Why do some many people love Dysons?

andygb

Hobsons_Choice wrote: »

I have a DC07, so you can tell how old it is. It's worked beautifully all the time we've had it and picks up pet hairs without a problem.
Too heavy for me to take upstairs though so we bought a cordless GTech just for upstairs. It's wonderful! So convenient and copes with any amount of dust and compresses it into small bales that you just empty into the bin. The Dyson has been relegated to the cupboard and the GTech is used almost every day. I kept the Dyson because of the tools on board, but it's rarely used now tbh.

Wes still have our DC04, and it is going strong. We use it twice a week and it cleans pretty thoroughly.

MrsAtobe

Living_proof wrote: »

I already have a pathetic cylinder and a powerful upright Hoover but I am considering buying a cordless rechargeable Animal. My daughter has one and it looks pretty nifty. I have wooden/marble floors on ground floor but carpeted stairs and bedrooms and I thought it would be light and easy for all areas. I hate having a cord and would never clean the entire house all at once - heaven forbid. Does anyone have an Animal and could comment?

We have a cordless animal (I think it's a DC35) as well as our DC07, the cordless lives upstairs (4 bed house). It's far, far easier on the stairs and better on the hard floors than the upright we have, but like a previous poster we still drag the upright upstairs for a deeper clean every so often.

Don't be fooled by the advert though, I can't lift it effortlessly to reach any cobwebs on the ceiling!

Okydoky25

Loved my dyson. It died after 7 years of hard graft. Replaced with a £200 Hoover which stopped having any suction after 6 weeks!! Just got a new dyson in the Black Friday sales. Happy days

peachyprice

catkins wrote: »

The worse thing by far though is when you want to use the pipe. How stupid that it is in the handle so the whole handle has to come off and then the pipe seems hard to hold because of the big handle

You don't have to use the hose with the handle, there's a clip to take the handle off and you can attach the nozzle straight on the hose.

Honey_Bear

I love the fact that people cast off their Dysons regularly! I've never had to buy one new - pretty much everything electrical in this house has been bought reconditioned and the vaccuum cleaner is no exception. The house is on seven different levels (three floors, lots of stairs between rooms) and lugging a big Dyson up and down the stairs is a bit of a faff, but the suction is amazing and it needs to be because we have a dog and a cat. I bought a second one, much smaller and lighter and keep one at the top of the house and one on the bottom floor.

The guys who recondition them say that when they're taken to the dump because they're not picking up the filters are always in need of good wash, and often that's the only attention they need. I can whip the sole plate of my Dyson in about 10 seconds to deal with the long hairs wrapped around the pick up brush and the website is brilliant for helping Dyson owners do any basic care and maintenance of their own machine.

I also have a cylinder machine with a reuseable bag at a beach chalet we let, and I cannot tell you how much I hate, loathe and detest emptying the revolting bag, and then having to wash it - because it is beyond disgusting. (I'd rather do that than have to keep buying paper ones though.)

I know everyone raves about Henrys and I did consider buying one a while back but my OH won't use anything but an upright. He may not do the vaccuuming very often, but anything I can do to keep him volunteering is worthwhile in my book!

esmy

My Dyson is over 10 years old and though a bit tatty now still works well and has no trouble with pet hair.

I love that people dump them regularly - mine is now multi colored from all the bits I've liberated from the local tip!

quidsy

I Was spending 80-100 quid every year on a new vacumn, had all kinds of brands but all were hard work or just didn't suck up well. Got a dyson cylinder 2 years ago and after 5 minutes it became apparent that my old vacumn was crap, my carpet came up the original colour and the cylinder needed emptying, the real test was when it suckedup a bit of coloured thread. Every single past vacuum failed that task and I would have to use the nozzle.. Its been 2 years and still excellent. For me it's about performance not price.

ivyleaf

MrsLurcherwalker wrote: »

I have a Dyson Animal and love it but it is very heavy and cumbersome to drag up and down stairs, let alone clean the actual stairs. What I really, really loved and would willingly have again if they still existed was a Hoover Junior with a permanent cloth dust collection bag that you just emptied and the hoover was light enough to use it to clean the stairs, not the attachments. Good little work horse it was too!

I remember my Mum had a Hoover Junior. I enjoyed using it because something about the pitch of its sound made me want to hum as I hoovered

I still have a Dyson DC04, which I like, but it needs a new clutch, so I bought a Sebo compact cylinder several years ago and am happy with that. I haven't got rid of the Dyson yet though - it's taking up space in the hall, but DS has said he'll get a new clutch and fix it...he's been saying that for ages though, so i suspect the Dyson will soon end up at the tip (upon which DS will grumble "What did you throw it away for, I was going to mend it!").

CupOfChai

I've just got a cheapish vacuum because I was a bit skint when I needed to get it. It's fairly adequate, but when I'm in the market for a new one I'll likely look at the ones that are meant to be good for pet hair. I don't have any pets, it's my hair that's the problem!

I don't know why people keep saying Henrys are good, they're rubbish, they hardly pick up at all!

Man's got a Dyson. When she got it, it was sucking dust out of deep inside the carpet from when they'd had building work done years before!

Archer0710

I love my Dyson Animal ball, it's about 6yrs old now and still going storing despite daily or twice daily use and two predominantly white dogs (and up until recently a cat). Ok so it's not the lightest item but we clean the filters regularly, various parts of it go through the dishwasher and it's had a hard life. I'd never really thought about whether it was noisy or not......it's on for max 15 mins so whilst I am bothered if my washing machine makes a racket the noise my Dyson makes really never bothered me.

My mum had a Miele, it's awful it's awkward, it smells and tbh is not much lighter than my dyson and I really don't know what the fuss is about. We have a cheap cylinder in our caravan......it's going in favour of a small dyson I can use in the house too.

I will just clarify I do have a Bose stereo but my fridge is Bosch:o