Dyson DC03, DC01, DC04

[szymonrules]

I was wondering if anyone has either a DC01, DC03, or DC04. I just want to see pics or a video. I know Jack or VintageHoover difinatley has atleast 2 of those listed. Please PICS!!

 

[shanonabc]

I have all of them... Pics of anything specific?

 

[vintagehoover]

Dyson DC03 Clear

Shown here with the DC02 Clear...

 

[vintagehoover]

'It shows you the dirt you never knew you had...'

Hoover's great stylist, revolutionary industrial designer Henry Dreyfuss, based his design ethos around the idea of hiding the workings of an appliance under a streamlined skin.

Dyson take the opposite view; since their engineers have spent so much time revising and improving internal components, they want you to see WHY the product you're buying is better than the competion.

Ignoring fierce resistance from stockists over their use of the clear dirt bin paid off for Dyson: buyers were disgusted to see how much dirt their old cleaner had left behind, and fascinated to see how much better their new cleaner worked.

This lead Dyson to take the same approach to the filters on the DC03. They were, at the time, the largest filters ever used in a domestic vacuum cleaner - rather than following the traditional route of hiding them away under the casing, they placed them in a second clear tube next to the bin.

 

[vintagehoover]

DC04 Constant Max

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[vintagehoover]

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[vintagehoover]

DC01...

 

[vintagehoover]

Rather battered Argos catalogue page showing the DC04 variants...

 

[blakaeg]

Hi! I have the few odd pics. The DC04 I have posted so you can see on my previous blog. Here I will attach the DC03 and 1 x DC04. I have the DC05 but I will only post the requested pics. I will do a seperate thread for the DC05.

This has been in use since 1999 when I had problems with the DC05's cord rewinding when the machine got hot (a lesson on buying an early production machine which may have teething problems, good to see Dyson sorted this out from year 2000) Dyson sent me the DC03 as I made such a fuss for having to keep sending the DC05 back all the time for repair.

The DC03 came but I hated it straight away cos the noise was just so much more compared to what I was used to before. But started to really like this machine as it went flat to the floor unlike other Dysons and could be hooked up on the wall, I doubt many people hooked their DC03's onto the wall.

I had a problem with the DC03 after a few months, it went to their factory for repair and came back with a description of 'Motor and Clutch Failure'. The clutch would not stay in 'Smooth Floor' setting, the knob kept on jumping back into 'Neutral' Dyson at the time when they first launched Brush Control called it 'Adaptive Brush Control' and the control had 'N' Neutral 'P' Park and 'D' Drive. They have changed this now on OFF, OFF and ON. It was a bit annoying as when I turned the knob to Off the knob would just jump back to back ON and the brush would spin, not good say if vacuuming a delicate rug for example - Dyson said it is something with the way the clutch was set in the factory - I saw a couple of DC03's in the shops with the same problem so not very good at the time even though the DC03 was a very reliable machine.

My machine had been in use for a few years when I decided on getting a DC04 in 2004. This DC03 has gone to someone now and I doubt he uses it.

We have another DC03 which is in the shed not being used, this has been used all over the place and has been brilliant, we never changed the filter in it but I dont use it so not required to do so.

 

[blakaeg]

Another Pic of machine

 

[blakaeg]

Cyclone and HEPA filter

 

[blakaeg]

Notice the plastic that has discoloured. The machine has a new cyclone and bin, the rest of the machine is discoloured from light and bit of sunlight. Newer Dysons dont do this.

 

[blakaeg]

Another

 

[blakaeg]

DC04 brochure

 

[blakaeg]

DC04 Head

 

[rolls_rapide]

DC03

Quite alarming, the colour change of the plastic body. It doesn't look nice at all.

I had a DC03 for a short time, but the pitch of the motor noise set my teeth on edge. Also, I found that the premotor filter got clogged quite readily, and the suction power was dreadful from day one. Where a DC01 removed dog hairs in a single pass, you had to sweep the same path several times with the DC03. Very small stones/large grit particles refused to be sucked up by the DC03, whereas a Hoover 'Purepower' accomplished the same task with ease.

 

[szymonrules]

Thanks

I didnt know I would get so many replies. as for the question any specific ones, any will do. I would also like to see the DC05 if you can. Was the constantmax a commercial version of the DC04 i think right? Thanks Everyone!!!

 

[dysondestijl]

A few of my DC01's

 

[dysondestijl]

Dyson DC05: