Ah, my favourite Dyson cylinder!

I actually quite like the DC05 - it's a decent performer with decent build quality. The motorhead model was expensive at the time and as a result, it's one of the less common DC05's now.

Well, that's debatable, but lets not go there.

I quite like the DC08 too. I much prefer Dyson cylinders to their uprights. The brushroll's let the uprights down for years but this was of course never a problem with cylinders.

My only dislikes for Dyson's cylinders are the lack of proper on board tool storage from the DC05 onwards and the lack of variable power, which is something I value on cylinders.

I'm not a fan of the newer cylinders mind you. I'm not paying near £300 for any cylinder that has plastic tubes!!

I managed to get a DC05 'Absolute Plus' for next to nothing a few months ago, due to a cracked handle. It must be a weak point on the DC05's as I have seen pictures of them before where the handles have indeed snapped.

Apart from that it's been a good workhorse. My only gripe with it is the floor tool, which I do not like whatsoever. The small tools are typical Dyson tools from that time, so are rather good and flexible. From the non co-ordinating cable I can see that it has been replaced at one point, as I know that the cable can be a common problem, that means hopefully it won't need repair for a while.

Even though I do own other Dyson models, I do believe that the DC04 and the DC05 models were the most reliable and strongest Dyson's produced, and that's why so many are still around!