"Bill Schwab" wrote in message
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Interesting. I thought I saw one caution about some banging inside of a
Dyson, but they seem to be getting good press.

Bill


The beater bar drive has an overload clutch that rattles like crazy if the
bar gets pet hair or string wrapped around it. I just cut the string off and
it's Bobs yer uncle.
Our Dyson DC14 shuts the beater bar off anytime the handle is in the up
position- a great feature because the bar doesn't gouge up the carpet while
using the wand to get the cobwebs.

-Carl