On 14/04/2021 10:11, Clive Page wrote:
it is because it brought in efficiency standards for vacuum cleaners
which meant that his models with 1500 Watt motors had to be phased out.

I had a Dyson DC01 absolute vacuum cleaner. I had it a long time but
mainly because it was easy to get parts when it broke and easy to
dismantle. It broke a lot. Apart from filters it needed 3 drive belts,
new sole piece, edging rubbers, mains switch, 2 mains cables and a
motor. All that in 18 years.

When we got it we noticed a few things... it was bloody deafeningly
noisy compared to the old cleaner. It sucked like a $20 whore in
comparison to a bagged cleaner. Oh how we were impressed with what it
picked up. Well we were once our hearing returned.

Then many years later Dyson wrote and said "no more parts soon" and so
if it broke again, which I knew it would, it would be time for a new
one. My wife said "don't buy another Dyson and I want a cylinder not an
upright next time" as she was fed up with its over-temp cut-out
triggering regularly.

The day came when it failed again. My suggestion I would go to the
tip/recycling depot and fill the boot with Dysons people had scrapped
and make a good one out of all the bits was met with one of those hard
stares you don't ignore. So I bought an AEG cylinder bag-less cleaner. A
new EU approved one with a smaller motor, I think it's 600W. It was
pricey but had a 3yr warranty. Not as pricey as a new Dyson though.

Oh wow what a difference. For a start you can have a conversation whilst
it is working it is so quiet in comparison. It also cleans ever so much
better. It doesn't suck like a $20 whore but more like a $1000 call
girl. It does a better job and is quieter and I have only had to buy a
new hose for it after the dog attacked it and chewed a hole in it.

Dyson does appear to be full of **** about vacuum cleaners. The new
lower power one cleans better than our Dyson did and is so quiet in
comparison. And it has washable filters so you don't have to keep buying
them from Dyson. I now treat most of what Dyson says with the contempt
it deserves.