   Dyson!
It's been said before, but these things are awesome!I know that being excited about cleaning equipment should be worthy of applying a clamp to my scrotum... but now when I'm cleaning the house all I can think of is "Don't cross the streams!". I just need to find a way to mount it to a backpack...Besides being a Proton Pack, it does a good job of catching dust too. Must'a caught about a gallon of the stuff when I tried it out.   
  Dyson have been around for about 15 years. Why are you posting just to tell us you have one?I got a pretty amazing thing too. It's a telephone, but I can use it outside, even miles away from my house!   ;  Talk to me when your $400 vacuum breaks after a few months.  When I worked retail these got returned or serviced ALL the time.  My $40 Bissell still works great after 5 years.   ;Quote:Original post by ChurchSkizTalk to me when your $400 vacuum breaks after a few months.  When I worked retail these got returned or serviced ALL the time.  My $40 Bissell still works great after 5 years.We had a Dyson for nearly a decade before it broke (admittedly, it did so by belching flames), and the current one is several years old and working well.Maybe we're lucky.   ;  My experience has been that the more one spends on a vaccuum cleaner, the longer it lasts, to the point that it is exponentially more expensive to buy the cheap ones, as you will have to buy them over and over again.That said, most of what you vaccuum up is NOT dust, it's actually the padding under your carpet breaking down. Yum.   ;  This is the real dyson!I was pretty sure this thread was going to be about T2!;  I thought this thread would be about Dyson Spheres...;Quote:Original post by TheUnbelieverWe had a Dyson for nearly a decade before it broke (admittedly, it did so by belching flames...Dang, that sounds cool!I still think the best vacuum I've seen is my Dad's 15+ year old Shop-Vac.  That thing can suck up anything, wet or dry.  Mind you, it's as loud as s jet taking off from 10 feet away, and it's quite large but it has the best suction I've seen on a vacuum.;Quote:Original post by Oberon_CommandI thought this thread would be about Dyson Spheres...Or Dyson himself.   ;Quote:Original post by capn_midnightMy experience has been that the more one spends on a vaccuum cleaner, the longer it lasts, to the point that it is exponentially more expensive to buy the cheap ones, as you will have to buy them over and over again.That said, most of what you vaccuum up is NOT dust, it's actually the padding under your carpet breaking down. Yum.I have some soviet-made vacuum cleaner older than me, and it still works perfectly (and electrical motor efficiency haven't really improved any since then, no need to upgrade). It'll probably last until bearings wear out, which will take a long while for good bearings that it got. (and i even got original replacement brushes for motor).edit: i also thought it was about dyson spheres btw not some brand vacuum cleaners.   