On Sat, 16 Jul 2016 10:41:02 -0400, Brooklyn1
> wrote:

>On Sat, 16 Jul 2016 02:57:59 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
> wrote:
>
>>> >> >
>>> >> > Go-Pro is a brand name. https://gopro.com/
>>> >> > There are other action cameras on the market, TomTom is one of them.
>>> >> > http://www.mtb-downhill.net/danny-ha...-camera-video/
>>> >> >
>>> >> I'll let sf have the last word! :-)
>>> >
>>> >Here's the last word: There are more action cameras than that.
>>>
>>> Yes but like many things that come on the market, first often grabs
>>> the name. Think Hoover, Kleenex etc.
>>
>>Hoover isn't much used as a common noun in the U.S. Most of us
>>say "vacuum cleaner", or "vacuum". For example: "Honey, would you
>>get the vacuum out of the closet?" Clearly, the interrogator isn't
>>asking for an absence of air to be fetched from the closet.
>>
>>Although I have started using "hoover" as a generic verb for eating
>>something quickly, "They hoovered up the chocolate chip cookies,
>>but not the bran muffins."
>>
>>Cindy Hamilton
>
>Here we say 'Dysoned' or 'Shop Vaced', my favorite is Dust BUSTered'.
>Years ago 'Electroluxed'.

I have two Dysons but I've not said that yet! Anyone with animals
should have a Dyson, can't be beat.