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by Inconel 3182 days ago
I don't currently own a vacuum, I have a very small apartment with hardwood floors, and my experience with Dyson vacuums is limited to casually viewing them a few times in stores, but what do you mean by "cheap plastic"? Are you saying that all plastic is cheap or that Dyson specifically uses poorly made plastics? From my understanding using well made injection molded plastics can be both difficult from a production/engineering standpoint as well as quite expensive, but again I don't know the quality of plastics in Dyson products. I agree in that I'm not a big fan of their color schemes.

Also, maybe someone with more vacuum experience can chime in but what's the preferred material choice for an upright vacuum? Plastic seems pretty perfect to me in that it has good impact resistance and probably won't scratch or damage furniture/walls too much. I know aluminum is quite the rage in the consumer electronics world but I doubt that would make a good choice. I bet carbon fiber would be nice although the price would increase a few hundred percent.
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convolvatron 3182 days ago
i like the little vacuums for apartments. a lot of suction, light, good attachment design.

but the visual design is pretty damn awful, and the way the whole thing fits together has plenty of flex. the gaskets don't really sit right, etc. its a good machine if you don't have a lot to cover, if you ignore the price, but its not a great product.

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seanmcdirmid 3182 days ago
I own a V6, portable battery operated vacuum, and it's completely changed the way I treat vacuuming from a weekly chore to a daily ritual. It's funny what cordless does.

The V6 and newer V8 don't have a lot of plastic unlike the bigger Dyson vacuums. They also are idea for small apartments and do well on hardware floors.

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mohaine 3182 days ago
Cheap plastic if fine. It does need to look like "quality" though, especially at $300. Dyson's just look cheap (IMHO).

The $35 eureka commercial I bought 12 years ago is still going strong. It is mostly metal. I can afford to change a lot of bags a bit early for that $265 difference.

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