Vacuum Cleaners Discussions

How sealed are Dysons? And how good is their filtration? I know the uprights - at least the older, older ones like the DC07 and such might have potential problems with sealing, such as show in this video right here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXA0N0V2uOQ However there could simply be something wrong w/ that one, who knows. BUT ANYWAYS, are the NEWER uprights COMPLETELY sealed? What about their canisters, such as the DC22, 23? Like does any air blow out of the cord reel or such, or ONLY out of the exhaust where it's SUPPOSED to come out from?

DysonInventsBig wrote:
MM Im sure you have. But then I've got plenty to say regarding U.S buyers and what they are conned into believing. You have already said plenty and in past posts it is clear that nothing else beats your love of Dyson vacs and I admire that. Perhaps you should change your name to DysonIncitesBull$#%* because for the most part all you seem to do is argue your case about Dyson with very little back up and proposed theories in how people on here jump to their own decisions. I suggest you take a feather and tie it onto the outside of your Dyson bin, and if you have a cylinder/canister model tie it onto the back of where the cable recesses. Make a video of it. If it blows gently then guess what - the Dyson leaks air.

vacmanuk wrote:

Another UK vacman con.  It's probably just a feather that can fly.  After all, feathers do come off birds.  Dah!

Carmine D.

Well, tie tissue paper strands or toilet tissue - anything light that will detect the slightest bit of escaping air. Leave the vacuum stationery.

Do you know what..? I think I'll try it myself and put it on you tube.

vacmanuk wrote:

You can also use smoke or fog of some sort.  It's easily disturbed by air movement.  They use it or something similar when testing aerodynamic designs.

Venson

LOL I can see myself being overcome by incense at this rate, Venson!

vacmanuk wrote:

vacmanUK, I was being facetious.  Although, in the Jerry Ruben MIELE/dyson demo he does what you suggest.  He places some cotton like substance over the seal/housing of the filter and it flies into space.

WRT incense, good Catholic altar boy training allowed me to develop an immunity to the incense smell/smoke that still is effective today after all these years.  Nothing like first hand real life experience and training to last one's entire lifetime.  Live long live strong.

Carmine D.

vacmanuk:

So how rigorous is the testing by the British Allergy Foundation which certifies the filtration of the Dyson vacuums?   Has "Which?"  found any problems with Dyson's filtration?  I may be wrong, but I get the impression that the filtration testing that is done across the pond is a little more rigorous that what is done here.    I was a little surprised to see that almost every vacuum tested by Consumer Reports has an excellent score for filtration. 

 

 

I did notice on another vacuum blog a thread entitled:  

Allergy Season-Dyson gets put up-Rainbow gets used

http://www.vacuumland.org/TD/THREADS/MODERN/8615.htm?13

Apparently there are at least some Dyson users (more generally bagless vacuum users), who have problems with emptying a bagless vacuum during allergy seasons.

At last! It all boils down to testing by organisations and not true findings by the owners of vacuums such as Dyson.

Silly me, here was me thinking I had found a forum by vacuum cleaner owners who could relay their own experiences instead of relying on what larger companies find.

Hi SEVERUS:

I don't know about the BAF but I find a rating saying "allergy and asthma friendly" slightly disconcerting.  I enjoyed the vacuumland posts/readings.  Always impressed when current users and buyers draw/compare on experiences with vacuums from by-gone eras.  I listen to them because we have a common reference as a perspective.  Plus a few UK buyers and users in there who I suspect are more honest brokers than a few dyson banner wavers here.

Carmine D.

vacmanuk wrote:

Certainly both individuals and organizations can provide useful information.   Hopefully we're capable of weighing each one appropriately in making a final decision.   Judging by your comments, am I to assume that you don't place much trust in the results of Which? and the British Allergy Foundation?

In all honesty, it's not always easy to know who to trust for information.   If you placed one cup of dirt in both a Dyson (or any bagless dirt canister) and a cup of identical waste in the bag of a bagged vacuum, turned on each vacuum for 1 minute to rearrange the dirt, and then asked consumers to tell you which picked up more dirt, I suspect that 90% would say that the bagless did - just due to how the dirt is presented.