Oakseywick wrote:

Have I logged onto the wrong forum or just opened up one of my wife’s forums here

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lohr500 wrote:

+1 on Dyson. I think he has lost the plot.
We used to be big fans. but the past 3 Dyson's have been very poor.

A cordless jobby, with limited run time, whose expensive Li-ion battery packs kept failing after about a year and were very expensive to replace.
The 1st of his completely filter-less canister models, where the collection bin was ridiculously small and impossible to empty without getting covered in everything that had been vacuumed up.
The latest filter-less canister model (provided as a free of charge replacement after I complained directly to Sir James Dyson himself over the poor design of the previous model). This one is very heavy and uses thick plastic piping for the wand and attachments. All very clunky. The tubes would be better suited for drainage pipes in a field.

Despite getting the freeby from Dyson, we went out and bought a Miele C3 Complete Cat & Dog cylinder model. Much cheaper than a Dyson, 5 year guarantee, built to last, long flex, quiet in use, neat storage for the attachments, a proper metal main tube and loads of suction even when the bag is getting full. Easy to use and to empty.
I am afraid the Dyson hype over bagless technology, turbo motors, etc, etc now fails to impress.
Even with our hairy dog and quite a large house, the bags in the Miele last a long time and aren't expensive to buy in bulk.

It was £180 ($235) on an Amazon Prime deal earlier in the year. Best vacuum we have ever had.