Dyson DC40 Mis-aligned handle structure

[vintagerepairer]

But again, madabouthoovers, though I agree entirely about your comparisons to Vax, the cost of expanding the business to meet a greater demand has to be recouped for it to be worthwhile. For instance, when I had my own shop, I was limited to how much work I could do. Now, whilst I didn't exactly have crowds of people milling around like Asda on a Saturday morning (God knows some days I was lucky if I saw anyone), my workload, sales, and resulting profits were steady. If someone wanted something I didn't stock and wasn't prepared to wait for it to be ordered, I had no choice but to lose the sale. Likewise if I was unable to repair their cleaner in within their desired timeframe, I lost the job.

Now, I could have overcome both those issues by carrying more stock and employing someone to help me in the shop. But the cost of doing this would have vastly exceeded the extra income it would have raised. Thus, I had to make my choices accordingly.

I don't know this of course, but I suspect that Sebo are probably very fragile in their current position and that it may be uneconomical for them to try to increase their market share of the domestic market There is also part of me which suspects they possibly like the fact that their domestic cleaners are somewhat "exclusive".

 

[godfreys_guy]

I won a DC40

At a dyson trade night... it was average, it felt cheap and the handle creaked and could be almost twisted 5-15 degrees. I sold it.

 

[oliveoiltinfoil]

I highly doubt Sebo's quality will deteriorate, as they are at the end of the day a German company, run and owned by people who still have a passion to produce genuinely good, well built products rather than making their shareholders happy and cut corners (they don't have any which help). They have been around longer than vax, and to be honest if they ever were going to cut corners, i'd imagine they would have done so by now. They are very stable, solid, very refined machines. Post 2001 Malaysian Dyson build quality is a joke.

 

[blakaeg]

Dysons poor quality is not because it's made in Malaysia. It's a shame that people have this perception. Dyson is poor quality because of the design and poor materials used. When Dyson were produced in the UK their machines still suffered from silly little breakages. It had nothing to do with Malaysia or the UK, it was down to poor materials. The British made DC05 I had , had many issues with the cord rewind going back in when the machine got hot, Dyson redesigned that mechanism. I complained and got a British made DC03, I had continuous problems with the clutches, sole plates breaking, hoses splitting and handles breaking too. My parents have a Malaysian made DC05 which is 11 years old and still works fine. The handle broke once and the plug sparked so I cut the plug off and put another one on there. The Malaysian made DC04 was fine mechanically for 8 years just had an issue with parts snapping off due to poor design and materials used - I figured out that Dysons ABS plastic seems to become brittle over the years. Polypropylene, though softer, seems to stand up more because it's ire pliable. My Malaysian made DC24 has been ok for a machine that is used as much as mine is used - which is a lot! The handles have snapped and now the body has 2 x cracks in it, again the thickness of the plastic could have been better Nd therefore this wouldn't have happened and tiny brushbar motor could have been bigger to improve reliability on that part as with the tiny puny brushbar and end caps which don't last too long. Dyson likes to do more with less, I'm afraid it could cause issues down the line with parts breaking if they continue.

 

[blakaeg]

Just to add to that. When Dysons were made in the UK I would always see broken handle caps on models like the DC03 and DC04 on Dyson machines in the shops. Not seen this since they improved some aspects of their machines which are no longer assembled in the UK.

 

[hi-loswitch98]

If TTi didn't snap up the Vax Company in 1999 Vax wouldn't exist, or not in the same form. Vax would still be the small UK company producing only 3in1 Multifunction Machines which were never that popular by the late 90's as Bissell had landed then with their upright Carpet Washers.