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There louder then most newer machines, awful filtration they literally blow the dust out, build quality is literally non existent, juniors have that annoying issue with the brush roll clips vibrating not to mention the terrible hose suction and the fact the belts always snap, seniors are very heavy, turbopowers crack, split and vibrate not to mention they are loud, have poor hose suction and tp2s have the issue with the brush roll bearings and bag doors not to mention being heavy and quite frankly not that good, older machines may perform better on carpets but have many issues that people need you need to consider, I like my older machines but couldn't be bothered with them all the time, modern machines are a vast improvement over the 70s cleaners just because the dont beat the living daylights out of the carpet doesn't mean they dont clean to a high standard, obviously the dc01 is not a good machine at all really lol, my point is, is that you dont need to get a Hoover with activator the clean carpets when there are many modern machines that will perform to a good standard. I guarantee this will fall on deaf ears as collectors are as stubborn red wine stain on a shag pile carpet.[this post was last edited: 6/4/2014-15:32]