Should I Buy a Dyson?

Dark_Star

We knackered a Dyson. Wouldn't touch one again.

It didn't like dust....plaster dust/cat hair/anything really. Lost it's main "suck" very quickly & would only work with the hose attachments. Hose then developed a hole. Not a viable repair.

Now have a morphy richards performair which is not averse to plaster/dust/cat hair/ash from the fire or general crud. Easy to empty & quite small. Even better as it came from freecycle (previous owner found it heavy ... er it's not )

Neighbours have a dyson which gets repaired every now & then & smells funny due to hoovering (dysoning?) up wet dog hair. No matter how much it's cleaned out, still pongs of soggy dog...:rotfl:

Avoid the dodgy dyson :j

TimBuckTeeth

I would not buy a Dyson vacuum cleaner, they are expensive for what they are, which is a half decent vacuum built out of flimsy plastics. In general a similar vacuum of another brand is cheaper and more durable. They have some gimmicky ideas like the ball and a good PR department. There are a few of them in the electrical skip every time I go down to the local tip.

For a thick pile carpet you need an electric motor driven brush, which generally means an upright vacuum cleaner, or one out of very few cylinder types with this feature is the Henry Turbo

Miele always seem to get good reviews by people who own them and Which.

WhiteHorse

MentalMinnie wrote:

Should I buy a Dyson?

No. Overrated and overpriced. My local repair shop is full of Dysons.

rosalie-lavender

I had a DC01 for over 10 years and have replaced it with another Dyson, actually two because we now have one downstairs and one upstairs. They are quite heavy if you need to carry them up and down the stairs. I can clean from top to bottom of my stairs without moving it from the bottom of the stairs because the pipe is long enough to reach. All my Dysons have been uprights though, so I can't comment on the cylinder type.

I wouldn't give a Henry houseroom after using them at work and when we inherit my MIL's Henry it will be going on freecycle.

wellused

I have had a Dyson for about 5 years now and it is still going strong never had any trouble at all, mind you we only use it for light domestic use if we have and diy building decorating to clean up we have a cheapo vacuum for that.

Callie22

I'd recommend Miele. We saved up and bought one a few years ago and it's great. It doesn't look as fancy as a Dyson but it's built like a tank, and I don't expect to be buying another vacuum for a long time.

BlueC

A friend of mine owns a business that refurbishes vacuums. He wouldn't touch a Dyson. The cleaner he has is a Karcher. Not a common choice but he swears by them.

Which? rate the German cleaners best: Siemens, Bosch and Miele.

poet123

I had one a few years ago, and then had another brand, I have recently bought a new Dyson.....I wouldn't do it again. The new one is very hard to use in that the hose is so stiff and hard to manipulate, it simply has no give in it, and when the suction is coming through I can hardly move it.

Ionkontrol

No, don't they are carp.

Avoriaz

As this is a money saving site the answer has to be no, unless you can get a second hand bargain.

We bought a bagless 1900 watt Hoover a few years ago for £6 on Ebay. It was virtually brand new. It does an excellent job on our carpets and hard floors.

Ebay and other sites are full of such bargains. You might not get quite such a bargain as we did but it is worth having a look.

Someone may be selling a Dyson or another decent hoover near enough for you to collect and avoid expensive courier charges.