Numatic sweep the board as Dyson sucks - Updated
In a surprise piece of research from Reevoo, Dyson were left off of the top five vacuum cleaners.
Consumers rated Numatic’s Hetty as the number one machine:
1. Numatic Hetty
2. Bissell 3760E
3. Sebo Automatic X4 Extra
4. Numatic Henry
5. Miele S5260
6. Miele S4211
7. Miele S 5210
8. Miele TT5000
9. Miele S5280
10. Dyson DC14 Hepa
(You can look closer into the different category results below)
Who would have thought?! This must be a pretty big blow for Dyson, who have been market leaders for the past decade or so. Although, it might be a great way for them to identify the areas in which they can improve to make their machines even better.
I have to say that I’m rather proud of the fact that I own a Henry. I’ve had him for around 10 years and he’s been great. Wouldn’t change him for the world. I’ll even forgive Hetty for coming in above him.
So where do Dyson need to improve? It seems that a lot of shoppers have trouble moving them around. There are lots of reviews complaining about their weight and the height of some of the models. Other people find their hoses too short, that they are too noisy, that they have a short life-span and that they have to be emptied too often. Although the last point may be because they pick up a lot of stuff.
Going on the positives, consumers did like the designs of the Dysons and the fact that they were very powerful.
We also need to mention that Miele did really well here too. They got five products in the top ten and almost all of the reviews for both the models mentioned the fact that they had superior suction.
So it seems that Numatic and Miele are the vacuums to go for. If you don’t agree with the Dyson comments I’ve picked out, you can check out all the other Dyson reviews.
Tags: cleaning, dyson, home, Home and DIY, hoover, numatic, top 10, Top five, Vacuum cleaners
Blog posted on Thursday, June 5th, 2008 at 5:03 pm under Products, Vacuum cleaners. Leave a comment, or trackback from your own site.
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Jo Says:
September 23rd, 2008 at 4:36 pm
Hi Dave,
The figures speak for themselves and these reviews are all from people who we know have definitely bought the products. Dysons may be popular but it seems that people have a thing or two to say about them when they get home and use them. You can read all the Dyson reviews for yourself by clicking on the link in the post.
We email people after they’ve bought something through one of our retail partners and had a chance to use it for a few weeks. That way, they get to know the product’s good and bad points.
True that you save on bags and loads of people love the look of them but there are also lots of people who have trouble moving Dysons around, especially.