Comments on: Finds: The Dyson Root 6 http://toolmonger.com/2006/10/13/finds-the-dyson-root-6/ All tools. All the time. Your source for news, information, and reviews of hand tools, power tools, and tools of all kinds. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 19:05:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Toolmonger » Blog Archive » Toolmonger’s Top 5: The Week in Tools http://toolmonger.com/2006/10/13/finds-the-dyson-root-6/#comment-2198 Toolmonger » Blog Archive » Toolmonger’s Top 5: The Week in Tools Tue, 17 Oct 2006 04:36:44 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2006/10/13/finds-the-dyson-root-6/#comment-2198 [...] Finds: The Dyson Root 6 A friend of mine tells me that the Root 6 “seems as powerful as your shop vacuum,” but you can carry it around — which makes it sound like just the thing to have around the shop and home.  We haven’t tested one of these in person yet, but you can bet we will soon. [...] [...] Finds: The Dyson Root 6 A friend of mine tells me that the Root 6 “seems as powerful as your shop vacuum,” but you can carry it around — which makes it sound like just the thing to have around the shop and home.  We haven’t tested one of these in person yet, but you can bet we will soon. [...]

]]> By: Eli http://toolmonger.com/2006/10/13/finds-the-dyson-root-6/#comment-2163 Eli Sun, 15 Oct 2006 15:43:29 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2006/10/13/finds-the-dyson-root-6/#comment-2163 We've had the Dyson for about two years, and I've only replaced the plug at the end of the power cord, because SWIMBO pulled it across open flame while she was vaccuming...... We’ve had the Dyson for about two years, and I’ve only replaced the plug at the end of the power cord, because SWIMBO pulled it across open flame while she was vaccuming……

]]> By: Myself http://toolmonger.com/2006/10/13/finds-the-dyson-root-6/#comment-2139 Myself Sat, 14 Oct 2006 10:10:10 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2006/10/13/finds-the-dyson-root-6/#comment-2139 Don't you still have to clean/replace a filter, like with other bagless types? The water-bubble Rainbows are the only truly filterless vacs of which I'm aware. What's the consumables cost on that? It's a cryin' shame this won't take standard power tool packs like we all already carry. It looks like DeWalt is the only cordless maker with a respectable vac in their cordless lineup. Ryobi's otherwise impressive OnePlus system is hobbled with a dustbuster clone, and the other makers don't even bother. Sad, really. I'd like to do car cleanouts and stairway vacuuming without schlepping a cord all over the place. Not to mention my rented storage unit... So instead of hiring the same design firm as "h.r. Giger" Hitachi, Dyson dropped acid and read a bunch of Hugo Gernsback sci-fi. Great. Folks, can you please make tools that won't get us laughed off the jobsite? I understand form follows function, but the colors! Maybe it's a case of the boy named Sue. (Btw, for those in the mood for some retro-futuristic flashbacks, look up "tales of future past".) Don’t you still have to clean/replace a filter, like with other bagless types? The water-bubble Rainbows are the only truly filterless vacs of which I’m aware. What’s the consumables cost on that?

It’s a cryin’ shame this won’t take standard power tool packs like we all already carry. It looks like DeWalt is the only cordless maker with a respectable vac in their cordless lineup. Ryobi’s otherwise impressive OnePlus system is hobbled with a dustbuster clone, and the other makers don’t even bother. Sad, really. I’d like to do car cleanouts and stairway vacuuming without schlepping a cord all over the place. Not to mention my rented storage unit…

So instead of hiring the same design firm as “h.r. Giger” Hitachi, Dyson dropped acid and read a bunch of Hugo Gernsback sci-fi. Great. Folks, can you please make tools that won’t get us laughed off the jobsite? I understand form follows function, but the colors! Maybe it’s a case of the boy named Sue. (Btw, for those in the mood for some retro-futuristic flashbacks, look up “tales of future past”.)

]]> By: Eli http://toolmonger.com/2006/10/13/finds-the-dyson-root-6/#comment-2136 Eli Sat, 14 Oct 2006 04:25:41 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2006/10/13/finds-the-dyson-root-6/#comment-2136 We have a Dyson upright in the house, and it's phenomenal, well worth the money. I have to admit I use it to vacuum the concrete out back in the shop if it's only a little dusty, no bolts. I'll no doubt buy one in a moment of weakness. We have a Dyson upright in the house, and it’s phenomenal, well worth the money. I have to admit I use it to vacuum the concrete out back in the shop if it’s only a little dusty, no bolts. I’ll no doubt buy one in a moment of weakness.

]]> By: Kai http://toolmonger.com/2006/10/13/finds-the-dyson-root-6/#comment-2129 Kai Sat, 14 Oct 2006 01:18:21 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2006/10/13/finds-the-dyson-root-6/#comment-2129 This looks sensational - from cleaning up around the garage/shed to vacuuming the car. I've got a larger Dyson vacuum, and although there are other "bagless" units around, the Dyson's are the original and the best. Hoover made a pretty straight rip-off version of Dyson's early vacs, and were the subject of legal action. Dyson has also made some other innovative/far-out products, such as a wheelbarrow that has a ball instead of a regular tyre so it rides well on soft ground and is more manoeuvrable... This looks sensational - from cleaning up around the garage/shed to vacuuming the car.
I’ve got a larger Dyson vacuum, and although there are other “bagless” units around, the Dyson’s are the original and the best. Hoover made a pretty straight rip-off version of Dyson’s early vacs, and were the subject of legal action.
Dyson has also made some other innovative/far-out products, such as a wheelbarrow that has a ball instead of a regular tyre so it rides well on soft ground and is more manoeuvrable…

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