Don't Back Down

While we hadn't been looking for a new vacuum, we were at Lowe's one day (undoubtedly looking to spend money on something else) and noticed a Dyson out on a cart, as if it had been marked down or something. Knowing that they were expensive, albeit tres cool, we kept walking.

On our way back by, we noticed that the price had been marked down. For whatever reason, we didn't notice this the first time through. By nearly 20%. In checking the tag on the item, we flipped it over, to find out it had actually been marked down twice more - by 10% (of the new price), and then by a little more than that. The end result was a nearly 35% markdown on the Dyson DC14 Low Reach.

We bought it. We didn't have any particular affinity for the low reach model, it just happened to be the one on the clearance rack. Everything appeared to be in order, and it came with plenty of attachments, though we didn't get a box, manual, or anything else. After taking it home, we ran it over our bedroom carpet, which had been cleaned by our other vacuum only a little while before we left.

It picked up a solid handful of dog hair, human hair, lint and who knows what else. And this after just a quick once-over the floor, not getting under things and moving stuff around like we had earlier. As a bonus, we hit the trigger, and it dumped out into the trash, without us having to touch this newfound dirt. Sweet.

While (still) expensive, it does work very well, we allegedly won't have to purchase parts or bags or filters or anything, it does a better job, and as a bonus it's much lighter than our old vacuum, so the kids can use it. Win, win, win, win.