SMELL IN MY DYSON

[luxkid1980]

This is where the bagless vacuums fall short. Pet owners have to constantly clean the vacuum out and wash the filters/cyclones, etc. to keep pet odors at bay. What a hassle. I guess the mentality is that you will save on the costs of not having to buy disposable bags. But the hefty price tag of the Dysons and other bagless units far outweigh the cost of the disposable bags with other vacuums.

I got my Electrolux Epic 6500 cleaner for $20 or so and I bought a brand new bag of disposable C bags online for $10. I'm certain the Electrolux cleans every bit as good as a Dyson and I would have to buy a heck of a lot of belts/bags and brush rollers for the Electrolux to amount to the $400 Dyson. I might spend that $400 over 10-15 years (or longer) on maintaining the Electrolux, provided I take it in for service, etc., but I doubt the dyson would even be working by then.

 

[ultralux88]

Agreed, cyclones tend to collect a lot of dust in the various passages, if the dust is at all sticky (wet, oily, etc.) then it will really collect, dry dust not so much. Depending on the breed of dog, their dander can be dry, or oily, which is why not all dog owners experience he smell, and some may more than others. Our dogs have a dryer coat, so I don't get that nasty smell, but Tim's parents's dogs hair does leave quite a foul smell in the vacuum, and being a central vac, that means the garage is what reeks (they'll be eventually getting a Simplicity unit that I can vent outside). I definitely find that the bagless machines generally tend to smell worse than bagged vacuums (exceptions to this, of course) and the smell (and the odor causing dander) doesn't come out of them as easily.