The triumph of form over function, a bit like Bang & Olufsen (sp?) - Very well designed and by that I mean the sort of design that makes other designers go all gooey....
I've had a DC02 for 6ish years now. It hasn't broken yet, probably 'cos it hasn't many moving parts, but it regularly annoys.....
Take the hose for instance. How would you usually pull a cylinder cleaner around? Exactly, by the hose. Except that on this one, the hose connects to the top of the machine, right over it's centre of gravity. Pull it sideways and instead of steering round and following you, it falls over.......
....and then there's the handle. Very curved and comfortable when using the std floor brush, but just you try and use it with the small accessory brush. The hose hits the floor before the brush is flat. It's no good for cars either as you can't get the thing down flat enough (I usually put an old Electrolux brush on :o)) Or the mains lead, which still curls up and twists after all this time......
So why am I still using it? 'Cos it was expensive and I'm damn well going to get my money's worth!
Alan