Dyson has scrapped its electric car project

Re:Dyson has scrapped its electric car project by specialp on Thursday October 10, 2019 @12:17PM (#21216266)

Dyson really got the bagless vacuums to become the dominant vacuum in the USA. I think while it looks cool and relieving to see lots of stuff whirl in a transparent tornado chamber, it is far inferior to actually having a bag. You then have to dump out a dusty dirt container somewhere (hopefully not inside) and clean and sometimes replace an expensive filter. Vacuum bags are pretty cheap, and biodegradable, and much cleaner to replace. It holds a lot more too before affecting suction resulting in less empties.

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Re:Dyson has scrapped its electric car project by ticmasta on Thursday October 10, 2019 @01:03PM (#21216829)

Plus our municipal garbage pickup explicitly requires you to bag dirty or dusty trash like this (ex: furnace filters) so I end up transferring from a bag-less vacuum to a bag, plus get dirt and dust everywhere and can never get all the crud out of the vacuum canister.

The vacuum is OK, but having to clean the canister multiple times per use is a major pain. Bagged are superior for this reason alone.

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Re:Dyson has scrapped its electric car project by abawany on Thursday October 10, 2019 @12:36PM (#21216510)

I agree. I wasted a lot of time and money on bagless vacuums before realizing that I spent more time cleaning and futzing with them than with the actual vacuuming. Got a Panasonic bagged upright and it is nice; cleans well and I don't have to do anything but throw the bag away after a while.

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Re:Dyson has scrapped its electric car project by hevi_jos on Thursday October 10, 2019 @02:00PM (#21217424)

I personally love Dyson system. I have an old Dyson working, so powerful that making new ones of that power is forbidden in the UE.

Dumping the dusty container is much better than using bags in my own experience. When I used them they were extremely expensive and hard to find. The vacuum loses power as it fills.

If bags are cheap, that I don't know, it is only because Dyson has made them a commodity.

Using it for years (maybe decades) and never changed the filter, which is extremely easy to clean regularly.

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Re:Dyson has scrapped its electric car project by vixen99 on Thursday October 10, 2019 @03:17PM (#21218186)

Dyson may recommnend a new filter but our's has run for 18 years with no extra purchases of that kind (we clean the filters ourselves. No problem). Brilliant machine and easily the most impressive domestic product we've ever purchased. Greater suction power would likely be dangerous in some circumstances. Not having to replace bags is such a bonus.

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