Best way to clean a Dyson V15

[mieles5380leo]

Hi everyone,

I have always cleaned out my bagless vacuum cleaners with the air compressor after use. I recently purchased a Dyson V15 in April, and I use it almost daily. I have read and seen videos where these newer Dyson cordless machines can easily end up with a load of dust in the motor (for example, if you switch on the unit by accident during emptying). I am concerned about whether it is a bad idea for me to use the air compressor to clean out the cyclones. I was considering doing it, but leaving the filter installed and then blowing it off separately afterwards; therefore, if I blow any debris up into the motor unit while blowing out the cyclones, the filter should shield the motor.
So, my question is, would anyone recommend me blowing out the cyclones in it? Should I avoid doing that and just continue to clean it off with another vacuum periodically and wiping it down, or is there a good method to blow the cyclones out? Let me know your thoughts if you have any experience. Thank you!

-Davis

 

[Vacuum Facts]

Empty the bin and rinse the filters (see manual), as outlined here. If the bin is visually filthy for some reason, wipe with a dry or damp cloth, avoiding wetting the seals. Almost anything else is completely unnecessary and myths/propaganda from sources that often don't understand how cyclones work or the airpath of the machine.

 

[blakaeg]

Vacuum Facts - Your use of the word propaganda is so excessive and a bit annoying to be honest. Most of us know you are a Dyson fan boy, possibly work for them. So calm it with your defensiveness. You are actually INCORRECT about not needing to do anything else with a Dyson for maintenance!!!

I know a guy who works for Dyson and has has clearly pointed out to me that the machines needs a good tapping out to clear the inner cyclone chamber of all the fine dust that builds up. I myself have a Dyson V15 and noticed when I went to empty it that there was a big build up of dust that did not exit the inner cyclone of the machine. My filter clogs up and the machine looses its suction and then the Dynamic Load Sensing does not work correctly! So the claim that Dyson does not lose suction is not technically true over the month or so of use if the customer actually uses their machine to vacuum dusty carpets, like the average consumer would do. I have attached a picture for you all to see the dust that has come from the inner cyclone chamber of my V15 machine that I had to 'pick out' with a safety pin as this dust was not coming out on its own, even when I tapped the machine against a hard surface. There was a lot of this dust as well. So over time, this would not have been good for the inner cyclones of the machine as it will prevent them from working properly and the filter will clog up prematurely. It is not such a perfect system as you make out and this problem certainly did not exist with older Dysons that did not have this thin slit as an exit for the fine dust in the inner cyclone. But then again, Dyson are not really built to last and that's what Dyson wants, so the customer 'upgrades' to the latest and greatest technology every couple of years.

So Davis, I recommend you just tap out your V15 and use another vacuum with a crevice tool on to vacuum the inner cyclone chamber of your machine to help prevent build up of dust in the inner cyclone chamber.

 

[Vacuum Facts]

I know a guy who works for Dyson and has has clearly pointed out to me that the machines needs a good tapping out to clear the inner cyclone chamber of all the fine dust that builds up.

This is the definition of emptying the bin. But yes, you're right; make sure the cyclone discharge chamber that's part of the bin is also empty. It does need a gentle hand tap with the current design, which can be overlooked. Arguably a design weakness (I just criticised the company I 'work' for...except not). The newer designs, e.g. as seen on the Piston and what's coming after that, have solved even this.