They suck.

great present for the mrs birthday thanks op

I have this handheld vacum and wouldnt recomend it. I'd suggest buying a brush and pan,it wi do a better job.

We have this, and whilst it's good for picking up crumbs etc it doesn't really have much suction. Doesn't take anything off the car mats, for example.

great present for the mrs birthday thanks op

Refurbished...should be in the title

Are these any good?

Thanks. They also have battery problems as well I read. Will give it a miss.

I got one of these last time from the dyson outlet. It is great for those small vaccuming jobs around the house and car. I bought another battery (not made by Dyson) which doubles the length of time I can use it.

Why? its clearly in the description?

I have this handheld vacum and wouldnt recomend it. I'd suggest buying a brush and pan,it wi do a better job.

Had mine about 2 years and works brilliantly. I always run the battery down before charging and take it off charge once it's done. I read that's the best way to do things and it has worked for me. *(your experiences may be different, that's ok)

refurbished ? £90,no thanks

Which is exactly what you want...:laughing:

The usual.... looks and a lot of hype over substance :wink:

I do wonder why so many Dyson units need to be refurbished, what was wrong with them in the first instance?

.......if they were any good they wouldnt need to be refurbished would they ?

Refurbished could mean anything from replacing tools which have not been returned, or just the checks they have to do before they are returned. Even cleaning a filter before reselling is refurbishment.

Got the pet version of this. Its ok but a dustpan and brush (on a long arm) is better for broken biscuits, crisps etc. This is best at refreshing a carpet before visitors to pick up the general dust. Needs far to much cleaning of the unit and head + washing of the filter to recommend for the money. Not sure we'd replace ours...

I recently purchased a refurbished Dyson only thing that looked used was the battery otherwise brand new also got 2 years warranty when I registered online.

Condoms if she's luck

​Now I know what to marry next time

Will these suck up spiders? :smile:

Are you saying having received an item that was wanted and works as expected someone would return it? I find that difficult to believe. I believe most people would only return something if it doesn't work or doesn't work as well as it should. The vast number of refurbs available from Dyson reflects lack of reliability.

wonder why so many have been returned,not a good advert for the product.

How long to fully recharge?

Awful value, even at this price. Battery life is shocking and depletes noticiably with every recharge, also it really sucks that it really doesn't suck very well at all.

You might be new to the internet if you can't spot a joke like this a mile off :wink:

​Or maybe it's because they sell over 2000 cordless vacuums in the UK each week alone??

These are utterly rubbish! Can't clean internal of a car and doesn't last more than 5 minutes.

I have a friend who works for a returns department for a catalogue firm. They are constantly having having things returned which work correctly. If their is a system were people can return things, after using them once, or only planned on using things once and return it. Then people will abuse it.

nice

Perhaps you can tell me how many people buy a vacuum cleaner to use it once?

I was giving examples, that refurbished, does mean repair. Not statistics, however, I'm sure online companies do have figures for returned equipment with no real reason for return.

I tried to edit that, but doesn't seem to be working with the iPhone.

It should read 'does not mean repair'.

Dyson overrated. Once you've owned one you quickly realise you've been conned. Save your money and go buy a Henry hoover for £90.00 instead.

I bought a Dyson animal for my wife's 21st (her idea, honest!) 15 years later still going strong.

I got the DC30 from a different seller refurbished for £69.99 , he has 2 left out of 122 sold , that is about my budget for one of these but I am pleased with the other Dyson I have , just never pay over the odds for them

dont know why the heat - batteries are very bad and the price is ridiculous.

DC58 Animal is meant to be better, available for £135.99 refurbished from Dyson Outlet on eBay.

Hope they haven't been used to vacuum pup the Polonium from London hotels or radio active waste from a hospital. Personally I wouldn't touch a used vacuum cleaner unless I knew exactly where it came from.

I think it's about 6mins battery life with "boost" mode enabled. Just enough time to do a decent job of a single large room.
Also boost mode is non-optional if you need to clear anything more than crumbs off the floor

I've the DC44 Animal and wouldn't be without it. I only mention it as it's the model up from this and might be worth holding out given some of the negativity about the DC 34 here, but I've not compared them personally. I also got mine through the outlet as a refurb (about £130 I think) and it's not had any issues at all.
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​Don't say that, you'll ruin his banter points! Everyone knows that top quality banter is making the same joke about women cleaning the house on every single vacuum cleaner thread, duh.

​Do you work for Vax or something? Every retailer sells refurbished products

I made a demo video of the dyson v6 trigger which is similar to this model. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=H5EQIQ06D6A&feature=youtu.be

15 mins and 6 on boost.

Not much time to do anything substantial really.

people have purchased the vaccum assuming it would be powerful. I bet after testing them they are disappointed hence the reason why they have a lot in stock. I would have returned mine but was too lazy during my pregnancy.

But then they might wander back in again, despite there being plenty of Maps on the web.

I've got the newer v6 version, and use it to clean our 4 bed, 3 story house no problem. Picks up much more than our old vacuum. As it's so much faster to use, combined with the trigger button you will be surprised long the battery lasts and it charges fast. Normally do downstairs, then let it charge when cleaning other aspects (or have lunch), then finish the rest. Only ran out of power twice, ever! Really useful when the kids spill something and it seconds it cleared up and put away.

What is the diameter/ girth of the suction nozzle? Can this be used for "personal expression"?

Has surprisingly little suction. Little use without a powered head which, as others have said, is difficult to clean. I use the v6 ultimate, a more 'advanced' model but I wouldn't recommend either.

Have a DC44 animal I got after seeing it on here. Since we bought it a year and a half back we've pretty much never used a normal vacuum cleaner as it's so much easier using this. Would definitely recommend paying the extra and getting one with the powered head and extension pole thingy

Mine arrived yesterday, thank you. It will be perfect for the car.

Wow that's not great :disappointed:

I'm not sure why people are complaining about this. This is a hand held, rechargeable vacuum cleaner. I have an earlier model of this and it does exactly what it should. It's not meant to be a replacement for a full size cleaner. It's their for the little spills, and spiders, not to clean the whole home.

I am so pleased I saw this post as was after a hand held but did not want to spend the earth for it and the £70 older model I bought from Ebay after seeing this thread arrived today...

I was VERY apprehensive after reading the comments on here especially as it is an older less powerful model BUT I have just tried it out ( the DC30 ) and I absolutely LOVE it

It said seller refurbished but it came in original box and looked spanking brand new!

I charged it for a couple of hours then could not resist trying it out as there was plenty to try it out on with my Grandson with special needs in the house , the suction was FINE more than enough to pick up everything in sight including loads of soap powder from the kitchen mat as little Mister LOVES ''doing the washing'' but the soap dispenser drawer is tiny on my Candy washer so he spills the powder everywhere but am just happy he is happy helping Nanny with the washing or pretty much doing the washing tbh lol

I also tried it on my ash tray droppings ( yuk I know ) but I needed something which would pick up the butts and ash after an accidental drop on the floor and it managed it all with no problems whatsoever , so any dry spills , crumbs , washing powder etc will be no problem and I was panicking thinking it would stop in the middle of my hoovering but I ended up LOOKING for other bits and pieces to pick up as the 6 minutes was enough to do a quick good clean up which is what I was looking for so I don't have to get my full size plug in hoover out for small jobs and this really does work a treat as I was hoping it would as my other Dyson ( newer model ) works a treat as well and you do get what you pay for if you get it on a special offer like this so I would definitely recommend especially with kids in the house for sure!!

To be honest this product cheered me up today :wink: Plus I love the grey and white colour I got it actually looks good around the house!

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/111864101015

119 now