Dyson Handheld Vacuum £107 at Costco

[abraxus]

My old onboard vacuum cleaner is mains powered and good at moving dirt around, but not so good at sucking it up. So, whilst wandering around Costco this afternoon I spotted a Dyson portable/cordless vacuum cleaner (model DC43H) for £107 (inc vat), which seemed like a good price compared to what I've usually seen, and less than half the price on the Dyson site.

Having given it a try this afternoon I'm pretty impressed. It's quite light, with a strong rotating brush head. The normal setting is more powerful than anything else I've tried, mains or cordless, and cleans the carpets with ease, but there's also a boost function for extra sucking power.

Anyway, thought I'd post here in case anyone was interested.

 

[aluijten]

I can confirm this cleaner is the only portable one I've ever seen that does more then simply produce noise. I've got two of them (old model and new model) both work excellent, the new one being much more quiet. I'm on the third battery for the old one now, they wear out in 2-3 years.
Too bad they discarded the proper charging station that the first model had though. That is really convenient. For the new one you need to order it separately and it is not as nice anymore,

 

[nathanlee]

I can confirm this cleaner is the only portable one I've ever seen that does more then simply produce noise.

I bought a black and decker handheld and can confirm that it's utterly naff. Charge time of all day, and a usable battery life of under 10 minutes.

DeWalt do some sexy looking battery powered vacuums. No experience of them, but they do wet suckers too, which could be handy on a boat (that carries milk and has bilges).

 

[laika]

Online costco only seem to have the dc34 at £164. Which store was this? Signing up for a card might be a problem though. Any dodgy old ID cards I may have from financial institutions are buried in storage. I've long wanted a handheld dyson for the boat. The only other vacuum I've owned was a DC05 hurriedly bought in the aftermath of a fin de siecle glitter storm chez moi which was brilliant but is 240v only and taking up rather too much locker space right now.

 

[Horace]

I bought a black and decker handheld and can confirm that it's utterly naff. Charge time of all day, and a usable battery life of under 10 minutes.

Yeah I bought one of those a few years ago & they should be done under the trade description act.
Bought one you plug into a cigarette lighter socket from LIDL for thirteen quid.Job done :encouragement:

 

[gavin400]

I have a DeWalt cordless vacuum, and it is excellent - powerful, and wet and dry

 

[abraxus]

Online costco only seem to have the dc34 at £164. Which store was this? Signing up for a card might be a problem though. Any dodgy old ID cards I may have from financial institutions are buried in storage. I've long wanted a handheld dyson for the boat. The only other vacuum I've owned was a DC05 hurriedly bought in the aftermath of a fin de siecle glitter storm chez moi which was brilliant but is 240v only and taking up rather too much locker space right now.

It was in the store in Hayes and appeared to be the last one on the shelf, so you may need to phone around.

 

[Yngmar]

I've got a Dyson DC59 Animal (cordless) from Dyson's refurbished store (http://stores.ebay.co.uk/Dyson-Outlet). I couldn't distinguish it from a brand new one, and it works extremely well. The motorized head is probably overkill for boat use unless you have carpet on your boat, but I bought it before the boat

 

[Croftie]

Ohh sugar......

Just bought (yesterday) a Dyson DC34 from curry's with a £10 trade in of an old vac it cost £159
Dyson outlet reconditioned price £99 :grumpy:

 

[Amulet]

Wonder if that's what Jim Dyson uses on his boat.
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?....176055159080677.40966.100000285836043&type=1
It'd be hard work

 

[Fendant]

I have the DC 34 and I agree that this model is the only one useable on a boat. I installed a 12 V plug in the compartment where I keep the Dyson, so it is always topped up.

 

[Momac]

Our home mooring has mains power . A reasonably compact mains vacuum cleaner was liberated from home and now lives on the boat. The replacement mains powered vacuum at home is a vax , which would also be okay on board - it cost about £50 - something like this
http://www.bmstores.co.uk/products/vax-astrata-2-cylinder-vacuum-cleaner-301451
When away from mains power we don't do any hoovering ! There is a dustpan and brush somewhere on the boat.

 

[Richard10002]

I have the DC 34 and I agree that this model is the only one useable on a boat. I installed a 12 V plug in the compartment where I keep the Dyson, so it is always topped up.

I bought a Dyson V6 about 6 weeks ago. Charges up on 240V from inverter - might get a 12v cable, might not . The cradle is in a wardrobe, so it's stored out of the way. Quite an amazing hoover, even at the price, (£299).. Ouch!

 

[Croftie]

I have the DC 34 and I agree that this model is the only one useable on a boat. I installed a 12 V plug in the compartment where I keep the Dyson, so it is always topped up.

Isn't the DC34 battery around 22v so how can you charge using 12v?

 

[laika]

Isn't the DC34 battery around 22v so how can you charge using 12v?

http://www.dyson.co.uk/vacuum-cleaners/accessories/cordless/in-car-charger.aspx?pid=DC34

 

[laika]

Dyson outlet reconditioned price £99 :grumpy:

Gosh darn this forum. You just had to put that seed of an idea that I too could own another example of the works of that christopher-cockerell-meets-johnny-Ive Dyson fellah. ebay outlet. £99 *including* postage. I see a trip to storage in line for the DC05 in the near future. That 12v charger is nearly £30 though...

 

[Talulah]

I was in Costco Watford last night.
They had a large stock of the Dyson Handheld at £107 inc VAT.

 

[laika]

Just thought I'd report back on the DC34 as I've been clearing out and cleaning up stuff I've kept stored in my bilges.

The refurbished dyson I bought form their ebay outlet has a 1 year warranty rather than the standard 2 for new handhelds. It had a small scuff on it but was totally clean and otherwise as new. Sucking power is not astounding. It's actually pretty good for the size of the thing (especially once you've found the "MAX" button) but somehow because of its looks and its price you secretly hope that it could be used to suck freight trains from calais. It can't. But it is fantastic for a boat. Replacing my old DC05 with the DC34 I've saved myself a load of locker space but most importantly it's so easy to carry about the boat and use in a confined space without worrying about getting through bulkhead doors carrying a vacuum cleaner and finding one of your few power outlets. Plus of course it should work off 12v: I haven't bought the charger yet. I wondered about using one of my existing DC-DC converters but the AC charger for this outputs claims to be outputting 24.35v *and* 16.75v (2 +vs plus gnd). Oh and apparently you can get a long hose for it too but haven't needed that yet.

All in all quite pleased.

 

[Seajet]

Any chance one could reverse the polarity of these things, so at least in emergency they might help inflate a dinghy ?

 

[gjgm]

I bought a black and decker handheld and can confirm that it's utterly naff. Charge time of all day, and a usable battery life of under 10 minutes.

DeWalt do some sexy looking battery powered vacuums. No experience of them, but they do wet suckers too, which could be handy on a boat (that carries milk and has bilges).

I have B+D one that runs off 12v lead only , no battery. Seems to work fine for odd jobs about the boat and £30 quid odd (I think).
Agree, the battery B+D is useless.