I Heart My Dyson
Stuff I don't hate April 17th, 2010Listen to me now and listen to me good.
No one — I mean NO ONE — should be found singing and dancing while vacuuming. But that was me while using my eagerly-awaited Dyson D25 All Floors vacu-suck for the first time.
It arrived with great fanfare on Thursday.
Easy to assemble, easier to use.
It picked up everything that wasn’t nailed down.
Cat hair, my hair, kitty litter, hairballs from three cats, crumbs, fuzzies and apparently all the dirt my carpets have held prisoner since 1997.
I’ve finished vacuuming my house. Want me to come over and do yours?
Behold, my beloved Dyson in action:
Stumble it!
April 17th, 2010 at 12:04 pm
Now that looks like a great vacuum cleaner! What’s getting sucked up there? Looks like coffee or tea.
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April 17th, 2010 at 12:10 pm
Nice! I ordered a Dyson from Woot a year or so ago, and it is great, too!
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April 17th, 2010 at 12:52 pm
yes, please!! what time can you be here? would you like chocolate as payment??
)
hugs,
puglette
oh…and what about the noise. i hate my vacuum, it sounds like a jet engine!
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April 17th, 2010 at 1:05 pm
HAHAHAA!!!!!
I love how you keep vacuuming even though you’re done.
I also love that your house isn’t dirty enough anymore that you have to start throwing stuff down on the carpet so that you can vacuum some more.
Now I can’t wait to put up my Dyson post and link back up to this one. That was a fantastic video. Nice choice of music.
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April 17th, 2010 at 1:30 pm
My husband loves to vacuum – if we had carpets he would so be all about that.
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April 17th, 2010 at 2:21 pm
No one should be jealous of a vacuum cleaner, either–but I am! When my $42 Walmart Hoover dies, I’m definitely getting a Dyson. Everyone I know who has one absolutely loves it.
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April 17th, 2010 at 5:44 pm
I adore my Dyson… there’s nothing like it for picking up all the dog hair! Of course, I did have to mortgage the house in order to buy it, but it was worth it!
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April 17th, 2010 at 5:47 pm
I am so incredibly jealous. Green-eyed-monster-thinking-about-sneaking-into-your-house-and-stealing-your-Dyson-jealous. I would love to have a Dyson. My vaccuum is probably similar to Absepa’s $42 Walmart Hoover. But probably cheaper. It’s a Eureka. I was going to say it sucks, but then realized you might think that means it works really well, which it doesn’t. I don’t think I’ll ever be able to pay $400 for a vacuum though.
So until then, feel free to pop on by to vacuum my floors with your fabulous new Dyson!
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April 17th, 2010 at 5:55 pm
Wowie, you got your Dyson just in time – your carpet was filthy! Hahahaha!
ps: I have that orange-stripey-tailed toy, too.
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April 17th, 2010 at 5:57 pm
This is my Favorite post
…and video of yours since Windy.
I hate country music and vacuums……but you combo-ing them. FUNNY FUNNY…….loved loved it!!!
April 17th, 2010 at 6:12 pm
I have a Dyson I’ve had for half a dozen years and I’ll never get another one. Unfortunately, it’s desperately underutilized because I have almost no carpet in my house.
Instead, we have a fleet of roombas for our hard floors. Talk about dancing.
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April 17th, 2010 at 6:18 pm
Wow! Those new Dysons really suck!! Cool!
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April 17th, 2010 at 6:38 pm
Were you wearing your bacon shoes while you danced and sang with your vacuum?
I mean, I could write a Broadway Musical based on real events of your life, and no one would believe it.
April 17th, 2010 at 7:09 pm
So, you finally got your Dyson. Good for you! It looks like it works very well. Nice song to go with your video. I don’t even know what kind we have because my husband bought it and uses it all the time. Isn’t that nice?
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April 17th, 2010 at 7:42 pm
I understand completely. I irrationally adore my Bissel mini-steamer, which may be because my dog still pees on the floor while I’m at work.
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April 17th, 2010 at 7:47 pm
Sure you can come vacuum my carpets with your super-sonic sucker machine…however, if it sucks up ALL the dirt, there may not be much left to my crappy 20 year old carpet in the family room!! Can we reschedule for when I get the carpet changed this fall?!
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April 17th, 2010 at 8:11 pm
I think you missed a spot.
April 17th, 2010 at 9:10 pm
cool vacuum. If you would like to come over tomorrow morning with it I would be happy to serve breakfast as soon as you’re finished.
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April 17th, 2010 at 9:57 pm
We have a Dyson as well and love it! Unfortunately we have cheap burbur carpet and it sucked up a loose loop and ripped a row of carpet right up! Good thing we’re replacing the it! (the carpet, not the vacuum!)
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April 17th, 2010 at 10:12 pm
Yes, please stop by with your Dyson. The dust bunnies are out to get me. Even though I have a Dyson, I’m no match for the carpet critters because of their sheer numbers. They multiply like uh, er, Kate Gosselin. It’s great to meet you.
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April 17th, 2010 at 10:41 pm
::Shudders::
April 18th, 2010 at 12:15 am
Was that really your carpet? I hope not, but the machine sure seemed to do a great job! I then looked up the price and had to pause this comment to go get the nitroglycerin pills!
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April 18th, 2010 at 12:21 am
I’m with Fin! That Dyson is pure evil! The soundtrack to that video should have been Slayer.
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April 18th, 2010 at 3:06 am
I love my Dyson. It does a great job picking up plant bits I’m too lazy to pick up before vacuuming.
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April 18th, 2010 at 5:20 am
See? I knew you would! I seriously puffy heart mine! I don’t know if I’d go all country music about it… But still.
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April 18th, 2010 at 5:26 am
Well the bacon is cooking while we wait for you to come vacuum. The music is hysterical. I will have to look into getting one but it isn’t really in my budget. Have a great day.
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April 18th, 2010 at 5:57 am
Babs Beetle — It is a beautiful thing. Yes, it’s coffee I sprinkled there (old stuff I found in the cupboards).
Cats Goats Quotes — Oh, wow. Did you get a good deal from Woot? A friend turned me onto that site but I forget to check it. We got ours from Amazon for $50 less than list price.
puglette — I would accept most any food as payment. I wish y’all lived right next to me. I’d be right over! The noise on my Dyson is less than that of any of my other vacuums. Wouldn’t say quiet, but it is a tad less noisy, which is icing on the cake.
Nanny Goats — I kept looking for more carpet the first night i used it. I never wanted to be done! When I was getting the post going, I realized ‘Uh-oh, I need more dirt!’ because I’d done it all already. I felt like I was making an infomercial. Looking forward to your post. I’ll link over to you when it’s up and we can have a Dysonfest!
Grace — Do you realize how lucky you are? My husband rarely vacuums, it’s just not his thing. Although I shouldn’t complain. He does toilets.
absepa — Believe me, I’ve put up with some crappy cleaners, too. My $75 Dirt Devil was not a devil at all. It just went over the dirt and said “Oh, hi. Would you mind if I cleaned you? Oh, you would? Well then. You can stay there and I’ll just go look elsewhere.”
CatLadyLarew — I feel the same way. It’s not inexpensive and I couldn’t believe I was going to click “Pay Now” on a $450 appliance. But I have zero regrets. It works like something that costs that much and I’m not looking back.
Surfie — If you come over, you can’t steal it, but I’d let you use it. And then you would consider paying it. I never wanted to pay that either, but when I consider how much kitty litter and grossness my other one left behind and how many times I had to sweep over the same spot, well, all I can say is it’s worth every penny.
Daisy — Haha! It was just a little bit “fake” dirty! My living room smelled delicious during my demonstration. All three kittehs love their stripey toys! Aren’t they the best?
Alan — Glad you liked it. I hate country music too, but the lyrics fit how I feel about my lovely new Dyson!
Stephanie Barr — Cool! I think you’re the first person I know with a Roomba. I would love to watch the cats freak out when that thing drove by. I’m happy with how the Dyson works on hardwood. My other cleaner would just slide over the wood and shoot dirt out the back and pelt my feet. The Dyson picks it all up just fine. Love!
RedRaider — Yes, yes they do. I am in heaven.
RO — Oh, man. I should have worn my bacon shoes for added effect. LMAO about the musical. Yeah, people would say you have such a creative mind to come up with such absurdities.
Karen — Finally! We couldn’t vacuum anymore with the Dirt Devil, which bit the dust a week ago. The house was quite a mess, but the Dyson made great work of it. You and Grace are lucky ladies, whose husbands don’t mind vacuuming. Give that man a big hug!
Kim — Oh, man. I have a Bissel too! I need to shampoo the carpets pretty frequently. More so when I still had our Calvin (RIP), who peed in corners constantly. He had issues.
Lisa Alterity — Yes, we can reschedule. I’m totally serious here — I believe a Dyson will extend the life of a new carpet because it doesn’t leave any dirt behind. I know that with all the kitty litter my other cleaners never got out, that the litter probably aged our carpets faster than they would have done otherwise. We noticed that our carpets (though beat up from the cats’ claws) actually looked better after my coffee demonstration. As though it’d pulled up the pile a bit with its amazing sucking action.
MA Fat Woman — Wiseass.
Ann — I would be delighted. Will breakfast include bacon?
Anna — I can see the Dyson doing that. It pulled up part of a blanket when I was careless with my driving. I was scared that I damaged it already. I would love to replace our carpets, but we figure with the cats, why bother? Maybe if we ever move from here, we’ll do it right before we put the house on the market.
Lauren — I would love to! BTW, did you see the new video of Kate in an interview, crying her eyes out about how she misses the kids? Good grief, woman. Be with your kids then!
Fin — What? You don’t like to vacuum? Or you hate country music?
Will — Yes, that’s my crappy cat-clawed carpet, but doesn’t the Dyson make it look better? FWIW, I bought the Dyson for $450 and no shipping costs, via Amazon. That’s $50 less than if you buy it retail directly from Dyson. Couldn’t wait around for a store sale. We were desperate.
Sparkle — I had limited options with the soundtrack. I grabbed something appropriate from YouTube’s stock selection. But Slayer would have been perfect. I am a slayer of dirt!
Cromely — It’s perfect for me because I hate “pre-cleaning” before I clean too. I’m pretty sure I have to be careful it won’t suck up a cat.
Barb — Oh, but I’m sooooo in love! Truly, madly in love!
Marg — I’m serious. If you lived near me, I would so be over. Pop my baby in the trunk and speed over. And the bacon would be quite a bonus. I feel like knocking on the doors of my neighbors and asking if I can come in and do their carpets. First, they’d let me in to do it, then they’d call a doctor about my head.
April 18th, 2010 at 6:44 am
Oh that would be so nice… How can I entice you,lol. I have chocolate lots of it…. Oh and I can find a couple things for your “What is it” post, After all I am cleaning out the sheds and garage. Glad you love your Dyson. that Video is just too funny….
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April 18th, 2010 at 6:50 am
Something that actually works! With all of that power and no bacon shoes being worn, I dunno, but maybe ….
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April 18th, 2010 at 8:10 am
I wanted a Dyson too when my daughter got one but so far I haven’t done anything about it’s probably because my cleaner still works ok and it feels a bit wasteful of me to buy another.
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April 18th, 2010 at 8:49 am
Kathy, the song and dance number for Windy would be freaking hilarious, and a reprise at the birthday party for her when her bag friends all showed up. And your character could keep looking at things real close and saying, “What’s that?”
Too bad I don’t know how to write a musical.
April 18th, 2010 at 10:58 am
Wait – did you suck up a cat?
heh
The publicist has a little Miele because it fits in the trailer. The trailer came with central vac but it didn’t suck. That’s a big problem with three cats. She needed something compact. She loves her little Miele but has heard good things about the Dyson.
She hates to vacuum though so if you want to come over and do her trailer you surely can.
Just don’t suck up a cat.
Or a goat.
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April 18th, 2010 at 4:53 pm
Auntie E — Getting to browse around your shed and garage for What’s That items would be plenty good enough. Throw in some bacon and you’re my friend for life.
Linda — It works like a dream. I only ever heard about its prowess before, but to see it in action, oh the joy!
Paulineh — What you need is someone to gift one to you so you don’t have to feel guilty about buying a new one. If they weren’t so expensive, I’d give them away as contest prized here. Now wouldn’t that be something?
RO — I love it! Just the idea of it is hilarious to me and it warms my heart you’d even think of it.
Pricilla — I couldn’t guarantee that it wouldn’t suck up a cat or a small goat. So it’s best you quarantine all small animals and just let me do my thang!
April 18th, 2010 at 5:27 pm
That gets me so HOT you can classify it as PORN! Haha.
April 18th, 2010 at 5:45 pm
I’m an Oreck gal, Kathy. And yes, I do love it so. I threaten to take its picture by the Christmas tree each year instead of the family for my Christmas card–that’s how much I love my Oreck.
Wishing you and your Dyson many longs years of vacuuming together.
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April 18th, 2010 at 7:15 pm
Kathy,
Yes you can vacuum my floors, but please sing a different song. That song is just too winsome to make me appreciate your kind deed. Not to mention, my girlfriend would absolutely NOT understand.
I will contact you with my address;)
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April 18th, 2010 at 9:58 pm
Wow – that really sucks! Yes, please come on over and do my house. It will be a real challenge – I would love to see if the Dyson is up to it!
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April 18th, 2010 at 10:29 pm
Nice! I think it’s perfectly ok to be singing and dancing while vacuuming your floors. Probably better if no one else is around to witness, but so long as you are keeping things clean, it’s all good.
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April 19th, 2010 at 2:23 am
I have NEVER watched an entire video of someone vacuuming before. But I watched every second of that one. And I think I might have drooled. A little. Contgrats on your new awesomness!
April 19th, 2010 at 5:07 am
Anne — Ha! There should be a whole Dyson porn channel where you just watch people vacuum with it Who’s in?
Lin — If I didn’t get a Dyson, it would have been Oreck. When my husband found out I was going to write a post about it, he said he’d take my picture with it. Hugging, of course.
Keith — I’ll sing anything you want if you let me vacuum your house. And something tells me your GF might not even mind.
Brenda at Split Rock — It’s up to anything. If it can tear through a week’s worth of dumped kitty litter, it’ll pick up anything. I have such faith in it.
erin — Considering the last time I vacuumed with my non-sucking model I was cursing my head off, singing and dancing is a welcome change and I don’t care who sees me!
Corrina — Isn’t she lovely? Speaking of which, I think I’m going to name her.
April 19th, 2010 at 10:30 am
I love my Dyson also.
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April 19th, 2010 at 11:04 am
Nice vacuum. I have a Hoover Dial-A-Matic, which is the same vacuum Laura Petrie had.
What are those weird bumps on your carpet? Looks like the floor has a rash.
April 19th, 2010 at 11:23 am
I am interested in what kind of hairball is going to be swirling around in Mr. Dyson’s “doesn’t lose suction” machine. I mean, I know how much hair I pick up myself– and you have thicker hair than I do, plus have feline friends.
Perhaps you can build yourself an extra cat.
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April 19th, 2010 at 1:52 pm
That is some confidence in the product. I would have been to scared to throw coffee on my carpet. I really want a Dyson. I just read Margaret’s post about her TWO Dysons.
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April 19th, 2010 at 1:57 pm
This is the deal. You come vacuum my house..and while you are doing that I will go out to the grocery store and buy you a 3 months worth of pickles! You’ll never have to worry about dropping a pickle jar on the floor anymore.
April 19th, 2010 at 4:05 pm
I’m genuinely impressed. I wish I had carpets, but fake hardwood floors are a tad easier to take care of, even if they’re colder in the morning. My last vacuum was from the 80′s and it died a couple years ago. That thing was a beast and toward the end you could smell burning rubber after taking care of the carpets.
April 19th, 2010 at 4:11 pm
I am really wanting a Dyson. Have been for a year or so but my old vac hasn’t dies and I can’t justify the expenditure right now. It will die one day soon. Hmmm, maybe if I try to vacuum, bent paper clips and rubber bands…
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April 19th, 2010 at 6:02 pm
I really do DREAM of the day I own my very own Dyson Ball!
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April 19th, 2010 at 6:10 pm
I have a Dyson too and I love it! I have had mine for over 2 years and it still has the same suction. I can’t believe what it sucks out of my carpet. James Dyson truly is a genious!
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April 19th, 2010 at 8:37 pm
I want to buy one because they look really cool. It looks like a manly vacuum cleaner. Like a heavy duty mean monster. However, the $500 price tag is a little too steep for me right now. Bummer
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April 20th, 2010 at 4:34 am
carol at A Second Cup — They should make bumper stickers so we could profess our love publicly.
veg-o-matic — Is it as old as the Dick Van Dyke Show? Those little bumps are where the cats have clawed up the carpets. We’re due for a new carpet.
Jenn of Many Cabbages — I have a picture of what it picked up during the first use. I won’t post it because it looked like a dirty, disgusting cotton candy machine that was left out in the rain. But yeah. Enough hair for another cat.
Jen — Yeah, but it smelled real nice in my living room for a while and I had no doubts my Dyson would suck up every last ground. I’m so jealous that Margaret has two. So jealous.
Linda — That’s the best deal I’ve heard so far!
Criminal Justice Degree — I love my hardwood, too, but I also like the warmth of carpeting. We had an old vacuum, too, that started to smell like it was burning inside. In fact, we ran it outside the last time it did it because we thought it was going to smolder and set the house on fire overnight.
Buggys — Well, we waited a year before buying one because we were so put off by the price. Save a dollar a day in a Dyson fund and before you know it — BLISS!
meleah rebeccah — We did too and it was worth the wait. The ball makes it incredibly easy to make turns and saves your back!
Mom to the Power of Three — Amen! I want to send that guy a gift for making something that works exactly as it should.
Innovatively Simple — Yes, they are really cool. I did want a pink, girly one. But standard orange will have to do. They also make purple. The price is steep, but worth it if you have to keep buying cleaners that don’t work every five years or so. Trust me. It’s one of the best investments you can make.
April 22nd, 2010 at 9:04 am
Yeah, I’ve heard dyson’s are good vacuums, but in the last few years the quality has decline a little or so I’ve heard. We opted to get a Miele and it’s also been quite impressive, slightly more expensive but a very good machine. Glad your enjoying your new purchase.
April 22nd, 2010 at 8:35 pm
At least it didn’t get ran over by the mailman.
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April 24th, 2010 at 4:47 pm
I just vacuumed 3000 square feet of carpet with my Oreck yesterday. I know how nice it is to have a vacuum that does a great job.
April 26th, 2010 at 6:42 pm
wow…let me get this straight. You actually threw dirt down on your floor to show off your vaccum? Amazing. and I thought I was strange.
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April 28th, 2010 at 9:40 pm
i was going to stop playing on your blog, but there was no way i was going to let something about cleaning pass me by. man that was good stuff kathy. i watched it slowly.
i’m sorry, it’s past my bedtime and i’m hungry.
April 29th, 2010 at 6:41 am
That is some confidence in the product. I would have been to scared to throw coffee on my carpet. I really want a Dyson. I just read Margaret’s post about her TWO Dysons
April 29th, 2010 at 6:43 am
I’ve heard. We opted to get a Miele and it’s also been quite impressive, slightly more expensive but a very good machine. Glad your enjoying your new purchase.