The most unfit for purpose machine you have come across?

[thissucks]

high proforming???

dysons in my opinon a middle of the road as far as bagless, they pick up fine, but deep cleaning ability is not there, hoover wind-tunnels and eureka bosses do a better job deep cleaning, and all bagless vacs have much to be desired when it comes to cleaning ability.

i would consider the ability to clean out of 10 is around 4 for the best dyson. windunnel around 5.5, oreck around 6, VBG II sanitaires around 7.5 (they do spit large items though) royal around 8.0 top end simplicity/meile 7.5 and kirby G's 8.5 with standard brush roll and 10 with oblique. and this is DEEP cleaning not large item pickup.

i understand a dyson may be usefull used commercially since its bagless, however extremly expensive to maintain, a sanitaire dump cup is a much better decision (however it will gobble up floor mats.)

 

[vacman117]

"deep cleaning is not there"

I'd have to disagree with you on that one. I own a Dyson DC17 and it is one of my best deep cleaning vacuums, and I have a pretty nice collection, if I say so myself. It has very stiff bristles and a two motor system. Most likely, you have not used one and do not know, so please don't judge a vacuum that you probably do not have experience with.

Chase

 

[gsheen]

Chase I agree , we never got the dc17 here in SA but a few have made there way over and end up in my store for voltage conversion, I couldn't believe the power of that machine. Its awsome , alot of vacuum repair guys judge a machine on how often they see them in there shop and not on how well it works , not realising that if the customer followed the instructions it would never end up there. I repair alot of dc 14's but they are good machines 90% of the time its the customer not cleaning the filter at all forget every 6 months.


 


One other thing , Eurekaprince


 


while I agree with you about uprights not having a on /off for the brush roll , the only problem with this is the fact that the dirt is shot out the back of the machine by the fast spinning bristles.


 


There is no way that the brushes could ever damage the polymer seal or varnish on laminate or proper wood flooring, if it could even scratch the flooring then it would rip your carpets to shreds

 

[suctionselector]

turbo500 and baglessball

So close!

We should meet up some time! Welcome to Yorkshire!

I'm in Garforth.

Jacob

 

[turbo500]

Yorkshire folk...

We've also got Charlie in Wakefield and Nathan in Wakefield/Barnsley. Come on northerners!!

 

[brandon_w_t]

I agree on the Dyson bit. The DC17 I had was definitely one of the best deep cleaning machines I have ever used. Definitely comparable to a Sanitaire in terms of deep cleaning. It ran circles around a kirby on my carpet. I've never had too much luck with sand/grit pick up with kirby machines.

I have found windtunnel machines alright, but I feel they don't get down deep like some other machines. I have never used a newer windtunnel though.



Now turbine heads on canisters, I agree, are just kind of a joke usually. Lets recall the hoover Constellation reissue. What an amazing vacuum, but with 2 killing flaws, the super stretch hose, and the darned turbo head.

In my opinion, those two pieces ruined an incredible machine.

 

[Jakesvacs]

Haha no Buckinghamshire crew!
More vacs for me I suppose

 

[anthony]

yorkshir folk

dont forgt me i am in moortown leeds

 

[danemodsandy]

Hoover S3607 PowerMax Canister

Most infuriating vac I have ever had my hands on!

I hated the wand and tool system, where the tools insert into the wands (instead of slipping onto the wands, as every other major manufacturer does), locking into one fixed, unchanging position, so you couldn't swivel a tool to get at something tricky.

I detested the wiry, hard nylon bristles on the dusting brush, which might have been very good for cleaning a barbeque grill, but which left little micro-scratches all over furniture finishes.

The upholstery tool had little rubber fingers that hung up on any kind of upholstery with a nubby weave; I had to use the dusting brush on upholstery.

The tool compartment's latches broke soon after purchase, and I am careful with things like that.

The weirdest part of the design was the suction control, which was located in the wand, not in the hose itself. That made using a wand mandatory when you needed light suction. Vacuuming lampshades was a strange, arm's-length process.

And the power cord for the power nozzle was designed so that it dragged the floor where it came out of the PN head. The insulation on the cord kept wearing through. After about the fifth time this happened, I trashed the vac. I normally give unwanted items to charity, but this bad boy got disabled so that it would never work again, and then trashed. The poor have enough troubles without having a vac burn their house down!

This came on top of a Hoover Dimension canister that blew a motherboard; Hoover wanted a fortune to fix it (which it did not get, trust me!).

I've since become a firm believer in the simplicity of Luxes and TriStars.

 

[turbo500]

Anthony...

..welcome to another yorkshire man! Nice to see more of us coming out of the wood work

 

[suctionselector]

Good ol' Yorkshire

A meet up is definitely definitely going to have to be scheduled in 2012.

Welcome Anthony!

Enjoy your time here!

Jacob

 

[billybud21]

Don't like Dyson

Dyson seems to be the vacuum everyone and their dog is getting now-a-days. Don't like them -- the feel is cheap in the worse possible way for a machine that costs so much and I have heard and read lots of horror stories about their quality. A vacuum should not only be ascetically pleasing to look at, but also to use. Over time, you should come to appreciate the machine, even with its quirks. I just don't see any current Dyson products meeting that criteria.

Johnathan