Dyson V15 now

After year and a half of using the Dyson Detect V15 with Optic/Fluffy head, how has it been?

Generally, I've been quite happy with it. It does require some more consideration and care than the old vacuum cleaners. It's not built like a tank at all, but so far I've not broken anything.

It was quite clear I'd mostly use the ECO mode, as the battery lasts longer and all normal dirt and hair can be removed with it. AUTO can be useful when using the other nozzles for sofas and things like that. BOOST, like I initially observed, depletes the battery in a matter of minutes.

Emptying the dust "bag" should not be left for the last moment. The emptying should be performed with the Dyson mostly inside a trash bag, so the fine grained dirt doesn't float around.

More often than not, it's not enough to kick out the contents, the entire container usually needs to be removed. But I guess more often it's done, the less hassle it is. Laziness prevails and I find myself emptying an overfilled container.

Removing the filter is just a twist away.

There are a couple of warning messages that come up after prolonged use.

The "before" pictures would have been too horrible to bear, so I only added "after" pictures.

Clean filter: Gently screw out the violet back end with hand, knock out visible dirt and particles, wash the cloth part under tap water, let dry for about 24-30 hours.

Weirdly enough, I did not need to do this until after a year of use, but then I had to do it again after a couple of months. Hmm...

Airflow blocked: More mysterious, but can generally mean the dust and hair has built up to the inner intake hole. One symptom is that even if the Dyson seems to take in particles, when I stop pulling the trigger they fall down the tube again. Just clear everything inside.

The roller dirt and hair build-up does not produce an error message, although it's bound to happen. I guess it would have been wise to do once a month or so, but I didn't do it for nearly one and a half years! I think Dyson could have added some kind of hour count and a reset button.

Locations where the hair easily accumulates.

It's far more easy to open than I thought. There's a sort of lever at the side and the part comes off without any use of force. 

The axle outside the roller had collected so much hair it was rather tricky to remove. I used scissors and a sharp paper knife, digging and cutting into the furry torus. I don't have much confidence in the strength of the part, so I tried to be careful.

The furry striped bar can be pulled out. Any visible hair and dirt is removed, then the furry part can be washed under the tap, taking care not to wash the connector part. I used Q-tips to clean that end. Again, wait until next day before re-assembling.

Only after cleaning the roller I saw how slow it had been before, because now it's quite nippy again. Ideally, the yellow-black stripes shouldn't be visible, but lost under a zoetropic blur. 

A vacuum cleaner is perhaps not the most ecological way to kill banana flies. But I was happy to see Dyson with the short nozzle is good for this task. The BOOST mode positively disintegrates them and they end up dead, not sure exactly why. With the less aggressive modes, not all flies end up inside. Those that do mostly remain alive. They won't get out, though. A house fly is not so easily fooled.