Dyson's City DC26: finally, a sucky vacuum for those in studio apartments
By Darren Murph 
posted January 21st 2010 1:47PM
posted January 21st 2010 1:47PM
posted January 21st 2010 1:47PM
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$400 for someone who lives in a studio apartment may be a but much.
@sintricate
BIT* much.
@sintricate Not if they're living in a studio apartment in London.
@sintricate
That's 5 days rent on my flat in london. Shouldn't be too much hassle for someone with a studio in the centre.
@sintricate
No he meant 'butt munch'. Lets try it:
"$400 for someone who lives in a studio apartment may be a butt munch.
yeah, it works.
@sintricate
Agreed, it's not like you vacuum daily. Maybe once every 2-4 weeks, a £30($50) cleaner will do just fine.
@sintricate
"company that makes ends meet by being exceptionally good at snorting foreign matter from floors"
By 'company' do you mean 'Lindsay Lohan?'
@sintricate , my manhattan studio apartment cost me $1,025 per sq/ft, and my monthly co-op maintenance fee is $1250 (not including mortgage or utilities, of course); so no, $400 is not too much - this unit looks like it would work nicely where space is a premium.
Don't people with money have maids?
@sintricate
It's a Dyson -- Dyson's are luxury vaccuum cleaners so if you can't afford $400, go to Walmart and pick something out that you can. I still don't quite understand how there is a market for high end vaccuum cleaners. If If I had the kind of money for a push assisted hardcore sucking vaccuum cleaner, I'd probably just hire someone to vaccuum for me. That said, if I can afford to not be the one vaccuuming, then I don't really care what vaccuum gets used. The maid can push around a pain-in-the-ass $100 vaccuum from Walmart, while the other $300 I saved on the vaccuum can pay the maid.
@sintricate
its not the price, its the stupidity of getting this product.
if you have a small place, you can sweep up (like 2 bucks) in about 10 minutes.
@Wesscoast
...or you can spend up to half a month's rent on a vacuum and show your friends how cool you are since it matches your old iMac.
@sintricate
Yea... at $400 my dirt can wait to get picked up.
Still looks cool though - spark plugs and all.
@Wwhat Yes. We do.
@compubasic
That $300 pays the maid for how many days? And you are comparing that to vacuum used for potentially a half decade of manual cleaning? Your comparison fails...
Dysons suck but the price blows
@Phil P
i see what you did there
@Acey
Well I'd hope so
@laxic I'd put my Bissell + attachments up against a Dyson ANY day... the contour tool is the best invention since lint rollers
http://www.abcvacuumwarehouse.com/images/thumbnails/a-bi-petpack.jpg
Dyson is crap. Bagless vacuums are not truly HEPA, particles spew out the plastic seams and they're a mess to empty. Build-quality is below par, ask any vacuum shop ... Dyson's often need repairs.
For $400, your better off with a Miele canister-type vacuum. It's well designed and engineered even better. Lightweight, quiet, powerful, and completely HEPA certified. And no iMac-inspired translucent colored plastics. Come on, who want's to look at all that hair and dander sucked into the thing?
@expelled Agreed. I've owned 2 dysons (recent models). The build quality is simply not there, especially on the bigger vacuums. The hand-helds are ok, but for the prices Dyson charges, it's literally stupid to buy one.
Miele on the other hand, does just as good a job, and the build quality matches the price.
@expelled OR...I can ask myself moron. I've had my Dyson for over 7 years and I have two golden retrievers and a parrot. Never a single issue, never a single breakdown or broken part, and it works as well today as it did on day one.
You really don't know WTF you're talking about. I'd go through 2-3 Bissells, Hoovers, or you-name-it's in the same period of time. Dysons work well, are built well, and last forever. Totally worth the money. The others are a WASTE of money, since they only last a year or two.
@darex If I were to spend $100 on a vacuum every two years, it would still take the better part of a decade to get to the price of a Dyson
Dyson, the Apple of Vacuums. (Great design and they still suck) :)
@One Love - lol @ apple hate spilling into an article about vacuums
@ppmcdoodles +1
If this one is as loud as their other units, the neighbors won't be happy.
@macemoneta
Yeah but then show it to them with wearing lab coat with a bio-hazard symbol on it and you'll scare the crap out of them. Tons of fun.
I've owned a DC-24 for 1.5 yrs - the price is well worth it. They're reliable, they have a great warranty, they're easy to clean, and they work!
As well, you can totally geek out on vaccuming - as most of them feel like the Batman "Tumbler"
- Now if only they could make them cordless and create a compact charging station.
@toddsmith
Even the cheapest vacuums should last 1.5 years. The problem with Dyson's is that many vacuums perform as well or better for under $100. That's proven in consumer group testing.
When I looked at them in person, I thought they looked cheap. That's probably a result of their shiny plastic.
@dougdeep
I've owned several 'under $100's' that were supposedly better. If you have a dog, a Dyson is a must.
.... cordless vacuuming would be pretty sweet!
@mikeweezer I have dogs and the Dyson isn't really the end all be all on pet hair. I own a eureka that does a better job.
Look, I know all these people seem to feel the need to justify slapping down $400 on this vacuum, but when you have MULTIPLE vacuum cleaner shops around town saying they are not worth the price and better can be had for half the price AND also consumers reports among others rate it bad and not worth the price, I think I'll choose to believe them.
If I'm going to spend $250+ on a Vacuum, I'll buy an Oreck.
@Critic2029 Is that because you're gullible and believe the Oreck commercials? No one else seems to think Oreck is any good.
That is a scary but sexy vacuum.
So Dyson, when are you going to make a robot dyson vac?
Or did they already?
That new futuristic hand blower in the LAX bathroom works pretty well.
Wait, that wasn't a hand blower.
Oh, I gotta go clean my hands again.
You mean i STILL have to make room for an A4 sheet of paper on my floor somewhere? That's too big. I need a hanger for it. Seriously I live in a small house and this vacuum is still too big. The full size we use now has a footprint smaller than A4 anyway - it's just very tall.
lol talk about hype. And this is coming from someone who absolutely cannot WAIT for Apple's announcement next week!
Great for a space station too~ wait, is there carpet on a space station?
If your studio had as much floorspace as mine did, all you would need is this:
http://www.target.com/Dirt-Devil-KURV-Hand-Vac/dp/B000U8LCPO/ref=br_1_2?ie=UTF8&frombrowse=1&searchView=grid5&searchNodeID=12957271&node=12957271&searchRank=salesrank&searchPage=1&searchSize=30&id=Dirt%20Devil%20KURV%20Hand%20Vac
I've owned one Dyson for at least 5 years and love the thing. Before relegating our old vacuum cleaner to garage duties we vacuumed the entire house with it, then followed up with the Dyson. We removed 1.5 canisters of dust, dirt, grime from our floors that "looked" clean with the Dyson.
The build quality is great, the performance is great, they are easy to clean, and they really are tough. You wouldn't expect it from a device made mostly from plastic but ours took a fall down a very long length of stairs and was none the worse for wear.
This would be great for a small apartment, but where it will really shine and sell well is with people using motorhomes/campers here in the US. Let's face it, if you can buy a camper worth several 100k you can afford a $400 vacuum cleaner.
It looks like some kind of biomechanical foot with wheels and a proton cannon!
I am sorry, but carpet is disgusting, tiny vacuum or not.
The Dyson brand just shows that some people will by anything with a name.
My Vax Big Bubble will out vacuum any Dyson at a fraction of the cost
@(Unverified) , but will your Vax Big Bubble fit in a kitchen drawer or undersink cabinet?
@DigDug I was generalising about dynons as a brand.
There are plenty of dinky vacuum cleaners no need to pay silly money for one
. The dysons I have used have been clumsy and over complicated .
i live in a small 1 bedroom apartment in manhattan and bought a roomba -- not because of how long it would take to vacuum 400 square feet myself, but because it's so tiny and is easy to stash away. i got mine for about $135.
@stereoscottnyc
Same here, I got a cheap Roomba clone for like £40, not only is it really small and easy to hide away but since my room is so small too (Uni flat) it does a really good job at cleaning it all quite fast, effective, practucal and cheap (if your house is small).
I am waiting for a fine bristled silicone shag which catches particles and particulates and filter them down to a bio-mass underneath which feeds on them and produces electricity.
It would be cool if it came in all the bright colors silicone implements usually come in.
Either that or a hyper-elastic smooth floor covering that could inflate into different furniture shapes as needed.
I would take the time to clean that one, though it might be tricky as it would get sucked up into a vacuum because of fore mentioned elastic nature.
Vacuum / Airbrush
It's a damn paradox.