kirby
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nothing my brother decided to try to desatroy my dyson last noght but he failed he took a 6 pound sleghamer and swung it at the dyson but it bounced off.
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rugsucker
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This is actually similar to an early Dyson story(I think in James Dysons book)of taking Dyson to store buyers who had never seen Dyson and were concerned with quality.They were invited to hit with hammer both their current vacs for sale & Dyson.Guess what won?
This is actually similar to an early Dyson story(I think in James Dysons book)of taking Dyson to store buyers who had never seen Dyson and were concerned with quality.They were invited to hit with hammer both their current vacs for sale & Dyson.Guess what won?
vintagerepairer
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@ Jmurray, no idea of exact figures. I'll judge whether it was useless or not by how it pans out in time. Of course, if it does prove to be useless, I'll not look at it further, never mind posting to hint I didn't care for it much.
turbomaster1984
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thing is there seems to be a thing for someones threads to gain as many posts as they can get to somehow simulate popularity.
Have noticed that for a while now, and once a topic gets around 70 or 80 posts you find it then gets repeated by someone who wants to be popular.
Always backfires and thread gets ignored.
Had just the same over at aw.org about a Hotpoint thread where 200 odd pictures were posted and 3 months later a "have a go" member wanted us to post it all again depsite it being in the archives.
turned out he wanted a popular thread. Highly original huh.
Its NEVER the amount of posts a thread gets but the QUALITY inside them that makes a good thread. Have read some really good threads where only 1 post has been made and its been informative and cleared up a matter without any need for other questions or ponders let alone drivel to bump the count up.
Have noticed that for a while now, and once a topic gets around 70 or 80 posts you find it then gets repeated by someone who wants to be popular.
Always backfires and thread gets ignored.
Had just the same over at aw.org about a Hotpoint thread where 200 odd pictures were posted and 3 months later a "have a go" member wanted us to post it all again depsite it being in the archives.
turned out he wanted a popular thread. Highly original huh.
Its NEVER the amount of posts a thread gets but the QUALITY inside them that makes a good thread. Have read some really good threads where only 1 post has been made and its been informative and cleared up a matter without any need for other questions or ponders let alone drivel to bump the count up.
turbomaster1984, I completely agree! I have wanted to say something like that for a awhile but say not sure how to say it politely and to the point. I never start a new thread until I look in the archives for my answer, and if I can't find anything or I am not satisfied, then I will start a thread.
Please no more of the generic threads, like "Here is a thread to discuss _______ products." If someone wants to talk about something specific, they have every right to do so and not are being held back. Like you said turbomaster1984, quality is better than quantity.
Please no more of the generic threads, like "Here is a thread to discuss _______ products." If someone wants to talk about something specific, they have every right to do so and not are being held back. Like you said turbomaster1984, quality is better than quantity.
On the topic of Dyson
I am sorry to hear that your brother would even attempt to break one of your vacuums, but I am not surprised to hear the Dyson survived. They make those out of very durable ABS plastic. Dyson even has some test videos on their web-site with what I think is a DC33 being dropped many feet of the ground, while remaining intact. Not very many vacuums made today can survive that.
I am sorry to hear that your brother would even attempt to break one of your vacuums, but I am not surprised to hear the Dyson survived. They make those out of very durable ABS plastic. Dyson even has some test videos on their web-site with what I think is a DC33 being dropped many feet of the ground, while remaining intact. Not very many vacuums made today can survive that.
twocvbloke
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Just to be as random as the thread, I saw a pair of DC-01 De Stijls for sale in Stanley (Co. Durham, of course) today, I'm sure I saw something somewhere here about them...
They also had a Hoover Junior 119 too, but I don't think that was for sale...
They also had a Hoover Junior 119 too, but I don't think that was for sale...
rolls_rapide
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Older Dysons
I fixed a friend's "DC04i" a couple of days ago (clogged wand, broken belt). The plastic on it has become very brittle, with little bits here and there snapped off (crevice tool storage slot, and wand release catch).
My DC15 in comparison, seems to have a better quality of plastic.
I fixed a friend's "DC04i" a couple of days ago (clogged wand, broken belt). The plastic on it has become very brittle, with little bits here and there snapped off (crevice tool storage slot, and wand release catch).
My DC15 in comparison, seems to have a better quality of plastic.
vintagerepairer
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Yes the Dyson plastic can be chronic and as you point out would shatter and crack. It is the grey plastics with the mottled effect, dull finish, which are stronger. The other type is very thin and can be snapped easily by hand, especially as the cleaner gets older. Even cleaners with the mottled plastic have shiny parts which can still be broken, such as the carry handle on the DC07. It is the clear drum which seems to be the thickest and strongest plastic of all Dysons through the ages. In fact I am surprised that Dyson used the plastic they did. For all that I don't dislike Dyson cleaners on the whole, I think the overall build quality has been very poor. I think the DC01 was the poorest of all and am surprised that people didn't mind, and surprised also that Dyson didn't do anything to change it.
I also do not like the way the extension tube slides into the hose, because firstly it makes the extension tube dirty to handle, and secondly because it often ruptures the hose when putting it away. I think it is because James Dyson likes his idea of the foldaway extension tube that the company has continued to make this feature for 20 odd years, in the face of all the hoses which keep breaking. I would like to know, only as a matter of interest, how much money Dyson has spent on postage and packaging sending out hoses under guarantee.
I also do not like the way the extension tube slides into the hose, because firstly it makes the extension tube dirty to handle, and secondly because it often ruptures the hose when putting it away. I think it is because James Dyson likes his idea of the foldaway extension tube that the company has continued to make this feature for 20 odd years, in the face of all the hoses which keep breaking. I would like to know, only as a matter of interest, how much money Dyson has spent on postage and packaging sending out hoses under guarantee.
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"how much money Dyson has spent on postage and packaging
Enough to keep the Royal Mail in business...
Enough to keep the Royal Mail in business...
vintagerepairer
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Is that who they use then? I have no idea. I just know from what people have said that Dyson dispatch parts left, right, & centre if the machine is in guarantee. I suspect the parts cost them very little, but the manpower in taking the phone call, the admin, and picking & physical packing the parts must add up to quite a lot of money, plus of course the P and P which I mentioned. All of which could maybe be reduced if the designs of the new model cleaners didn't duplicate the faults of the previous model. But then I think to myself what do I know. That is why Mr Dyson is rich and I am not!
rolls_rapide
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Yes, Royal Mail is who they use.
DC01 was a very flimsy machine, I had two brand new DC01 Absolutes within a fortnight shatter in the wheel axle area, allowing air to get straight into the motor, making the machine useless.
DC01 was a very flimsy machine, I had two brand new DC01 Absolutes within a fortnight shatter in the wheel axle area, allowing air to get straight into the motor, making the machine useless.
gsheen
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Just out of interest sakes , if you leave abs in the sun for any long period( years 5+) of time it will become brittleIE if he machine stands near a window and gets direct sunlight.
The lavender dc04 and dc07 dysons had a habit of doing this if the machine was stored near sunlight. They also faded for the same reason
The lavender dc04 and dc07 dysons had a habit of doing this if the machine was stored near sunlight. They also faded for the same reason
gsheen
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The newer colour dysons , with the iron colour do not have this problem.
vintagerepairer
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The iron colour is what I was referring to, thanks, I couldn't recall the name. No other vacuum cleaner manufacturer seemed to make cleaners which were quite so brittle, unless you consider the odd one or two, like one of the red Hoover Autoflex turbopower machines. But it was something of a one off. Many Dyson cleaners seem to snap, and as has been said it was worse when sunlight played a part. Yet this plastic was used by Dyson for so long. I think also that as well as being thin, the plastic was insufficiently supported in places. Where I have seen huge chunks missing, it has often been around hollow spaces on the cleaner. Though the soleplate of the DC01 was always a poor design. I used to sell lots of those.
Just jumping in here....
My cousin's "ever capable" bride has a Dyson. She loves it..until she took it apart. Shi might as well have hit it with a hammer... If I had that hammer, it might go to her head. She's the one who patronized me with, "You COLLECT vacuums? Just how MANY do you have"? Nor bashing (do I bash?), but, I'd put any of my collection agaist her disassembled/reassembled Dyson. On her bestday, she's not the "brighjtest bulb in the chandelier".
My cousin's "ever capable" bride has a Dyson. She loves it..until she took it apart. Shi might as well have hit it with a hammer... If I had that hammer, it might go to her head. She's the one who patronized me with, "You COLLECT vacuums? Just how MANY do you have"? Nor bashing (do I bash?), but, I'd put any of my collection agaist her disassembled/reassembled Dyson. On her bestday, she's not the "brighjtest bulb in the chandelier".
gsheen
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I must say that we have very few if any snapped dysons here in SA and we are very hard on vacuums, to give you an idea the life expectancy of a miele is 3 years. We have had kirby's snapped in half ( sentria and a g3) as most people here have a cleaner to clean the house the vacuum tends to get abused. Even the dyson floor tools last long here.
Just checked through my records and we have had two snapped dysons, a dc14 that fell 3 floors ( long story ) and a dc 25 that was hit by a car in the garage ( customers drunk son )
What we do replace alot of are the dc14 sole plates as uneven slate& natural stone flooring and terracotta flooring is very popular here and the cleaning lady's just run the machines across them till there is nothing left, but on that note we had a kirby g6 in the other day that's entire cleaner head had been sanded down by similar flooring
Just checked through my records and we have had two snapped dysons, a dc14 that fell 3 floors ( long story ) and a dc 25 that was hit by a car in the garage ( customers drunk son )
What we do replace alot of are the dc14 sole plates as uneven slate& natural stone flooring and terracotta flooring is very popular here and the cleaning lady's just run the machines across them till there is nothing left, but on that note we had a kirby g6 in the other day that's entire cleaner head had been sanded down by similar flooring
gsheen
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John
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I love it when people ask me that these days , I just ask them what they collect , Stamps ,,,, you mean little pieces of paper that can't do anything ,,,,HOW strange ,,, shuts them up so fast
Gareth
"She's the one who patronized me"
I love it when people ask me that these days , I just ask them what they collect , Stamps ,,,, you mean little pieces of paper that can't do anything ,,,,HOW strange ,,, shuts them up so fast
Gareth
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