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I really dislike Dyson. 1) Move to Singapore, citing that Britain won't join the euro as a factor. 2) EU energy efficiency test goes against his product 3) Ca
by jimnotgym 5y ago
I really dislike Dyson.
1) Move to Singapore, citing that Britain won't join the euro as a factor.
2) EU energy efficiency test goes against his product
3) Campaigns for Brexit
I had one of his vacuum cleaners and it was under powered and always needed cleaning inside. I got a Meile with a bag afterwards. Much more powerful for less money.
- jimnotgym 5y agoThen the ventilators thing happened. "Don't give resources to medical firms that know how to build ventilators...give it to Dyson who will build it faster, better...unapproved and a complete failure https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/apr/22/covid-lancashire-firm-wades-into-dyson-ventilators-row https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/apr/22/covid-lan...
- verytrivial 5y agoAnd stitching up getting Dyson as one of only two brands of approved air ventilation in state schools. Grifter.
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- AngusH 5y agoAlthough it looks like Dyson was not actually paid anything and covered the £20m development cost themselves: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-52409359 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-52409359
- rootusrootus 5y agoIt's hit or miss. For a plug-in vacuum, there are others I would choose first. But for a cordless stick vacuum, nobody else is comparable.
- chrisseaton 5y agoTheir hair straighteners are also awesome - the only brand able to put a curl into my wife's hair.
- celticninja 5y agoHmmm, straighteners, put in a curl, sounds defective.
- chrisseaton 5y agoNo, it's called a 'straightener' but it's a generic tool for controlling the shape of hair - can straighten or curl - both are intended use-cases.
- blitzar 5y agoCan hair curlers also straighten hair or is it a one way process?
- chrisseaton 5y agoI think hair curlers are cylindrical, while straighteners are flat. You can curl with a flat surface by heating up and then curling around the whole thing. But with a curler there's nothing flat to shape against!
- blitzar 5y agoI have googled it, a person on youtube claims to be able to straighten hair with a curler; some kind of magic I think - I am not willing to suffer the pain that watching the video would inflict on my youtube reccomendations to determine the exact form of magic or witchcraft involved.
- dylan604 5y ago
- Isthatablackgsd 5y ago> I got a Meile with a bag afterwards. Hiyo neighbor! I love my Miele bagged vacuum (Powerline C2), my partner hate it because it is lumpy to move around. So we have a second vacuum, the Shark one, for "less lumpy". I always use my Miele when I want to vacuum because I need powerful suction and brush to remove my dog stubborn fur which Shark one failed to do so.
- Ruthalas 5y agoDoes "lumpy" mean "heavy" or "unwieldily" in this case? Or does it not roll smoothly or something like that?
- Isthatablackgsd 5y agoMy vacuum is canister one, so it is two-pieces vacuum which is why it is lumpy to my partner. The shark one we got is a upright vacuum.
- shiftpgdn 5y agoI hate my shark so much because it feels like cheap plastic and is weighted weird so it constantly falls over. Also the bin is comically small.
- GekkePrutser 5y agoI got the C1 after having a Hoover bagless one that was so weak it didn't even pick up all the dust from my laminate floors. The Miele is excellent and strong and the official bags aren't even that expensive.
- MonaroVXR 5y agoCompletely different vacuum cleaners, there's a dedicated reddit for it. Check it out.
- e40 5y agoFor the Meile or some other one? Please name it. Thanks.
- MonaroVXR 5y agoI can't name it, Miele is probably good enough. That's y'all mean right? Miele. Bag is in the "lower-end" "better", than bagless. With bagless to get mostly the best experience (until you figure it out yourself) you will need the original bags from the manufacturer since they fit the best. Otherwise you can use other ones if you figured out it's been the same. I choose for a bagless one, since my apartment isn't that big and my floor consist of wood. But the filter needs to be cleaned too, yes even the bagless ones need to be cleaned. But it depends how much stuff you are vacuuming and big your house is. If I had two kids and a partner, I would take a industrial vacuum cleaner. (Since the price is not much higher than the consumer one.)
- pkulak 5y agoHe's really good at building things that sound like they're better but aren't. Collecting dust and filth in a bag is just _better_ than putting it in a bin that you now have to empty and clean out. Large blades are better at moving air than tiny blades. I've got myself a Miele vacuum and a Winix air filter. They are simple, and work great.
- scoot 5y agoDon't even get me started on the worst designed hand dryers ever. Who wants to put their hands into two thin streams of air and move them up and down while avoiding the sides, and not being able to rub them together to distribute the moisture? Give ma an XLERATOR any day. (And I hear the hair products aren't all that.)
- jimnotgym 5y agoI had forgot about those. An expensive and worse alternative to a powerful regular dryer
- GekkePrutser 5y agoAnd his hand dryers in public bathrooms are so noisy I wouldn't be surprised if they cause hearing damage in the long term. Those things are awful.