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[Sir Tigger KC]

I have a pair of battery Dysons as well, both V8's. Despite my initial reservations before getting them, I have to say they do work for day to day vacuuming.  Given the amount of dust we get here, I have a vacuum out round some part of the house daily.

But we still have the corded vacuums for those days when you move the furniture and clean properly.

The batteries on the V8 are "almost good enough", and last about 20 mins on normal setting with a motorised brush bar.  Or about 15m on max mode with a crevice tool.  Which is usually good enough to do a quick vacuum of entire house, or vac the car.

The battery inevitably fails after 3 or 4 years (not bad, seeing ours live on their charging docks), but there are plenty of chinky replacements for £25, and they are easy to change, like most Dyson parts.

Move the furniture? I do that when we get a new carpet.

Is that something you're supposed to do? 

Last time I moved furniture was for some decorating, and a chest of drawers that hadn't moved for 25 odd years objected and promptly fell apart.            

[Doctor Gollum]

Our one Dyson got stopped in its tracks with the static from dog hair and finally died when the dog had enough of it and chewed through the cable

[dave the builder]

I should really replace the cable on ours .... the outer insulation is split in places, especially the bits that continually get wrapped around the cable tidy bits.

I's on my ''to-do'' list 

 
If you like to live dangerously ,Teslas and other EVs will be going cheap soon 
Do you bathe with your toaster ?

[Andy B]

I should really replace the cable on ours .... the outer insulation is split in places, especially the bits that continually get wrapped around the cable tidy bits.

I's on my ''to-do'' list 

 
If you like to live dangerously ,Teslas and other EVs will be going cheap soon 
Do you bathe with your toaster ?

it's only the outer  .... no wires showing 

[TheBoy]

Is that something you're supposed to do? 

Last time I moved furniture was for some decorating, and a chest of drawers that hadn't moved for 25 odd years objected and promptly fell apart.            

We do suffer with crazy amounts of dust here.  I think it blows in off the fields, especially at harvesting times, but also the wind whips up the soil a bit.  2 useless, festering moggies don't help either

[ronnyd]

I have a pair of battery Dysons as well, both V8's. Despite my initial reservations before getting them, I have to say they do work for day to day vacuuming.  Given the amount of dust we get here, I have a vacuum out round some part of the house daily.

But we still have the corded vacuums for those days when you move the furniture and clean properly.

The batteries on the V8 are "almost good enough", and last about 20 mins on normal setting with a motorised brush bar.  Or about 15m on max mode with a crevice tool.  Which is usually good enough to do a quick vacuum of entire house, or vac the car.

The battery inevitably fails after 3 or 4 years (not bad, seeing ours live on their charging docks), but there are plenty of chinky replacements for £25, and they are easy to change, like most Dyson parts.

Move the furniture? I do that when we get a new carpet.

Quite right too, now i'm in the high seventies and with a bloody great three piece suite with no castors, the dust and bits can damn well stay there. 

[Sir Tigger KC]

Is that something you're supposed to do? 

Last time I moved furniture was for some decorating, and a chest of drawers that hadn't moved for 25 odd years objected and promptly fell apart.            

We do suffer with crazy amounts of dust here. I think it blows in off the fields, especially at harvesting times, but also the wind whips up the soil a bit.  2 useless, festering moggies don't help either

Dust is just insulation. It helps keep the house warm.  It's also like asbestos. It's harmless unless you disturb it. So don't! 

[Mr Skrunts]

I dont have an issue with dust - untill someone write thier name in it.