Two Gun Bob
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I have been away all day researching Vacuums. We have a V6 Dyson stick that has served us both well for nigh on 3 years requiring little in the way of maintenance save for replacement filters. It has been nothing short of a joy to own making light of our daily cleaning sabbatical and freeing up time to concentrate on other nuances. I digress so around 4 months ago it stopped working and after contacting the chaps down at Dyson HQ we troubleshooted it down to the battery and a price of £65 was tendered. I sought out alternative options mainly via Ebay and Amazon ETC. In the end we decided on a replacement from Mr Wan (real name) and the price was most reassuring at £19.99. After a 2 minute screwdriver job it was back to it's old self we both fought for possession being starved of the stimuli that only a Dyson can afford the elderly .
Fast forward 4 months and Mr Wan has sold us a proper pup and the V6 is now at a standstill. I have wrote to him this afternoon threatening litigious action so fingers crossed. I am not paying £65 for a battery from old James so after discussing options we decided to replace the machine but with what ? We have owned Dyson machines for a long time and our first was a DC 03 plug in job that we owned for 5 years and still sold for half our money back. After a cordless we could not revert back, so I have disseminated the market place and watched at least 8 You tube reviews and searched for the best deals that are available at the time of writing.
The V7 animal is a marginal improvement over the V6 with a slightly larger containment bin and slightly more suck. It makes headway on the V6 by improving on emptying so you don't have to get up close and personal with a knife to clear the tangled debris out. One click of the V7 and the dirt is expelled hygienically and safely and an absolute godsend for asthmatics and or allergen sufferers.
If we decide to push the boat out and future proof our-self then the feel of the V10 Animal could well be the wand that ticks our box..
An excellent appraisal below from the guys down at Expert Review site and just look at the size of that bin at 0.76 litres! It also has 3 speed settings and a superlative battery life to get that job done. The key development with the Dyson Cyclone V10, though is the new V10 “digital” motor, which has been significantly redesigned to provide more power in a smaller package than even the V8. The new motor denlivers a higher rpm – up to 125,000rpm courtesy of a newly designed impeller with a lightweight ceramic shaft and overlapping vanes. The result is, says Dyson, 20% extra airflow. Oh yes !
I have watched the video above a few times and would like to point out that the reviewer stated while the V8 and V10 Absolute do come with the fluffy head you also said that the Total Clean versions do not come with the Fluffy head, when in fact I have discovered they do they actually do. The V6 Total Clean, V7 Total Clean, V8 Total Clean and V10 Total Clean models all come with the fluffy head. The V6 Absolute and Total Clean also come with the direct drive cleaner head so maybe a fairer comparison would have been to use the V6 Total Clean or the V6 Absolute in your test lad and then all four machines would have used the same power head rather than the V6 being the odd one out with the lesser rated head found on the base models of V6 but apologies for being rude as I guess I am just nitpicking. Its still an excellent review and enjoyed listening in.
Dyson Cyclone V10: The upright Vacuum Killer!
https://www.expertreviews.co.uk/dyson/1406835/dyson-cyclone-v10-review
And so it's decision time mon braves and before any big decision it is only right and fitting that it is put to debate, listening in intently for any help or guidance the knowledgeable ones can offer. The V7 is available for £199 with the creme de la crem of suction the V10 Animal currently available for a mouth watering £350. Can't afford to get this one wrong as it's serious wonga but better to pay the wonga than go back to the bad old days of a Eubank: They say they were the good old days but they were not and after using the Eubank you were fit for fook all but bed. I also remember our twin tub that we rented of a guy called Clever Trevor and nappy day was fraught with difficulty. You put the shit covered Terry Towels in and the water churned into quagmire of stench and debauchery. It shook around the kitchen so I had to sit on it for the 10 minute cycle. Then you had to user pincers to get brown nappies out and put them in the spinner and the house stunk like an eighteenth century sess pit. Then it was off to the line to proudly peg them out... They don't know there born kids nowadays and I for one remain ever so glad for progress: That is all:
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Fast forward 4 months and Mr Wan has sold us a proper pup and the V6 is now at a standstill. I have wrote to him this afternoon threatening litigious action so fingers crossed. I am not paying £65 for a battery from old James so after discussing options we decided to replace the machine but with what ? We have owned Dyson machines for a long time and our first was a DC 03 plug in job that we owned for 5 years and still sold for half our money back. After a cordless we could not revert back, so I have disseminated the market place and watched at least 8 You tube reviews and searched for the best deals that are available at the time of writing.
The V7 animal is a marginal improvement over the V6 with a slightly larger containment bin and slightly more suck. It makes headway on the V6 by improving on emptying so you don't have to get up close and personal with a knife to clear the tangled debris out. One click of the V7 and the dirt is expelled hygienically and safely and an absolute godsend for asthmatics and or allergen sufferers.
If we decide to push the boat out and future proof our-self then the feel of the V10 Animal could well be the wand that ticks our box..
An excellent appraisal below from the guys down at Expert Review site and just look at the size of that bin at 0.76 litres! It also has 3 speed settings and a superlative battery life to get that job done. The key development with the Dyson Cyclone V10, though is the new V10 “digital” motor, which has been significantly redesigned to provide more power in a smaller package than even the V8. The new motor denlivers a higher rpm – up to 125,000rpm courtesy of a newly designed impeller with a lightweight ceramic shaft and overlapping vanes. The result is, says Dyson, 20% extra airflow. Oh yes !
I have watched the video above a few times and would like to point out that the reviewer stated while the V8 and V10 Absolute do come with the fluffy head you also said that the Total Clean versions do not come with the Fluffy head, when in fact I have discovered they do they actually do. The V6 Total Clean, V7 Total Clean, V8 Total Clean and V10 Total Clean models all come with the fluffy head. The V6 Absolute and Total Clean also come with the direct drive cleaner head so maybe a fairer comparison would have been to use the V6 Total Clean or the V6 Absolute in your test lad and then all four machines would have used the same power head rather than the V6 being the odd one out with the lesser rated head found on the base models of V6 but apologies for being rude as I guess I am just nitpicking. Its still an excellent review and enjoyed listening in.
Dyson Cyclone V10: The upright Vacuum Killer!
https://www.expertreviews.co.uk/dyson/1406835/dyson-cyclone-v10-review
And so it's decision time mon braves and before any big decision it is only right and fitting that it is put to debate, listening in intently for any help or guidance the knowledgeable ones can offer. The V7 is available for £199 with the creme de la crem of suction the V10 Animal currently available for a mouth watering £350. Can't afford to get this one wrong as it's serious wonga but better to pay the wonga than go back to the bad old days of a Eubank: They say they were the good old days but they were not and after using the Eubank you were fit for fook all but bed. I also remember our twin tub that we rented of a guy called Clever Trevor and nappy day was fraught with difficulty. You put the shit covered Terry Towels in and the water churned into quagmire of stench and debauchery. It shook around the kitchen so I had to sit on it for the 10 minute cycle. Then you had to user pincers to get brown nappies out and put them in the spinner and the house stunk like an eighteenth century sess pit. Then it was off to the line to proudly peg them out... They don't know there born kids nowadays and I for one remain ever so glad for progress: That is all:
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