Thread Number: 25759
Dyson DC04 Absolute (silver, Yellow, Purple) VGC... |
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Post# 289168 , Reply# 2   7/17/2014 at 11:06 (3,564 days old) by Turbo500 (West Yorkshire, UK)   |   | |
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Matthew, whilst I'm really pleased for you that you got a machine you wanted, it upsets me greatly that people consider Dyson's their childhood machines. I remember the days before Dyson existed :/. God, I'm getting old.
Anyway, congratulations. Be sure to post some pics when you get it sorted. I agree - the DC04 motor is one of the easiest to replace and new motors are widely available. I restored a friends DC04 for the grand total of £38, including new tools and a new motor. |
Post# 289172 , Reply# 3   7/17/2014 at 11:34 (3,564 days old) by suctionselector (Leeds, England)   |   | |
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... Dyson's as childhood vac's, unfortunately i've had to put up with that as well.
We had a DC03 from 1998 until 2006, when the motor went. It was placed in the garage. In 2012 I bough a small job lot of Dyson's (2x DC01's, DC03 & DC05) to sell on, so I decided to fix our DC03. Albeit it was rubbish, it was a childhood vac, but I don't have it - thankfully - George now has it as a spares machine.
In 2006 my mum's friend lent us her DC14 Allergy for around 6 months, as my dad was going to fix the DC03, but never got round to it. She had a DC07 as well as she's not the strongest so she had the DC07 upstairs and the DC14 downstairs. We had that for 6 months or so, then we got the crap Electrolux, it wasn't worth having the Electrolux name on it frankly.
Now we have a DC33, which I don't use, its a Multi Floor one and we got it in late 2011, I don't even count it in the collection. It's in not bad condition, although as per usual there are a few marks and the bin has clouded over. I will add some photo's later.
Apologies for drifting off topic a bit, in my collecting time I have had three DC04's, in my opinion the best Dyson. My auntie has had one for 14 years with daily use in a house with three lots of long haired people - 4 sometimes - as well as a keen gardening husband. But she gets it serviced yearly and still sucks strong - the Dyson that is...
Thanks for reading through all this drivel.
Jacob
PS. Though before the DC03 we had an Electrolux Dolphin and an AEG Vampyr, as well as a Bosch Cylinder, and now the main machine for wood flooring is the S2111, and I tend to use either the Electrolux Twin Turbo or the Panasonic MCE-41N for carpet cleaning. |
Post# 289177 , Reply# 4   7/17/2014 at 12:04 (3,564 days old) by parwaz786 ( )   |   | |
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DC33!!! You never told me :) :D |
Post# 289227 , Reply# 5   7/17/2014 at 16:13 (3,564 days old) by suctionselector (Leeds, England)   |   | |
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... I never did, sorry about that. It has been away at my aunt's for nine months, she has had a back operation and has had her DC04 downstairs, and used the DC33 upstairs, so I haven't seen it for a while. I've just run it round today, and it's not too bad.
I'll add some pictures sometime soon, I have the school holidays next week so will add some pictures too.
And just for you Tayyab, I thought you'd like to know I got a free DC14 Animal today. I know you like Dyson's so I thought I'd let you know! |