I know I haven't shared my love for all things Dyson in a while, basically i've been thinking that the Dyson wasn't all that, since while it was incredible in the beginning, lately it hasn't been doing that great of a job. The wand was nolonger the powerful hose that could suck a cobweb off the sealing from 5 feet away! I just wasn't sure why - and figured that with age it would just not be as powerful.

Cut to this morning - Jack and Megan and Oso are out getting bagels and i'm using the time to vacuum. I get to the kitchen and just can't get the wand to suck up a coffee bean - which use to be an easy suck. I turn it off and start taking it apart.

In the tube at the base of the wand where it bends and enters the vacuum proper if found a ball point pen, a water bottle cap, 2 small farm animal toys, a wad of dog hair, and who knows what else. I removed the big pieces, put the vacuum back together turned it on and whooosh the hair and stuff got sucked right through. I opened it all back up again and sure enough the hose was clear.

So the pen I remember vacuuming like 2 months ago. I looked for it in the tube proper but the vacuum was till sucking at the time so I figured I didn't actually vacuum the pen but instead had imagined it!

I spent some time cleaning the brush which like all good roller brushes was covered with hair and string, and then I put the vacuum back together, retraced my steps and well i'm back in love with my Dyson. The amount of stuff it sucked up was amazing.

Lesson learned - when you see a pen get sucked into a vacuum don't assume your seeing things, when you vacuum doesn't seem to be sucking as well as it had, don't assume its just getting older.

File this one under stupid Lori Tricks...