No extra bits are needed either, thanks to the large array of included attachments. The standard version offers the common crevice and stair tools, while the Animal Edition of the DC54 comes with an articulating hard floor tool and tangle-free turbine tool. You will see where the gasket between the layers is just starting to break up. Take that apart and you will need new gaskets. And nobody sells them. So you will end up with a leaky cyclone on re-assembly. So we pressure washed it and left it to dry. The are broadly similar to many other 'ball' models of cylinder such as the DC28c, DC33c, DC37, DC38, DC39, DC46, DC47, DC48, DC49, DC52 and DC53. Cyclones can differ between models; most of the others have a washable pre-filter, but generally speaking, they are quite similar machines and share many parts. So this guide will be useful for people seeking to take one of the other models mentioned apart too.

Now there are quite a few screws to get the main body apart. And they go in in both directions, so have a good look. The DC39 strip down topic can be referred to for more detail here, as they are the same in this regard. Re-assembly, as they say, is a reverse sequence of strip down, so not a terribly hard machine to get into. Just a few bits here and there you will struggle with figuring out how they come apart until you have done it, and then you say to yourself, "Oh, like that" For stairs with a dusting of pet hairs the main head works very well, but if you need even more thorough cleaning the tangle-free turbine tool is superb at lifting even tougher grime like dried-on mud. Both tools easily get into the corners of narrow stairs with turns and spirals.Um... What a load of crap. The very existence of a vacuum cleaner is to vacuum up a room, and hygienically and safely be able to dispose of the contents.

People dont care, they would vacuum up anything cos it's a vacuum, it's made for these tasks. I wish The cinetic vacuums had a filter. Also, the direct air channel is a crap idea; PS I might get a Dyson cinetic big ball upright if I pass my GCSE's, so ya, should be alright with the 5 year warranty and just use the hell out of it then retire after 5 years, they are gonna discontinue it anyways as it's 1300W and might be recalled like Madrat mentioned.Futuristic and fearsome are two words not usually associated with vacuum cleaners, but when used in relation to the Dyson Cinetic’s design, they are surprisingly fitting. To strip the cyclone completely involves lots of screws inside and out, and one reason we chose not to do so was this. The outer shroud (the bit with the thin netting) of the cyclone comes off via the clips, and is peeled off like taking a tyre off a bicycle.