Thread Number: 34756
/ Tag: Recent Vacuum Cleaners from past 20 years
1995 Dyson DC01 Dual Cyclonic Vacuum Cleaner |
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Post# 375304   7/13/2017 at 19:18 (2,449 days old) by AlexHoovers94 (Manchester UK)   |   | |
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Last Week I won an auction for an Early Dyson DC01 on eBay...They are not hard to find currently, but they are getting rarer now, since Dyson stopped producing spare parts for this model in 2011! The DC01's are a bugger to find in really good condition, luckily, this one is in great shape. When I received it, towards the end of last week, I was very pleased with the condition of it...There was no sun damage, (which is a common occurrence with early Dyson's) no broken plastic and it was generally pretty clean...However, the full "Alex treatment" was still in order! Here are some photos of the machine before I began the restoration, it is a nice early example, this can be manifested by it having the original Dyson logo and the fixed sole plate, unlike the later DC01 models that had the current Dyson logo and a sole plate which pivoted with a cradle design. |
Post# 375305 , Reply# 1   7/13/2017 at 19:19 (2,449 days old) by AlexHoovers94 (Manchester UK)   |   | |
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Post# 375306 , Reply# 2   7/13/2017 at 19:20 (2,449 days old) by AlexHoovers94 (Manchester UK)   |   | |
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Post# 375307 , Reply# 3   7/13/2017 at 19:21 (2,449 days old) by AlexHoovers94 (Manchester UK)   |   | |
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Post# 375308 , Reply# 4   7/13/2017 at 19:23 (2,449 days old) by AlexHoovers94 (Manchester UK)   |   | |
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Post# 375309 , Reply# 5   7/13/2017 at 19:25 (2,449 days old) by AlexHoovers94 (Manchester UK)   |   | |
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Post# 375310 , Reply# 6   7/13/2017 at 19:26 (2,449 days old) by AlexHoovers94 (Manchester UK)   |   | |
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Post# 375311 , Reply# 7   7/13/2017 at 19:28 (2,449 days old) by AlexHoovers94 (Manchester UK)   |   | |
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Post# 375312 , Reply# 8   7/13/2017 at 19:29 (2,449 days old) by AlexHoovers94 (Manchester UK)   |   | |
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Post# 375313 , Reply# 9   7/13/2017 at 19:30 (2,449 days old) by AlexHoovers94 (Manchester UK)   |   | |
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Post# 375314 , Reply# 10   7/13/2017 at 19:32 (2,449 days old) by AlexHoovers94 (Manchester UK)   |   | |
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Post# 375315 , Reply# 11   7/13/2017 at 19:32 (2,449 days old) by AlexHoovers94 (Manchester UK)   |   | |
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Post# 375316 , Reply# 12   7/13/2017 at 19:35 (2,449 days old) by AlexHoovers94 (Manchester UK)   |   | |
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Post# 375317 , Reply# 13   7/13/2017 at 19:36 (2,449 days old) by AlexHoovers94 (Manchester UK)   |   | |
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Post# 375318 , Reply# 14   7/13/2017 at 19:37 (2,449 days old) by AlexHoovers94 (Manchester UK)   |   | |
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Post# 375319 , Reply# 15   7/13/2017 at 19:38 (2,449 days old) by AlexHoovers94 (Manchester UK)   |   | |
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Post# 375320 , Reply# 16   7/13/2017 at 19:39 (2,449 days old) by AlexHoovers94 (Manchester UK)   |   | |
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Post# 375321 , Reply# 17   7/13/2017 at 19:40 (2,449 days old) by AlexHoovers94 (Manchester UK)   |   | |
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Post# 375322 , Reply# 18   7/13/2017 at 19:41 (2,449 days old) by AlexHoovers94 (Manchester UK)   |   | |
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Post# 375323 , Reply# 19   7/13/2017 at 19:43 (2,449 days old) by AlexHoovers94 (Manchester UK)   |   | |
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Post# 375324 , Reply# 20   7/13/2017 at 19:44 (2,449 days old) by AlexHoovers94 (Manchester UK)   |   | |
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Post# 375325 , Reply# 21   7/13/2017 at 19:45 (2,449 days old) by AlexHoovers94 (Manchester UK)   |   | |
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Post# 375326 , Reply# 22   7/13/2017 at 19:47 (2,449 days old) by AlexHoovers94 (Manchester UK)   |   | |
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Post# 375327 , Reply# 23   7/13/2017 at 19:49 (2,449 days old) by AlexHoovers94 (Manchester UK)   |   | |
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Post# 375328 , Reply# 24   7/13/2017 at 19:50 (2,449 days old) by AlexHoovers94 (Manchester UK)   |   | |
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Post# 375330 , Reply# 25   7/13/2017 at 19:55 (2,449 days old) by AlexHoovers94 (Manchester UK)   |   | |
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As you can see, the brushroll isn't designed all that great! It does a pretty good job though. These early DC01's with the fixed sole plate perform pretty well, as they have better suction at the cleaning head and actually stick to the carpet, unlike the later DC01's with the cradle type sole plate that pivoted, it leaked a lot of suction on those type, I don't know why they changed it, this style works much better! |
Post# 375331 , Reply# 26   7/13/2017 at 20:00 (2,449 days old) by AlexHoovers94 (Manchester UK)   |   | |
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The small tools can be used on the end of the wand, or, you can take the wand off and use them directly on the rubberised end of the hose, however, to do that, you first need to put the little adapter on, to enable the small tools to fit. The small tools are pretty well designed and do a good job. :) |
Post# 375332 , Reply# 27   7/13/2017 at 20:04 (2,449 days old) by AlexHoovers94 (Manchester UK)   |   | |
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Post# 375333 , Reply# 28   7/13/2017 at 20:09 (2,449 days old) by AlexHoovers94 (Manchester UK)   |   | |
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Post# 375348 , Reply# 29   7/14/2017 at 06:10 (2,449 days old) by Mike811 (Finland)   |   | |
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Fantastic work restoring it! It truly look like brand new now.
I wish more bagless vacuums would use proper dual cyclonic system. Not too complicated and MUCH better than the single cyclonic system. All that fine dust in the center would be in the pre motor filter with the single cyclone system. Not necessary to have complex multi cyclonic system. DC01 is definitely very collectible vacuum. Much better (my opinion) than the new Dysons. New Dysons might clean better, but I don't like that flimsy plastic. |
Post# 375439 , Reply# 30   7/16/2017 at 02:11 (2,447 days old) by fooseofhoove (Minnesota)   |   | |
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Post# 375441 , Reply# 31   7/16/2017 at 03:45 (2,447 days old) by AlexHoovers94 (Manchester UK)   |   | |
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Post# 375443 , Reply# 32   7/16/2017 at 08:01 (2,447 days old) by suckolux (Yuba City, CA)   |   | |
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Post# 375446 , Reply# 33   7/16/2017 at 11:54 (2,446 days old) by AlexHoovers94 (Manchester UK)   |   | |
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Post# 375569 , Reply# 34   7/19/2017 at 13:11 (2,443 days old) by AlexHoovers94 (Manchester UK)   |   | |
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Post# 375610 , Reply# 35   7/20/2017 at 07:05 (2,443 days old) by KylesDyson (Staffordshire, England)   |   | |
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My dc01 was in pretty good condition when I got it. my basic refurb later and its pretty good, your da001 is like brand new - If/when I get a da001 I will do my prime refurb - where I take it to top level |