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The traditional mission of Consumer Reports is to report on products and services that are right for you, with advice on getting the smartest deals. But in addition to our print magazine, our sister publication ShopSmart, their respective websites, and myriad other venues—including our mobile apps—our editors and testers also routinely take to TV and radio to promote our coverage.
Take, for instance, our intrepid Bob Markovich, home & yard editor. In a marathon session last Thursday, he gave live and taped TV interviews to 11 TV stations in such states as New York, Ohio, Georgia, and Nevada. The subject: Our latest ratings of upright and canister vacuums, which we featured in Consumer Reports' November issue.
"You can spend $2,000 for a vacuum cleaner and still get lousy performance—that's the wild thing," he told WGHP in Greensboro, North Carolina. "Performance is not necessarily commensurate with price." Bob went on to detail how upright models we've recommended range from $50 and $100 to relatively quiet Mieles selling for as much as $880. Our canister picks start at $250.
Vacuum cleaners are part of Consumer Reports' continuous-testing program, which adds new models to our online Ratings several times a year.
—Ed Perratore
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