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Dyson’s just launched its latest assault on the vacuuming world. Meet the DC47 and DC50, the first cylinder vacuums with two whole tiers of filth annihilating cyclones, which capture even more microscopic dust making your place cleaner than it has ever been before. Well, if you bother to actually hoover that is.
The idea is that the smaller the cyclone the faster the air spins, separating more microscopic dust and dumping it into the bin. Dyson’s made it so the air spins so fast that even particles of dirt as tiny as 0.5 microns get sucked out — that’s 1/5,000th of a pin head. As James Dyson himself put it:
“2 Tier Radial cyclones are the latest development of our patented cyclone technology. By making the cyclones smaller, the air travels faster meaning we can extract more microscopic dust from the air.”
Both the DC47 and 50 also rock Dyson’s ball technology, so they’re nice and easy to manoeuvre around, while the two-channel floor tool on the DC47, and the new carbon fibre bristled direct-drive head on the DC50 that nukes static, make sure all that mini-cyclone-powered suction power is applied to your carpets evenly.
It apparently took 24 engineers across two continents, with 20 prototype cyclone packs to come up with the DC47, while the DC50 is the culmination of three years work. Both are tested to destruction, some 50,000 hours of sucking, so as with most things Dyson it’s pretty well engineered. In fact, they’ve managed to cram over 100 different components into that small ball it rolls on, including ducting and 5m of cable.
The DC47 should be cleaning up your world from £320 on November 12th available direct from Dyson or John Lewis, with the world-plus-dog getting it come January next year. The DC50 Animal will set you back £350 from today.
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Might just upgrade my Miele. I thought the ‘bag thing’ would mean a dependable and sturdy vacuum cleaner compared to a past Dyson which failed miraculously. I think they’ve moved on in terms of reliability now and buying bags is a completely soulless chore.
Dysons Are Forever
Dysons suck… poorly. They’ve always lost suction and had so much problems getting up dog hair. I just find they don’t do a good job cleaning. When I moved out I thought I’d give them another chance because they look nice and again it was just poor…
When I lived with mt mum she switched to Miele and never looked back and I agree, they’re just much better. So I sold my Dyson and bought a Miele for myself and it is night and day, they’re just so much better, they just seem more powerful and pick up everything. The best thing is they just don’t lose any suction like the Dyson seems to do.
The only thing about them is you need to buy bags but tbh I just buy a load of them in one go and I don’t need to buy any more for like a yearso it isn’t a problem. The other good thing about bags is you can throw them straight into the bin, with the Dyson you have to get a bag of your own and pour the contents into that. You could throw it straight into the bin but it always creates such a mess, especially if the wind blows the bin over.
Could not disagree with you more….we have 2 dysons, a big house one and a little handheld and they’re both brilliant.
Clean the filter once a month and they don’t lose suction, never had a problem emptying one and had the big one serviced recently by Dyson for £30 odd quid, I swear the engineer practically rebuilt it in front of me, not because the parts weren’t working but because he said might as well have new parts as it’s just coming to the end of its warranty.
Excellent all round and yes they’re expensive but until I can afford somebody to clean my home then they’re worth the money to make my life easier.
That sucks, I just got a new Dyson the other week.