John Lewis, the company that made its name on dependable customer service, has arguably shaken customers’ confidence by changing its guarantee: ‘Never knowingly undersold’. Will it stop us shopping there? The thoroughly decent types at John Lewis have upped and tarnished the family silver. Since 1925, the company has told customers that it is ‘Never knowingly undersold’, meaning that if you bought something at John Lewis, and then found it cheaper elsewhere, it would refund the difference. It also has a team whose job it is to scour competitors’ prices. The terms have changed Ever since I can remember, John Lewis was a place where you could assume the store prices were the lowest around. But recently, customers who tried to get a refund under its price guarantee were turned down. Many hadn’t noticed that some recent additions (in smaller print) to ‘Never knowingly undersold’ meant it no longer related just to the upfront cost of the product.

Since the addition of ‘….on quality, on price and on service’, it now included extras such as guarantees and delivery. So if you found, say, a washing machine for £60 less at Argos, you’d be turned away because the Argos guarantee was one year, not the two (or three) offered by John Lewis. Can John Lewis still compete on price? The shopping landscape, and price competition, has been changing, and John Lewis has extended its guarantee to websites as long as the store has a bricks-and-mortar shop. John Lewis is reportedly saying it’s now putting a ‘great deal of resources’ into checking competitors’ prices and ‘lowering ours, where appropriate’. ‘Appropriate’ must surely mean where it finds exactly the same guarantee and delivery offer as well as price. You have to wonder how often that’s likely to happen, and, therefore, precisely how much this guarantee is really worth any more. As a John Lewis customer of many years’ standing, I feel not only that this was done with little acknowledgment, but also disappointed that I can no longer simply assume that its prices are the lowest.

Dyson V6 Trigger Handheld Vacuum Cleaner was £199 now £149 + add £1 item get both for @ Tesco DirectThe Gtech AirRam makes it possible for people who own small to medium sized homes that have wall to wall carpeting to have a machine that will help them clean their floors without the need to look for an outlet every 20 feet or so.used vacuum cleaner in mumbaiThis will work even better on homes with hard surfaces.agait e-clean vacuum cleaner (mini)It is lightweight so you can use this to clean stairs as well.old canister vacuum cleanerIn many ways the Gtech AirRam is anti-Dyson – it doesn’t have cyclonic action, the dirt container and motor are located in the base not on the handle and it uses air to compress dirt into bales making it easier to dispose.

Their principle is simple, maximize efficiency by putting the motor down on the floor because this lessens power loss caused by air having to pass through long hoses.Nick Gray, owner of Gtech, claims that this will provide upright performance on hard floor and carpet which is a pretty bold claim.I’ve scoured the net for individual product reviews and these claims seem to hold up.Editor Rating Bare Floor  Carpet  Pet Hair Removal  Ease of Use  Overall  Price
This uses a 22 volt lithium ion “professional-grade” battery and the motor consumes around 100 watts.A 4-hour charge gives you roughly 40 minutes of run time.Gtech says that this will save users roughly 210 quid over 5 years (if you use it 20 minutes per day), in essence it pays for itself over the long haul.You can even plug this to a computer and see how much energy you’ve saved and calories you’ve burned as you use it.Enough of that here’s the full feature list below:The motorized brush does a very good job on all types of hard floors – tiled, hard wood, linoleum, etc. plus it is strong enough to reach dirt on edges.

In his first demo he tested it on his kitchen floorWith the help of the motorized brush it’ll pick up dirt on carpet well but when tested on thick carpet it’ll struggle as you’ll need multiple passes to pick up dirt embedded under carpet strands.Because it relies on the brush to clean, it will drag a little bit as you manoeuvre it on this type of surface if your going against the weave.Here’s a head to head comparo between a Electrolux upright and the GTech…Surprisingly the AirRam did better the the upright, picking up all of the sand in just a few passes, granted the Electrolux is an older model but it is corded and cranks out more power, so the results were still impressive.Because the belt that rotates the brush is located at the center, the engineers where able to extend the brushes width really close to the side of the base which allows this to reach the edges.It is over 40 inches long but it is just over 7 pounds so it is light enough to carry and move around the stairs although it can be a bit awkward.

The beater bar excels in picking up pet hair on carpet and bare floor but remember like with all vacuums equipped with this some of it will get stuck on the brush – just clean it regularly to maintain performance.There are no hoses or attachments included.It takes around 4 hours to fully charge.Emptying dirt is simple, pop off the cover where the filter is located then remove the plastic tray the holds the dirt and empty it on a garbage bin.Remove the filter (there are two of them) by unlocking the screw that holds it in place then it can be cleaned by tapping it on a bin.Wash the filter at least once a month or more if you use clean a lot.Here’s a little demo I found on YouTube to show how it’s done…On average it’ll give 40 minutes run time per charge.Gtech will give a 5-year warranty for UK customers and a 2-year warranty for US customers but unfortunately that doesn’t cover the battery since it is a “consumable” item.Update: A customer sent a message to Grey Technology basically asking them whey they didn’t have any warranty for their battery so they looked into it and figured out it was a good idea and now their battery comes with a 2 year warranty!

Kudos to you GTech USA!So far only 15 people left reviews in Amazon, and only one left 2 two star review – he was mainly concerned about the battery, how long it’ll last because replacement batteries cost around $80 – the price of a cordless vacuum!Other consumers were happy with the performance, suction power, run time and manoeuvrability but didn’t like how noisy it is.Close to 300 people left a review in Amazon’s UK site, and a lot of them where positive.I noticed a lot of older people who had back products appreciate how this has made cleaning easier for them because it was light and it swivels which means they didn’t have to bend down as much to move this around.Power was sufficient for most consumers here. Col Taylor commented that “The Air Ram picks up so much fluff and rubbish, far more than any other vacuum cleaner I’ve ever used.”Much of the complaints  were related to the noise, hair getting stuck within the brush roll and some complaints about lemon units which is present in most consumer electronic products as there will be a percentage of bad units that come out of the assembly line.

is a British based online retailer, so it was no surprise that it had over 170 reviews since Gtech is a British brand so Brits will patronize their own product.And a majority of them were happy with the performance on both carpet and hard floors with some even calling this the best cordless vacuum.There were a number of senior folks over 50 would bought this because it was light and cordless., LakeLand is a British based e-commerce site and 26 people left their reviews here.Among them were people with back aches who didn’t want to lug around a heavy upright vacuum whenever they need to clean.They appreciated that it was cordless and the run time was good enough for them to clean their homes.There was one complaint however that this didn’t clean the corners very well.The guys from TrustedReviews really put this to its paces, testing it on all types of surfaces from laminate flooring, hard wood, nylon carpet and thick carpet.They reported that this performed on all these surfaces except thick carpet because it lack the suction power of an upright.