• 0 Posts
  • 32 Comments
Joined 1 year ago
cake
Cake day: June 29th, 2023

help-circle

  • I was partly lucky I guess. My first Dyson never broke but was losing sucking power despite cleaning the filters, I had a killer rebate on a new one so I sold the old one and got a new one.

    The new one had a very silly design flaw where the vacuum head pivots on a tiny, crappy, little plastic flat ring held by a single screw. That broke but thankfully while under warranty and they quickly replaced the part. Recently the same exact part broke again but out of warranty. Considered replacing it but for such an old vacuum, the part was expensive (about $80) and out of stock so I pulled the trigger on putting some extra money in a newer, better-quality one instead.

    I’m all for repairing stuff to extend their life but some things just aren’t worth sinking more money into them.


  • My experience is cheap Siemens/Bosch is not great. Si ignore entry price models even if you don’t need the features.

    I’m slowly replacing my breaking Siemens stuff with Miele and so far it seems to be worth the premium without having to research each model.

    I just replaced a Dyson vacuum with a Miele bagless and boy, it’s so much more powerfu, and seems better designed and more robust.

    Also fuck Dyson for lobbying for Brexit and then bailed to Singapore.