vony
Posts: 35
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Posted At: 17/08/2008 06:53:23
We've had a Dyson for many years and hate the dam thing for all the reasons mentioned on this thread, too heavy, difficult to maneuver, and hate lugging the thing upstairs etc. Being bought up in the war years has made me very thrifty, so don't like throwing things away - that still work.
I also tend to see many Dyson at Car boot sales.
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Sorrel_707
Posts: 5088
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Posted At: 17/08/2008 07:15:27
I LOVE my Dyson - with two log burners, 6 cats and a big hairy dog, it is my best friend and workmate around the house.
I do find it heavy to cart up and down the stairs - so am considering a smaller one for upstairs. (Same principle as having a bottle of loo cleaner in the upstairs loo and the downstairs loo)
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johnrichard36
Posts: 986
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Posted At: 17/08/2008 08:18:58
Have you thought about getting a bungalow?
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Florencia
Posts: 122
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Posted At: 17/08/2008 12:45:35
Must be difficult dragging a Dyson up and down stairs. Why not buy a cheap one at a car boot sale, and leave it upstairs? I did.
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phizz
Posts: 8834
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Posted At: 21/08/2008 22:50:36
Thinking about buying a dyson,looked at your comments,some for some against,popped into comet there are so many dyson models to choose from, my head was buzzing, any advice?
Yeah!!!!!
Get a Miele They're wunnerful 
Specially if you have cats or dogs..
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johnrichard36
Posts: 986
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Posted At: 22/08/2008 09:10:21
G/morning Dave, Chances are the cheapest Dyson will do everything you want. I have had a DC04 for at least 8 years and it's still doing a good job,never had a breakdown. about every 6 months I give the dust container a good squirt with the garden hose an wash the filter, which is as good as new. No dust bags to buy at inflated prices. It may be a tad heavier but that's because it's built like a brick outbuilding, if people find it to heavy how do they manage with their luggage when on holiday.
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Tachyon
Posts: 912
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Posted At: 29/08/2008 22:13:37
Dyson! The most wonderful invention since microwave ovens. My old vacuum gave up the ghost three years ago just as we got our very fluffy old cat from Cat Rescue. Decided to splashout the money and get a Dyson. It's wonderful.
Sorrel. What would be the term for a marriage between a human and a Dyson?
An emotional vacuum?
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stjude66
Posts: 25
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Posted At: 30/08/2008 22:22:26
I have had my lovely Dyson for 10 years with no trouble at all. Took it for a service once. Wouldn't be without it. Hope I am not tempting fate by writing this!!!!!!!!!!!!!  |
dinnerlaydee
Posts: 6335
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Posted At: 18/11/2008 21:45:02
Took it for a service once.
but surely - they come to you?? Or they did to me last Friday. My DC02 (ancient) broke for the second time in 10 years so I booked a service/repair, as it wouldn't start. Had to wait two days but at least the man arrived on time! He fixed a couple of loose wires but still no good, then he had a brainwave - perhaps the foot switch was broken? Yep it was...had a new one sent in the post, he had explained how to fix it before he left - normal charge is £65 but he only charged £40. Next time it breaks we are having a new one. |
poppydoppolis
Posts: 110
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Posted At: 21/11/2008 07:22:41
I bought a Dyson some years ago but have never really bonded with the darn thing. As a stitcher and a cat owner I have lots of surface thread and fluff which it skates right over and leaves exactly where they were. The solution I have found is to pick up the thing and bang it back down on the floor, then it starts to behave itself. Now that it has been banged so many times it makes very loud complaining noises when I take it for a walk. As for carting it upstairs, no ta very much. Have an old AEG up there and my only grumble about that is the price of the bags. I am thinking of putting my home made tiara on and writing to the celebrated Dyson fellow about his creation.  |
chata
Posts: 479
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Posted At: 12/08/2009 16:51:54
After reading your messages i dont think i will buy a dyson at the moment. i always wanted an upright hoover, as they seem better for back ache. i have a pull along one which is very good but has had its breakdowns, and my husband tried to mend it and so there were more things to be mended. its a nilfisk , good suction power, but heavy bu i have no stairs.
Pleas why do people like the Henry? is it ok for wooden floors too. is there anyone that doesnt like it as i only have seen favourable comments!
good hoovering to all. Carol.
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sunny28
Posts: 9
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Posted At: 08/02/2010 22:01:03
For years I had a Hoover and was very pleased until my last one. The filters kept getting blocked so in the end I threw them away. It sounds like a jet engine but at least it picks up the dirt. I am thinking of getting a Henry and giving my daughter the Hoover.
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gert06
Posts: 139
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Posted At: 11/02/2010 09:09:36
I have a Henry. He must be one of the oldest around, as I got him when they first came out. He's given me no problems at all, and I've knocked him over countless times, so he's tough. He's not too heavy to carry upstairs, and the suction pipe is long enough to stretch from bottom to top of a flight of stairs. I think they are still the same price as when they first came out.
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Aum bop dit dit
Posts: 966
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Posted At: 20/02/2010 22:29:16
I'll endorse Henry too. Lovely little mover, four quick steps to the pint and we're waltzing...
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Willitflytoo
Posts: 59
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Posted At: 24/02/2010 20:14:04
I bought a Dyson cylinder cleaner a couple of years ago and it is the best cleaner I've had in 50 years. However, it is heavy and I think of it as a real man's machine.  |
