Has anybody seen or used Dyson FL Washer?

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I used one for 3 months and they're decent machines but Dyson are slowly but surely discontinuing them. Theyre very poor at rinsing and the dual drum action is only working for a very short period of time, coupled with the fact it is noisy it isnt as good as the manufacturer portrays it to be.
 
I wouldn't touch a Dyson anything....

...for their obnoxious advertisements that are an insult to my intelligence.

And not to mention their dubious products. Seems to me Dyson just wants to be Oreck when he grows up!
 
Yes, I've seen the Dyson washers

Bajaespuma,

Two Easter Holidays ago I went to London on vacation. Dyson washers and vacuum cleaners were on display in every major appliance store (including Harrod's!). The washers were available in three or four different models, quite distinguishable by the color of their outer plastic parts (bright yellow, lilac, blue, etc.). They all looked awesome, and I really must admit I loved their design!

The sales people were quite enthusiastic with the (new) brand, they even told me about great feedback from users. The washers seemed pretty sturdy machines. IIRC, the price range was rather in the higher end, but not as expensive as the Mieles.

I guess still have a couple of brochures with me, I could mail you one if you send me your address, or scann them and put them up here.
 
Overhere in the Netherlands the Dyson washers were almost twice the price of a Miele. They didn't sell at all, I guess in the UK they hardly sold either. No wonder the production was stopped. There were rumours Dyson would come out with a new model frontloader, but until now no sign of it.
 
As many others may see, you can see where Dyson really excels when it comes to marketing :-).

Funny how my AEG and Miele machines can get A-grade washing performance in 63 minutes on the AEG, or 65 minutes on the Miele respectively. Other machines also offer such cycles, with similar running times, high capacities (7kilos), & A grade wash performance at the shorter running time.

To be fair on Dyson, though, they were developed at a time when 5kilo frontloaders still dominated the market, and had 2 hour cycles as standard (although most were reducible to around 1 hour through quick wash options etc). Nowadays standard frontloaders have capacities of up to 7 or 8 kilos, within a standard European cabinet, and have short cycles as standard still maintaining Class A performance. All at a cheaper price.

Jon
 
Thor- thanks

for posting the brochure.

As for the Dyson washer....Is it a washer, or a MF jukebox?

For those of us used to American TL's, 67 minutes is NOT a "short" cycle!

Lawrence/Maytagbear
 
In all fairness, a lot of us considered it a pretty clever design when it first came out. Dyson is attempting to do things differently, and that always means some things will work and survive, others will drop out due to natural selection in the market. Twenty years from now, the latter will be regarded as rare classics and emblematic of their era.

The criticism I would raise about the Dyson unit is that when you have two drums rotating in opposition to each other, the bearing or wearing surfaces where the drums meet will get double the wear compared to the equivalent surfaces that are not subject to the contra-rotating action. On the other hand, they did claim to have tested the machine to 20 years' usage equivalent, and the concentric aspect of the rear tub half is clever, in that it distributes the stress load rather than concentrating it at the front face of the rear half.

So I guess we'll see how these do over the years.

And in any case, any instance where physical goods are actually being manufactured in the UK or the US is a good thing in this day & age.
 
And in any case, any instance where physical goods are actually being manufactured in the UK or the US is a good thing in this day & age.

Dyson actually uprooted their manufacturing from the UK 3 or 4 years ago now, to a plant in Malaysia. So in essence, not too good.

Jon
 
I would be courious to see one of them in operation!!

I am always looking on e-bay in the UK and in other places to see what I can learn about their machines and what they do over an extened period of time. One that had caught my eye was the Dyson. With all of the FL washers that we sell here in Oregon( and the state gives you an energy credit on your state income taxes for the purchace of one), why they do not sell them in the US? Does anyone own one that will be willint to post what it looks like to see one of these machines in action? I would think that it would be a real treat.
 

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