Comments on: Married with Dyson

By: nugo

nugo — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 03:54:11 +0000

i also do the vacuuming and i also bought our dyson and i also want a cleaning woman wearing a french maid’s outfit.

By: Stacey

Stacey — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 20:50:43 +0000

I bought myself a Dyson after the Captain broke his vacuum cleaning up construction debris. I actually like vacuuming because it makes me happy to see the house clean (and the vacuum scares the beejesus out of the cats). The Captain really wants to vacuum too, but probably only because I won’t let him.

By: followthatdog

followthatdog — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 02:09:27 +0000

What crap. I have a Dyson, but do they really think that in two weeks the average mom used the vacuum more than once? Hell, my floors are lucky if I use my fancy, expensive Dyson more than once a year. Ok, maybe i”m not a good example here. I was once fired by my housekeepers because my house was too messy. Still. The person who lobbied for the new vacuum in our house was my husband. And why the hell do they think the woman has to ask to buy a new vacuum at all? If I waned a new vacuum instead of a few new pairs of shoes, I would have just bought one for god sake. Ok, I have to stop now, my blood pressure is up.

By: jenna

jenna — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 00:54:44 +0000

I love all the comments from the people who have continuously bashed MomDot over and over again and then tried to “make up for it”. Get over yourself folks. You’ve made your intentions pretty obvious. Maybe if you would have thought of contacting Dyson first, you could have held a real giveaway.

By: patty

patty — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 19:03:04 +0000

Wait – was I supposed to ask my husband before I bought my car?

By: Geoff

Geoff — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 17:32:00 +0000

I have a Dyson. I actually reviewed it for one of my technology columns in the local newspaper. And yes, I do a fair bit of vacuuming and other chores around the house. I expect this is not as rare as many of your femme readers may think. Anyway, here’s an excerpt from that review:

“My first observation was the quiet operation. After all the hype, I was expecting it to howl like a jet engine. Then I noted how the power nozzle chewed down into the carpet like a cat into tuna fish. It moved smoothly, but had a resistance that was strangely reassuring. After about 30 seconds I glanced back at the transparent canister, which – to my total surprise – had already snared a warren of dust bunnies. By the time I finished the small rug, the canister was pretty much full.

I haven’t been this impressed by a pile of dirt since I was three years old…”

By: Whit

Whit — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 07:47:32 +0000

I seriously covet that vacuum, but as I’m a WAHD and not a mom I’ll have to sit this one out.

It actually makes Dyson sound kind of cheap. Two weeks to test it? It’s not a freaking car.

By: Kristin

Kristin — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 23:06:12 +0000

I’m with Toni about the whole thing. Dyson did a poor job at overseeing how the promotion was posted on mom dot. But hey even PR peps don’t know any better. They are handing these suckers to people with NO traffic. Any blogger who makes money or does real reviews won’t be signing up for this promotion. I can see them now “doing all that work and getting nothing in return”. It’s a good pitch on mom dot’s part. Saying she wanted one for herself, why not let her bloggers who follow her work for it. As you can see Dyson jumped right on that. All in all dyson did a poor job, they lost some of my respect.

Pertaining to hosework.. I do think in my household at least, that I would consult Del about a purchase like this. Once he used my moms he was sold on the Dyson product anyway. It’s just the simple fact of a $500 purchase. And yes he consults me about his purchases.

And Neil everyone loves you, funny whitty and charming. Your “maleness” rocks!

By: SarahHub @ Oakbriar Farm

SarahHub @ Oakbriar Farm — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 21:32:47 +0000

Oh, and we already have a Dyson. I love it!

By: SarahHub @ Oakbriar Farm

SarahHub @ Oakbriar Farm — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 21:32:07 +0000

My husband doesn’t vacuum, but he does do laundry AND clean toilets. I’d rather vacuum twice a day than wipe down a toilet.

That said, I would certainly discuss a several hundred dollar purchase with my husband. He would do the same with me. In a household of limited resources, we need to be on the same page with our spending.