Dyson - Brexit hypocrite

The Animal one I have upstairs is very good but it is heavy to use as I have a dodgy shoulder.
As I can't lug it upstairs and down, we have a rechargeable one and a cylinder one downstairs.

They did send me a new battery (no charge) for the rechargeable one even though it was out of warranty.

I'd like to know the reasoning behind this decision.

I had an early Dyson vacuum cleaner.. it was the worse vacuum cleaner I have had in 64 years of married life. It was a real nuisance to empty as the filter became dirty as I did it. Other problems with roller etc. In the end it gave out sparks at which point I did some research and followed the Good House Keeping guide and replaced it with a Sebo which has been the best I have ever owned. At the time,of my research I rang John Lewis and was told that some people were lucky with Dyson and others not. The lady I spoke to said she was not allowed to recommend a particular manufacturer but she had a Sebo as they were using them to clean the store. This was years ago and my Sebo is upstairs cleaning the bedrooms etc while a recently purchased new Sebo is strutting its stuff downstairs with its useful light which reveals everything I might not have seen before. My dh has been no fan of Dyson since he moved business to Singapore. You don’t hear anything about his washing machines which were expensive, touted as wonderful and disappeared off the scene.

I find Dysons too heavy for my arthritic body.

I try not to say it Calendargirl since my various vacuum cleaners are all Dysons.
Unfortunately they all need a human operator.

My son persuaded me to buy a Henry when my previous hoover stopped picking up. I wasn't convinced but it has changed my life! It is so easy to use, and is British designed and manufactured. I love my Henry!

I 'treated' myself to a Dyson cordless vacuum a few years ago. It is, without doubt, the worst hoover I have had. These days I use a reliable, good suction, Henry hoover which cost a fraction of the price Dyson charged. This is now demoted to hoovering the car.

You don't have to be fabulously wealthy to avoid hoovering. In our house my OH hoovers. It is his sole domestic accomplishment. I do (almost) everything else.

Callistemon213

Dyson vacuum cleaners aren't hoovers.

Remember years ago Oprah was interviewing a British star, can’t recall who, and the lady spoke about ‘doing the hoovering’.

Oprah had never heard of this activity. Upon being told it was another word the Brits used for ‘vacuuming’, she was so taken up with this novel phrase that she decided she would also speak in this trendy new terminology!

I doubt if the fabulously wealthy Oprah did her own vacuuming/hoovering, whatever she called it.

Dyson vacuum cleaners aren't hoovers.

Oops; maybe that's why it's so good Jaxjacky .

www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/oct/12/james-dyson-family-holding-company-1-point-2bn-dividend-2022

The above is a link to an article (8 months old) which explains where his earnings come from. The companies are privately owned by the Dyson family.

Of course we don't how much of the dividend was paid to him but just assuming that he received the total amount the tax of £156 million was 0.13%

If you assume that he has a 25% holding then the percentage of the tax paid (of the £156 million) would be 0.52%.

It's not as bad as GSMmakes out. Just saying!

My first Gtech was brilliant until it conked out, I bought a new one and it`s nowhere near as good as the first one.

Mollygo

Our Dyson was fine until the dog killed it. I like GTech, but I’ve gone back to my Henry for best efficiency.

Henry for me too.. though they are rather heavy..

Our Dyson was fine until the dog killed it. I like GTech, but I’ve gone back to my Henry for best efficiency.

Gtech is a different company from Dyson Smileless?

Germanshepherdsmum

Nothing horrible about ours, does a great job getting rid of dog hair.

You can say that again! I'm very fond of mine. We did have a cheaper copy for upstairs but no comparison

Our Dyson Gtech is great.

Nothing horrible about ours, does a great job getting rid of dog hair.

Horrible lumps of plastic

I agree with you, keepingquiet about the overpriced hoovers. We had an early one which was fine, and was designed to fit securely on the stairs. The one we have now doesn’t do that, so is more awkward to use on the stairs and is obviously more cheaply made. The cordless one is pathetic. No more Dysons for us!

Do you happen to know him?

I can't stand the man or his overpriced hoovers.

James Dyson lives in the UK and pays a huge amount of tax here. £156m last year. He lived in Singapore for a short while when setting up his operation there.

Just like Sir James Radcliffe, new owner of Man Utd, who has today announced 250 jobs are to go there. He is a tax exile, resident in Monaco, supported Brexit, but has now admitted it has not gone well (hollow laugh emoticon needed)

I wonder just how many wealthy funders of the Leave campaign have homes and businesses outside of the UK and what was their motive in inflicting so much harm on our country?

Whatever or was, it was not patriotism.