Study Reveals Best Brands of Vacuum Cleaner

Seattle, WA, October 07, 2010 --(PR.com)-- Vacuum Cleaner Advisor (VCA) has been investigating, reviewing and rating vacuum cleaners for years. One of the most popular questions from VCA readers is “What vacuum cleaner brand is the best?” This is not an easy question to answer as most manufacturers have many different models, and the “best” vacuum may depend on how the consumer intends to use it. In spite of these challenges VCA undertook a study to learn if their data might provide useful insights for consumers.

The VCA study looked at the average cost, average length of warranty and average weighted consumer ratings for many different vacuum cleaners. This information was then broken down by brand and the field narrowed by only including brands with a significant number of reviews, ensuring a reasonable sample size from which to draw conclusions.

The final figures yielded some intriguing results. In general, the more you pay, the longer the warranty and the better the consumer ratings. No surprise there. But there were anomalies. For example, according to VCA figures, shelling out less money for a Hoover often bought a machine with a longer warranty and better consumer ratings than a number of other leading brands. Also ratings for Hoover, on average, were not far from those exhibited by the likes of Dyson; a brand that on average costs more than twice the price of a Hoover. Dyson does have a much longer average warranty however.

The figures also indicated that Eureka and Bissell, while remarkably close with respect to cost, had a significantly different average length of warranty. And Bissell edged out Eureka where consumer ratings were concerned. The brands that exhibited the longest warranties and the highest praise from consumers were Dyson and Miele. Not surprisingly these were also the most expensive brands of vacuum cleaner in the study.

While the results of the study are interesting, they are not entirely definitive. Not all models of each brand were addressed, and data such as consumer ratings were often drawn from different sources and tend to be somewhat subjective. Nevertheless, the analysis has produced some insights that vacuum cleaner buyers will find both surprising and useful. View this study and many more vacuum reviews at vacuum-cleaner-advisor.com.