Omar L. Gallaga writes about technology culture for the Austin American-Statesman. He's worked for the American-Statesman since 1997 and edited Technopolis, the newspaper's personal tech section, and ¡ahora sí!, Austin's Spanish-language newspaper. He's currently a contributor to NPR's "All Tech Considered" segment, which airs Mondays on "All Things Considered." He's been a writer and performer with Austin's award-winning Latino Comedy Project, and is a contributing writer for Television Without Pity. He writes a comic strip, "Space Monkeys!" with his brother, Pablo, and lives in New Braunfels with his wife and three technologically savvy cats.
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By Omar L. Gallaga
| Monday, September 26, 2011, 10:32 AM
This week’s Digital Savant column in the American-Statesman
is about the Dyson DC41 Animal, a $600 vacuum cleaner that may be overkill for most of us, but which proved to be a formidable cleaning apparatus in my home and car.
Shortly after I finished that column, I brought the Animal into the newsroom and coworkers took turns cleaning their desk area. It turned into quite the Vacuum Cleaner Fest ‘11 in here and by the end of the day, the dirt collector was stuffed with caked filth, bits of tiny paper and, weirdly, blue confetti.
Postscript: the Animal is being shipped back soon and based on our experienced with it, my wife and I ended up buying a cheaper, more basic DC 14 model for $179 on Woot.com last week. We’ll see how that compares. I do hope we haven’t been spoiled by the $600 model.
One other tip — a reader who saw the column this morning suggested that those interested in a Dyson try Bed Bath & Beyond. They frequently have 20-percent-off coupons on items like this and have a lifetime return guarantee. She said in the voicemail that hers broke down at one point and was replaced, no-questions-asked, by BB&B.
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By Mary Fink
September 28, 2011 6:50 AM | Link to this
I, too, was reluctant to spend so much for the Dyson. I tried a friend's and was impressed with the powerful suction. Then I saw the Shark Navigator and decided that I could afford that one. (I was already delighted with my Shark steam mop) The Shark Navigator has suction equally strong, is really lightweight, has the expandable hose wand built in with 3 tips carried on the vacuum. It also came with a special base just for hard surfaces (I have lots of tile). It cost me $250.00 and they threw in another steam mop! I've used it for about 6 months and am delighted.