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Well, I got my new vacuum cleaner: A Dyson DC07. Here’s the day one report:
I bought a “Factory Remanufactured” DC07, Dyson’s least expensive vacuum. It was $279.99 with free shipping via Fedex ground and no sales tax.
I was seeing this vacuum around local retailers, new, for $399.
The vacuum arrived in 6 days to Dearbon, Michigan, well packaged. The contents were complete and factory sealed- the vacuum appears new out of the box. There are no visual cues that it is “Factory Remanufactured”.
Assembly was completely straightforward. I did read the sealed owner’s manual prior to assembly. That was important as it may not be intuitive, but the instructions are excellent.
Assembly took less than two minutes. Interestingly, the instructios for opening the box, which actually are important, are inside the box. Hmmm.
First use: I vacuumed two days ago completely with my old Eureka bag unit. I usually vacuum either once a day (upstairs) or every other day. One of my cats is a long-haired so that is somewhat necessary. I am also a neat-nick.
On the first use the vacuum is maybe 40% quieter than my previous unit. That’s nice. Doesn’t scare the cats as much. Good.
Very powerful suction. Much more so than previous unit. Picked up noticeably more debris and hair. One note: The clear containment vessel for the dirt picked up is genius marketing. You see the dirt and cat hair coming into the containment vessel. In a bag unit you didn;t see how much stuff you were picking up. Even in a relatively clean house there is a substantial amoutn each time you vacuum, but in a bag unit it doesn’t seem like as much since you don;t see the stuff. So, when you suddenly see this little pile of stuff swirling in there your reaction is like, “Holy shit! look at all that stuff! Am I glad I got this vacuum!” The truth of the matter may be that it is exactly the same amount as another vacuum, but since you can see it, it seems “better”. Genius.
The unit itself is heavy, not too manueverable and will not go under furniture. It is certainly ungainly. A bit like wheeling a SCUBA tank around your living room. That said, the cord is adequately long for most larger rooms and the attachment hose, which I have yet to use, seems rather long also. So you can reach almost anything.
In general, the unit seems good after the first use. It is easy to empty and seems to clean somewhat better than the previous vacuum. I like the looks of it but it is unweildy and very “plasticy” in feel- no metal whatsoever. That leaves somewhat of an impression of cheapness until you use the unit, then you see it works powerfully and effectively.
Overall, quite good. A little paradigm shift from the previous metal vacuum, but it sucks up the dirt, requires no bags, has a cleanable filter and is easy to empty.
For $399.99 I consider it expensive, but at $279.99 for an excellent, factory remanufactured unit, it is quite good based on the first use. So far, I’m happy.
Thanks for all the suggestions and insight as usual.
