I hope you and your vacuum cleaner will be very happy together @ViewAhead.
Setting aside this morning to finish my Italian homework prior to tomorrow’s class, I’m up for any diversion imaginable. That in mind, I compared the Which? reviews of Vax Blade 4 with Samsung Jet 70 turbo costing £239 - they’ve not reviewed Samsung 60.
In 10 categories the scores, out of 5, were identical. If Vax fared better I gave it a plus e.g. Vax *****, Samsung *** = Vax +2
Carpet cleaning +1 Allergen retention -3 Noise -2 Battery life -1 Maintenance +1 Versatility +1 Vacuuming at height +1 Vacuuming upholstery -1 Vacuuming hard floors -1 Vacuuming uneven surfaces -1 Laminate floor cleaning -1 Pet hair removal -1 Cleaning on minimum power +1 Bag capacity 7 litres Vax/ 8 litres Samsung Weight 3.3/2.7 kg Battery life max power 10/7 minutes, minimum power 25/34 Recharge time 130/110 minutes
Overall, just, the Samsung is better but probably not good enough to justify the price differential.
As a trade off, perhaps you’d like to give me an interesting fact about Abruzzo, one of the tasks for tomorrow. At the moment I am looking at the festival of the running Madonna in Sulmona in which a statue of the Virgin Mary is carried at speed through the town. If the statue falls, it’s said, it heralds bad luck. This has only happened twice, in 1914 and 1940 just before Italy entered the World Wars.
There is also Culcollo’s Festival of Snakes. As a homage to San Domenico, patron saint of the town and protector from snake bites and rabid dogs, hundreds of live snakes are presented to a statue of Domenico. The festival begins with the ringing of a large bell in the church, the bell pulled by a rope which parishioners grab with their teeth. It protects them from toothache for the year ahead.
Goodness, @BenCotto! 😱 That is most comprehensive. Some of those categories are important to me, (eg noise and weight), others less so (eg allergens). I might put them in order for my needs and see which comes out best as I go down the list, before I part with any wonga.
In return, I can advise you that Abruzzo has been home to Ovid the poet, Gaius Cassius Longinus (the Roman Senator who led the plot to kill Julius Caesar), and Pontius Pilate. In more modern times, Dean Martin, Perry Como, Henri Mancini, Nancy Pelosi and Ariana Grande can trace their family roots to the region. 😁
P.S. @BenCotto, I think you should go with the snakes, though as a former campanologist, I can be fairly sure that ringing a bell rope with your teeth would lead to more, not less, toothache! 😉
Well ... am liking it so far! 👍 Very light, much quieter than my old Dyson, and has just picked up a significant amount of dust on a first go under the bed (which I could not reach with my old one). Haven't played with all the bits and bobs yet. Some I will probably never use, but that's always the way with appliances.
Glad you like it @ViewAhead 😊 … I’m still astounded at the amount of ‘stuff’ ours took out of our upstairs carpets which had previously been regularly vacuumed with an upright.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
The things you learn on this gardening forum! Absolutely riveting stuff, keep it coming.
We've got both an old Miele cylinder cleaner which I now find too heavy to use and a cordless Hoover which I love. Granted it is a bit of a pain to empty the canister nearly every time you use it but it's a lot easier for me to use. The top half detaches to do the stairs.
Stairs have been a real problem area for me, so a detachable bit should be just the ticket. I had been resisting going for cordless as I hate forever charging things, but with one short use, I now appreciate the pros outweigh the cons.
I've only used it for two minutes and already had to empty the canister! 😁
That is the real downside of lightweight, cordless vacuums. I got a Bosch one designed for pet owners, in hope of getting excellent suction. It seems to do a good job and I wouldn't be without it.
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A story that really stuck with me (from a documentary I saw years ago) concerned Dyson spending years trying to get the big vacuum companies interested in his new invention of the bagless, centrifugal system, "Root Cyclone Technology" - a complete and total departure from all previous vacuum technology. They all rejected him outright. Over years he found investors to support him and the cyclone model has seen become the world leader. A spokesman for Hoover says that they regret not buying up the patent from Dyson in the 1980s. Why? Because they would have shelved the technology and they continue to sell more old style vacuums. They would have purposely hidden the new technology so they were not threatned.
I find this so chilling. What ever you think of Dyson personally, think of all the people that cyclone tech has helped, all the bags saved from landfill, all the learning that new tech has developed and they wish none of that had happened. Imagine all the huge companies that buy up new tech patents and then destroy them. I find it shocking
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Setting aside this morning to finish my Italian homework prior to tomorrow’s class, I’m up for any diversion imaginable. That in mind, I compared the Which? reviews of Vax Blade 4 with Samsung Jet 70 turbo costing £239 - they’ve not reviewed Samsung 60.
In 10 categories the scores, out of 5, were identical. If Vax fared better I gave it a plus e.g. Vax *****, Samsung *** = Vax +2
Allergen retention -3
Noise -2
Battery life -1
Maintenance +1
Versatility +1
Vacuuming at height +1
Vacuuming upholstery -1
Vacuuming hard floors -1
Vacuuming uneven surfaces -1
Laminate floor cleaning -1
Pet hair removal -1
Cleaning on minimum power +1
Bag capacity 7 litres Vax/ 8 litres Samsung
Weight 3.3/2.7 kg
Battery life max power 10/7 minutes, minimum power 25/34
Recharge time 130/110 minutes
Overall, just, the Samsung is better but probably not good enough to justify the price differential.
As a trade off, perhaps you’d like to give me an interesting fact about Abruzzo, one of the tasks for tomorrow. At the moment I am looking at the festival of the running Madonna in Sulmona in which a statue of the Virgin Mary is carried at speed through the town. If the statue falls, it’s said, it heralds bad luck. This has only happened twice, in 1914 and 1940 just before Italy entered the World Wars.
There is also Culcollo’s Festival of Snakes. As a homage to San Domenico, patron saint of the town and protector from snake bites and rabid dogs, hundreds of live snakes are presented to a statue of Domenico. The festival begins with the ringing of a large bell in the church, the bell pulled by a rope which parishioners grab with their teeth. It protects them from toothache for the year ahead.
Uppingham is so staid by comparison.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
We've got both an old Miele cylinder cleaner which I now find too heavy to use and a cordless Hoover which I love. Granted it is a bit of a pain to empty the canister nearly every time you use it but it's a lot easier for me to use. The top half detaches to do the stairs.