Right to Repair

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Whether it be electronics, automobiles or medical equipment, the manufacturers should not be able to horde “oem” parts, render your stuff useless if you repair it with aftermarket parts, or hide schematics of their products.

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Why are Dyson products so popular? (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 days ago by manualoverride@lemmy.world to c/right2repair@discuss.tchncs.de

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This is honestly just a bit of a rant as my Dyson V10 has broken again…. This is what has broken in the last year:

trigger guard snapped
battery died
head pivot broken
empty-mechanism snapped
filter showing clogged after cleaning, needed a new filter.

Every replacement is exorbitantly expensive, and requires as complicated replacement procedure as possible. A battery that consists of seven 18650 cells which should cost ~£20 to replace is £90! You can’t replace the cells as the unit is plastic welded together.

You know what isn’t broken and has never broken; my 40 year old Sebo which is now been promoted from ‘upstairs vacuum’ to ‘primary vacuum’

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[–] piccolo@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 day ago (3 children)

I have a dyson ball. I litterally pulled it out of a dumpster and repaired it (the brush was competlety tangled up and caused the motor to freeze up). Works well enough and for free its decent. But the build quality is meh. So many plastic parts for places to be abused and no suprised are broke. At best its a $150 vaccum imo.

[–] euAppleHater@feddit.org 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I feel like you’re my dad. But I guess he found the Dyson next to a trash can and not in a dumpster so maybe you’re my uncle.

[–] manualoverride@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

This is the only justifiable way to acquire a Dyson in 2025. I saved a friends vacuum from the bin by dismantling it and pulling a clog out of a pipe, so many I’m sure get thrown away because people just don’t maintain them and assume they are broken.

[–] RubberElectrons@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Same, I made a 3d print of the little wheels that keep the floor nozzle slightly elevated, Dyson wanted $23/each and it needed 2!