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.

 

[blakaeg]

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.

Well you see, when Vacuum Facts starts talking, it’s like that irritating wasp, that is so annoying, not wanted, but just buzzes away anyway! So that’s really all I got to say about you and what you come up with. Perhaps you may like to consult your colleagues at Dyson and tell them to sort out that rubbish design fault with the wheels snapping off on their V15 and Gen5 models. Oh I can hear a defensive buzzz coming along and it’s annoying already!

 

[Vacuum Facts]

Well you see, when Vacuum Facts starts talking, it’s like that irritating wasp, that is so annoying, not wanted, but just buzzes away anyway! So that’s really all I got to say about you and what you come up with. Perhaps you may like to consult your colleagues at Dyson and tell them to sort out that rubbish design fault with the wheels snapping off on their V15 and Gen5 models. Oh I can hear a defensive buzzz coming along and it’s annoying already!

That's unjustifiably rude and targetted and I doubt in the spirit of the forum.

Raising this issue is completely off topic—people can draw their own inferences about that. Nevertheless, I've also come across several claims of wheels snapping off the Gen5 head ball joints. I, along with the anti-Dyson propagandists have no actual numbers to quantify how widespread the problem is—not that that stops them—but I've experienced it too, as I've been quite open about in comments on my channel. Unlike most anti-Dyson propagandists who fervently cherish incidents like this to push an unsupported agenda, others out there have looked more carefully at the cause. One cause is possibly because Dyson reused the V15 head design on the Gen5, but the increased suction of the Gen5 ultimately put more strain on the wheel spindles, which fractured under the increased strain. By reusing an existing component tuned and tested for one machine on another, this possibly bypassed the careful testing that normally goes on and so was not picked up. This was an error and oversight by Dyson that deserves measured criticism. Propagandists are rarely measured from what I've experienced, and so it becomes a defining moment for them to glorify an irrational attack. The best out there can spot the difference. We notice how there's never a comparison with other manufacturers' products which have far more stories of failure out there per capita...

Dyson dropped the ball on this one issue and, at the same time, the propagandists embellished something ultimately quite minor, easily fixable, and molehill-like, and turned it into a mountain. I fixed mine with the correct adhesive appropriately applied in all of 2 minutes and it's been fine since. I shouldn't have had too if Dyson hadn't dropped the ball, but it's really minor. I'm aware others have tried and failed to achieve such an incredibly simple fix. The biggest problem in all this was Dyson's irritatingly poor customer service, which really is what all the irrational and rabid anti-Dyson propagandists out there should be focussing on if they were actually interested in making a positive difference.

I'm aware you've made another post about this too. Hopefully my speaking freely and completely reasonably on a forum designed exactly for this doesn't cause more tears. We don't want to have to get Noah to commission another ark for the rest of us.