OT Dyson won !

I love my purple Dyson. May you have many happy- and clean- years together! (Every quilter who posts about their new Dyson makes a comment about the dirt their old vac had left behind... don't feel badly. VBG)

Leslie & The Furbabies in MO.

Would a Dyson be just as good on stone/tile floors?

I don't have a single carpet in the house, just ceramic tiles.

Claudia

And quick and free is good too. I like to take the 6" x whatever scraps of batting and attach them to my Swifter mop and swoosh around on my sewing room / kitchen floor. Batting will attract and snare threads, leaves, pet hair and assorted other strays. Can't certify that it is clean but it surely does look better. Polly

Is the Dyson relatively quiet? My vacuum is so loud it hurts my ears!

Donna in SW Idaho

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For my three beloved HairyButts and my Dyson- Hoover completely ignores it (that might have something to do with his name??? LOL), Simon will not move away until I get the vac within about 3 feet of him and Daisy runs outdoors as soon as the Dyson moves more than two inches.... before it's even plugged in or turned on. But then Daisy had a very, very 'difficult' life before she came to live with us. So the noise isn't bad enough to upset my boys' ears and who knows what monsters lurk in dear Daisy's mind???

I've had my Dyson 6 years and still love it! And it's still going strong having sucked up a few million pounds of dog hair and dirt tracked in by my furry kids. I wouldn't have it any other way.

Leslie & The Furbabies in MO.

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I was at my local vacuum repair place and the Dyson's to be fixed outnumbered that other brands almost 2:1. That could be a reflection of the number of Dysons being used however. But my fellow said most of them couldn't be fixed for less than what a new one would cost. I have a feeling most small appliances are that way any more. Sad, but true. KJ

Dysons don't even like thin carpets or area rugs so I doubt that they'd love bare floors.

If you have new carpets check the warranty before buying a Dyson. They are so hard on carpets that some carpet companies will void the warranty if a Dyson is used on it.

We returned one after a day. It sucked the carpet up and into the vacuum and was horrendously noisy.

marcella

I used it on all my tile floors also and it worked great--just turned off the beater bar.

lyn

I've found out the hard way that you don't use the Dyson's beater bar to vacuum a "hairy-floor" bathroom. Wow, does that clog up the beater bar. Had to get the scissors out to free up the hair. But I wouldn't trade my Dyson for anything but another one. Would love to have the ball one. I think an important thing to put on your calendar is to clean the filter when it's time. And to empty the canister after use. (I HAVE to -- it's always full when I'm done vacuuming.)

KT. in MI

When I reg. with dyson on line they will notify you every 3 mos to clean the filter--as far as hair, thread etc, getting wound around the beater bar, I have found NO cleaner that it wouldnt happen to. And yes they need to fix that :)

lyn-

On Tue, 30 Mar 2010 17:28:22 -0500, Kathyl wrote (in article ):

I have a feeling that is true for most appliances these days. Our vac repair man said the same thing about Hoovers.

Maureen

AND PUTS A )(&)(^*(^%#(*_#9 HEADLIGHT ON THE DANG THING.

I won't buy another one either. If you vacuum in your bare feet you can feel the grit it kicks out the back. That's a deal breaker for me.

Cindy > remember those Rainbow vacuums back in the 80's that had water in the tank and they'd come in and demo? They'd pour that water out and it was mud. God, it was impressive. Yeah, I fell for that one too. $500 vac and it burned up in a little over a year.

MOST parts, including the motor, can be bought as spares direct from Dyson. You can also download the instructions for a DIY fix as it's usually only a matter of unscrewing some bits and putting in the replacement part. On mine I've changed the brush twice (after a hoovered-up needle cut through the brush bar!), and the hose.

The only one I've come across that was completely killed was Little Sis's after the idiot builders that she had to sack hoovered up chunks of masonry and not only broke bits of the cyclone-making thing off but also holed the hose, wore the brushes off the brush bar AND took the filter sponge out and let bric dust kill the motor. As the sum of all the damaged bits amounted to 3/4 of a new machine, it was deemed unecconomical, especially as the state their house was in they didn't have anywhere to sit and do the repair!

Someone I know thought theirs was dirty, so she tool it all to bits and put all the housings and plastic bits through the dishwasher and the filter in the washing machine. It looked brand new after that! I content myself with a rub over with a damp cloth and a new rubber band for the head now and again.

The uprights work better than the cylindar style ones, but they aren't as pretty. The new ball one is MUCH heavier than my DC04, which is 13 years old and going strong.

Mine doesn't have a beater bar, just a roller brush.

I've never needed a headlight on a vacuum cleaner. I tend not to hoover in the dark. ;)

I hoover in bare feet all the time, and I've never had that. It occasionally spits something out at an odd angle, but I just go over it again and up it goes.

Somewhere in the shed I have an old Vax... It's amazing what colour the water is in THAT when you wash a carpet! Black and scummy and the consistency of gritty coffee! Grey and gritty second time round, and fawn and not gritty on the third pass... Mind you, that WAS after sorting out a chimney and having 2lbs of soot and a deal bird fall out on Himself's head.

Yes, I laughed. So did he - eventually!

My aunt refered to hers as the 'rips as it scrapes as it tears' machine when it ripped up the edge of her corded carpet and unraveled it at the join in the middle of the living room!

And that DID have a beater bar: it vibrated.

You really

Nel has two large German Shepherds. Just the hallway filled the Dyson 3 times when I was there the other week! Mind you, she had not been well enough to do anything much for a while. Next time I go I might hoover the dogs!

Mid you, though we emptied the thing 3 times, it never batted a bristle at the amount it was picking up! And I love mine for the job it does on cat fluff and sewig debris!

It's funny the way you can see different colours of layers of fluff in the machine acording to where we hoovered... The sewing room tends to be pale (cream carpet) with flecks of colour from the latest project, the living room grunge brown and ginger fluff (general dirt and cats!), and the conservatory gets threads from cutting and grass!

Take a furminator, and use it well on the dogs. You'll be amazed at the amount of fur it removes. Gen

I've used one on a friend's pom, and he looked so smart afterwards! More dog and less heap of fur! So yes, I was thinking of getting one for them...