Re: OK, Well Rev needed a new tool, **Update Dyson Vacuum Still Sucking & New Dyson**
OH some of you OGs knew I would dust this gem off...
Besides, thought it would be a good time for an update...
Just got NEW
Dyson DC-39 "Ball" thingy <----Link for upstairs, and (DrumRoll) The Dyson pictured on page one, is still alive and well, hasn't been sick or missed a day of work since new! SO THERE! STILL SUCKS, never has stopped and works just as well as it did day one... Sucks up everything, all the time, every time, only regular maintenance is washing the HEPA filter every couple of months.
The new one is all manly and pretty and as I am now a Full Time Kept Man... I mean Househusb... Well whatever the hell I am, the new Dyson made sense, it really Sucks great as well. Though it's the canister style this time so it doesn't suck as much as the upright, but there is still plenty of Suckage.
See Dyson is concerned about COG just as much as sport bike riders, builders are. Check out the link above, it's all about how Dyson created the new ball and canister vac with "handling" in mind so a lowered COG was critical to avoid toppling over.
ANYHOO, New Dyson Rocks, old Dyson (9 Years old) same as it was when new.
New one is pretty too... Interestingly it was only about $40 dollars more than the last one in 2004... So new hotness is nimble, agile, easy to clean, gets into all the tight places the upright cannot, and makes doing the stairs easier.
IMPORTANT TIP THOUGH>>> When vacuuming stairs, be certain that the canister portion of the vacuum is at the BOTTOM of the Stairs. However, if you begin vacuuming with it at the TOP of the stairs no worries, about midway through the stair vacuuming the canister will correct this oversight all on its own. Sure it was noisy, and somewhat violent as well as a little painful, but soon enough the Dyson DC-39 Ball was at the bottom of the stairs where it is supposed to be. I however was still in the middle of the stairs about 8 stairs up from the bottom as the Dyson went past me in a bit of a hurry. Also, it exacted a little revenge on the way through, sumb!tch tried to kill me for my oversight. Happily I can report that the Dyson suffered no damage, and I have learned a valuable though somewhat obvious life lesson...