DC50 Animal

Same here, the Dyson DC14 is getting long in the tooth. I have tried a Shark - Worked well for 2 years then fell apart. Tried a Vax - Same thing. Tried a DC50 - Flimsy pile of shit, sucks ok but nowhere near as good as the DC14. DC41 - Same issues as DC50 and was stupidly hard to push because of the stupid ball. DC14- The king, had it for 20 years and still works like new, except it has a very strong burning smell. DC04 - Was good, but not as good as the DC14 and fell to pieces after a couple years.

I have a Dyson with the ball design from like 2013, it was around $300-400 and it’s still going strong. My only complaint is it’s big and we now have more hardwood floors where we used to have carpet. It is just bulky but it works really great, it’s been used to clean at least weekly or more than that for all these years.

We've got a Dyson Small Ball and the small wheels on the head hardly turn now and they're very hard to clean. I noticed when the thing started scratching our nice jarrah floor. Completely ruined an area of it. The lid on the handle keeps falling off too. I contacted Dyson and they said they would send us a replacement head but a few days later they cancelled the order. Turns out they don't make them any more and they won't do anything else about it. We went to Kmart and bought one of their stick ones and it does the job for us. I also have an Ozito wet and dry vac for the rabbit's enclosure. My brother has a Henry and he loves it. They cost a bit but they're industrial grade. Maybe Miele is good too always used to be. I'm from the UK and 3 of my cousins worked at the headquarters so in the early days of Dyson they got us a good deal on a machine and it was plastic fantastic. Just fell apart.

I've got three vacuums 😂 (all bought second hand!). I have a small dyson ball which is great for carpets, I have a miele pet which I use on wooden floors and tight corners etc and my poor henry is relegated to being the shed vacuum 🤣 Like I said all my vacuums were bought second hand, I think the most I paid was £20 for the miele and they all work perfectly.

My Dyson Ball that I bought in 2013 for like $600 still works well. I do have to cut my wife’s hair out from the roller. But other than that still working good. I probably won’t buy another one though. I think I’ll just buy cheaper Sharks and replace them sooner. My mother’s new shark cleaned better than the old Dyson.