At first I thought you, RockPick, were going to be bashing the Dyson since you claimed you'd be disguested. It never hit me as I read that what you really meant. I agree Dyson makes some killer stuff. I've got the Dyson Animal and it's awesome.

 

yes i have one rainbow vac.... in fact i posted it the other day when someone asked what vac we used.
well yea it kicks *** dude...it has a tank at the bottom that fills with water.....no bags...just dump the water and you are good to go
very powerful too.

 

I picked it up last night at the post office, then went and met a couple of friends at Tim Hortons, and when I got home, I assembled it and started vacuuming
It actually pulls itself along on it's own. It's almost like it's self propelled, which it isn't. I guess the carpets aren't as bad as I thought, but it defininetly pulled out some fine dirt and dust. The carpets even feel fluffier to walk on after vacuuming.
I'm having a hard time telling how to hook up a couple of the attachments. The way the turbo head hooks up according to Dyson's site just doesn't seem proper (included instructions didn't even mention the attachments). They say to hook the turbo head up to the end of the wand, or hose. The turbo head where it attaches looks like it's supposed to accept some sort of locking attachment, but it sure doesn't lock. They want me to just slip the hose or wand on with a twisting motion. Doesn't seem right. Did you get that feeling as well RP, when you first assembled it?

 

Kind of...

I use the turbo head but, not that often honestly. I just stick it on the end of the hose wand (the red part) with a slight twist and it seems to work fine.

By the looks of mine, the turbo head was designed to hook up (latch) to another type of hose or male receptor of some sort... I don't have that hose or male receptor with mine so, I'm wondering if it was an afterthought by an engineer or something?

 

Exactly. I guess that's how it's supposed to be then. I tried it on the stairs this morning, and it seemed to work okay. That turbo attachment will be good for the cars/truck.

 

It's a tad bulky but, I guess it could work out. I typically just use mine on the stairs (and typically don't do that but rather pack the machine up and down each stair).

 

I used the wand with the turbo head, and I was able to do the main flight of stairs, the landing, and the last few steps to the top floor. That was great, but you do have to be tough with the hose. I'm sure it will loosen up in time.

The main vacuum itself certainly does have some serious sucking power. I noticed the small holes in the cannister tend to plug up, but that was removed easily enough, by hand, when I emptied out the cannister. I didn't notice any loss in sucking power either.

I'm impressed with it so far. The cord is long enough for me to almost do the entire first floor without having to relocate the plug, which is a vast improvement from the old vacuum.

I feel like Suzy homemaker.

 

Haha. Seriously that reminds me. I need to pick up a feather duster.

 

Those are for cleaning??????

 

I hate to crush all the Dyson lovers on here but I had one and thought it was the bomb at first. Then under further investigation found that all the stuff in the bin wasn't dirt, it was carpet fibers. Then came to cleaning the brush bar. Holy cow, packed FULL of hair. I have a long haired wife and a lab. Then one day at the mall walked thought the ORECK store. Guy says take one home vacuum a room with your current vacuum them ours and open the dirt bag and see what yours missed and our got. I was sold in a minute after use. I haven't cleaned the brush bar once in over a year yet it picks up all the hair. SO to sum it up, I'm a very happy ORECK customer and if you don't like it, take it back in 60 days for NO QUESTIONS asked refund. I've since then bought two of their air purifiers too. House has never been so dustLESS.

 

Damn, I thought my carpet was getting shorter

Nah, it definitely was NOT carpet fibers that the vacuum was sucking up. I put top of the line heavy ounce carpet in when I bought this house, and 9 years later, the carpet pretty much looks like the day I had it installed, in a new house. I used a credit from the builder towards the carpet I wanted, instead of going with the cheap crap he would have put in.

 

Mine is the same way -- definitely not solely carpet fibers.

I mean, sure... there are some in there. It only makes sense that some would be released when vac'ing a carpet with an abrasive beater bar, right?

Overall though, mine is 'gunk' that I wouldn't have wanted on/in the carpet.

I'm sure there are lots of great vacs out there. I'm, by no means, an expert on vacuums (or much else for that matter) but, I've been exceptionally pleased by my Dyson.

I'm going to go mow my carpet now...

 

I agree, I don't ever get carpet fibers in the Dyson. Only when the carpet was brand new.