AM

$400 can heat my whole house for 2 months in the dead of winter...

WhackingDay

2012-01-27 10:24:22 AM

I think it's pretty funny that everyone still heaps scorn on Dyson for their pricing. You'd think by now that the company would be dead, what with all the people scoffing at the prices. Oddly enough they seem to be selling stuff. Can't be all from hipsters, everyone knows they're all broke.

lyndsayj

2012-01-27 10:25:32 AM

Ahh yes, from the same company that brought you $600 pedestal fans. How about no.

Impasse

2012-01-27 10:28:15 AM

WhackingDay: I think it's pretty funny that everyone still heaps scorn on Dyson for their pricing. You'd think by now that the company would be dead, what with all the people scoffing at the prices. Oddly enough they seem to be selling stuff. Can't be all from hipsters, everyone knows they're all broke.

You don't expect me to furnish my overpriced McMansion with peasant-grade heating technology, now, do you?

sarah_t_s

2012-01-27 10:30:48 AM

vpb: The Apple of small appliances.

Fantastic build quality and product longevity, coupled with good customer support but at a price? Yes, I would agree and so would the Dyson cleaner I've got.

Carth

2012-01-27 10:32:55 AM

WhackingDay: I think it's pretty funny that everyone still heaps scorn on Dyson for their pricing. You'd think by now that the company would be dead, what with all the people scoffing at the prices. Oddly enough they seem to be selling stuff. Can't be all from hipsters, everyone knows they're all broke.

Some people think a clean house is worth buying a $400 vacuum, others don't mind living in filth.

jayhawk88

2012-01-27 10:35:03 AM

Say what you want, but I finally broke down and got one of the Dyson vacuums, and it's freaking amazing. Vacuums well of course, but it's the little things. The way it comes apart to get to the filters for cleaning. The way the attachments fit into their holders with a nice solid "click".

During a cleaning binge I was trying to vacuum under the bed, didn't really want to move the whole damn thing. I was using it's "wand" mode with the small attachment thing on it, but kept having trouble with the handle on the wand part getting in the way, not letting me get the attachment all the way under the bed. It took me a bit, but I finally figured out that you could take the attachment and put it like "half on" the wand, so that it didn't click into place, but would rotate and still stay on. Allowing me to get the want under the bed as needed.

That's good engineering folks, plain and simple.

FinFangFark

2012-01-27 10:36:42 AM

Dyson is the bee's knees when it comes to the quality of their products.

I was hesitant to throw down $600 for a vacuum, especially after remember about 10 years ago my parents spend 1k on a stupid kirby vacuum that sucked...well, it didn't suck, that was the problem.

My wife and I were at the dog park, and this girl we met just randomly brought it up. She bought the 400 dollar unit, but said it was awesome.

So I pulled the trigger, and bought one. Yeah, it's the shiat.

I want to by the heater, but $400 is a lot.

Glockenspiel Hero

2012-01-27 10:38:29 AM

Trebuchet-Farker: $400 can heat my whole house for 2 months in the dead of winter...

$400 heats the house for more than two months, including hot water and gas stove/oven and gas fireplace. And I have companies writing me every day trying to get me to switch gas suppliers to get even cheaper rates.

At least I'm getting something out of fracking.

/Although I do keep an electric radiator in the computer/music room. Set it on low and it's great for warming your hands before playing.

Lsherm

2012-01-27 10:38:32 AM

I bought a Dirt Devil with a HEPA filter for $79 at Wal-Mart 10 years ago. Best goddamn vacuum I've ever owned. It could suck the back sweat off Rosie O'Donnell.

I'm sure the Dyson's are nice, but I can't justify the price premium. My brother has one, and it doesn't appear to work any better or worse than any other vacuum.

Nebulious

2012-01-27 10:40:08 AM

I don't mind Dyson making this and bless the early adopters who'd buy it.

ha-ha-guy

2012-01-27 10:41:39 AM

Enh I like my Nilfisk vacuum more than the Dyson I purchased. flame on I guess.

Earl of Chives

2012-01-27 10:42:20 AM

USA Today getting into the infomercial business now?

Sangi

2012-01-27 10:43:26 AM

So is it a miniature sphere containing a sun?

/DNRTFA

Rapmaster2000

2012-01-27 10:44:16 AM

It employs technology used in turbochargers and jet engines.

My toaster employs technology used in turbochargers and jet engines - metal stamping, electrical resistance, and material science just off the top of my head.

I know this is USAToday, but is it too much to ask for specificity?

Epicedion

2012-01-27 10:46:14 AM

Rapmaster2000: My toaster employs technology used in turbochargers and jet engines - metal stamping, electrical resistance, and material science just off the top of my head.

I know this is USAToday, but is it too much to ask for specificity?

Just shut up, turboenginefans and jet chargers are SCIENCE!

jonny_q

2012-01-27 10:51:17 AM

hitmanric: vpb: The Apple of small appliances.

The difference is, with dyson you get a substancial technology advancement for the price premium.

I came for this...

Dyson focuses on actual innovation and Mr Dyson himself is involved in the invention process. From what I hear, he's a likable guy, too. He's the anti-Jobs.

I read about this a while back. The goal was to make a heater that heated a room quickly but it safe to touch and won't burn dust, causing a nasty dust smell. I've got a cheap heater at home that won't burn dust and it's safe, but it takes about an hour to get a room warm. This new kind of heater would be nice if it works as advertised.

natazha

2012-01-27 10:53:26 AM

Although we have a Dyson vacuum cleaner, I wouldn't buy their heater. Unlike the vacuum cleaner, the heater doesn't do anything a $30 heater can't do. The vacuum cleaner is the best I've seen in 50+ years of dealing with them.

And, in case you haven't noticed, all small appliances use the same Chinese remote; so, when we try to turn on the space heater, the humidifier shuts off.

Dog Welder

2012-01-27 10:54:57 AM

Silicon Sam

2012-01-27 10:56:19 AM

Dyson is the Monster Cables of appliances....

HotIgneous Intruder

2012-01-27 10:58:02 AM

Consumer Reports guide to consumer gadgets 2012 rated the $99 Hoover Windtunnel vacuum higher than the Dyson superdooperpretentiouswhatever for $600.
Got the Hoover, not looking back.

/Only had to buy a new Hoover after the 18-year-old one finally died.
//Hoover, FTW!

jonny_q

2012-01-27 10:58:30 AM

Lsherm: I bought a Dirt Devil with a HEPA filter for $79 at Wal-Mart 10 years ago. Best goddamn vacuum I've ever owned. It could suck the back sweat off Rosie O'Donnell.

I'm sure the Dyson's are nice, but I can't justify the price premium. My brother has one, and it doesn't appear to work any better or worse than any other vacuum.

In 10 years you've probably spent $200 on filters. (6mo / filter = 20 filters * $10 = $200) Plus, on month 5 or 6 of a filter (if used regularly), the vacuum isn't going to work as well. It depends on how you're going to use it, but it can be easy to justify.

My parents got suckered into buying a Rainbow (now they're called Hyla)... and while they're older and wiser and know they overpaid, it was a nice vacuum to have... it worked well, and not having to change a filter was nice... it still works 20+ years later probably as well as it ever did.

HotIgneous Intruder

2012-01-27 10:59:33 AM

Dog Welder: Then ran the Dyson over the same room -- and caught a whole crapton of stuff my previous vacuum didn't.

My new Hoover Wind Tunnel bagless did the same thing. The previous vacuum cleaner was ... a Hoover.

/Doh!

danwiseman

2012-01-27 11:01:18 AM

What dyson has done is produce high quality products with fantastically high prices to appeal to people who have exhausted every other way of indicating that they are wealthy.

They already have a mansion, they already have a luxury car, they already have the inductive stove and suede couch and egyptian cotton sheets and 10,000 dollar italian suit. The only standouts in their house are the crappy 200 dollar hoover vacuum cleaner and that amish fireplace space heater, and now that there's a way to replace those with devices that give of that warm gooey feeling of "I'm Rich, biatch!" their lives are just that much more complete.

hailin

2012-01-27 11:02:17 AM

Hmm, I wonder how safe these are. We have an added on room that is basically a converted patio. Since there is no attic running over it or crawl space under we cannot run a duct out to it. We can't use cheap heaters because we rarely are out there. I want to use it as a sun room to grow plants, so I need it to be around 75 degrees. Summer is not a problem since it never gets that hot, but in negative temps the room gets to around 40 which is way too cold to grow things in. We talked to eight heating/cooling companies and the cheapest we can get away with is about $2,000 (plus whatever electricity adds to it)...to heat a 12x24 room. Just seems like way too much money. We had a friend's garage burn down from a ventless wall heater, so we won't go that route.

It this thing is safe to be left on its own I would buy one in a heartbeat, but my guess is it is about as safe as a ventless system, which isn't safe to be left in a mainly unused room.

HotIgneous Intruder

2012-01-27 11:02:50 AM

Rapmaster2000: I know this is USAToday, but is it too much to ask for specificity?

NOTIME, NOTIME! JUST BUY STUFFOK? OKTHKSBY!

jonny_q

2012-01-27 11:03:55 AM

FinFangFark: I was hesitant to throw down $600 for a vacuum, especially after remember about 10 years ago my parents spend 1k on a stupid kirby vacuum that sucked...well, it didn't suck, that was the problem.

Kirby...

don't know where I got Hyla. It was Kirby.

My parents got theirs around 1990. It worked well, but yeah, same thing.

Tax Boy

2012-01-27 11:04:54 AM

Does it have the properamountofsuction?

Hairy_Potter

2012-01-27 11:05:34 AM

Dog Welder: Lsherm: I bought a Dirt Devil with a HEPA filter for $79 at Wal-Mart 10 years ago. Best goddamn vacuum I've ever owned. It could suck the back sweat off Rosie O'Donnell.

I'm sure the Dyson's are nice, but I can't justify the price premium. My brother has one, and it doesn't appear to work any better or worse than any other vacuum.

After I bought a Dyson, I ran an experiment.

I vacuumed the living room with my previous vacuum.

Then ran the Dyson over the same room -- and caught a whole crapton of stuff my previous vacuum didn't.

If you live with pets, the Dyson is definitely worth the cost.

I did the same when I got my Dyson but with my entire house. I vacuumed the whole house with our old vacuum, then did it again with the Dyson. Filled the entire canister on the Dyson!! I live is a modestly sized townhome.

The fans and this heater are rather neat, but far to expensive for me. Though, I have a 1 year old and I could imagine if his room needed a space heater, I would possibly consider this... though he would likely just have to suck it up and get another blanket.

FinFangFark

2012-01-27 11:07:35 AM

jonny_q: FinFangFark: I was hesitant to throw down $600 for a vacuum, especially after remember about 10 years ago my parents spend 1k on a stupid kirby vacuum that sucked...well, it didn't suck, that was the problem.

Kirby...

don't know where I got Hyla. It was Kirby.

My parents got theirs around 1990. It worked well, but yeah, same thing.

it was the 2nd one...my parents bought one in the 80s, and since I was a kid didn't know the cost/quality thing. I asked my mom, who remembers these things, and said she spent $800 on that 1st on in the 80s. The one they bought in 1999 was $1200. And both sucked.

They had heavy pieces to put together and bunk and latch on, it was insane.

elvisaintdead

2012-01-27 11:08:42 AM

Lsherm: It could suck the back sweat off Rosie O'Donnell.

And there goes my entire weekend.

utah dude

2012-01-27 11:16:16 AM

danwiseman: What dyson has done is produce high quality products with fantastically high prices to appeal to people who have exhausted every other way of indicating that they are wealthy.

thread over. won.

Rapmaster2000

2012-01-27 11:16:23 AM

Epicedion: Rapmaster2000: My toaster employs technology used in turbochargers and jet engines - metal stamping, electrical resistance, and material science just off the top of my head.

I know this is USAToday, but is it too much to ask for specificity?

Just shut up, turboenginefans and jet chargers are SCIENCE!

HotIgneous Intruder: Rapmaster2000: I know this is USAToday, but is it too much to ask for specificity?

NOTIME, NOTIME! JUST BUY STUFFOK? OKTHKSBY!

Thanks to you both. I've got tears in my eyes.

Der Poopflinger

2012-01-27 11:17:46 AM

the vacuum i heard is totally worth it, that heater NOT A CHANCE.

hailin

2012-01-27 11:19:09 AM

It doesn't have the cautions like other heaters do about being left along, but it does say not to use in any room with water such as bathroom, laundry, and kitchens. I think my plants room with a hydroponic system and dripline for seedling would qualify in that warning.

Damn, I didn't want to spend $2,000.

Hairy_Potter

2012-01-27 11:20:34 AM

danwiseman: What dyson has done is produce high quality products with fantastically high prices to appeal to people who have exhausted every other way of indicating that they are wealthy.

They already have a mansion, they already have a luxury car, they already have the inductive stove and suede couch and egyptian cotton sheets and 10,000 dollar italian suit. The only standouts in their house are the crappy 200 dollar hoover vacuum cleaner and that amish fireplace space heater, and now that there's a way to replace those with devices that give of that warm gooey feeling of "I'm Rich, biatch!" their lives are just that much more complete.

Or maybe they are making well made products that last rather than cheap-ass Wal-Mart Chinese crap that needs to be replaced every 2 years.

/ I know, you can buy Dyson at Wal-Mart... I'm just sayin
// Dyson may be made in China also... which is quite likely
/// I don't think I have a leg to stand on at this point
//// I should probably just delete this post and move on

/ but I won't

Grither

2012-01-27 11:26:53 AM

When the Dyson vacuum cleaners first came out, they were worlds better than any other vacuum on the market. But now that you can buy the same exact vacuum with the same technology for 1/10th the price? It is stupid to spend the extra cash on a Dyson vacuum.

karmaceutical

2012-01-27 11:33:29 AM

This guy looks like one of those idiot-on-the-street opinion pieces on The Onion.

tricycleracer

2012-01-27 11:33:48 AM

utah dude: danwiseman: What dyson has done is produce high quality products with fantastically high prices to appeal to people who have exhausted every other way of indicating that they are wealthy.

thread over. won.

My parents are the cheapest people I know and they own 2 Dysons. Their cars are 15 and 12 years old, they've lived in the same house since 1969, and they think Outback is fine dining, but they love their Dysons.

American Decency Association

2012-01-27 11:35:20 AM

functional art

Dr_luckyz

2012-01-27 11:52:23 AM

American Decency Association: functional art

Fart?

MrSteve007

2012-01-27 12:14:46 PM

sarah_t_s: vpb: The Apple of small appliances.

Fantastic build quality and product longevity, coupled with good customer support but at a price? Yes, I would agree and so would the Dyson cleaner I've got.

By 'fantastic build quality and product longevity,' I assume you mean as long as you coddle the product in some form of rubberized case to use it, lest you "hold it wrong" and short out the antenna, or dare to drop their hand held portable product that is structurally tied to glass on both the front and the backside?

Then when you go to the 'good customer support' at the Apple store, they'll inform you that you can pay to fix that broken glass for 60% of the product's original purchase price, or pay 75% to replace the product all together as part of their wonderful customer service.

Yeah, I have yet to find my own reality distortion field generator.

SN1987a goes boom

2012-01-27 12:30:44 PM

tricycleracer: utah dude: danwiseman: What dyson has done is produce high quality products with fantastically high prices to appeal to people who have exhausted every other way of indicating that they are wealthy.

thread over. won.

My parents are the cheapest people I know and they own 2 Dysons. Their cars are 15 and 12 years old, they've lived in the same house since 1969, and they think Outback is fine dining, but they love their Dysons.

Is that anything like how people in the ghetto buy the most expensive cars they can while their homes fall down around them?

StoPPeRmobile

2012-01-27 12:31:58 PM

karmaceutical: [i.usatoday.net image 75x107]

This guy looks like one of those idiot-on-the-street opinion pieces on The Onion.

Feel free to post your portrait.

mrtoadswildride

2012-01-27 12:32:32 PM

hitmanric: vpb: The Apple of small appliances.

The difference is, with dyson you get a substancial technology advancement for the price premium.

Yes...becuase preventing "fan buffeting" is definitely worth the extra the $200...

/I don't know how I ever dealt with it before...

karmaceutical

2012-01-27 12:36:41 PM

StoPPeRmobile: karmaceutical: [i.usatoday.net image 75x107]

This guy looks like one of those idiot-on-the-street opinion pieces on The Onion.

Feel free to post your portrait.

o.onionstatic.com

Kuroshin

2012-01-27 12:36:46 PM

HotIgneous Intruder: Consumer Reports guide to consumer gadgets 2012 rated the $99 Hoover Windtunnel vacuum higher than the Dyson superdooperpretentiouswhatever for $600.
Got the Hoover, not looking back.

/Only had to buy a new Hoover after the 18-year-old one finally died.
//Hoover, FTW!

I've got that vacuum. The nice fellow at Starks showed me both side by side, and proved that they had equal cleaning power. For less than 1/4 the price, I got an equally good device.

Problem is, we don't use it enough to keep up with the dog...

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