Best all round Dyson upright.

[vintagerepairer]

Hi Sebo fan, which DC04 in green do you speak of? Only none of the DC04 range had clutches added - they all had them - but after a short while Dyson bought out a Dyson in grey & green which had the clutch removed. Well, what I mean is, it never had a clutch. You are right that certain tools were needed to change the belts on the clutch models (not to mention time) but the tools were not exclusive; just a few screwdrivers and star-heads, and a set of circlip pliers. Probably not the sort of thing your average Joe would own, but nothing out of the ordinary really.

 

[blakaeg]

Hi,

I have had 2 Dyson DC03's with clutch problems. The first one has a problem with the knob jumping from the off to on position after a few months. Dyson changed the clutch on this machine due to this issue. I noticed that over time the belts became stretched as when I vacuumed a thick rug the brush would slow right down and stop occasionally but not ratchet noise. I had another DC03 which had a slipping clutch on it so Dyson picked it up and changed the clutch on this and when it came back, the clutch would just randomly make the ratchet sound and also when releasing the machine from upright to reclined the ratchet would sound for around 2 - 3 seconds. Dyson changed it again and luckily it was fine after that but the ratchet alert stopped after 2 years or so, I guess down to streched belts. I also noticed fine dust & hair would make its way into the belt and pulley area so this probably didn't help.

I purchased a DC04 which had a 'noisy clutch' when it was vacuuming so I called Dyson 1 month later and they came out and replaced the clutch, this was back in 2002. The DC04 lasted until 2009. The clutch worked fine but the belts became stretched as whenever I got the brush jammed, the ratchet noise would no longer come on so I had to be alert and remove the obstruction quickly.

I now have a DC24 which I have had for over 2 years and its much more substantial with its toothed belt system. I have not had a problem with it apart from the wand plastic breaking, Dyson changed this free of charge. I find the cleaning performance to be good on carpet and hard floor but the hose suction is a little weak but I get on well with it and its more than adequate for stair and cleaning bed etc. If I need to do the car then I just use my Sebo Felix for that.

 

[queeny77]

the best dyson is the two motor dc28 with the cogged belt or toothed belt,it also has a better brushroll

 

[sebo_fan]

Maybe Im getting confused VR - the DC04 I had definately had a Brush control on it and was a pain in the neck to use. Im pretty sure it was green and grey/silver as opposed to the yellow and grey/silver.

 

[vintagerepairer]

Hi Sebo fan. The green / silver DC04 had no brush control. The green / purple did. The yellow / grey has always been Dysons base model of course, and indeed it was with the DC04, until Dyson decided to bring out a non-clutch version a good while after the yellow / grey had gone on sale.

 

[baglessball]

I was thinking green/purple as they were really popular. Still havnt ever seen a toothed belt for one, any photo's would be massively apreciated!

I have never changed clutch belts, I've always just used a new clutch. Apart from a DC03 I had in for repair YEARS ago. The motor to clutch belt had snapped. So it was replaced with a lux 500 series belt which did the trick!

 

[vintagerepairer]

The toothed belt was a mistake on my part! Like you, I have little experience of changing clutched belts. I was getting mixed up with the Turbomaster belt.

 

[baglessball]

Sorry vintagerepairer, sebo_fan had also said he had seen a toothed belt?

 

[vintagerepairer]

oh sorry too ! i must have missed that

 

[baglessball]

Not to worry!

 

[gsheen]

The new dc 40 smaller than the dc41 but otherwise identical

 

[Jakesvacs]

I was not sure about the new dyson dc40 and dc41. But i absolutley love the Dc40. Its a good size for UK homes and performs really well!

 

[baglessball]

See, I have the 41, but have seen the 40. The 40's bristles are a lot stiffer! I was a little annoyed.. I was hoping with this model we would get the same style brush as USA, but we didn't :/

 

[sebo_fan]

Maybe I got confused too - both about the colour and the toothed belt - I know for certain that I've had arguments with Dyson customer services because they assured me that I wouldn't be able to repair my GREY AND PURPLE (THEN!) Brush Control upright. It was so long ago really - we're talking a VERY long time.

VR - our local serviceman in our small little Scottish town is useless - they dont even have the tools you speak of - so any Dyson owner in the town has to send their vacuum away to get fixed. We had a great Hoover engineer for many years but the cost of vacuums at the supermarket effectively got rid of his business - admittedly some of the machines he sold were higher priced than anything else - but his repairs were 100% excellent. Once he went belly up, and I didn't take an interest in collecting vacuums until late on in my life, my family had already decided to go with Sebo for the fact that very little repair is required.