Avoid Dyson Products - If you like longevity

[DRD]

I maintain a number of properties. Reliability is key to me. As a rule I like to repair/ refresh rather than dump in a skip and buy another one. I have found Bosch consumer products superb in terms of design, build quality, maintenance and spare parts availability.

A few years ago a beautiful looking 6yr old Dyson fan that cost £300 blew a circuit board. Dyson no longer supported it, so it was scrap. Fans are normally some of the longest living of all electrical products with 1930s models still spinning.

'er indoors bought a beautiful looking Dyson handheld vac about 5 years ago. The flexible tube in the powered head failed - this is the first time I have ever seen corrugated tube fail on a vacuum cleaner before.

A new head costs a remarkable £58. I saw a new body on ebay for a more reasonable £14, so I bought that.

Dismantling any Dyson product is a nightmare. They have hidden lugs that readily snap/ catch you out. The plastic is brittle and threaded receivers are prone to stripping. It is better to watch a youtube video telling you how to dismantle them before you get your tools out, if one exists.

I had to use a mobile phone repair kit to do the job as the components are so small/ delicate/ hidden etc.

To my horror, there is a slight change in the design of the shell. The shiny metal axel at the rear is a few mm larger than on the existing one meaning that I could not do the swap. Luckily I was able to remove the corrugated tube so mine could be repaired.

All just another example of - expensive to buy, fragile, prone to failure, expensive to replace, hard to find spares, nightmare to work on Dyson.

 

[strobey]

Still think Numatic up there for servicable products. Needed to repair a reasonably heavy duty vac at work and every single part available. This thing must be 20 years old

 

[DRD]

I have an old school Numatic George wet and dry vac, the big brother of a Henry. Bought before the EU reduced the power of vacuum cleaners.

Superb. Agree 100 per cent with the Strobemeister above

 

[russdx1]

Bought a £650 Bosch microwave super happy with it, snapped some trim off when installing it but was able to easily find the replacement on there site and order a new one.

 

[Doggard]

My dyson upright Hoover, has to be 15+ years old, I’ve had it 12, and was second hand when I bought it.
It’s used every day, and just keep cleaning the filters, it just keeps on going, by far the best Hoover I’ve ever owned

 

[Pick Holder]

I have a Henry vacuum. Got it in 1994. Still going strong. Have sucked up even building stuff and its not failed.

It is on its 2nd mains lead and 2nd hose.

I bought a Dyson and sent it back.

 

[DAD]

After owning and loving a Dyson DC07 for very many years (still in daily use) my wife developed a tendency to rescue abandoned Dyson uprights from skips (with permission). With the help of some great You Tube video guides I don't find them overly difficult to repair, and there are plenty of non OEM spares around at reasonable prices. We now have one on each of the 4 floors in our house and have given one to each of the kids. Here's 3 of them, (with a G-Tech that was also in the skip with one of the Dysons)

 

[Andypc]

Dyson are usually pretty good at sending out replacement parts. Have you contacted them?

 

[ChrisH]

After owning and loving a Dyson DC07 for very many years (still in daily use) my wife developed a tendency to rescue abandoned Dyson uprights from skips (with permission). With the help of some great You Tube video guides I don't find them overly difficult to repair, and there are plenty of non OEM spares around at reasonable prices. We now have one on each of the 4 floors in our house and have given one to each of the kids. Here's 3 of them, (with a G-Tech that was also in the skip with one of the Dysons)

Back in 2001ish I worked on the lines building the DC04 and DC07 machines for about 9 months or so between sixth form and uni.
Can't say I'd want to do it for longer than I had to - 12 hour shifts 4 days a week, 2 days and 2 nights got a bit knackering after a while and I'd had enough of building cleaner heads at 2am after 6 months
They were actually pretty well-designed machines back then though, the full-time staff (which I wasn't, we were agency staff) used to spend their first day building a machine from end to end so they saw how every bit of the current model went together and how the line operated from start to finish, they then kept that completed machine as their own to take home.

I've had loads over the years, most second hand and not one has died - I've given them away and I think most are still going strong
Currently have a V11 and it's the best vac I've ever had.