Mr Dyson

FelineGuitars

I bought the Dyson V8 absolute last year and it's been amazing - changed the way I vacuum clean. 

But we still have a trusty old electrolux in the workshop - however I have thought about getting a bagless one more than once when a colleague has accidentally sucked up a guitar part he shouldn't have and has to cut open the bag to investigate if the rattling sound was anything important.

ICBM

FelineGuitars said:

 

But we still have a trusty old electrolux in the workshop - however I have thought about getting a bagless one more than once when a colleague has accidentally sucked up a guitar part he shouldn't have and has to cut open the bag to investigate if the rattling sound was anything important.

I have an old Nilfisk GS90 in the workshop - one of its advantages is that the way the hose is attached and feeds straight into the bag means that if you suck up anything you don't want to, you can almost always get it out again by taking the hose off and looking straight into the bag with a torch - the object is almost always right in the middle just inside the entrance, where it can be reached with a magnetic grabber or a teaspoon gaffer taped to a bit of dowel .

Haych

Slightly off topic, I know, but I always hoped Mr Dyson would apply his cyclone vortex technology to creating a diesel particulate filtration system that actually worked without needing a regen process. 

Sporky

Haych said:

Slightly off topic, I know, but I always hoped Mr Dyson would apply his cyclone vortex technology to creating a diesel particulate filtration system that actually worked without needing a regen process. 

Given that "his" cyclone system is just a small-scale version of the cyclonic dust separators that had been used in woodworking and other industrial plants for decades before Dyson was born, I think they'd be an excellent solution.

They do rely a bit on gravity though, so might impact packaging for vehicle use. Probably fairly simple on lorries though.

Haych

Sporky said:

Haych said:

Slightly off topic, I know, but I always hoped Mr Dyson would apply his cyclone vortex technology to creating a diesel particulate filtration system that actually worked without needing a regen process. 

Given that "his" cyclone system is just a small-scale version of the cyclonic dust separators that had been used in woodworking and other industrial plants for decades before Dyson was born, I think they'd be an excellent solution.

They do rely a bit on gravity though, so might impact packaging for vehicle use. Probably fairly simple on lorries though.

Yeah I appreciate he didn’t invent the technology and just reapplied existing science but I do wonder if it’s a tech that could be reapplied to the automotive industry. 

RaymondLin

chillidoggy said:

Henry. End of thread.

I have one of those too, the Dyson is better.

strumjoughlamps

I have the V6 Absolute, AM06 and AM09, I think they are all very good, pricey if you buy them at retail, still a bit OTT if you get them Dyson Refurb but I still think they are great products and glad I purchased them.

ICBM

RaymondLin said:

chillidoggy said:

Henry. End of thread.

I have one of those too, the Dyson is better.

I don't get the Henry love either. There's one at work... it's not even as good as my Nilfisk. 

Danny1969

Take the bag out of a Henry and it's a great workshop hoover. I have one by my bench 

scrumhalf

strumjoughlamps said:

I have the V6 Absolute, AM06 and AM09, I think they are all very good, pricey if you buy them at retail, still a bit OTT if you get them Dyson Refurb but I still think they are great products and glad I purchased them.

How many vacuum cleaners do you need?

Sporky

ICBM said:

RaymondLin said:

chillidoggy said:

Henry. End of thread.

I have one of those too, the Dyson is better.

I don't get the Henry love either. There's one at work... it's not even as good as my Nilfisk. 

I wouldn't have one as a house hoover, but it's great in the workshop.