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My Dyson wasn't sucking that well, and I decided to investigate. There's a little blue button on the front, which says "Filter" So I pressed it to investigate. (Never done it before ) Anyway, I popped the thing out and it was absolutely FILTHY!!! Around the edge, it said that they should be washed every 3-6 months Anyway, I washed it in some well diluted Ecover multi surface cleaner, until no more muck came out, rinsed and dried it, put it back in this morning (It took a couple of days on the boiler to dry) and it seems like I have a new machine!! It's sucking so hard again it's an effort to push it over the carpet! Brill! If you've got a Dyson, and have not done this, do it now! (Well you probably know this anyway, and do it regularly 0 it's probably just me!)

When I got my dyson 4 years ago, I read the instructions and promised myself faithfully that I would do this as recommended. Never done it once. Oops! But you've inspired me! I shall investigate!

lol can't believe you have never done it before! I do mine every couple of months and I hoover every day.
You are only meant to use water though, I got told of when I had my last hoover for using detergant x

Lol, i cleaned mine for the first time in 2yrs recently too - had no idea, pressed the button like you did and was amazed how dirty it was. Then got DH to clean it all out, head, brush etc, like having a new machine

it does make such a huge difference and I get great satisfaction watching the muck being washed out

Our filter was disgusting when I washed it out a couple of weeks ago...blurgh!

I'd cleaned it out after hoovering up after the building work we had done before xmas and didn't think it'd need doing again for a while...didn't realise how much dust the building work created!

But bless it, my dyson is over 10 years old and on its 2nd motor but still going strong

LynniferT wrote:Our filter was disgusting when I washed it out a couple of weeks ago...blurgh!

I'd cleaned it out after hoovering up after the building work we had done before xmas and didn't think it'd need doing again for a while...didn't realise how much dust the building work created!

But bless it, my dyson is over 10 years old and on its 2nd motor but still going strong

Did you know that if something goes wrong and they suspect builders dust Dyson won't cover you Our painter and decorator told us when I asked if he wanted my hoove rather than go to his van for his x

I have only done mine once or twice, I'm inspired now, will do itwhen I get home later

builders killed my dyson, used it without asking and it never sucked the same again. bought a new rollerball one after that for the house and kept the old big one for future building/dirty stuff.