Dyson SUCKS!

[Dave Plowman (News)]

So purchase price plus 120 quid in 8 years?

My Panasonic didn't cost 120 quid some 20 years ago and has never needed a service. Nor have I spent anything like 120 quid on new bags.

[Richard Russell]

I think you're confusing the summary with the detailed test results. The most recent Which DSLR review I can find rates each camera on a scale of 1 to 5 for fourteen characteristics, and then assigns an overall score out of 100.

Richard.

[Dave Liquorice]

How much is your time? Why not use the in home service?

fee of =A373 inc VAT includes labour and all parts.

[Dave Liquorice]

Our DC04 at 10years+ has had one =A365 service and no consumables.

Other vacuum cleaners (Electrolux and Panasonic) of similar vintage and =

use have gone to the dump and none of them ever worked as well as the DC04 still does. Both bagged things would put a very fine dust into the =

air as well, the DC04 doesn't.

[Dave Plowman (News)]

Sounds like you've not read the full reports - merely a summary.

'Experts' on all sorts of hobby things like Hi-Fi or cameras or even cars are unlikely to agree among themselves. As so much is down to personal preference. So all Which attempts to do is guide those who simply want a good value product which does what it says on the tin.

I've bought several of their 'best buys' over the years and never been disappointed. But these are generally household goods I'm not particularly interested in - other than them doing what they're meant to reliably. And vacuum cleaners definitely fit this group. I don't much care what it looks like, within reason.

[Dave Plowman (News)]

My next door neighbour has had three new Dysons to my one Panasonic. And she's an elderly widow living on a very modest income.

I don't suffer from dust allergies. Do you have to wear a mask when outdoors - like you see all those Japanese doing?

[The Natural Philosopher]

Only 7 of which are interesting to you and fails to mention the other 35 that are..

and then assigns an

[The Natural Philosopher]

and exceeds the cost of simple reliable cylinder cleaner.

[Fred]

I read here about people who get spare parts from their tips but there is a sign at our tip saying you cannot take anything. I presume this is because the council get more money selling it on. Are they paid per kilo?

Actually, I notice it is no longer operated by the council but subcontracted out, so perhaps the operator gets more money by selling it on.

I bought a second hand dc07 so that I could use it for cleaning up after DIY jobs and not dirty SWMBO's vacuum. One reason I chose the dc07 was that spares seemed to be readily and cheaply available from ebay. But it seems to me that the prices have gone up, making this less appealing now.

Anyway, the dc07 has sat in the garage unused because I can't get the base to pivot and I've never got round to looking at it properly. Any ideas what to look for?

TIA

[Gordon Henderson]

Well... It was free. However if I had actually bought it, it would have been treated better than the place I got it from (building site), so probably unlikely to have needed both services.

But for running costs - £60 every 3-4 years for a service/upgrade is OK in my books.

Gordon

[Dave Plowman (News)]

I was quite surprised some years ago to see a full 'bay' of Dyson spares in Comet. With only bags and belts etc on sale for other makes. This either meant they were providing an excellent service - or were going to make a good profit on having such spares on display, taking up valuable space. What do you think?

[Dave Plowman (News)]

I'm much happier with zero. ;-)

[Tim..]

Why do people buy this rubbish? Just a success of effective marketing- the product is just crap, all of them, always were, always will be.

Tim.

[Tim..]

Throw it away, get a Henry, then get the Airobrush head for the Henry. Nothing to match it on pet hair.

If you do manage to clog it, they've already put Stanley knife grooves down the roller, through the brushes. Just slide a knife along and the hair falls loose.

+1.

No bag option for the Henry. They 'just work'.

Ive got 3 or 4 of them in various jobs from in the house to being hurled around sucking up plaster dust and generally abused in a builders vans. If you burn out the motor, £35. Hose £8.

Tim.

[Alan Braggins]

That's an improvement on what Which? found some years ago:

"least reliable of all upright and cylinder brands"

But even then "Dyson owners remain the most likely to recommend the machine to a friend", so they must have been doing something right, even if only marketing.

Also, they're distinctive and colorful so stand out even when there are other things around, and they are overpriced^W expensive enough to be worth breaking for parts instead of just throwing the whole thing in a skip, so show up more at tips where stuff is segregated.

But "Dyson owners are more likely to be fashion victims than users of other makes" isn't really a good reason to buy them....

[Dave Liquorice]

So you don't buy bags for your Panny? B-)

[The Natural Philosopher]

sheesh. My mums constellation did 20 years with NO service costs at all.

Even used to empty the bags and reuse em

[Mike Tomlinson]

In article , Dave Liquorice writes

Last time I looked, this group was called uk.d-i-y, not uk.make-james- dyson-even-richer.

And I like the satisfaction that comes from fixing something myself.

Excluding filters.

The only parts I need are the belts, which cost me 2 quid delivered from fleabay, and now I've had the thing apart once, fitting them won't take long.

There are better things I can do with 73 quid.

[The Natural Philosopher]

They are designed to be attractive to women. Not to work. Their sole advantage is that even a woman can tell when one needs emptying.

[Man at B&Q]

I can replace a whole Henry for les than =A3100. Oh, hang on, I don't need to 'cos it doesn't break like a Dyson.

MBQ