Author Topic: My Dyson DC50 animal (Read 11631 times)

RustySkull · « **Reply #15 on:** March 29, 2017, 05:55:46 pm »

Somehow I missed this when you uploaded it, never mind... Nice :)

MVacs · « **Reply #16 on:** March 29, 2017, 06:00:11 pm »

Quote from: Elgin on March 28, 2017, 10:27:32 pm

But my uncle also had the DC50 Animal - note Animal, one piece of dog hair into it and it needs a full stripdown again - and i'm not exaggerating. I mean its supposed ro be the Animal model, when it cant take in dog hair. My old DC07 could suck in tonnes and tonnes of pieces of massive paper - A3 sized paper. DC50 cant take a blooming dog hair...

Indeed, the DC50 does have a design fault in our opinion.

GeorgeJ · « **Reply #17 on:** March 29, 2017, 06:03:55 pm »

Quote from: MVacs on March 29, 2017, 06:00:11 pm

Quote from: Elgin on March 28, 2017, 10:27:32 pm
But my uncle also had the DC50 Animal - note Animal, one piece of dog hair into it and it needs a full stripdown again - and i'm not exaggerating. I mean its supposed ro be the Animal model, when it cant take in dog hair. My old DC07 could suck in tonnes and tonnes of pieces of massive paper - A3 sized paper. DC50 cant take a blooming dog hair...

Indeed, the DC50 does have a design fault in our opinion.

I can attest to this. The one I bought had "poor suction" which was a result of a very blocked cyclone (which also smelled like gym socks and wet dog

) and yarn blocking the anemic inlet.

mrdyson · « **Reply #18 on:** March 29, 2017, 06:05:45 pm »

In my experience, the only way the DC50 cyclone gets blocked is when customers ignore the 'max' mark on the waste bin.

We have a DC50 for use upstairs at home which has been in used for over 3 years and it's never got blocked.

MVacs · « **Reply #19 on:** March 29, 2017, 06:18:26 pm »

Quote from: mrdyson on March 29, 2017, 06:05:45 pm

We have a DC50 for use upstairs at home which has been in used for over 3 years and it's never got blocked.

I think it's a question of usage. Folk like us on here who understand the machine's limitations in that it's a light duty machine will likely have no issues. The problem is that Dyson marketed them as an all round family machine suitable for those with multiple kids, dogs, etc. And they are not really up to that. People bring DC50s into us for service blocked solid, and when you look at their usage, they should really have a decent full size machine like a DC14/33 or a Sebo X4. Conversation reveals that they bought an "Animal" as they have three labradors.

Look at the Dyson Medic blog post on the subject, 90 replies from folks whose DC50 hissing/blocked issue was solved. And that must be a drop in the ocean.

We have took a few almost new DC50s off people in PX for a full size machine.

Parwaz7862 · « **Reply #20 on:** March 29, 2017, 06:57:52 pm »

Gdgd, our DC41 Mk2 is 13 months old now, it's been good, I can get on with the DC50 as I quite like them. I just dislike the DC40 for their wiring loom constantly bending in a U turn, the bin entry being too narrow, the front cleaner head lock and just how short the cable and hose is even though it can take a longer hose and cable :/

Elgin · « **Reply #21 on:** March 29, 2017, 09:54:37 pm »

I Don't see many DC04's with broken plastic, mainly just the wand, or someones cut the flippin cyclone handle off

Elgin · « **Reply #22 on:** March 29, 2017, 09:56:47 pm »

Quote from: MVacs on March 29, 2017, 06:18:26 pm

Quote from: mrdyson on March 29, 2017, 06:05:45 pm
We have a DC50 for use upstairs at home which has been in used for over 3 years and it's never got blocked.

I think it's a question of usage. Folk like us on here who understand the machine's limitations in that it's a light duty machine will likely have no issues. The problem is that Dyson marketed them as an all round family machine suitable for those with multiple kids, dogs, etc. And they are not really up to that. People bring DC50s into us for service blocked solid, and when you look at their usage, they should really have a decent full size machine like a DC14/33 or a Sebo X4. Conversation reveals that they bought an "Animal" as they have three labradors.

Look at the Dyson Medic blog post on the subject, 90 replies from folks whose DC50 hissing/blocked issue was solved. And that must be a drop in the ocean.

We have took a few almost new DC50s off people in PX for a full size machine.

Funny you should say about Labradors and the DC50 Animals,
My uncle has a DC50 Animal, and the second he picks up i dunno mabey 10-12 pieces of hair off his labrador (Jasper) it needs a full stripdown again... Why call it animal if it cannot cope with hair, may aswell be called Non-Animal

GrumpyMan · « **Reply #23 on:** March 30, 2017, 04:39:07 am »

My DC07 now that is a strong vacuum, we've dropped that many times but till date it's still going. The DC50 when you finish vacuuming and put it upright if you don't get it right it collapses. I forgot to mention that in my video. But we still love it the suction is excellent!