Dyson DC02

As an asthma sufferer, cleaning the house has always been fraught with dangers for me. For years I had to get other people to vacuum the floors because the dust produced was just too much for my lungs to cope with. Finally, we bought a Dyson and what a difference it made! MODEL The model we chose was the first DC02 to have a HEPA filter. HEPA FILTER DIGRESSION HEPA filters have been used for many years in microbiology labs to sterilise solutions, and have incredibly tiny pores (down to 20 millionths of a millimetre!). I was originally sceptical as to whether this type of technology would be suitable for use in a vacuum cleaner, since the ...  Read the complete review

I take to cleaning like a duck to quantum mechanics. What I'm trying to say is that not only do I hate doing it but the reason why is because I'm bad at it. I hoover my house once a week but it often looks worse when I've finished than before I began. Add the fact that when my husband comes home he invaribly a) doesn't detect any appreciable difference, even though he actually tries hard to notice these things and make appreciative noises b) inadvertantly manages to find some surface that is still dusty and c) sneezes until I fear he and the inner linings of his nose will messily and painfully part company. My expecting the house to ...  Read the complete review

For years I was committed to my Hoover vacuum cleaner. I brought it because at the time it was a very good cleaner and good at keeping dust in the bag. It was an upright and as I lived in a flat at the time I didn’t need to worry about going up the stairs. When we moved into the house in which we live now, I found that my “old faithful” could not be of use to me up the stairs without a lot of fuss and bother. Time to spend some of hubby’s hard earned cash on another one. I was on the look out for a powerful cleaner that was good at collecting dust. I have an asthmatic husband and one of my sons has eczema, so obviously with allergy ...  Read the complete review

I’ve always been an animal lover and always had cats, dog’s etc. and almost a year ago I also had a pygmy (one of my husbands nicknames for my darling little daughter). Well if you’ve ever had any of the above (including a husband) then you’ll know how messy everything can get, and also how quickly. I won’t say that some other vacuum cleaners that I have had in the past couldn’t cope with the task, but until I got my Dyson I couldn’t see exactly what a problem it all was. After looking at various models I decided to buy the DC02 in the cylinder mode and got the De Stijl model as it included a HEPA filtration ...  Read the complete review

It took 20 years and over 5000 prototypes for Mr Dyson to get this vacuum perfect, and I just had to have one, ok, it was just over 200 quid when I bought it, but all I had was a "push-me, pull-me" thingy - not even electric! I chose the DC02 as it was really quite small and it could do the stairs without having to take the thing apart, this bit works really well, it hugs the stairs and because of its weight, it won't move until you want it to. Of course everyone knows about the Hepa/Mema filter system, so I won't go on about that, but it doesn't compromise on suction power either . Just imagine - both me and my other half have ...  Read the complete review