I seriously wonder why the US market prefer upright vacuum models over canisters. Uprights are noisy, harder to control (you have to push/pull the whole thing versus just the hose on canisters), harder to fit into tight spots etc. In Europe, upright vacuums practically does not exist. Even Dyson, being a European company, did not have any upright models in the beginning, they came up with them later, just for US market.
...but you don't have to move a canister around separately, which is a turn off with canisters. I don't see either design as meeting the great hope of a product that takes no effort and cleans up without us being involved. Both canisters and uprights have obvious pluses to their users while neither are perfect.
I am also from the UK and everyone I know has an upright. In fact if you go into comet etc there are more upright cleaners than cylinder cleaners. Which UK are you from exactly? If you go to the argos site there is the following information Upright bagless vacuum cleaners (50) Cylinder bagless vacuum cleaners (47)
Which suggests that uprights are hardly rare in the UK.
Uprights in the south east of england (south london area) exclude dysons ive only seen about 20 in my life time compared to hundreds of cylinder, ive only known 4 people with uprights compared to hundreds maybe thousands with cylinders and thats also including schools and hospital etc
@ Coolblue & Ocean Clak 34th - I'm from the south west and agree with O C 34th, maybe uprights are a Northern thing, unless you're a Southerner Coolblue
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I seriously wonder why the US market prefer upright vacuum models over canisters. Uprights are noisy, harder to control (you have to push/pull the whole thing versus just the hose on canisters), harder to fit into tight spots etc. In Europe, upright vacuums practically does not exist. Even Dyson, being a European company, did not have any upright models in the beginning, they came up with them later, just for US market.
In the UK (which is in Europe, last time I checked), uprights are very common. In fact Dyson's first model, the DC01, was an upright.
My DC01 is still going strong!
It's the American way?
Im from uk and uprights are very rare
...but you don't have to move a canister around separately, which is a turn off with canisters. I don't see either design as meeting the great hope of a product that takes no effort and cleans up without us being involved. Both canisters and uprights have obvious pluses to their users while neither are perfect.
Once you chimpanzies evolve into standing, walking human beings, then you will understand the benefit of an upright!
@Ocean Clak 34th
I am also from the UK and everyone I know has an upright. In fact if you go into comet etc there are more upright cleaners than cylinder cleaners. Which UK are you from exactly? If you go to the argos site there is the following information
Upright bagless vacuum cleaners (50)
Cylinder bagless vacuum cleaners (47)
Which suggests that uprights are hardly rare in the UK.
Uprights in the south east of england (south london area) exclude dysons ive only seen about 20 in my life time compared to hundreds of cylinder, ive only known 4 people with uprights compared to hundreds maybe thousands with cylinders and thats also including schools and hospital etc
@ Coolblue & Ocean Clak 34th - I'm from the south west and agree with O C 34th, maybe uprights are a Northern thing, unless you're a Southerner Coolblue
I wonder if they will make a central vacuum unit based on the same concept, or wont that work?