I seemed to have killed my wife's dyson DC01 after 5 years of using it to tidy up after diy, still it worked well :)
I am now looking to replace the dyson with a newer model, but there are so many
I need an upright for both hard floors and carpet, which one should I buy , but more importantly which ones should I avoid ?
currently considering the DC07 ???
I think you just lit the blue touch paper... stand back!
(cue massive thread on merits of Henry Vs Dyson)
I have a DC14 Animal (quite similar to the DC07) and an old DC01. I have been very pleased with the DC14. It fixes all of the design niggles of the 01, and has very decent suction. Makes a great job of carpets.
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Out of curiosity, which bit's died?
She is probably grateful. Had you done it 4 years ago, she'd have been really grateful.
That one has lasted a long time.
Dysons.
From the above you'll have concluded I don't think much of Dysons. You'd be wrong, I don't think anything of Dysons- the worst domestic appliance we've owed in 30 years.
I don't think they make uprights but our Henry is magic.
Brian
well it is nearly november 5th after all any way whats Henry? it dose not appear to be available at comets ???
are dysons no good any more ???
sorry let me correct my self. I have just found a Henry in coments , its the thing with the face on.
Why should i take a product seriously when it has a face on it, unless they do a more sensable looking upright .
Because it works bloody well. I think you can get a powered head for it, and it'll still be significantly less than a Dyson. And near indestructible, in comparison.
Forget Dysons, get one of these:
light use.
Makro, big Tesco's, online. Look at
They never were any good. Complete s**te. Known in the vacuum repair trade as the Die Soon.
You don't need an upright, get a Henry with a Turbo head
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particularly models over a couple of years old. Around £30 for ours, which is why it's lying idle.
except they are not what I want.
My oldest one is still going very well after 13 years.
Precisely - different things.
I really don't get this, Handyman! No disrespect old chap, but you seem to have a personal vendetta against Dyson.
We've had our DC01 for at least 10 years: it's great. I had to replace one of the accessories (the little wide-mouth thingy), and recently we had problems with the switch, which I've easily fixed myself. Both of those are fair wear and tear.
I often wonder how people who class vacuum cleaners as "complete s**te" actually treat their tools. For example, if I've ever used our vacuum cleaners to clean up after (say) a demolition and plastering job, I've done so in full awareness that I'm abusing the poor blighter terribly.
Anyway: OP _wants_ an _upright_. When our Dyson finally goes to the great recycling plant in the sky, we will be looking at Dysons and also at Panasonics, which are often recommended here.
John
Anything that says 'DYSON' on it.
I have both and think both are great.
I have a Dyson, not sure what model it is. I didn't buy it, it was a gift. Anyway, I don't really think much of it. Although its filters are all clean and clear, it just doesn't suck very well at all. I also have a little Hoover Ariane (follow you around type), and its so much more powerful. Add that to the hassle involved in emptying the damn thing, which is dusty and inconvenent. I shall be going back to a bagged model soon.
Not really, just 30+ years in the commercial cleaning equipment market.
Probably you are, but some kit will take that, some won't. I don't base my opinion on how I treat a vacuum, but how the market treats them. Daily Office Cleaning is the toughest area and the only thing that survives the feckless, stupid operators and their ignorant tight fisted bosses is Numatic. A Dyson wouldn't last a week.
Thats apart from the technical aspect, which I am very well clued up on.
I also know the trade very well and have seen the huge numbers of Dysons in the repair workshops.
If you insist on an upright (strange fellow) have a look at a Sebo before you buy anything.
Why is that strange? Perhaps he has lots of carpets and a dog...
Because a tub vac & a power head give all the performance advantages of an upright with all the versatility of a tub vac.
Uprights & uprights.
Basic upright has a 'dirty fan' vac system (dirt passes through the fan blades) and a 'bottom fill' bag - the fuller it gets, the lower the performance. Basic upright is single motor which doesnt equate. Vac fan needs to do about 16,000 rpm, brush needs to turn at a few hundred rpm. Old Hoover upright your mum had is an example.
Top fill bag machines like the Oreck & Vorverk are better, suction remains consistant. Still 'dirty fan' design.
Ultimate upright like the Sebo BS series are twin motor, top fill, clean fan system, but heavy - 8kg. Ideal as an open country tank, will clean huge areas rapidly, but no good in toght corners, won't clean stairs, upholstery, cars etc that easily.
A Henry Turbo HVR200T-22 is clean fan, top fill, twin motor and will do carpets, pet hairs, hard floors, cobwebs, the car, dust shelves, you name it. Lighter, easier to use, takes up less space & parts are cheap as chips.
Wanna see a 'real mans upright'?
Awesome!
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