Thread Number: 33658
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Dyson Ball 2? |
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Post# 366054   2/2/2017 at 23:41 (2,610 days old) by henrydreyfuss (Ohio)   |   | |
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Dyson has just unveiled their "Ball 2" upright line, and in Dyson tradition, the US gets their flagship uprights first. They're a colorful update to the DC40 and DC41, which debuted 6 years ago.
Their newest version of the DC40, now named Ball Multifloor 2 (taking the name of the outgoing larger model), does appear to be improved, solely (finally!) thanks to an updated cleaner head. The new brushbar is wider, and appears to be more aggressive. It looks to be a significant improvement over the very wimpy US DC40, and Dyson Light Ball uprights. Aside from a super cool throwback color palette, and an updated crevice tool, little else has changed. I'm struggling to see what justifies the earned "2" in the name of the new Animal model. The larger Ball Animal 2 looks essentially like a re-badge of the current Ball Multifloor that it's replacing. They updated the crevice tool, but kept the horrible stock upholstery tool. The supposedly "re-engineered" brushbar looks practically identical (still a single-row of "gappy" bristles), and will still hold back the machine's potential on carpeting. The excellent self-cleaning shroud on their new canisters and handhelds is absent. The machine it replaces is actually quite a fun and competent machine (versatile and fantastic on bare floors), but riddled with obvious flaws. Perhaps worst of all, 6 years ongoing, they still haven't addressed the critical flaw in their current upright line: A little bit of dirt cross-contaminates the clean air path, every time you empty the bin (which then gets pulled through the motor). Why have the very best filtration system, if you don't bother to let the product utilizing it benefit from it? That's just bad engineering! These look like a stop-gap. Something very interesting is likely around the corner, but I expect more from the appliance industry's most eagerly innovative company. |
Post# 366064 , Reply# 1   2/3/2017 at 09:54 (2,610 days old) by dysonman1 (the county)   |   | |
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Post# 366084 , Reply# 2   2/3/2017 at 17:32 (2,610 days old) by Blackheart (North Dakota)   |   | |
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Post# 366147 , Reply# 3   2/4/2017 at 20:42 (2,608 days old) by crazykirbydude (Lexington, KY)   |   | |
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Post# 367111 , Reply# 5   2/19/2017 at 01:34 (2,594 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa)   |   | |
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We do not get the Dc41 here, but we do get the dc42 which is the smaller Dc40 in your market. They gave us an upgraded model about a year ago with a great cleaner head, despite having only a single brush strip on the roll it sticks to the carpet like glue. In fact there is this one rug in our home that due to its thickness is difficult to vacuum. In fact none of my Kirby's with new brush rolls or my Royals will lift the carpet pile.
The only vacuums that lift the pile are the new Dc42 Erp and a handful of my Hoovers, Concept 1, USA Hoover Air Steerable (Our Hoover Air being a Vax has too soft a brush roll) and all my wind tunnels. |
Post# 367112 , Reply# 6   2/19/2017 at 03:10 (2,594 days old) by thelaw (Clovis, NM)   |   | |
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Post# 367128 , Reply# 9   2/19/2017 at 09:41 (2,594 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa)   |   | |
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That was the dc18 that had the exposed wiring , by exposed you could see it when the head was down. The dc25 also had a similar issue but not to the same extent.
One thing I have always liked about dyson is that as a repair shop you can buy most of the bits a pieces instead of replacing entire modules making the repair more cost effective but that as a consumer the modules ie cleaner head are available complete so you can also by pass the repair company and just replace it yourself |
Post# 367151 , Reply# 10   2/19/2017 at 15:32 (2,594 days old) by panasonicvac (Northern Utah)   |   | |
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Post# 367198 , Reply# 11   2/20/2017 at 05:04 (2,593 days old) by fantomfan57 (Central Texas)   |   | |
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Garreth: I think it was the DC28...with the "Air-muscle". See the Youtube video I found one locally on Craigslist. I googled DC28 problems and found out about the cable. Alex: did you mean washable filters? CLICK HERE TO GO TO fantomfan57's LINK |
Post# 367286 , Reply# 12   2/21/2017 at 11:31 (2,592 days old) by panasonicvac (Northern Utah)   |   | |
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