No spin JimB.  
 
I know how the cyclones face and the direction of dirt and air flow.  My memory is not that bad even for an old man.  And if it were, I have the same dyson product literature as you.  Maybe even more.  
 
It doesn't take an engineer to understand the shortcomings of putting a wider opening on top and a smaller hole on the bottom.  Then force dirt down and air up.  The dirt will clog the small hole and prevent air from going up.  Dyson had it right in the DC07 and changed it.
 
As the popular TV show goes:  'You got punked!'  And April fooled in the same month!    By the same person.  Me!
 
Carmine D.

Quote from old-timer on 04/18/07 at 1:51pm:

 
Quote from JimB on 04/18/07 at 5:32pm:

 
Quote from JimB on 04/18/07 at 10:31pm:

 
 
Hello JimB:
 
Think so?  Read again.  Seems you were rattled and riled not OT!    Probably from being so dizzy trying to catch up.  You have difficulty keeping up.  That's the reason you got punked!  And April fooled!  
 
OT is confident and secure in his vacuum knowledge and experience.   No problems keeping up with the "pros."  It shows in his Forum posts.  
 
How about you?  
 
Carmine D.

Quote from JimB on 04/19/07 at 12:25am:

 
Wrong thread JimB.  The humor on this thread is about dyson.    
 
Although I suspect it is not funny for the people who buy dysons for $500 plus and have problems under warranty.  Whether user related and/or not, based on misinformation and false claims from dyson and/or its retialers, and can't get the dysons fixed very easily without paying to ship them back to Illinois (and being without a household vacuum for 2 weeks or more).  The dyson HELPLINE as pointed out in the case discussed on this thread (and I experienced personally myself with DC07 pink) is not very helpful.  It's very sad and costly for the dyson customers.  
 
Hopefully Forums like this and threads about dyson experiences will educate consumers about dyson and its products. (As well as all other vacuum purchases).
 
Consumers should do their homework and not rely solely on the claims and information by any company and its representatives.  Especially for big box vacuums priced at $500 plus and sold by inexperienced retail staff.  Wouldn't you agree?  
 
Carmine D.

Quote from HARDSELL on 04/19/07 at 7:58am:

 
Quote from JimB on 04/03/07 at 9:11pm:

 
Or perhaps the markup is the reason that some like to sell dyson products?  The extraordinary pervasiveness of refurbished and repacked dysons on the net for sale at reduced prices are not the result of customers buying dysons from big box retailers (the dominant retail venue for new dysons) and happily keeping them beyond the warranty period.  Quite the contrary.  These are dyson customers' unhappy returns that are being recycled into the previously owned vacuum sales market.  Often with substantially shortened warranty periods than new.  Why? .................
 
When the new DC07 pink purchased from TARGET failed to perform as dyson claimed on the box on my wool Mohawk carpets, I made several calls to the dyson HELPLINE.  All elicited the same response: Return it to the retailer and get your money back.  It won't work on your carpets (contrary to the written claim made by dyson on the carton and in its product literature).  I gifted it away and took the loss.  In my case it was about $250 after discounts and giftcards are factored in.  Most consumers I imagine follow the dyson HELPLINE advice and return them and get their money back.  And these end up in the resale market as dyson repacks and refurbs.  
 
BTW, do these unhappy dyson customer returns get factored into the Consumer Reports customer surveys for reliability?  No probably not, they are no longer registered dyson owners (as me).  Or are they?
 
Carmine D.

First of all, let me thank Jim, who obviously understands the way the cyclones work on the Dysons, and isn't confused by incorrect information. His posts helped me to understand why the inverted design was adopted on latter models.
 
Second let me say that I continue to scratch my head over this whole line of posts. While it would be it strange for someone to be reluctant to admit when he is wong, it would be stranger still that someone for his own amusement would deliberately posts false infomation and mislead people like OT, who simply accepted at face value such incorrect information as the "fact" that there were different versions of DC07 with different cyclone configurations.