dyson

[rich.]

ive got an old dco7 machine that had lost suction... the motor had been recently changed and serviced, but it still had no power.. last week i took the thing to bits and found the problem, 4 of the famous cyclone jobbies were blocked full of dust.. half an hour with the jetwash & compressor to clean it out & now it works perfectly. wifey is pleased although i bought another recently... must remember not to use it to pick up dust from renovating this place..

[jimmyybob]

We have a DC01 as a dust extractor on out blast cabinet....now THAT makes it work hard.

[rich.]

im surprised you havent killed it..i blocked it up again with plaster dust..

[Luxobarge]

Henry rules!

I'm a bit of a vacuum cleaner nerd as it happens, I love the things, most useful tool in the workshop. I have about 4, not including the ones (plural) that are in the house, and the Henry towers above the rest for lots of reasons, although my trusty orange VAX isn't bad either. I've seen too many new-looking Dysons at the local tip to have any faith in their build quality, I wouldn't mind if they were cheap...


Ok, I should go out there and get a life

[Martin Evans]

I hear that Dysons are now made abroad; maybe the new looking ones are those

My old Electrlux 1983 model is still going well My mother had a Rowenta cleaner (Was even capable of picking up water), that has now been retired to my father's garage. It still goes well; what a beast

[mr rusty]

although my trusty orange VAX isn't bad either.

....the orange vax on wheels is great-you can suck the water out of radiators into them. I've also got a builders bag for ours- I don't think it came with it, it was an accessory, but it's really useful.take the poaper bag out, put the builders bag in, suck any old crap up, plaster, brickdust, gravel, whatever, then tip it out, wash the bag, and ready for use again

[tractorman]

One of the schools I worked at had their machines serviced on contract. The bloke who came didn't rate Dysons at all (this was during UK manufacturing days) and said one recycling place he went to had a seperate skip for them! I must admit, anyone I know who has has a Dyson is on their second ... third ... fourth and for some reason they keep on buying them!

Sebo uprights are pretty good - though some of the other semi-industrials will be far better (and heavier)! The bloke said he'd been to a place where the cleaner hated the Sebo and insisted on trying her Dyson alongside a new Sebo. She went first, the Sebo then picked up a lot more dust!

The last school used Karchers and a few Henrys, but the site manager (read as Caretaker with attitude) used to repair them, so a simple "tub" was more appropriate.

We have two Hoovers, the first is a late 70's one and is kept upstairs, the second is nearly 20 and is much lighter. A Dyson enthusiast comes and cleans for us, she brought the Dyson until it broke and now uses the new Hoover - and no longer shouts about the Dyson! I prefer the old one - heavier and much better for carpets, but the hose is nowhere near as effective.

My two farming friends still have their 50's Hoovers, one in use "daily", the other just for the rough stuff in the kitchen. They may be heavy, but still do the job!

Our list includes a Aqua-Vac (20+) in the garage with a newish Silverline with power socket that I bought for dust extraction. The Aqua-Vac will probably get used on the sand blast cabinet whenever I make it. In the house, apart from the Hoovers, are a £30 Daewoo in the attic (for model railway stuff - sucks like a good 'un) and a small Karcher hand-held affair that I kept "up top" until Ma found it handy - when she could still use them - so I never saw the thing for months! Then there are the three mini-vacuums for cleanng keyboards, model trains etc...

EDIT - forgot about the "Magic Broom" and the D-cell powered hand held effort! Neither get much use!!

[TerryG]

Welcome to this month's edition of Which Hoover....

I must admit, anyone I know who has has a Dyson is on their second ... third ... fourth and for some reason they keep on buying them!

I've got a DC05 (I think that's the model) that is about 7 years old. The only thing i have replaced is the stair cleaning attachment because i managed to stand on it and snap the end off. My mother-inlaw has just borrowed it because it does a better job than her milie on carpet. I will definitely have another one when it eventually wears out.
I'm not a big fan of upright hoovers, too awkward to move around, cylinders are much more convinient.
The office has 3 (i think) Henrys that are used to clean a 6 story building. They can't be bad if they can cope with cleaning up after us lot every day!

[rich.]

weve got a vax, its ideal for cleaning car carpets & upholstry ive also been given an aqua vac its a noisy old thing but it gets used for anything, i tend to wear ear defenders when i get it going... ok who is going to be first to post a pic of their chosen beast

[bnicho]

We've got a Nilfisk that my Mum's boss bought in about 1990. When he moved back to the USA he gave it to my Mom and she gave it to me when I got married in 1998. It's never skipped a beat and you can still buy the bags for it in bulk packs pretty cheap.

I had it serviced for the first time at a local vacuum cleaner specialist last year, as I figured it was due some love. The guy commented on what a quality machine it was and told me it would still be going well in another 20 years.

Meanwhile my Mum is on her third bagless vacuum....