And I have no doubt that all this blinding new "technology" will come with a blindingly expensive price tag as well!

And the sheeple will all flock out to pay it and make Mr Dyson even richer - all in the name of getting one up on the neighbours.

Its a bit like the Hoover Purepower constantly having more and more Watts of power - more means better to the consumer.

I would have thought that Dyson applies the same thought to cyclones - the more the better in terms of getting increased sales.

I have to admit that they do look impressive - although I bet they don't give the vac any more suction power than a Purepower.

Or to justify the high asking prices Benny - I mean, if it was seen that Dyson wasn't forever releasing new technology, they might start thinking "why are we being asked to pay so much for what is essentially a Far East mass produced plastivac?"

Dyson does claim after all that the prices asked pay for all the R&D that takes place at Malmesbury. But it does seem that it is, as Benny says, R&D for R&D's sake.

In the time that Dyson has released over 50 models of vacuum cleaner, Kirby has only released 1, which as had a few facelifts along the way, but is essentially still the generation 3 launched nearly a quarter of a century ago - and what's more, the Kirby comes within the 900W power limit what will be imposed in a few years time!

One other question is what do Dyson supply now to people who don't want a Ball model? I mean not everyone likes the ball uprights do they? I still think they should have a line in the more traditional wheeled vacs like an update to the DC33. He is losing sales by discontinuing wheeled vacs in favour of all ball models.

Ah, but when I was using a DC07 regularly I was surprised with how clean the pre-motor filter stayed - it only needed cleaning very rarely, and that only had 7 cyclone cones. It was a very efficient vac in my opinion, one of the best that Dyson made, but very noisy.

Many older people who have arthritis complain that the ball models are not easy to manoeuvre as they need a lot of wrist movement, and many end up on Ebay for this reason. I Used the DC15 and was impressed with it but ball technology is not for everyone. Dyson seems to be aiming his products more at the younger generation now - with older folk more apt to buy a more traditional vac with wheels, that they can control easier - especially the upright type.

Personally I cant see the point of a ball on the cylinder vac - they are no more agile really than the DC08 design with wheels.

The issue I see with the new DC54 is the internal bin shroud - although its a nice stainless steel affair, the fact that it is 20 micron (like a sieve with very small holes)  means its become more like a bag material, and as such, over time the shroud itself will become covered with fluff and dust and get clogged up, so that no air flow can end up reaching the cyclones. The shroud has now effectively become the pre-motor filter, with the cyclones effectively catching the very fine dust that get through the shroud.

On older models like the DC07, the shroud was full of fairly large holes, and even though it got covered with fluff eventually, it still let air through.

I also note that the shroud assembly on the DC54 seems to take up most of the space in the bin, so would not take long to get clogged with fluff.

So either, you are gonna have to clean the traditional type foam filters on the older Dysons, or clean the bin shroud on the DC54 - but in any case you are still gonna have to maintain them, or they will lose suction.

Hi Josh - I have seen some of your vids on Youtube - as Joshyvacboy - I often see your mum Heidi selling your old vacs on Ebay too lol

Keep up the good work on your vids, always very informative - I liked the one you did on the Hoover Dust manager and your likes and dislikes of it.

HiLo - do you remember what I said about the cyclones clogging up on the Turbopower cylinder model I had - well I reckon you might have the same problem on your Jazz, as they are the same cleaner. There is a design problem with the tips of the cones - they get clogged and then all the dirt gets drawn into the pre-motor filter.

I cant remember about screws - may possibly have been some, but I dismantled the whole assembly and saw that there was only very small clearance between the tops of the cones and the housing itself, meaning the cones exits got blocked with fluff and hairs. This is a design flaw, and I ended up sawing off the tops of all the cones to give more space for them to discharge into in the dust chamber below them. Not a good vac I'm afraid and its probably why they ended up reduced to £42 in Tesco. I wasn't impressed with the suction either and the motor was very noisy.

Yes Hilo - it sounds like the cyclones are clogged and all the dirt is just going straight into the pre-motor filter. Very early Dyson DC07 models suffered from this problem too. Some Vax Air3 models also seem to suffer from it - again down to the exits from the tips of the cyclones getting clogged up with fluff and hairs. All down to the design I'm afraid, and some multi-cyclonics are better than others. The original Vax Mach Air models are OK, as they have plenty of space at the exits from the cyclones, so don't clog up - but they can suffer from the rubber gaiter at the bottom of the dust tube not seating properly against the base of the bin, and this will then cause them to suck up the dirt in reverse from the base of the bin and clog the pre-motor filter.

The DC54 does have an exhaust filter, but according to Dyson It needs no maintenance. I'd imagine its in the ball.

All very good in theory - but its gonna be the price that's prohibitive - I'd imagine it will retail at about the £350 - £400 mark in the UK.

You will still need to keep the bin internal shroud clean though (The sieve part) as this is where its gonna get clogged, and people don't always brush it clean when emptying the bin.

I'm wondering why the Australians got the DC54 before the UK market got it - seeing as It was probably designed here anyway

HiLo - the problem is that where the small tips of the cones discharge into the collection chamber, there is just not enough room for them to discharge the hairs and fluff without it clogging them up again. Its a very bad design, but on the Turbopower cyclonic upright, its designed differently and the cyclones are fine - they don't get clogged. Its only the Turbopower cylinder and the Jazz cylinder which has the problem. No matter how often you dismantle the cyclone assembly - it will keep on getting blocked, and will always result in the pre-motor filter getting clogged very quickly, as the cyclones are failing to discharge the fine dust as they should.