Monumental work cockups
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omgus said:
As opposed to his which is to just keep selling them new hoovers that break easily.
He doesn't sell Hoovers [/pedant]Actually ours did break after about five years, but I can't fault their customer service. They sent a replacement motorised brush head, free of charge, and instructions for fitting. Fitted in less than a minute and she's good as new again
omgus said:
As opposed to his which is to just keep selling them new hoovers that break easily.
I bought my Dyson at the local tip recycling centre. It was virtually pristine condition but there was a burning smell when the motor was turned on, and the brush wouldn't rotate.When I got it home I took the brush off, removed the hair clip that was jamming the brush and causing the motor to over heat, and it again worked like new.
It cost me £7.
12 years ago.
Still going strong.
316Mining said:
omgus said:
As opposed to his which is to just keep selling them new hoovers that break easily.
I bought my Dyson at the local tip recycling centre. It was virtually pristine condition but there was a burning smell when the motor was turned on, and the brush wouldn't rotate.When I got it home I took the brush off, removed the hair clip that was jamming the brush and causing the motor to over heat, and it again worked like new.
It cost me £7.
12 years ago.
Still going strong.
telecat said:
Similar Story. My Mothers Dyson When she died they were going to bin it. New belt later and it's been running for the past 5 years. They might break but they are very repairable.
Throwaway comment about disposable hoovers (Vacuums) threatens to massively derail thread, but, i find that Mieles are much better for suction and general use, and more hard wearing. My Henry is great on hard floors and short fibre carpets, but lacks power and isn't good on anything with a decent shag.
Sadly Kirbys are the best i have used but it does mean you have to deal with their f
kwit staff to get one and they are hideously over-priced. Not tried the new Dyson V6 cordless but i have heard they are a superb mix of practical and decent cleaning, not a huge dust reservoir if you have pets.
Don't click the spoiler tags if you don't want a really off topic vacuum related reply.
omgus said:
Throwaway comment about disposable hoovers (Vacuums) threatens to massively derail thread, but, i find that Mieles are much better for suction and general use, and more hard wearing.
My Henry is great on hard floors and short fibre carpets, but lacks power and isn't good on anything with a decent shag.
Sadly Kirbys are the best i have used but it does mean you have to deal with their fkwit staff to get one and they are hideously over-priced.
Not tried the new Dyson V6 cordless but i have heard they are a superb mix of practical and decent cleaning, not a huge dust reservoir if you have pets.
Don't click the spoiler tags if you don't want a really off topic vacuum related reply.
Agreed. my Miele is brilliant, well worth the price which was much lower than the equivalent Dyson, and I'm not too fussed about having to buy a few bags every now and then My Henry is great on hard floors and short fibre carpets, but lacks power and isn't good on anything with a decent shag.
Sadly Kirbys are the best i have used but it does mean you have to deal with their f
kwit staff to get one and they are hideously over-priced. Not tried the new Dyson V6 cordless but i have heard they are a superb mix of practical and decent cleaning, not a huge dust reservoir if you have pets.
Don't click the spoiler tags if you don't want a really off topic vacuum related reply.
I refurbish and sell Dyson's for car fixing, beer and kebab money, they can continue being fragile and poorly designed as long as they like!
97% of issues I encounter are owners being twunts with servicing "What filters?" etc. Very few actually legitimatly 'break', more like 'So I rammed it into the skirting board and this bit fell out" Equally, the amount of £80 Miele refurbs I have because people use cheap bags that burst/no bags at all which fills the motor fan with st causing it to run off balance and make alarming noises is high, as is a broken cord as it comes out of the rewind cassette, another easy fix that I charge £45 for, takes 10 minutes and 2 spade connectors!
Sebo - come talk to me when the height control PCB burns out (see very few SEBO's though, they are genuinely brilliant!
Bit off topic now though
97% of issues I encounter are owners being twunts with servicing "What filters?" etc. Very few actually legitimatly 'break', more like 'So I rammed it into the skirting board and this bit fell out" Equally, the amount of £80 Miele refurbs I have because people use cheap bags that burst/no bags at all which fills the motor fan with s
t causing it to run off balance and make alarming noises is high, as is a broken cord as it comes out of the rewind cassette, another easy fix that I charge £45 for, takes 10 minutes and 2 spade connectors!Sebo - come talk to me when the height control PCB burns out (see very few SEBO's though, they are genuinely brilliant!
Bit off topic now though
beko1987 said:
I refurbish and sell Dyson's for car fixing, beer and kebab money, they can continue being fragile and poorly designed as long as they like!
97% of issues I encounter are owners being twunts with servicing "What filters?" etc. Very few actually legitimatly 'break', more like 'So I rammed it into the skirting board and this bit fell out" Equally, the amount of £80 Miele refurbs I have because people use cheap bags that burst/no bags at all which fills the motor fan with st causing it to run off balance and make alarming noises is high, as is a broken cord as it comes out of the rewind cassette, another easy fix that I charge £45 for, takes 10 minutes and 2 spade connectors!
Sebo - come talk to me when the height control PCB burns out (see very few SEBO's though, they are genuinely brilliant!
Bit off topic now though
We've had a Sebo for 14 years. It's bulletproof.97% of issues I encounter are owners being twunts with servicing "What filters?" etc. Very few actually legitimatly 'break', more like 'So I rammed it into the skirting board and this bit fell out" Equally, the amount of £80 Miele refurbs I have because people use cheap bags that burst/no bags at all which fills the motor fan with s
t causing it to run off balance and make alarming noises is high, as is a broken cord as it comes out of the rewind cassette, another easy fix that I charge £45 for, takes 10 minutes and 2 spade connectors!Sebo - come talk to me when the height control PCB burns out (see very few SEBO's though, they are genuinely brilliant!
Bit off topic now though
Vandenberg said:
I met two of the Finnish business analysts that rejected the iPhone as minimal threat to Nokia.
I think to be fair, most Apple devices that created a new market space and then dominated it (iPhone, iPod, etc) were misread by most analysts...Partly in my view because they were product specialists and couldn't read the wider ecosystem and customer experience / halo effect.
omgus said:
Throwaway comment about disposable hoovers (Vacuums) threatens to massively derail thread, but, i find that Mieles are much better for suction and general use, and more hard wearing.
My Henry is great on hard floors and short fibre carpets, but lacks power and isn't good on anything with a decent shag.
Sadly Kirbys are the best i have used but it does mean you have to deal with their fkwit staff to get one and they are hideously over-priced.
Not tried the new Dyson V6 cordless but i have heard they are a superb mix of practical and decent cleaning, not a huge dust reservoir if you have pets.
Don't click the spoiler tags if you don't want a really off topic vacuum related reply.
really? [spoiler] my hetty ( the pink henry - my wife chose it) lifts carpet on high. My Henry is great on hard floors and short fibre carpets, but lacks power and isn't good on anything with a decent shag.
Sadly Kirbys are the best i have used but it does mean you have to deal with their f
kwit staff to get one and they are hideously over-priced. Not tried the new Dyson V6 cordless but i have heard they are a superb mix of practical and decent cleaning, not a huge dust reservoir if you have pets.
Don't click the spoiler tags if you don't want a really off topic vacuum related reply.
Tinkshusband said:
really? [spoiler] my hetty ( the pink henry - my wife chose it) lifts carpet on high.
I only found out on "Only Connect" that they are not all the same. I thought the same as you. Hetty is not the pink Henry 
.http://www.henryhoover.uk.com/the-henry-hoover-ran...
pingu393 said:
Tinkshusband said:
really? [spoiler] my hetty ( the pink henry - my wife chose it) lifts carpet on high.
I only found out on "Only Connect" that they are not all the same. I thought the same as you. Hetty is not the pink Henry .http://www.henryhoover.uk.com/the-henry-hoover-ran...
henryhoover.uk.com said:
Hetty is bright pink with a lovely smiling face and eyelashes. That is the only difference between her appearance and Henry’s. Hetty is also available with either a 620 Watt or 1200 Watt motor.
skeggysteve said:
Didn't most record companies turn The Beatles away? If I've remembered correctly then that must have been a bit of an monumental mistake!
EMI did. But the guy responsible was told he could only take on one of two groups and the other band was more of a known quantity. I can't remember who they were but compared to anyone other than the Beatles they did pretty well.Back in the days when Dyson was still making failed prototypes he had my boss chasing back and forth the full length of the country getting advice on vacuums - and in particular was taught all about the lack of air flow in those prototypes that were causing some big issues. (Ive been involved on one more recently where we regularly stuffed many expensive anemometers due to the air flow we were testing - we did have to reduce the flow in later development as carpets were easily lifting).
The boss did eventually gain a few million in the bank from other activities - but only a fraction of what Dyson made.
The boss did eventually gain a few million in the bank from other activities - but only a fraction of what Dyson made.
My industry(North Sea standby/ERRV safety coverage for rigs) but not anything to do with me; a rescue boat was launched near Aberdeen for evaluation by the classification society, but it failed to proceed. In order to rescue the rescue boat another rescue boat was launched. Both ended up on the rocks, thankfully only outboards, hulls, egos and careers were in tatters at the end of that particular fracas.
hidetheelephants said:
My industry(North Sea standby/ERRV safety coverage for rigs) but not anything to do with me; a rescue boat was launched near Aberdeen for evaluation by the classification society, but it failed to proceed. In order to rescue the rescue boat another rescue boat was launched. Both ended up on the rocks, thankfully only outboards, hulls, egos and careers were in tatters at the end of that particular fracas.
MRI Stonehaven?I've just started at a building firm in Manchester, one of the projects I'm involved with is currently 6 months behind programme as someone didn't realise some utilities in the footpath needed diverting. £40k a week damages plus about £20k a week to run the job. The guy responsible was sacked.
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