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"......Oh, and then there's the $799 price tag. When comparing this model to Dyson's popular DC24 upright, we had a hard time figuring out where that extra $400 went. Canister vacs are generally more expensive, but this premium is steep..."

That extra $400 went towards that fancy new motor they call the DDM, or "Dyson Digital Motor". This new motor has been in development for almost a decade, and is now coming to fruition. First introduced in the Japanese exclusive DC12 canister (the DC22's predecessor), then in the Airblade hand dryer, and now in the DC22 canister and DC31 hand-vac, the DDM is steadily becoming more and more accessible to consumers. It's about the size of a closed fist, yet it generates more suction than your typical carbon brush motor. It also has insanely fast rotations per minute: 88,000 - 104,000 RPM for the DDM, whereas your typical electric vacuum motor spins at 25,000 RPM. ]]>Aug 10th 2009 5:24PMhttp://www.switched.com/2009/08/10/dyson-d22-motorhead-vacuum-does-it-live-up-to-its-heavy-metal-name/http://www.switched.com/2009/08/10/dyson-d22-motorhead-vacuum-does-it-live-up-to-its-heavy-metal-name/]]>Aug 11th 2009 12:43PM