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Re: Toys and Socks bad for my Dyson?
#1   Feb 17, 2020 3:31 am
Karen1995 wrote:
Hello everyone. today I did something that I never thought I would ever do. I finally realized my threat against my kids to just vacuum their rooms without clearing the floor of the mess they produce. In reality I never planned to actually do this, but the situation in their rooms got really bad the last couple weeks. I figured that sometimes, you just have to go through as a parent and show your credibility. So I began vacuuming my son's room (we own a Dyson dc52) and waited to get a reaction from him, I expected him to clear the floor for me, but he showed no signs of moving. I went through with my threat and vacuumed up some legos (classic), 2-3 little figurines and even a pair of socks. And here's my question: While talking about this today, I got told that this could actually damage my vacuum cleaner's motor. So I figured this forum was the place for me to turn to :) Now, myself I would have never thought about that, especially because even the big socks seemed to be no big challenge for my trusty Dyson. I just held the floor nozzle above the sock, the vacuum got louder for a second, and the sock just went through the hose with a "sluuurp" sound, like the Dyson didn't even flinch. Now, you can probably imagine that the legos also went through the hose without problems. This is why I can't imagine that such an expensive vacuum could be actually damaged by those things. But I wanted to get sure before proceeding with my education measures ^^ Please excuse improper english, and thanks in advance! Karen

Not a great idea to vacuum toys and lego's. No offense, Karen, just some facts about how it could be harmful for your vac. I am still traumatized with the vision of a frozen beater bar and slipped rubber belts on the old upright. Good for you that your Dyson was capable to handle this, but don't... well, overuse it. My previous Dyson had great suction but it got clogged all the time though. Especially when the kids used it and sucked up bunny hay - back in time we had a lot of pets back in time. So I spent a lot of time unclogging it. A year ago I got a twig that my dogs dragged in from outside stuck in the hose, along with leaves and yard debris. That backed up in the hose, which we cleaned out. But by then some was diverted to the motor, where it stayed. Then when it backed up again, the little clog picked up a lot of hair and it got stuck. At least, that is our best guess but that clog almost ruined the vac completely: as we couldn't figure out the loss of power and overheating ourselves, we took it to the service so they could check it. Gladly it was just minor damage.
But the moral of this story is that Dysons are not unkillable - if something will miss the bag, then it could be dangerous.

Treat your vacuum well.
Re: Handheld Dyson as main Vacuum Cleaner?
#2   Feb 17, 2020 1:25 am
I’ve had one for a couple of years as I only had a small flat (only one rug near my bed) and no space to store a big vacuum. I find it really good for small spaces as there is no cord to get wrapped round table legs etc.
The battery life is not bad – you get a wall mount thing so you can leave it plugged in if you want. One issue is that it goes from “working fine” to “completely dead” in an instant, so you don’t get any warning of needing a recharge. It might be annoying.
Otherwise It’s good, but not a huge capacity.
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