A tradition nearly developed the first few years of my marriage. I bought Robin a new vacuum cleaner for three birthdays in a row. We are very hard on vacuum cleaners. With multiple dogs and cats living free range in the house, coming and going in and out as they please, we have a constant supply of pet hair and dander on our 2400 square feet of carpet, tile, and linolium.
It wasn't that the vacuum cleaners were wearing out, it was that they just didn't perform well. Within five minutes of installing a new bag, the first traditional cleaner I bought would lose suction and start leaving debris in its path. I replaced the cheap $150 model with a $300 Hoover bagless unit. It worked only marginally better as the hepa filter would quickly clog in it and it, too would lose suction after a short period of use.
Then I saw the commercial for the Dyson. It claimed to be exactly what I needed: "The only vacuum that doesn't lose suction". Yipee! I went to multiple stores hoping to see a live demonstration of this magical revolutionary vacuum in action.
Alas, at the time, none of the stores I could find had any type of demo set up for the Dyson vacuums. And the price tag was steep for something I couldn't test drive; Over $500 by the time tax was added. Then we stopped by a little privately owned vacuum shop in our hometown of Grapevine. The man running the shop listened to my request to see a demo of the Dyson. He told me he'd like to show me one but he didn't carry them. I asked if he had plans to start selling Dysons and he said no. His explanation was "Yes, it's true, they don't lose suction. But they can't afford to lose suction because they have so little to start with. And they break easily. Too many complicated plastic parts that just won't hold up."
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