Dyson made a big mistake when he decided to lay off his production staff in Malmesbury, Wiltshire, and move production off to the far East in Malaysia in 2001. Many people have never forgiven Dyson for doing this, and it was seen as purely greedy and profit grabbing.
I would never buy a new Dyson and pay full price for it, when so many older models are available on Ebay for less than £60 refurbished. They are good as bagless cleaners, but too many of them become fragile and suffer from broken plastic housings, torn hoses and bits snapping off. Also, far too many later model DC24 and DC25's suffered from premature brushroll motor failure, and the prices now approaching £400 for the newest models will buy you a top of the range Sebo or Miele high quality bagged upright with all the bells and whistles, made in Germany not Malaysia.
Also, whilst I have a few old Dysons I rarely use them, and use a Sebo X4 or Miele S6 for daily cleaning - both bagged cleaners. My Dysons are purely part of my collection, and I am not interested in any newer than the DC15, as that is where they got simply too expensive and unreliable, and I never approved of his move in production to Malaysia.
