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Having rebuilt my DC03 (as per the dedicated thread) I'm less than impressed with its performance.Motor works well, it does pick up but lacks any greatness.Suction from the hose I would say is below par, even for its little motor. No sharpness to it, I;ve had Hoover Turbopowers with more suction. All seals are replaced, and I think seated correctly.Floor performance is awful. Barely any grooming at all. If I push down on the head it cuts nice deep tracks in the carpet, when on its own it skims across doing nothing. Have I put the head back on wrong? Reclines and latches upright with no issues.I bought a new soleplate assembly, which works great. However the old one had foam seals on the edges, the new one doesnt (genuine dyson). Can I get the strips seperatly? (This may be why it doesnt glue itself to the floor, too much suction leakage)Fills up well enough though, so it must be doing something.Shame really as I was looking forward to it. Am I making a fuss over nothing or does something seem wrong? Will probably re-strip it at some point, but want to go in with a sense of whats needed rather than just take it apart and put it back together again.
Quote from: beko1987 on December 10, 2013, 05:51:29 pmHaving rebuilt my DC03 (as per the dedicated thread) I'm less than impressed with its performance.Motor works well, it does pick up but lacks any greatness.Suction from the hose I would say is below par, even for its little motor. No sharpness to it, I;ve had Hoover Turbopowers with more suction. All seals are replaced, and I think seated correctly.Floor performance is awful. Barely any grooming at all. If I push down on the head it cuts nice deep tracks in the carpet, when on its own it skims across doing nothing. Have I put the head back on wrong? Reclines and latches upright with no issues.I bought a new soleplate assembly, which works great. However the old one had foam seals on the edges, the new one doesnt (genuine dyson). Can I get the strips seperatly? (This may be why it doesnt glue itself to the floor, too much suction leakage)Fills up well enough though, so it must be doing something.Shame really as I was looking forward to it. Am I making a fuss over nothing or does something seem wrong? Will probably re-strip it at some point, but want to go in with a sense of whats needed rather than just take it apart and put it back together again.I'll disagree with Russ and say that is normal for one of those. We only build them to order for this reason. Teeny weeny motor and small cyclones makes them asthmatic. Yes, they pick some stuff up, but Dyson abandoned that design for a reason.