So, the last time we cleaned our Dyson hit spectacular levels of unsuckage. Despite new filters it wasn’t really doing its stuff. Indeed, in all honesty it hasn’t really been terribly effective for a long time. I spent a while dinking on the internet searching for servicing info, in the process realising that it has likely passed its 20th birthday*, but pretty much everything said ‘change the filters, check for obstructions and ‘ta-da’.
I did. I checked. And yes, as usual the soleplate was full of crap, but that doesn’t explain the piddly level of suction from the hose. Eventually I found an old post describing how to strip the cyclone.
You’re actually meant** to cut away the glue-seal around some valves and lever the plastic apart. I started, but the ABS casing just started to disintegrate, so instead I spent some time wiggling and jiggling and using heat and managed to just get the cyclone bit off the bottom – leaving part of it inside the casing which will, no doubt, be hilariously entertaining to get back on.
Still, replacements for them are around a tenner. Of course, if I break it reassembling I won’t know if it works any better, at which point, is it worth the bother of getting a new one? Feh.
Anyhow, it’s sat drying out, hopefully it’ll be reassembleable. And maybe it’ll actually suck, in the good way.
I’ve also been having a play with the new lenses I bought. I’d been looking at getting an olloclip type affair for the phone, but since I’d rather replace the iPhone as soon as I get the chance than continue using it forever more, I’m trying to avoid anything that’s totally tied to it. Which includes the olloclip. However, on ebay there are the delights of cheap-magnetic lens knock-offs. So I ordered a few of them, a tripod mount, and sat back. Not all of ’em are here yet, but the wide angle / macro and the fisheye arrived; and they’re… well, about what I expected really :)
You’ll have to excuse the fact they were all shot in very low light, and you can’t use the flash with them because they obscure it.
Fisheye:
Wide-Angle:
Macro:
I don’t know what I was expecting, but the quality’s about what I’d hoped for, so go e-bay knockoffs.
In other, other news, we’ve been referred to the baby-making clinic that we’re hoping will be a better experience than the other baby-making clinic.
* And virtually all the spares are discontinued. We’re going to have trouble if any bits break. Though if this has fixed the naff-all suction issue I might fork out the £4 for a second hand filter cover.
** For quite limited values of meant
