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Good man, I hate Dyson shit so much. It's all overpriced rubbish. Whenever I see their hand-dryers in a public bathroom I just use paper towels instead because
by c7DJTLrn 4y ago
Good man, I hate Dyson shit so much. It's all overpriced rubbish. Whenever I see their hand-dryers in a public bathroom I just use paper towels instead because they tend to blow stagnant water and particles in your face.
- Xcelerate 4y agoAre they that bad? I’ve been interested in buying a cordless vacuum, and the Dyson ones seem to top all the review lists (e.g. Wirecutter). What are some good alternatives?
- bruce343434 4y agoI have a corded dyson that doesn't use those dust bags, but it sucks (but not in the way a vacuum is supposed to). It's squeaky plastic and feels rough/wrong on the ground.
- dontlaugh 4y agoUnfortunately, they make the best cordless vacuum. I have one and it's very good, but I couldn't say it was good value.
- rbinv 4y agoI love their cordless vacuums. Mine's approaching 6 years with no issues whatsoever. My previous (corded) Dyson vacuum also works perfectly to this day, bought in 2006 and used at least every other day (because dogs) for 10 years. It fell down the stairs a couple of times, too. Really robust in my experience. The cordless one does not quite match the suction, but it's so much more convenient and sufficient nonetheless.
- deepsun 4y agoI own both Dyson and Samsung, and I'd say they're pretty equal, but Samsung is much quieter.
- ChrisRR 4y agoNo they're not that bad. The jets are pointed downwards Dyson aren't awful but they're definitely overpriced.
- Lio 4y agoI have one of the cordless vacs. It works well at being a cordless, the size is great and it's easy to handle but... It's made of really cheap plastic and has cracked in a few places. Being bagless is good in that I can see what it's collected but bad in that when come to empty it the dust I'm allergic to goes everywhere. (If only someone would invent a bag to keep the dust in eh?).
- nikau 4y agoThey are good in certain circumstances, but they use a few tricks, eg. there is no battery meter on the V6 to avoid range anxiety, so it will just die without warning and flash a LED vs having a battery gauge. The suction is also pretty poor, however it makes up for it by having a roller in the vacuum head which picks up the dirt. If you have anyone in the house with long hair its almost unusable as the roller will be clogged up after a single vacuum. A traditional vacuum with better suction and no roller wont have this issue. On the plus side they are light and manoeuvrable, and the wall mount means you always keep it charged.
- nsteel 4y agoI agree with all of this. I've had mine 5 years now, the battery life was never greatand unsurprisingly it's not getting any better... Would I'd buy another? Probably not. I heard Shark is supposed to be pretty good.
- sithadmin 4y agoShark's cordless vacs are pretty mediocre. Especially poor battery life. Tossed mine in favor for a Roborock that is only marginally more expensive, but far better in basically every way (run time, suction power, accessories, ease of cleaning).
- nsteel 4y agoI've never heard of Roborock and cant find much availability in Europe which might explain the one price I did find. Shame, the Dyson won't cut it once I move to a bigger place.
- sirfz 4y agoI got a Black & Decker cordless vacuum and it works great. Great battery (~60-90m runtime on full charge) which is also easily swappable (same batteries as their drills) with decent suction, build quality feels good too. It's almost 3x cheaper than the Dyson so really great value
- unfoldedCravat 4y agoNot really relevant to cordless ones but I know Dyson removed their pre-motor filter on their latest corded vacuums. If the dust chamber is too full excess dust is blown through the motor and then stopped from coming out into the air by a post motor filter. This will lead to premature motor failure over time. The Dyson 'bagless' idea is a bit of a sham. Yes they work, but they don't work that well. They don't make as much suction as their bagged competitors so they cheat and use smaller orifices to increase suction instead of by having a larger motor or alternative design. Then in order to have 'like new' performance all the time you have to continually wash (which doesn't really clean well enough) or replace filters. Some people love them but they don't make sense to me. If I'm emptying my vacuum I'm going to empty it into a bag anyway so I may as well use a bagged vacuum that works more consistently and doesn't throw dust everywhere.
- mr-debil 4y agoI love bagless, it is perfect for my use case. I have Huskies and fill up the canister multiple times per vacuuming of the house. The majority of my vacuuming is just picking up hair, not dirt. I'd fill bags up so quickly, and I've yet to find one that is replaceable as quick as a bagless canister can be emptied. It's not a sham, different use cases call for different things.
- d3ckard 4y agoI have a V8, my wife loves it and I appreciate it as well. We have a large apartment, so we prefer cordless solutions. Dyson has a decent battery and enough of sucking force to be useful. Personally can recommend. It also cleans super easily, with one lever.
- karavelov 4y agoMiele - more expensive than Dyson though.
- slowmotiony 4y agoI use a Tineco one - twice as cheap as the Dyson and it works great for years now.
- xiphias2 4y agoI guess people just like complaining, it works great, especially used together with a robotic vacuum cleaner for the easy locations. I just got some food on the floor an hour ago, I would have been lazy to get a wired vacuum cleaner there, but with Dyson wireless it was really easy.
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- yardie 4y agoI have the Dyson V10. And I got it much cheaper by buying refurb and coupon stacking for <$200. I think they were the first to get the cordless vacuum formfactor right. There are many alternatives now that are significantly cheaper. And if I wasn't able to purchase mine at the price I did I probably would have considered them.
- jonfw 4y agoI have a tineco cordless vacuum which I think is incredibly well built, I bought it because it topped the Consumer Reports leaderboard at the time I was looking for one
- jalk 4y agoDon't know how good it is, but I'm considering a Bosch universalvac 18 since it uses the same batteries as a bunch of their cordless tools and garden products (18V) which I already have a couple of
- sithadmin 4y agoRoborock cordless vacuums are fantastic. Have an H7 and have nothing but praise for effectiveness and versatility.
- 1-more 4y agoI had a Dyson. I lost it in a breakup. I got a Shark. I figured any cordless stick vacuum is gonna get me what I want. The Shark is nowhere near as good. I found a Dyson on the street. It runs circles around the Shark. It's no contest. It makes it so easy to vacuum without all the ceremony of vacuuming from the past.
- grishka 4y agoI always ignore the hand dryers regardless of the brand if there are paper towels.
- Fnoord 4y agoI grew up with a Miele vacuum cleaner (my parents were all about Miele). Only disadvantage is they last so long that newer hardware is potentially more energy efficient. I don't get the point of wireless vacuum cleaner except autonomic ones and in niches where you don't have electricity (like an area where the electricity is often down). Having recently owned some different brands (Samsung, Beko) which broke down got us back te Miele again.
- Shaanie 4y agoHave you ever used a wireless vacuum? It may sound stupid, but it saves significant time and effort over a conventional vacuum; taking the clunky vacuum out, plugging it in, unplugging it and putting it back means it takes (much) more than twice as long to do spot vacuuming. Personally I'm never going back to a corded vacuum if I can avoid it.
- PetitPrince 4y agoThis! The friction to use a cordless vacuum is very low compared to a corded one. And consequently, vacuuming change from being a chore that's done once few weeks for a an hour to some short 5-10 minutes burst every few days.
- wlesieutre 4y agoNot even mentioning the cord management? You just vacuum where you want to vacuum and don’t have to drag a cord behind you and throw it around to keep it out of the way of being run over.
- mr-debil 4y agoThey're talking Miele, which most likely means canister vacuums. The two of you have very different mentality / approaches to vacuuming...and that's totally OK.
- Gigachad 4y agoI switched from a Dyson corded vacuum to a Samsung battery powered one and it’s amazing. I’ll never go back to wired vacuums. My parents have a Dyson battery powered one and it is garbage.
- tjpnz 4y agoI tend to use paper towels too. Electric hand-dryers promote the build-up of bacteria given how microbial life prefers warm places and how often people will walk away before their hands are properly dry.
- oxplot 4y ago> I hate Dyson shit so much I've been using Dyson products since 2005. Happy to shine some light on why people pay for it voluntarily :)
- _joel 4y agoAgreed, they're absolute garbage compared to similar offerings now.
- oxplot 4y ago> Whenever I see their hand-dryers in a public bathroom I just use paper towels Removing and replacing paper towels with hand dryers in public bathrooms has been an unfortunately shortsighted move that's been copied without much thought. Hands aren't the only thing that get wet in a public bathroom. You may wash your face, you may be removing stuff off your clothing, and countless other uses that a hand dryer alone can't accommodate.
- samatman 4y agoAerosolizing whatever might happen to be stuck to someone's hands is pretty irresponsible all by itself.
- orev 4y agoBy the time you make it to the drying step, whatever that stuff is, should have already been removed by the soap, water, and scrubbing.
- foundart 4y agoI don’t think it’s safe to assume that people are doing that good of a job on the wash step.
- ssl232 4y agoAnd even if they did, many (most?) bathrooms have doors that open inwards, so you have to touch the same bare metal that they (and every other previous user) also touched... and I'm yet to be convinced by the usual argument that it's for fire safety.
- samatman 4y agoThanks Mom. Seriously, if paper napkins and no Dyson Aerosol-Your-Skin-Cells-9000 means I don't have to think about the sanitary habits of my fellow citizens, that would be reason enough to stop installing them. They also scream like a banshee and don't dry your hands. I happen to also wear a beard, perhaps you can see why having only the Scream And Don't Dry My Hands Machine available would be unsatisfactory.
- Gordonjcp 4y agoI'm not exactly sure how they could blow stagnant water in your face, unless you have some extreme sanitation problems.