It's been quite the opposite experience for us with Dyson and after the Kirby left home we bought into a DC03 but could have been the 02. It never let us down apart form once and an engineer was immediately dispatched as we had a gold service plan and not only fixed it but replaced most of its parts with new. The only problem we have had with our V6 is the battery which to be fair is a consumable item. The stick cordless models have been a revolution to home cleaning and once you lose the cord you gain a little bit of your life back, free to roam around home making short thrift of the job to hand. For people with stairs it's nothing short of a godsend and great for the car and caravan. We did consider a Dyson Ball Cleaner but gave it a swerve after
@Dicko69 predicament. Another possibility mentioned was the Shark or a Miele upright but again we have both been spoiled with the cordless wands and there can be no regressing back after a taste of the good life.
As mentioned above the upright Kirby was purchased back in the eighties after our 5 hour in home no pressure sales pitch. It was a thing of undulating beauty and when we both set eyes on it we knew it was the one for us. A highly polished chrome base and finished in purple. There was nothing it could not vacuum up but it's
piece du resistance was that it doubled up as a carpet washer. Anyway somewhere between the 3rd or 4th hour we got down to price and without blinking he said £1750 ! A difficult situation now as he had been in our front room for that long we looked on him more as a friend and so difficult to haggle. Anyway I said "can you do better on the price" and he said he will phone his manger as he liked us both and see if he could get us mates rates. (
They always say they will ring the manager and its all a part of the pitch) And so the price after many management calls reduced down to £1500 to £1299 to £1050 and his final call to management they offered us a demo model that was as new. In fact I remember him saying it had been assigned as a demo model but had not been used yet and that was £650 trade. Anyway it was getting very late and the Twilight Zone was due to come on and we never miss it so we said we will have a think about it as every good messer should and it's buy in haste repent at leisure. He fooked off out and pretended he was still our bessie mate but I have an uncanny ability to read people and I knew underneath his wry grin and facade that he was spitting feathers. After a good nights sleep we rung them back and offered £450 which was accepted and the deal was cast to stone. A machine that sucked washed and swept itself into the highest echelons of our minds eye and we even earned money from it by shampooing all the neighbors carpets. After 5 years we sold it for £350 and the phone was still ringing from out of the Loot weeks afterwards. I would say we returned a profit on the Kirby of £250 and it's only downfall was it's dreadfully shit name.
Heavy to push but the design and aesthetics were a joy to behold ... and that chrome work !
Regarding the Gtech brand we nearly both bought electric Gtech bikes from Halfords and no gears and easy to ride. But it was nearly 2 thousand pounds for the pair so we gave it a swerve. No idea why these electrics are so expensive as you can buy a nose bleed for around the same money as a good electric gear bike