This is honestly just a bit of a rant as my Dyson V10 has broken again…. This is what has broken in the last year:
- trigger guard snapped
- battery died
- head pivot broken
- empty-mechanism snapped
- filter showing clogged after cleaning, needed a new filter.
Every replacement is exorbitantly expensive, and requires as complicated replacement procedure as possible. A battery that consists of seven 18650 cells which should cost ~£20 to replace is £90! You can’t replace the cells as the unit is plastic welded together.
You know what isn’t broken and has never broken; my 40 year old Sebo which is now been promoted from ‘upstairs vacuum’ to ‘primary vacuum’
Seems like a bagless model with extra steps if I’m honest
Fair… I have a wet/dry vac/blower in my garage/workshop and it’s nice to have the ability to empty a bag full of saw/plaster dust on a machine that is also a high velocity drier for the dog and a wet vac for spills.
I did once vacuum up some plaster dust the day before drying the dog though, there was enough dust in the hose crevices to warrant a re-wash.
No system is perfect, but I stand by my opinion that Dyson design things to break.
Yep that’s a good use case.