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She got the vacuum back from the repair shop on Tuesday (two days ago). Three week turnaround, awesome. I guess since she doesn't vacuum more than once every three weeks it doesn't matter. ;)

They replaced the whole side frame, and the reason it took so long is that (they claim) this isn't a frequently replaced part.

Haven't fired it up yet, since our regular cleaning crew was just here anyway.

I'm thinking it might make a nice target for the .50 BMG at 800 yds.

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My wife recently bought a Dyson canister style vacuum. It's a horribly gratuitous design and not readily identifiable as a vacuum cleaner at all. Looks more like a cheap preschooler's toy spaceship. I'm not brave enough to ask what she paid for it. <br>
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So after studying it for several minutes just to figure out how to turn it on, I used it to vacuum the carpet in my home office. It didn't work. Not at all. It wouldn't pick up anything <img src="http://forums.pelicanparts.com/ultimate/confused.gif" border="0" alt="" title="Confused" class="inlineimg"> It sounds like a jet engine and ear protection would probably be a good idea. I figured it must need emptying or there's some weird button that needs to be pushed for carpet use. Nope. The machine is working as intended, it just won't clean carpet. I finally gave up and used my $39 Home Depot/Rigid shop vac - worked perfectly.

The canister vacs are, I believe, primarily intended for hard floors and thin carpet unless you got one with a powered brush in the head.

My "old" Sears Canister worked great for years, but my wife did not like it. I bought her the Dyson upright, but not the ball. It actually works very well on carpets.

Well, we ditched the Dyson upright and went for the drag-along-behind-you Miele. Night and day difference.

I purchased one several years ago. Gave it to my daughter. She seems to like it.

Our canister unit has a powered brush head, still doesn't work right. Beyond that, I can't get past the design and cheap plastic materials! It deserves a notation in an Industrial Design text book as the perfect example of how not to design a household appliance. Who would buy one of these things??? Oh yeah, my wife ;)

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