I am looking at the Dyson DC26 for cleaning a medium sized apartment, hardwood and carpet. I like that it has attachments that work for dusting and furniture (and the S) and that it is relatively small, with a good reputation for power and quality. I am of the mindset that it is always better to save up, buy quality and use it forever, but I am not sure if Dyson is really that good or if it is just hype.

 

Well, it sounds like that British dirtbag Dyson is full of dirt...I mean s*it. According to this test:

http://www.greatvacs.com/education/K...uumReview.html

 

Thanks for that, have never heard of Kirby. That thing looks intense, more like a battleship than a vacuum!

 

I use to sell for kirby, they are amazing vacuums. They will try to get you to pay upwards of $1,900 for it, but they will let it go for $900, sometimes less. The salesman's profit is whatever the individual pays over $1000. I was damn good at selling, in my first month I sold 3 for full price and was selling more working part time, than the guys working full time. But the company is so corrupt, they made me pay all financing fees and other BS, even on those $1,900 sales I only made $200 on each, when I got my paycheck I walked into my bosses office and told him to go f@#k himself, he tried to offer me another $100, I lol'ed and walked out.

 

Thats crazy. I always got the feeling that in a lot of individual product sales it was the salesman getting the short end of the stick. I think the Kirbys are ridiculous overkill for me. I only have a one bedroom apartment. I am looking at upgrading from one of those crappy powerstick types.

 

my parents uses kirby and that thing is heavy but it's one badass vacuum machine

 

Ask the wife/girlfriend which one she prefers.

 

i had a dog that shed crazy,....vacuumed every day and always got a full bucket of dirt and hair.
even did a once over with my non dyson and thought i got a decent amount of crap up,...but went over it with the dyson and it got just as much

 

don't know about that particular model, but my mom raves about her Dyson. Even so, seems like a lot of money to me.

 

You did that too? I did it for like a week though and said f@#k that.

We went to this Indian ladies house, and did the demo. Ludicrous amounts of dirt came up (On the real, it's a f@#king amazing vacuum), and of course we asked if this bothered her. Her reply, "Not really. I used to eat dirt when I grew up in India."



Sale attempt over.