World's most expensive vacuum also claims title of world's gaudiest
By Donald Melanson 
posted March 17th 2009 9:39PM
posted March 17th 2009 9:39PM
You may think that the world's most expensive vacuum would be a Dyson or some other high-tech cleaning contraption, but that's apparently not the case, at least according to the vacuum authority that is the Guinness Book of World Records. No, the world's most expensive vacuum is apparently this otherwise ordinary Electrolux, which has been adorned with 3,730 Swarovski crystals by Polish designer Lukaz Jemiol and now commands the princely sum of £13,825 (or just under $20,000). That may not help the vacuum's cleaning ability much, but it'll certainly help it hold its own against all the other Swarovski-encrusted products out there, which, last we checked, includes everything imaginable. Better act quick if you're looking to add to the collection though, as this one is strictly one of a kind.
designer? let's hope he is not an Industrial Designer...otherwise he fails at life, hopefully he lost many clients after this...
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Vacuum and Crystals - It's a great combination actually. If somehow a crystal loosens and falls off, the vacuum will suck it right back up lol.
Would you really pay this much to have your housekeeper use it? (Because if you've got this money to spend, you sure aren't doing your own vacuuming.) I'd like to buy my help a solid platinum Swiffer handle...
But can it suck?
Nothing sucks like an electrolux
Nope, it cant, hit up Adult Friend Finder
it comes with the fleshlight attachment! :P
Nothing sucks more than paying 20 grand for a mid-quality vacuum that will swallow up the stupid crystals as soon as the glue fails to hold them on. Which will happen the first time that the maid or butler (since there is NO WAY that anyone who can afford this tripe would even know how to turn it on) bumps a piece of furniture. So yes, this certainly sucks.
Well, one thing that sucks more than an Electrolux, a democrat!
Bernie??
I have this vacuum, well, the one with no "bling".
Its an OK vacuum. I clean my guinea pig's cage with it. Guinea pigs poo so much, I'd be scared to leave them for a day without a full cage vacuum.
I got it at Costco, for a pretty snazzy price.
I wish you could disable the blue LED though.
Bonus points awarded for use of the word "snazzy".
Bonus points for using "poo" as a verb.
bonus points for snazzily sucking poo
This whole expensive crystals glued to crap phase is taking away my hope for humanities continued existence past this millennium, one stupid fucking crystal at a time. Fuck this stupid shit, what the fuck is wrong with people? Does anyone buy this shit? And if they do, what the fuck is wrong with them? It's norteven GOOD shit they are putting these stupid fucking crystals on, they glue them onto shitty shit which makes it twice as fucking stupid that these things exist. Fuck me. Shit like this is the reason for the French revolution and you KNOW something has to be stupid as all fuck what to get the French to want to fight. I wish hell did exist, so that the people who support this stupid shit could burn in it.
Are you allowed to curse on engadget? I don't want to be banned.
I blame girls and the french.
You had me at "Fuck this stupid shit."
Well said, sir. Well said indeed.
Don't forget the part where swarovski crystals are actually just glass. Seriously. It's leaded glass. What kind of bozo would pay extra money for that?
Idea for a photoshop contest:
Add swarovski crystals to gadgets that don't need them/suck/look ridiculous
Swarovski Encrusted Condoms FTW! You know your a rich douchebag when your dick is covered in fake diamonds.
@ Daft
I lol'd.
And AMEN. This shit is so goddamned stupid that it makes me vomit out of anger. The "designer" clearly set a small pack of children on gluing sequins in a sort of straight grid-like sequence. Child labor is illegal, however, and so we have another crime to take this asshole to court for.
Only YOU can add chlorine to the gene pool. Let's take this sumbitch out.
@DaftFunk
That's the problem... it's already been done. Everything that (A)doesn't need it, (B)sucks, or (C)looks ridiculous with them already has the damn crystals applied. No need for a photoshop contest when all we need to do is google for [the item] and add "glued on some shitty crystals" to the search. It's kinda like Starbucks opening everywhere in the late '90's... stand still long enough and some sellout "artist" or ass-clown "designer" will Swarovski your 'nads.
Indeed humanity has reached a new low...
+1K, Jon
Excellent rant. Completely agree.
"Are you allowed to curse on engadget? I don't want to be banned."
By the way, I think you kind of sort of went past the limit. ;) I kid.
Here at Philips, we just slap Swarovski crystals on whatever the fuck we want. We're up to our goddamn knees in these things. Take that, world!
You just became my personal hero!
+1 for the rant... hilarious. I think you said what many here are thinking but not actually saying.
Cheers!
Also, I'd imagine the most expensive vacuum would be some giant industrial machine that can vacuum entire cars or something...
Whats so great about Swarvolsky crystals?
they go good with Stolichnya
Stoli crystal yumm! (and gray goose) anyone wants a shot?
$300 vacuum + 3,583.17's worth of crystals + $10 in glue and two days of work = 500% profit?
Wish i'd thought of it.
I'm going to cover my NiMH battery charger in Swarovski crystals and submit it to Guiness World Records.
Next, I will apply a copious amount of said crystals to my car battery charger.
Anybody willing to pay for something like that certainly isn't doing their own vacuuming.
Raises the bar in pointlessness.
That vacuum has a weird mix of beautiful diamonds and ugly gray fake-swede plastic. Hmm...
Yeah, I thought that too.
Surely you at least make an effort to hide the cheap gray plastic.
For the money you'd expect leather trimmings and so forth.
Lukaz Jemiol can suck it!
Sucking must really be a passion of his.
Crapgadget.
It sucks, it blows, and no one wants to lay it in the closet.
what's wrong with the closet?
Tom Cruise won't come out, that's what's wrong.
he's still in there with Travolta and R Kelly
Wow worlds most expensive vacuum, that ranks right up there with highest paid daytime stripper.
So does this vacuum suck or blow?
Why would anyone pay money for swarovski crystals? It's just cheap old leaded glass, not really even a gemstone at all. And why would anyone in their right mind pay to have little pieces of glass stuck on their vacuum cleaner? Aren't you supposed to be vacuuming that crap up?