We have two Dysons – and upright and a little 'un – they're both quite old. Bits have fallen off the smaller of the two, but Dyson have always replaced them without quibble. I will say the larger of the two is too big and noisy for my liking, and as I live in a tall spindly house, it's a bit of a pain (I was swayed by SPECIAL OFFER), but the little one (DC05, but I'm not going to the cupboard to check) is fine.
That said, I only hoover when there is cat- or wife-created destruction to clear, the cleaner does the weekly vacuum. She insists on using her own Henry. It does an OK job (otherwise I'd fire her, of course), but isn't a patch on the Dysons, what with the wife and cats shedding hair and fur everywhere. I generally, when my wife isn't looking, use the Dyson directly on the cats.
I think general opinion has it that Miele are the best. To be honest, I've found anything German to be effectively unbeatable (Miele, Bosch, Siemens - welcome to my kitchen). On the basis of their invincible appliances, how the Germans fucked up two world wars is beyond me.
