CarmineD

Hello DC18:

Interesting.  Thank you for the Web Site.  I'm wondering tho: The DC16 charge unit is for cars equipped with 12 volt batteries [according to the article].  Are new European cars still using 6 volt batteries?  Or now 12 volts like the USA?  And, if I'm correct and may not be, most US boats are powered by 2-12 volt [24 volts] batteries. 

Wondering if dyson plans to offer different DC16 charge units for these 3 battery venues?

Carmine D.

Hello Venson:

Thanks for taking the extra effort to post the URL's.  The HOOVER cann [Xarion] and upright [Slalom] appear to be very worthy and competitive bagless vacuums.  I gleaned the Web Site for the Xarion and User Guide for the Slalom and will go back to both and spend some more time to read and digest.  And looked at the dyson DC25 Support Web Site you posted too.  Thanks for your assistance and efforts.

I like the step by step breakdown of the troubleshooting directions for the Xarion.  Very detailed and explicit yet simple and easy to follow and understand.  Nice aids for the vacuum buyer/consumer.

I'm sure it is strictly coincidental and my own perspective.  The images of the new Slalom put me in mind of the HOOVER Lark stick vacuum from the early 60's.  Do you remember that model?  Especially in the images of the upper [off the ground] part of the vacuum.  A more recent similarity with the Slalom that comes to my mind too is the HOOVER Floormate, especially with the upper part of the vacuum. 

I still haven't seen the new HOOVER TTI Whispertone yet.  And would like to match the two new HOOVER's [USA:Whispertone and UK Slalom] for differences and likenesses. 

Carmine D.

M00seUK wrote:

M00seUK:

That would be my suspicion too: The existing hand held DC16 with the motorized nozzle.  Looks like a new marketing spin tho:  Billed as a gift for the man with a boat that has rugs.

Carmine D.

Hi Venson:

Arthur Godfrey was a TV icon and 'father' of TV talk/entertainment shows.  But Arthur lost some TV fans when he fired LaRosa.  Didn't sit well with many of his Italian American viewers.  He was strongly identified with Lipton tea.

Linkletter is simply amazing, just like Dave.  Art is in his 90's.  He suffered a minor stroke earlier this year.  I saw Art several years back [2002] at a local hotel/motel in Woodbridge VA, 25 miles outside Washington DC.  Humble and generous man.  When I read he was in Wash DC for an event I did some research to learn where he was staying.  I wasn't surprised in the least that he shunned the expensive downtown DC hotels for a less costly and secluded place to stay 25 miles away.  I wandered into the breakfast area of the hotel at about 8 AM and shorly after Art showed up by himself.  We had a pleasant meeting.  Art was gracious to all there, young and old alike.  And was quickly recognized. 

Bill Cosby's show with kids was a remake of Art's.

Seems the "classics" never die and legends live forever.

Carmine D.

I wouldn't doubt the amount.  I know that the HOOVER Convertibles were estimated to cost about $12 for parts to produce at the end of the 50's after only several years of production.  By the early 90's the parts' cost was probably still the same and perhaps less.  Such are the cost benefits and advantages of using the same design and applications in product production for many years.  It's called economies of scale.  In part, the reason that the retail prices of products should trend down over time.

Add labor costs [people] and overhead [which includes advertising] to the parts' cost and these bring the cost of the product up.  There are 3 main components to factor into a product's unit costs:  Labor, Material and Overhead.  While one [or more] may go down, the other component[s] may go up.

Carmine D.