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"Mary Fisher" writes:

"Dave Liquorice" wrote in message

Curious that this thread seems to be generally positive, previous ones
have been pretty negative.

Yes, that was my memory, which is why I asked!

I like them but I haven't waded all through this thread
(done too many before;-).

I've used a DC01 (I think, or whatever the early non-upright
one was called), and I own a DC04 and DC07. One thing which
is very obvious is a program of continuous improvement -- when
I've found niggly things which could be done better, they have
been fixed on later models. Also, the suck is much stronger as
you move through to later models. Actually, the DC07 is
probably at the limit, in that it's difficult to extend the
hose against the suck and the beater noticably tries to suck
the carpet into it.

My DC04 has been used for building work all its life.
It wasn't bought for that purpose, but it works very well.
I am careful not to bash or drop it as people report it is
fragile, but it works particularly well with brick and
plaster dust. It can keep up with the dust output from a
plaster chaser, which a bagged cleaner just can't touch
(if the bag works, it clogs in a few seconds, and if it
doesn't clog, it just chucks the dust out of the exhaust).
Beware that the handle on the dust container wasn't
intended to take the weight of a container full of brick
dust though -- I haven't broken it but it would probably
be easy to do when emptying the container.

--
Andrew Gabriel