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I hope the car will be better than its vacuum cleaners as they are very cheaply made and of very low quality. I know this from repairing a number of them. To be

I hope the car will be better than its vacuum cleaners as they are very cheaply made and of very low quality. I know this from repairing a number of them. To be frank you are better off throwing them away and buying a better quality make.

alblue 11y ago
Having owned around six different dysons (including the washing machine) over the last couple of decades, I can safely say that in general they are rock solid. In fact they are pretty user serviceable and can replace quite a few parts yourself should you need to. In fact, the only time I have had an issue is on one of the first generation hand helds where the battery pack contacts became slightly loose, but a phone call to dyson support and a wipe clean with vinegar on the contacts resulted in the fix. Anecdata is fine but you can have both directions, and I'm not sure a repair shop observing seeing popular vacuum cleaners is the best place to start from.
onion2k 11y ago
That's a sort of inverted survivorship bias - you've seen "a number" break, presumably from similar usage if they're yours, or at least similar temperature/humidity/etc if they're from around where you live if they're from your friends or customers, and you feel that translates to all Dysons everywhere. The reality is that you've seen at most a few thousand if you're repairing them professionally. That probably isn't a big enough sample size to know if they're consistently bad. I've owned one Dyson, but it's been going for 6 years and I've never had a problem with it. That doesn't lead me to believe they never break though.
- spacehome 11y ago
  I assure you a few thousand is enough to know if they're consistently bad.
  - rfrey 11y ago
    If the few thousand are taken randomly. Not so much if they're taken from the set of "those that broke".
    - spacehome 11y ago
      Yea, that's a good point.
- dave2000 11y ago
  I don't think the sample size has to be very high. Tv viewing figures aren't achieved by sampling millions of viewers.
Angostura 11y ago
Had one for 10 years now. When will I notice the lack of quality?
- onRoadAgain24 11y ago
  As soon as you buy something else, more silent, better results, a third the price. Just read any independent test.
  - in_cahoots 11y ago
    Can you provide a link? I'd be interested to learn more.

alblue 11y ago

Having owned around six different dysons (including the washing machine) over the last couple of decades, I can safely say that in general they are rock solid. In fact they are pretty user serviceable and can replace quite a few parts yourself should you need to. In fact, the only time I have had an issue is on one of the first generation hand helds where the battery pack contacts became slightly loose, but a phone call to dyson support and a wipe clean with vinegar on the contacts resulted in the fix. Anecdata is fine but you can have both directions, and I'm not sure a repair shop observing seeing popular vacuum cleaners is the best place to start from.

onion2k 11y ago

That's a sort of inverted survivorship bias - you've seen "a number" break, presumably from similar usage if they're yours, or at least similar temperature/humidity/etc if they're from around where you live if they're from your friends or customers, and you feel that translates to all Dysons everywhere. The reality is that you've seen at most a few thousand if you're repairing them professionally. That probably isn't a big enough sample size to know if they're consistently bad. I've owned one Dyson, but it's been going for 6 years and I've never had a problem with it. That doesn't lead me to believe they never break though.

spacehome 11y ago
I assure you a few thousand is enough to know if they're consistently bad.
- rfrey 11y ago
  If the few thousand are taken randomly. Not so much if they're taken from the set of "those that broke".
  - spacehome 11y ago
    Yea, that's a good point.
dave2000 11y ago
I don't think the sample size has to be very high. Tv viewing figures aren't achieved by sampling millions of viewers.

Angostura 11y ago

Had one for 10 years now. When will I notice the lack of quality?

onRoadAgain24 11y ago
As soon as you buy something else, more silent, better results, a third the price. Just read any independent test.
- in_cahoots 11y ago
  Can you provide a link? I'd be interested to learn more.