A few pics of my Dyson and Vacuum cleaner collection.

[dyson89]

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[turbo500]

Hi Matthew,

Nice collection, thanks for sharing. Your collection looks great. Although, personally, I'd much rather use any of those cleaners in the last photo than the Dysons. Except maybe the Oreck .

Thanks,
Chris

 

[Jakesvacs]

Very Nice collection! All your Dysons look in great condition!

 

[dyson89]

Urrrm,,

I agree to a point, the Oreck is there purely as I was given it. My Sebo Felix Fun was my daily driver until the cable snapped in the handle and the power head developed an intermittent fault. The Kirby I love but don't really get on with. The Icon had wonderful suction loss, but I love the direct drive agitator. But I would use a DC07 any day.

I like to restore my dyson to close as original condition. Tools instructions etc.

To be fair the camera did a wonderful job of removing some scratches. Lol

Having looked at the photos I uploaded I missed off my DC02 Clear, DC04 constant Max silver and lime and also my DC05 Motörhead.

 

[turbo500]

But I would use a DC07 any day

Eeek, sorry Matthew, I'm the total opposite. I'd rather not use a Dyson at all, but the 07 is particularly horrid IMO.

Of the 5 Dyson's my Grandparents have owned, the 07 was the most unreliable, the most poor performing and the loudest.

I love that everyone on here has differing opinions - makes it so interesting .

 

[dyson89]

Well I'm happy to share thoughts.

I favour the DC07 for its 300 air watts, reversible wand and the CLIC has the awesome colour scheme.

As you know mine, what's your machine of choice?

 

[turbo500]

My grandma has burnt her way through 5 Dyson's since 97. A DC01, DC04 Silver Lime, DC07 Animal, DC15 All Floors and a DC27 Animal. The DC07 lasted just over a year and after about 2 months of use, the root cyclone design completely clogged up with pet hair and blocked all the suction. That does seem to be an issue that Dyson resolved from the DC14 onwards, but caused major issues on my Grandma's 07. I've also seen it happen on many others over the years too.

I much prefer bagged vacuums. I find bagless far too messy and unhygenic. The whole process of emptying the dust bin and having to wash the filters, all harks back to the days of cloth shake out bags more than technology for me. My collection is older vacs from the 70's - 90's. In the house, we have 2 Sebo X1.1 uprights (standard white model and a red Euronics exclusive) that get used day to day and a Numatic George in the garage for car cleaning, wet pick up and shampooing.

 

[dyson89]

Well that's a lot of hoovers....

I know the early 07s had cyclone issues but the were resolved. The CLIC I had never let me down. My mums DC07 Animal is coming up 10 years old and still going strong as an upstairs vacuum.

It's funny some are a pain from the start and others last forever.

The X1 is the less powered X4 , but while they are quality vacuums the electronic height adjustment up and down all the time I really would disable. Great feature to compensate for brush ware though.
The Felix has manual adjustment so I left it on 1 to get a deep clean.

Do you favour the paper bags or the new cloth like filter bags from Sebo?

 

[turbo500]

I've owned both the X1.1 and the X4. My in laws also own the X4. Having used both, there is absolutely no noticeable power difference.

The auto height adjustment tends to divide opinions. Personally, I love it and I've never had a problem with it not deep cleaning or with it moving constantly. On both our X1's, it only moves when moving between floor types and once it's stopped, that's it. It doesn't move then until we move to another carpet. However, I know others have reported this happening so maybe it depends on the carpet being vacuumed.

I do notice occaisionally the carpet height sensor light will light up, but only for a few seconds and not actually long enough for the brushroll to move. Possibly a built in feature to give the user the impression that the machine is "constantly sensing"?

Personally, I'd rather use the computer controlled height adjustment than the floating head.

We haven't actually moved onto the new fabric bags yet. I still have a heap of paper ones left. The bags are enourmous and constantly compacting the dirt, so you can really cram them full. The last time I replaced it, you could've put someones window through with it lol. I'm eager to try them out though and see if there is any noticable difference. They certainly made all the difference to the Felix. My Mum has a Felix Navy and uses the fabric bags - they really are fantastic.

 

[dysonman1]

Excellent Dyson Collection: Love them all. With the exception of your DC04 ConstantMAX, I have the same models you do. The Vacuum Cleaner Museum is blessed to have one of every model Dyson (although, perhaps not all the color variations within the model range). Congratulations.

Here's a pic of the very first production model Dyson ever, the Cyclon1000.

 

[dyson89]

OMG...

Turbo500

Gosh you make me laugh, about cramming the bags full! Don't you notice a real loss of suction at that stage.

When I had my Felix I used to change the bag when there was a good handful in the bottom. Living in a 2 bedroom 18th century cottage that would be about a months worth of hoovering for me.

Thinking back I may have used a faulty x4 with the height adjustment, if itmwas going up and down all the time.

Dysonman1

Thank you for the kind comments, but how come you do not like the DC04 constant max?

WOW a Cyclon1000 I would LOVE one of these, you lucky guy.

Does it still fire up? If you had any more close up pics of it I would love to see them? I originally set out to have one of every Dyson production model but I don't like all of them, so I only collect the ones I like.

 

[sebo_fan]

Ah I can see the Oreck now - nice collection too!

 

[turbo500]

Don't you notice a real loss of suction

No, not at all. At least, not so much of a suction drop to hinder performance.

This all boils down to Dyson marketing, but since you're a Dyson fan, I won't go there.

I've never used a vacuum that, other than getting blocked, will not perform to an acceptable standard with a full bag. Even with a choked up bag, the suction has always been enough to clean a carpet. This is especially true of the Sebo X series as the filter runs up the side of the bag and is not sat underneath it, so the suction motor does not have a full bag of dust ontop of it.

I mean, how much suction do you think it takes to clean a carpet? You're only picking up dust and grit, not bricks. Dustmites don't wear seatbelts, ya know .

So, whereever possible, I will cram the bag full.

18th century cottage? Be still my beating heart - sounds lovely! We're in a 3 story, 3 bedroom new build, so total opposite.

 

[dyson89]

You are hilarious !!!

Your comment of dust mites and seat belts had me in stitches!!
And you may have changed my mind about the X series, as you may sustain higher suction thanks to an upright filter. Clever idea.

But on the premis of performance would we all not be happy with an unbranded 'value' range machine of say 1200w if it's just dust and grit were after ?? Lol

You welcome to talk about Dyson marketing it might educate me, so far it's 1 point to Sebo 0 to Dyson ! Lol

I'm not sure I've encountered that much marketing to sway me to them. Let me know your thought anyway.


18th century cottage might be lovely, but it takes a lot of upkeep.

I would swap on the premis of space. I have no where for my Hoovers or my 1930s upright Windsor piano :-(

 

[parwaz786]

Loving the collection! I have a Dyson DC01 Destijl
DC04 Lime, owned new in 2011
DC07 Standard, 2001 one of the first made with the roung, grey plug
DC07 Origin from July 2005 (older than I thought, it has the reinforced cyclone top, with the number "2" cyclone, Derooted.
DC14 All floors in white and orange
That's it,

 

[gsheen]

Hi Mathew


 


That's a great collection, I have many of the models you have too. I have the all of them on display in my showroom in my vacshop. We are huge dyson supporters.


 


Here are some of my ones.


 


Gareth 

 

[turbomaster1984]

welcome Matthew!

Hellow Matthew,

Great collection there!

Love the Icon and Felix. The bagged Icons are much better for performance than the bagless, worth pickingone up if you come across one cheap somewhere.

Are youon Facebook? Feel free to add any of us as friends and theres also a UK based vac collectors group there if you need quick direct access to any help or answers about whatever

Rob

 

[dysondestijl]

Lov the collection! I am a dyson fan too. Here are some of mine:

 

[dyson89]

Hello out there

Thanks everyone for the pics and nice comments.

Hi rob. I picked the bag less icon for it's filter wipers as it seemed a novel idea. But the suction is rapidly lost I would like a bagged purple and white model if I can get one. Mine is complete with box and instructions.

I'm on facebook www.facebook.com/med.cruiser
Perhaps if you add me you could point me in the direction of the group.

Gareth, your showroom looks awesome, and I have a plan to visit my god parents in Durban and pop over to your shop if my plan comes together. I would like to use my DC15 allergy more as it is one of my faves.

I'm so excited, tomorrow i get a DC02 Clear and I'm going for a full refurb