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’
They’re expensive because hype. At some point they used to be the bleeding edge of cordless and bagless, they did come up first with some useful designs, they did clever marketing, and this set them up in the consumer’s minds as “must be top”.
Quality wise they’re not bad in my experience but their price is absolutely overblown. You can get equal or better for a third of the price.
Also another thing I’ve noticed is that people who use clumping cat litter of any kind for their cats always have shit vacuums, no matter what brand. That type of litter will destroy them guaranteed. You need to clean the filters way more frequently and even then they’re never working right. I’m not saying that’s your case but if you do, just bear in mind.
It was bleeding edge, because they break or just don’t work as advertised.
Heh I think they used to be better quality before. Most houses with a Dyson Ball I’ve been to still has it working, nobody mentions repairs. I still wouldn’t buy one though.