March 22, 2011 | Vacuum Cleaner Repair, Help & Advice | No comments
If you’re anything like me, an unvacuumed carpet doesn’t make you feel good. Seriously. If my living room floor has bits all over it, I simply would not be able to sit down in there. I just think it’s gross. As you’d expect then, my vacuum cleaner is a highly valued appliance at my place.
March 22, 2011 | Vacuum Cleaner Repair, Help & Advice | No comments
If you’re anything like me, an unvacuumed carpet doesn’t make you feel good. Seriously. If my living room floor has bits all over it, I simply would not be able to sit down in there. I just think it’s gross. As you’d expect then, my vacuum cleaner is a highly valued appliance at my place.
February 10, 2011 | Vacuum Cleaner Repair, Help & Advice | No comments
Dyson has been a standard bearer in innovative, effective and attractive design ever since they launched their first vacuum cleaner, the Dyson DC01, all the way back in 1993. Always at the cutting edge, and expanding in to washing machines, hand dryers and ‘Air Multipliers‘, Dyson are responsible for turning the vacuum cleaner from being a dreary household appliance in to being a style icon with a cult following.
February 1, 2011 | Vacuum Cleaner Repair, Help & Advice | No comments
On Friday we filmed a load of videos for the Sebo X1 vacuum, and I’ve got to say, as nerdy as it sounds, I fell in love with it. It’s a brilliantly simple, solidly put together piece of kit. The choice of hotel room service providers the world over, this vacuum is really reliable, and all the parts are interchangeable and an absolute doddle to fit. So if you’re a Sebo connoisseur, here’s what to do if your X1 is losing suction. Enjoy.
January 27, 2011 | Vacuum Cleaner Repair, Help & Advice | No comments
Tomorrow we’re shooting some videos on an old Sebo X1 vacuum. Before we get to shooting the videos, obviously we need to do a bit of research in to the appliance. Apart from taking the appliance apart, we do a lot of online research. Whilst researching today I found a quite surreal American informercial shot in the 1980s(?) for the Windsor Sensor vacuum. That’s what the Americans call the Sebo X1 y’see. Check this little beauty out…
January 13, 2011 | General Appliance Care & Advice | Vacuum Cleaner Repair, Help & Advice | No comments
January is traditionally a month in which people knuckle down and try to stick to their resolutions. Gym membership applications go through the roof, schedules are cleared for family time… if you think about it, it’s actually a positive and uplifting time of year.
January 11, 2011 | Vacuum Cleaner Repair, Help & Advice | No comments
You’ve got to hand it to Electrolux. They launched their ‘Vac from the Sea‘ campaign last year, aiming to highlight ‘the immediate need for the world to take better care of plastics and support the heroes that do’. A noble cause, I’m sure you’ll agree. To highlight the problem, they’ve harvested plastic debris from ocean sites around the world where ‘the plastic problem is immense’, and created unique, fully working vacuums based on the Electrolux Ultra One Green model.
November 17, 2010 | Vacuum Cleaner Repair, Help & Advice | No comments
Universal vacuum tools are an inexpensive alternative to genuine tools, or a lifesaver if the tool for your vacuum is unavailable. Although we’ve found that customers often have doubts over whether ‘universal’ really means universal. Check out this video to put your mind to rest:
July 22, 2010 | Vacuum Cleaner Repair, Help & Advice | No comments
A vacuum losing suction is an infuriating thing to happen when you’re in the middle of cleaning the living room. So why does it happen?
All vacuum cleaners have a motor equipped with a fan that sucks in air and dust; while the dust stays in the vacuum, the air is filtered out. On bagged vacuums, that dust accumulates in the bag; and the more dust there is in the bag, the less space the air has to circulate. As the bag gets fuller and fuller the vacuum gradually loses suction. This is remedied by stocking up on vacuum bags, and replacing whenever they become full.
Bagless vacuum cleaners though, employ an altogether more efficient technique. Cyclone technology, pioneered by one James Dyson, uses the air coming in to the vacuum to keep the dust moving, allowing air to circulate freely in the vacuum. This means that no matter how full the bin becomes, no suction is lost. Of course Dyson vacuums aren’t immune to loss of suction; like their bagged cousins though, this is a problem easily solved. In this video, Helen takes you through how to diagnose loss of suction on a Dyson DC25 as well as showing what Dyson spares are needed to fix the problem.
July 12, 2010 | Vacuum Cleaner Repair, Help & Advice | No comments
You may be of the opinion that once the motor goes on your Dyson, it’s time to shell out for a new one. However, in this video, Matt shows you that while the motor is one of the hardest Dyson spare parts to fit, it’s still achievable with a bit of patience, a torx head screwdriver and a complete strip down of your vacuum.
