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Been a while since I have been on... As for the DC22DDM... I can't believe that... Not saying it is not true... I do believe you Evan... I suppose I have just gotten used to the whole 6 months thing and have trouble believing it could go seven years...

Am I rambling? Its 1am here and im tired... I think Im rambling lol
 
DC06

That was Dyson's attempt at a robotic cleaner, but it never made it to the shops.

There was the price, for one thing; somewhere is the region of £2,500. Also, I was told that the battery capacity was dismal, causing the cleaner to run out of power after a very short time (something like 10 minutes).

Dyson call centre once suggested to me that possibly one or two DC06 cleaners were sold to wealthy Japanese businessmen.
 
DC06 was a great idea... I have a short video of James Dyson explaining it... Email [email protected] if anyone wants it...

Not sure about DC06 runtime but I know that it had enough oomph to clean an average sized room... And it charged in 45 minutes...

I have heard rumors about Dyson working on a corded DC06... Email me for that patent docco too ;)
 
I can also testify that Dysons are one of the worst cleaners for losing suction after owning 4 of the pieces of that crap and use one in my part time job,

all different models suposedly improvements on the previous model and all have failed miserably.

Dyson did the only thing he could to make his cleaners look like they do something by using clear plastic bins and a cyclonic system that fluffs up dirt and triples it or more in volume.

While folk may fill their Dyson with each use the collected fluff is hardly compressed, which is why you empty the dust cannister so often.

Bagged cleaners compact the dirt hence why the bag dosnt need changing so often.

Im sure if bagless was the way then Miele would have used it a long time ago.

Not to mention that dysons brushrolls are useless at removing grit embedded in carpets.

Only today did I use my Miele cylinder in my part time cleaning job where I usually use a Dyson upright (which I also maintain regularly by washing the filters monthly or suction drops so dramtically)

The Miele literally wiped the floor with the Dyson and I ended up with 1/3 dustbag of grit and another 3rd of fluff.


Im now old and wise enough to know that a house cleaned with a Dyson is a dirty house.


~One day bagged cleaners will regain popularity when they are seen as a new and more hygienic way of managing dust.

BAGGED ALL THE WAY YEE HAW!!!!!

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Hmm

Not sure if a convertible or that hoover would be my choice before a Dyson. Those are low end machines compared to some vacs today.Even dyson
 
'I'm now old and wise enough to know that a house cleaned with a Dyson is a dirty house.'

I guess anyone who likes Dyson is just stupid, then Rob? Glad you're around to clear that up for us.
 
Dyson Approval

I have a DC07 and actually enjoy it. Even though they may not be the best deep cleaners for those of us with real thick carpet pile, they are still great vacuums in my opinion. Even so, my DC07 does pull up a LOT of dirt and grit from the carpets. The suction at the hose end is pretty impressive, compared to other bagless vacuums I have tried. Everybody has their own view on different types of machines and their abilities. I’m actually craving a brand new Dyson to add to my collection.
 
For once I would agree with Brandon I would take a broom over a hoover made after 1957 any day!!

Everybody makes a fuss over convertible I for one cant stand a convertible. I have never seen a company who was that hard headed that they would change the design. My dyson will repeatedly pull out more sand (which Hoover used to demo grit anyways!!!!) out of my carpeting then my hoover convertible Elite.

They have hardly any tool suction airflow isn't that great either.

Filtration- My cotton shirt will hold in more dust then those things. If I put my shirt over my mouth I could probably suck up more dust anyways.

Rob I really appreciate being called a idiot. If I or Jack because we both own Dyson are idiots then James Dyson is a idiot too? The person who invented the blade less ceiling fan. Yea a blade less ceiling fan. Of course Tom Gasko has one James sent it to him for free. Thats only 1 or the 8 new products being launched. The Funny thing is only 1 of the 8 is a vacuum cleaner. Dyson made washing machines and anymore is more known in a america then Hoover. Except Dyson isnt going to crash and burn.

Andrew you should really think about getting a DC17 they are awesome machines. The have the best brush roll of all Dyson and are actually designed to work at 110 volts. Since the other models were also sold in the UK and England they would run faster and the cyclones work much more efficiently. First time we brought our Dyson home I could not get it out of my mothers hands. She loved cleaning with it because it was just like a Fantom thunder just with 6 more cyclones and more airflow and suction.

I have been selling lots of machines to family and have been making a small profit. I opened a savings account and Im saving up to get a Dyson baby DC22. From of course Tom. It will have a incredibly low serial number because Tom was the first person to order them. It will have the Digital motor which will turn out more suction then 5-10 kirby combined. With almost 200" of water lift it will have as much as a central vacuum except your pulling it behind you. I will get it when me and My family travel to see Tom this summer at his house.

I must say I have not used a hoover for more then three months and Im not going through withdrawals. Jack you and I should not have graduated since were so stupid for owning a Dyson. Cheers to a vacuum that actually works.
 
What's this Dyson bladeless ceiling fan, that sounds very intersting,, do you know more about it? something like the fan in the Dyson hand dryer maybe
 
Some of that famous "non-compressed" dust. No drop in suction. No bag to replace. Just 2 clicks and you're ready to go again.

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Maybe the new Dyson uprights will change the perception that Dyson is poor at carpet cleaning. There is a legend about a VCCC meeting years ago where a Hoover Concept extracted quite a quantity of dirt out of a test carpet that had been cleaned by a Dyson. DC07, i think.

I used a DC07 in a commercial setting as a test. At the hotel where i work. Sounds like the DC17 has been vastly improved in terms of carpet cleaning.
 
I can understand that the Dyson's brush-roll might struggle with the thicker American carpets, since they were designed to cope with European flooring. Something's been 'lost in translation', as with the Clutch Control feature.

From what I've been told, the DC17, designed by Dyson specifically for American homes, got good results for carpet cleaning in Consumer Reports tests?

'Which? Magazine', our Consumer Reports equivalent, have been very enthusiastic about most Dyson models performance on carpets. Here are their star-ratings for each upright model tested:

DC07 - 4/5

DC14 All Floors - 5/5
DC14 Origin - 5/5

DC15 Animal - 4/5
DC15 All Floors - 4/5

DC18 Slim Allergy - 4/5
DC14 Slim All Floors - 4/5

DC24 All Floors - 5/5

DC25 Animal - 5/5
 
100th post!

Well I am 101.

I wonder if this is the longest thread.

Good anyways.


I think the Dc17 is best for long carpet.
 
Plush carpeting seems to be disappearing in most homes nowadays at least from what I"m seeing. Anyone else agree? Mom still has her ankle deep stuff in the livingroom but everything else is back to hardwoods cept for the diningroom. The stuff in our livingroom is semi-plush and can't wait till the day it's gone but it's good for vacuum testing lol
 
Us stupid Dyson owners lmao... Hilarious...

Jack... Im loving my 24... Yes... agree the "tool" could have been better designed though... I love how light it is :)

Evan... Question? Not meaning to sound rude but what is the deal with Serial 1 or low numbers? Its still a vacuum either way :S
 
Vintage Hoover...what you say about the DC17 is correct.

I just took a fast look at the Consumer Reports website (I have an online subcription). And indeed the Dyson DC17 Absolute Animal has a rating of "very good" for carpet cleaning.

CR has five levels of rating: poor, fair, good, very good and excellent. In the area of deep carpet cleaning, the only Dyson to rate a "very good" is the DC17 Absolute Animal - all the others rate only "good" in carpet cleaning. There are five other upright vacs that rate excellent in carpet cleaning and are actually cheaper than the Dyson DC17 which sells for $550. The better machines are all three versions of the new Hoover Windtunnel Anniversary Edition, the unbelievably inexpensive Hoover Tempo Widepath ($80), and the Eureka Boss 4D.

There are two others which rate excellent at deep carpet cleaning, but they are more expensive than the Dyson DC17. They are the Kirby Sentria at $1350 and the Riccar Brilliance at $900.

Remember, I am only talking about the test for deep carpet cleaning, not any other feature like ease-of-use or filtration or noise level.

In the canister/cylinder/tank category, there are at least 10 other vacs that clean carpets better that the Dyson Stowaway DC23 and DC 21. These 2 Dysons rate only a "good" at cleaning carpet, whereas the Electrolux Oxygen married to a Eureka powernozzle rates "excellent" and actually costs less than the Dysons. The new bagged Hoover canister married to a Hoover Windtunnel power nozzle also outcleans the Dysons on carpeting.
 
DC24...

...when I saw this in a store shortly after it came out, I just bought it on the spot! I'd only seen it in pictures before then, and I hadn't appreciated quite how small it was - like they'd taken a full-size Dyson and put it through a shrinking machine!



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'Re the Which report above. What do the % percentages re

The percentages refer to the cleaner's individual overall score out of 100. The score is generated thus:

Cleaning / filtration - 55%
Convenience - 35%
Noise and energy use - 10%

The highest-scoring cleaner in this particular report was the Bosch Home Professional canister, which achieved 81%. The second-highest was the Miele S 7210 with 76%.
 
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