...to want to buy a Dyson vacuum cleaner...

[MotherNinja]

...when it costs 50 pound more than the one that's like it from Miele?

no, because they are that much better

I got one last year so no, not at all!

no you anbu at all i have had 3 in 6 years they are wicked

Don't do it!! YABU-Get a SEBO.

i lurrrrrve my miele, but haven't tried the dyson so can't say. but in my mind it's not unreasonable.

I have just swapped my crappy Dyson for a Miele Cat & Dog upright (they are equivalent models).

YABU.

Buy a Dyson and regret it.

lol @ tegan's "I've had 3 in 6 years". How can they be wicked if they've only lasted you 2 years on average?!

I thought exactly the same Sausagerocket!

My Sebo is 9yrs old now and never given me ANY trouble whatsoever-still pulls me round the house.

Bloody HATED my Dyson.

YANBU.They are great.

The women who owns the vacuum repair shop near me which sells all of them thinks they're no good. She said either buy an inexpensive hoover/zanussi for £60ish or buy a sebo-the only high end vacuum she'd buy.

a friend of mine swears by her sebo, she's had it for 13 years. and yes 3 in 6 years does not sound good to me either.
miele is great though.

LOVE my Dyson.
Had it (and 2 black dogs and a beige carpet) for 6 years.
It is FAB.

Dyson. Men think they are a gadget rather than a household appliance. They work ever so well on the carpets too. Dysons, that is. Not men.