Electrolux Lab Test: Vacuuming with music

Music assisted vacuuming increases the number of nozzle sweeps, improves the cleaning result and leaves a general feeling of happiness. These were some of the results of an Electrolux lab study to investigate the compatibility of music and vacuuming. The study was part of the development for Electrolux latest product: the Ultrasilencer. It is the most silent vacuum cleaner in the world, so quiet that it doesnt hinder the enjoyment of music, even on a low volume.

Electrolux researchers investigated different styles of music, including: classical, R&B, pop, rock and jazz. Different factors were taken into consideration such as: heartbeat, dust pick up performance, number of sweeps with the nozzle, the difference between estimated and actual cleaning time, as well as the users flow and general sence of happiness during the test.
Visit http://www.electrolux.se/ultrasilencer for images and the report from the study ( in Swedish). DISCLAIMER: the site referred to in the video is only available in swedish. Follow this link to dowload the report as a pdf in english http://tinyurl.com/y8bjftf

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• Electrolux
• UltraSilencer
• lab test
• music
• vacuum cleaner
• silent

[FeeLtheHertZ]

@hughtub This is a BRILLIANT idea! Do you have ANY idea how many people DON'T vacuum because they're vacuum is too annoying and loud? LIKE EVERYBODY!

This makes vacuuming enjoyable, easy, and last of all: Pleasant.

VERY good idea!

[blackris1989]

-_- "

[TheQuantumRobot]

Hum. Silent vacuum will surely stop war and walk on the water.

[designmusssein]

Tests in the 80ies show, that a VC that is silent instead making noise (what a VC usually does) has been rated as uneffective by the probands.

[hughtub]

Might be neat technology, but very very dumb idea. How many MINUTES of vaccuuming do we do a month, maybe 10? If you're smart, you leave the shoes by the door which minimizes about 90% of it. But even smarter is to have bare floors, no carpet other than area rugs. I'd like a vacuum that had sound isolating, but seriously we can tolerate the loudness for a few minutes a MONTH.

[tamberine]

i dont think this was completely a terrible idea. if the company is able to make the sale price about the same as their other products, then i think they will have less unhappy customers if the product does fail to meet the customers expectations. the difference in listening to you ipod, is because you have ear buds or ear phones stuck, or cover your ears. if i had a choice i would definitely use speakers over anything that i have to put into my ear.

[raphaelvilamiu]

stupid

[misterobvious]

Soooooo.....how is this any different from using your normal vacuum while listening to your ipod through headphones?

You need to FIRE the peabrain who pushed through this moronic concept. Guaranteed sales DUD.

[sigaar90]

hmm actually i wouldn't buy it.. do you know why...

because it's unnessesary!