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Dyson CR01 part 2 |
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Post# 322187 , Reply# 1   1/2/2009 at 12:11 (5,564 days old) by richukbristol ()   |   | |
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Post# 322188 , Reply# 2   1/2/2009 at 12:11 (5,564 days old) by richukbristol ()   |   | |
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Post# 322189 , Reply# 3   1/2/2009 at 12:12 (5,564 days old) by richukbristol ()   |   | |
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Post# 322191 , Reply# 5   1/2/2009 at 12:21 (5,564 days old) by richukbristol ()   |   | |
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Tomorrow I hope to move the Miele to the otherside of the kitchen where the dryer is and stack it on top of the washer and put the the Dyson under the counter, which will look much better Rich |
Post# 322195 , Reply# 6   1/2/2009 at 13:10 (5,564 days old) by seamusuk (Dover Kent UK)   |   | |
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Post# 322221 , Reply# 8   1/2/2009 at 17:06 (5,564 days old) by dyson2drums (United Kingdom)   |   | |
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Post# 322222 , Reply# 9   1/2/2009 at 17:09 (5,564 days old) by dyson2drums (United Kingdom)   |   | |
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ohhh yeah, btw i opened the dyson up and checked what was making it shake and rattle on spin, tightened some wires on unbalanced sensor and hey good as new silent with every load and last night it washed and spun a pair of bath mats at full speed and was very silent (more silent than some super silent claiming machines) LOL |
Post# 322801 , Reply# 10   1/6/2009 at 17:55 (5,560 days old) by rolls_rapide (.)   |   | |
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Quite right, neither would I. I thought that the Dysons had decent drum bearings? Clearly they are just as troublesome as most other machines. |
Post# 322803 , Reply# 11   1/6/2009 at 18:04 (5,560 days old) by rolls_rapide (.)   |   | |
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Not bad; at least you had a 'money back offer' of £1.96 out the machine! You could put it towards another box of detergent. lol |
Post# 323234 , Reply# 12   1/9/2009 at 03:49 (5,558 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK)   |   | |
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Hi Rich, glad you had a good outcome with the dyson, have heard a lot that the engineers are getting people to "Upgrade" to stop the contra-rotator, which seems a complete waste given the features of the machine, but as a company obliged to continue support to your customers, the less you have to shelve out on parts n service the better for you... How do you find the Tide HE powder in it??? Cheers, Mike |
Post# 323465 , Reply# 13   1/10/2009 at 17:52 (5,556 days old) by rolls_rapide (.)   |   | |
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Isn't Dyson's 'upgrade' very much like the modifications to Hoover's early Keymatics, where the pulsator was disengaged as it was troublesome? What goes around, comes around. |
Post# 323547 , Reply# 14   1/11/2009 at 06:21 (5,555 days old) by newwave1 (Lincoln, United Kingdom)   |   | |
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Hmm. They should really be fixing these contrarotating parts. I know they are by making them work traditionally. But it's not a traditonal machine. Manufacturers are meant to make parts for machines about 10years after their made. Or at least they used too. Lovely machine rich! How you finding it. When i worked at comet we had one come back on clearance with stupid amounts of money off it. Unfortunately i couldn't afford it at time. I tried to convince my parents to buy it. Almost purswaded mother but not enough. lol Her AEG's ace though. That tide detergent looks interesting. Can you tell us what it's wash and rinse performance is like? Cheers. Darren |
Post# 323781 , Reply# 16   1/12/2009 at 12:47 (5,554 days old) by aeg03 (London, UK)   |   | |
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It seems ponitless in them stopping the contrarotating. Why is this? is it not up to the job as claimed by Dyson? |
Post# 323811 , Reply# 17   1/12/2009 at 15:31 (5,554 days old) by dyson2drums (United Kingdom)   |   | |
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Post# 323814 , Reply# 19   1/12/2009 at 15:39 (5,554 days old) by aquarius1984 (Planet earth)   |   | |
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Well, all these machines failing yet they were supposedly tested for 20 years use as advertised in the brochure? Shame James Dyson aint sticking to his guns about the contrarotating action being anything special if its now OK to have them tumble like a regular machine. Perhaps it was not so special after all I guess eh folks? Guess you have to admit defeat sometime. Now if only he would realise his Vacs dont work and revert to the tried and tested system that made Hoover what they used to be. |
Post# 323828 , Reply# 21   1/12/2009 at 16:20 (5,554 days old) by aquarius1984 (Planet earth)   |   | |
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Well I just cant stand those who beat about the bush. To me it works or it dont. I can now proudly say my household is a Dyson free zone since I got rid of ours a few months ago. Total waste of space and im glad for it. Just to clarify though my posts do come across as being to the point but half the time I forget to add those smiley face things that seem to remove any hostility, Maybe one day il make more effort with it :) Miele, still pleased with mine but only use it for restoring old vacs and a quick daily vac session. For the a really deep clean u just cant beat any pre 1993 Hoover Upright. Sorry back to topic ..... R |
Post# 323878 , Reply# 22   1/12/2009 at 22:00 (5,554 days old) by jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers)   |   | |
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the Dyson Contrarotator is going the way of the 1948 Launderall! Quickly. Death by implosion in only two? three? years? Their main claim was the two drums, take that away and you have a traditional front loader, thats all folks. I wonder if his trouble started with the mechanical complexity of the machine OR its execution by getting it manufactured overseas? What do the owners of these machines think about that? |
Post# 323941 , Reply# 23   1/13/2009 at 09:51 (5,553 days old) by dyson2drums (United Kingdom)   |   | |
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I think that these machines have been built very well compared to other machines nowadays, however not as good as the money paid for it! About £900-£1000. Miele price lol If mine gives up the ghost when ever, i ain't going to get it repaired. I'd rather get a new one like a hotpoint aqualtis when the new ones come out with the steam function, 9kg, iron aid etc in silver. If not the LG steam 1400 spin 9kg in silver, which i like a lot at the moment. (it also won on gadget show, beat the gorenje and moon) What do others think of it? Like David (2drumsallergy). |
Post# 323982 , Reply# 24   1/13/2009 at 12:45 (5,553 days old) by aeg03 (London, UK)   |   | |
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what do you think i mean? As I asked, is the machine not able to do what it is designed to do, if Dyson are stopping the contrarotation. It seems such a waste of the main feautue of the machine if it is made to work the same as a standard front loader!! |
Post# 324300 , Reply# 26   1/14/2009 at 11:54 (5,552 days old) by dyson2drums (United Kingdom)   |   | |
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Post# 324357 , Reply# 28   1/14/2009 at 15:46 (5,552 days old) by newwave1 (Lincoln, United Kingdom)   |   | |
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I remember when the dyson came out. I loved how when i saw it on the front of a newspaper! My eyes nearly fel out it was so different! Mr dyson doesn't deserve the stick some of you are giving, i've heard heaps of horror storys and working electrical retail have encountered the good and bad and in my experience have never had a bad experience my DC14 i WON in a competition for selling vacuums, they gave me a free guarentee too! Has never gone wrong! And its always pickin up after my hairy hound kilo the rottweiler! Anyway back to what i know best washers, and back to the dyson. The dyson used a realistic amount of water. Having seen figures as low as 39 litres on some machines at the time, seeing 92litres on the first ones i thought, Nice one, you've actually let it use a realistic amount of water for the load in question so the clothes are washed AND Rinsed properly. This is how you call washing CLEAN not before. I liked its crazy design, totally reflected me, rebelling from the norm. Rock and roll for me. Edgey rocky styling, tattoos, piercings, total opposite of my 3 older bros. And that effectively was the dyson. Different from you Bosch WFLS & Hoover first6kg models and hotpoint WMAs. I sold loads of those dysons. I worked very hard to sell them because i believed in them. People liked them over mieles for capacity and speed. Don't get me wrong i sold plenty of mieles ;-) In short. It had character. So thats my thoughts on the dyson lol. I am however. Disapointed they aren't fixing these complex parts that the whole machine revolves around. It should be compulsery. Darren |
Post# 324362 , Reply# 29   1/14/2009 at 16:17 (5,552 days old) by dyson2drums (United Kingdom)   |   | |
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Yes, the dyson was surely an eye catcher as i remember people saying i wan tone in front of me in currys and comet and then look at the price and get scared! LoL That's when we got ours! And yeah Darren the DC14 is the most powerful dyson ever, 280 airwatts, i went along with my gran as she wanted one after using my 5 year old DC07 allergy turqouise. We got the DC14 overdrive exclusive to comet, it's usually around £220-£250. It was on special offer so we got that and picks up everything in one go, too good. LoL and my neighbour also bought it after seeing it in amazement, she breaks vacuums every month and then returns them to tesco (vax, morphy richards) and now she's got a decent one that'll last atleast 5 years due to their free guarantee. |
Post# 324365 , Reply# 30   1/14/2009 at 16:34 (5,552 days old) by dyson2drums (United Kingdom)   |   | |
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Go on the dyson link below they say it was too expensive too make so they stopped production and the ad is also therenaswell as the testing video.
CLICK HERE TO GO TO dyson2drums's LINK |
Post# 324584 , Reply# 33   1/15/2009 at 14:57 (5,551 days old) by ronhic (Canberra, Australia)   |   | |
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It is a shame that they couldn't get the mechanism to work properly though. I remember looking at them when I first went to the UK. I had never seen anything like it. If I hadn't known better, I would have thought that it was a display machine...all bright plastic. In the end, it was the 'obvious' plastic (and astronomical price) that turned me off getting one when we lived there. I have to admit that I am pleased we didn't. The thought of a rather large repair bill for a unique feature would have done my head in and I would never have had confidence in the machine again. My parents have a Dyson vac though and love it. I think it must be something about being able to see the dirt (the thought of which revolts me...I just want it off the carpet, I don't need to see it). It replaced a Hoover Turbopower the same as on the LHS of Aquarius1984's picture above. Was about $500 from David Jones if I remember correctly. Was a great machine that finally died whilst I was O/S in 2003....13 1/2 years isn't bad going. |
Post# 324793 , Reply# 37   1/16/2009 at 18:12 (5,550 days old) by ronhic (Canberra, Australia)   |   | |
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I'm with you. We had a Nilfisk which I loved, but with 2 dogs and pale carpet it wasn't good enough We have a miele evolution 5000 which has the 'proper' agitator/beater brush on it....there is a groove on the brush which causes an air vortex to beat the carpet...is wonderful to stand near and feel the carpet vibrating...and boy, does it get the dirt out.... |
Post# 324851 , Reply# 38   1/17/2009 at 06:59 (5,549 days old) by aeg03 (London, UK)   |   | |
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Did you ever hear of DC04's leaking carbon dust? I have a DC04 which leaks out so much carbon dust, the back part of the machine turns black everytime. The filter has been changed but this still happens after some time. CLICK HERE TO GO TO aeg03's LINK |