Would you buy one of these? feedback greatly appreciated.?

Question

I've just started a business selling these products - Will it work?
Would you buy one? they're coming in around £800-£900. might be able to offer finance on them.

Here you can see what they're all about. this isn't my website, this one is fairly rubbish but mine isn't finished yet.

http://www.cvcdirect.co.uk/explained.htm...

thanks for your help in advance.

http://www.cvcdirect.co.uk/explained.html

SOrry!!!

Luke, that's a very poor opinion re hygiene. U can't be bothered cleaning your house? well don't talk for all of us - I think you're in the lower class minority. thanks for the feedback.

I didn't ask Luke to tell me how clean he kept his house - Dirty people's opinions really don't matter when your selling a cleaning product, now do they?

Answer 1

These have been around for some years, a friend brought a house with this sort of system in, they said it's to much hastle, hosing, too long, too short, storage, it is a custom built house, five bed carpeted. There will be a market for your product, new build, laminate or tiled floors That said, Good luck.

Answer 2

Page not found but I looked at www.cvcdirect.co.uk and saw the vacuum cleaners which presumably your link was usppoed to go to

Whilst they are probably better than normal cleaners I dont think people would pay £800-900 for them when they can get a normal vacuum cleaner for less than £100.

I dont think people would want to have the disruption caused by having the pipes installed.

I suppose if it was a new home being built it might be an option but ultimately people do not care enough about keeping the house clean to go to the trouble of having them. House cleaning in a mindless chore done by most people because they have to - not something to get excited about

Answer 3

No, I wouldn't. A friend of mine had one installed in his house 30 years ago, as the house was being built, but he pretty soon gave up on it and got a regular vacuum cleaner. The 20 foot hose was a nuisance to get in and out of storage, and cumbersome to move from room to room. And installation in an existing house would be disruptive - many houses have solid floors downstairs, and how do you run a 2" pipe under upstairs floors, without seriously weakening the joists if you have to go across them? £800/£900 is a lot of money, and you don't say whether this would include the installation work. I spent much less on two vacuum cleaners, and keep one upstairs and one down.

Answer 4

With all due respect; and I did look at the second link; I wouldn't buy one, AGAIN.

The Novelty by the way is far from new. SEARS in the USA sold them as far back as the 1960's.

In my opinion they are inefficient; though admittedly so are many over Hyped walk around vacs, sold today.

To add whole house vacumming "Plumbing" is disruptive for one. Having to store a 20 ft. hose and attachments is no less an issue than a closet to hide a push around, and maintaining not only the motor and all of it's issues, but the "miles" of in wall tubing, is more than I'd want to do.

I wish you well. I note pounds as opposed to dollars, so I have no clue of the reaction Out of the USA, but 800 pounds seems a bit high priced.

Answer 5

No I wouldn't spend 800..900 on a vacuum cleaner, not matter how good the sales spiel, or how much better it is compared to the current generation of bagless cleaners
they've been in and around the UK for years, many companies have tried to sell them, but most fold fairly quickly.

I think that the bagless design pioneered by Dyson killed off the market for these type devices. they may work for new build or major refurb, but I think retro fitting into an existing house is going to be fraught with problems.

Answer 6

I would not. I read up to
"What if the system gets blocked? This is probably the most frequently asked question. The answer is, that if you follow the installation instructions properly, it won't."

The following imaginary conversations came to mind:
"Mommy, I was playing with my pet gerbil n Sally vaccuumed him!"
"Honey - did you vaccumm? You know I lost my ring..."
"Billy for the last time, if you test the 'suck-strength' of the vaccuum again, you are NOT going to college; we've spent the savings on ripping out the walls already! And turn down that music!"

For home use - no. For industrial use... probably still no. But for a space station - sure, I'd love one.

Oh and insulting Luke (to whom I have no connection) because he provided feedback for which you asked, because you didn't like? Very not impressive.

Answer 7

Couldn't open the link ..but at £800-£900 i more than likely wouldn't buy.

OK i went to have a look on the new link and I'm afraid the answer is still no i wouldn't buy...its far too much to pay for vacuuming he house.
I don't think anyone but the very rich with nothing better to do with their money would consider it.

Answer 8

I wouldn't buy one. You still have to go all over the floorspace, as with a normal vacuum cleaner and the insertion points in the walls are unsightly. Hoses are unwieldy at the best of times and this one is like the "anaconda which stretches from here to way over yonder". I prefer trundling the vac. around from spot to spot and having a shorter hose to contend with. The price is beyond the means of most people and who pays for the installation?

Answer 9

i presume the price is for installation in an existing house (which is more difficult and costly) as apposed to a new build house being constructed.
so for existing house a reasonable price but i would not fancy having to install one in fact it sounds cheap considering the work involved.
In a new build house you need to make it cheaper
overall i would say you got stiff competition with vacs starting at around £20 and real good ones at £300

Answer 10

The link isnt working, but whatever they are you're selling, seems a bit pricey - any indication to what the items are?