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| Has anyone got one of these flash-dangled bagless Dyson vacuum
cleaners. The
| other half wants me to splash out on one of the "Turbo Brush" or
"Motor
| Head" barrel varieties, but I'm having difficulties justifying the
cost. Are
| they really that good? Any nasty caveats about going bagless? Anyone
know of
| an online review or opinion site for such products?
|
| Cheers.
|
|
We are using the DC-07 model that we purchased from Best Buy last March.
It does a better job than the Fantom we owned previously. The DC-07 uses
a washable filter where the Fantom (and others) uses a HEPA filter
cartridge that costs around $60.00 to $80.00 US.
Problems have been: The catch that controls the bin dump feature
stopped working-- Best buy gave us a new sweeper. The safety slide over
the end of the Handle/Wand stuck in the open position-- Best Buy opened
a new sweeper carton and gave a new Handle/Wand to us. One of the
attachments came apart where it articulates. 100 mph duct tape has fixed
this

, I am sure they will give us another one if I ask them.
We did buy the extended warranty (4 Years total) and am glad that we did
so. The quality of the plastic parts seem to vary a lot. A Best Buy
representative told me that some people have not had any problems at
all, but others like myself seem to have problems until the defective
parts are replaced. And, there is a lot of parts to it.
Jarhead