About me.
Yes, it’s true.. I’m a true Vacuum Salesman. Hard to imagine that people like me still exist, but they do and we still visit homes to demonstrate and sell our equipment. I have been in many homes and met some wonderful people along the way. In each home I visited, the home owner would select a room where I would thoroughly clean the floor and if possible shampoo the carpet to demonstrate the machines I was selling.
I would invariably inspect the homeowner’s existing vacuum cleaner and show where their cleaner was having difficulty doing it’s job. As one might imagine, many floor cleaners have graced my palms. From first-hand experience, there are a large number of poorly engineered vacuum cleaners being sold in department stores to unknowing consumers.
It’s not particularly difficult to see the engineering faults in many of these machines. The materials and awkwardness of their designs are typically the root cause of machine failure or at least the basis for the user-machine relationship being sullied
Whenever I would schedule a home visit, The homeowner would vacuum the floors and tidy up the house like they were expecting a very important guest. This would invariably set the stage for a delicate dance where I would, through the use of floor dirt testing equipment, show the homeowner the amount of dirt still resident in the carpet after they so carefully had vacuumed only hours or minutes earlier. Of course, it wasn’t their fault there was dirt still present in the carpet, it was the fault of the equipment being used to clean the floor.
In this blog I will give an honest evaluation of any products identified. After reading, you will understand the shortcuts manufacturers have taken to sell their products. Hopefully, you will also see the great advantages in some manufacturer’s designs.
Experience is a wonderful teacher, and has taught me that the purchaser of a vacuum cleaner will certainly base some of their decisions on the facts provided to them. However, the purchaser will ultimately make their decision on the look and feel of the machine.
How someone looks (perceives themselves) when they are using the vacuum weighs heavily on the decision process.
Even so, those willing to take a second look and consider other viewpoints often end up with quality machines and usually win the day.
The individual browsing this site is going to be armed with solid engineering knowledge and the capacity to make an excellent informed decision. This person will be purchasing based on need and not on style or color.
As a side note from the salesman…perform your analysis in the kitchen or where you eat your meals. Most high quality decisions in the home are made in the kitchen. When you are in the kitchen you will find yourself better focused and able to make your purchasing decision with greater ease.
Haven’t you ever wondered why salesmen always migrate a husband-wife team to the kitchen when making a sales pitch….now you know!
