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’
Exactly what I meant, knowing how loathe people are to do routine maintenance let’s be honest, most Dysons operate within their marketing specifications for a few months and after that they are on a downwards trajectory.
Miele is one of the brands I respect, mostly because of the way their products are tested. I remember a video from back in the day that showed a testing rig that essentially threw their test subject down a flight of stairs multiple times. Turns out there is a statistical average number of times a vacuum will fall down a flight of stairs and they test that their vacuums still function after exceeding that average.