Dyson DC02

I take to cleaning like a duck to quantum mechanics. What I'm trying to say is that not only do I hate doing it but the reason why is because I'm bad at it. I hoover my house once a week but it often looks worse when I've finished than before I began. Add the fact that when my husband comes home he invaribly a) doesn't detect any appreciable difference, even though he actually tries hard to notice these things and make appreciative noises b) inadvertantly manages to find some surface that is still dusty and c) sneezes until I fear he and the inner linings of his nose will messily and painfully ... more

As an asthma sufferer, cleaning the house has always been frought with dangers for me. For years I had to get other people to vacuum the floors because the dust produced was just too much for my lungs to cope with. Finally, we bought a Dyson and what a difference it made! MODEL The model we chose was the first DC02 to have a HEPA filter. HEPA FILTER DIGRESSION HEPA filters have been used for many years in microbiology labs to sterilise solutions, and have incredibly tiny pores (down to 20 millionths of a millimetre!). I was originally sceptical as to whether this type of technology would be ... more

Having owned an old upright vacuum for many years and being fed up of having to get down on hands and knees with a damp cloth to get up cat hairs, three make an awful mess! I decided to go for a dyson, I had previously had a demonstration from a rep from Kirby and was almost well and truly ‘suckered’ in to buying one! Until I learned the price! SO after hunting around I decided to try a Dyson as I was hearing a lot of hype about them, also I was paranoid about the state of my house, after the Kirby demonstration! Within hours of opening the box and putting it together I was ... more

Housework and me go together like ..... chalk and cheese, salad and stew, meditation and loud rock concerts. IE - not very well at all. However, being married to an asthmatic, the quality and effectiveness of our carpet cleaning device is quite important - unless I decide that I really DO need to get my hands on that life insurance cheque. Which I don't. Most of the time. Four years ago, our very old, not to mention increasingly aromatic and unreliable upright vacuum cleaner expired in a cloud of indigestible dust and a ear-bleed-inducing screech of dying motor components. Having heard about ... more

It took 20 years and over 5000 prototypes for Mr Dyson to get this vacuum perfect, and I just had to have one, ok, it was just over 200 quid when I bought it, but all I had was a "push-me, pull-me" thingy - not even electric! I chose the DC02 as it was really quite small and it could do the stairs without having to take the thing apart, this bit works really well, it hugs the stairs and because of its weight, it won't move until you want it to. Of course everyone knows about the Hepa/Mema filter system, so I won't go on about that, but it doesn't compromise on suction power either . Just ... more