Rinsing a Dyson Shroud

[gsheen]

Thats what I find here aswell. 


because you only need to wash the filter every 3 months or so customers tend to forget to do it. 


 


I had a dc07 that was brought out from the UK in for repair last month. Customer hadn't cleaned the filter since she bought it 7 years ago!!!.


 


That and I also find people tend to abuse them more than they owuld another vacuum , IE using them to suck up cement dust and using them in the workshop. I have been repairing vacuums since I was 14 and have had a vac shop for the past 10 years , never have I seen machines so abused as dysons. What I do like about them aswell is that compaired to other brands especially Miele they are very cost effective to repair.


 


The aegElectrolux motor for there cylinder vac is twice the price of the Dysons motor despite the Dyson costing more than twice the price of the aeg.

 

[lunchboxsean]

!

If I spent $600 on a vacuum, I would want it to clean the garage, too. Heck, for $600 it better clean the gutters, the litterbox, the dishes, and the windows! If they would take that $600 and buy a nice $300 Simplicity or Sanitaire, they could afford a nice shop vac, and all those "expensive bags and filters" for years to come.

 

[gsheen]

O so in that case , go and take your new $ 1500.00 Kirby sentria and clean the garage and suck up cement dust and chips. It will last two seconds Before the fan shatters into pieces. the dyson will atleast do it it may be a little worse for wera but it will do it.


 


When we have been ding renovations we have been using my little dc19 to clean up. It was really funny when the builder came in to clean up cement dust after knocking down a huge wall in our Lounge. he cam in with theis ALTO wap twin motor machineSQ850. Its huge and he any managed to suck up about a square meter of dust before the filters were clogged.


 


I went to get our dc19 and cleaned up the rest no hassle , just stopping to empty the bin when it got to the max mark. He now has two dc19's and a dc27 that he uses to clean up after building Jobs

 

[lunchboxsean]

Awesome! I'm just pulling your leg, btw. I like to play Devil's advocate sometimes. And though I am a huge fan of the Kirby product, there is a reason I don't sell new ones anymore. I believe that for the performance they deliver, the low cost of maintenance and supplies, and the extraordinary longevity they have, there is no reason not to buy a used one for $50-$250, $50 being in the Heritage to Legend II range and $250 being the Sentria. I have a Kirby 505 made in 1945 that still runs perfectly, cleans perfectly, and I can still easily get parts for. I don't use it often because I'm not an idiot, but that kind of longevity gives me mountains of respect for the brand and I think that they are still built to that level of quality nearly 70 years later. No offense, but lets see how many DC-whatevers are running around in 60-70 years...

 

[gsheen]

You are right , though we get dc01's from 93-94 in for just a new brush roll , motors still look new.


 


I have a few Kirby's including a 508, legend ll and heritage ll and a G6 Not a big fan of G models , just sold my two complete sentrias to a kirby dealership in exchange for a few other machines. I am not a fan at all of a sentrian I feel they went backwards. No offence to all you sentria lovers Its just my feeling after working on so many of them. Never before have I ever had so many of a particular model Kirby in for repair. 


 


there are dyson models I do not like and won't sell either , DC23 been one of them. I just feel there are better machines out there for that price. I also hate the air driven turbine head Its not very reliable at all.

 

[lunchboxsean]

I agree. I feel for that kind of money you should get a good solid motorized power head that can really dig in.