I haven’t cleaned my Dyson V7 since I bought it over 3 years ago! I will definitely be cleaning it out when I get a chance now

Very good instruction for maintaining a clean Dyson cordless vacuum. I just cleaned my V7 Motorhead for the first time and found it a bit more challenging than cleaning my older V6 Animal. There is one area in the brush/ roller bar part that you did not cover and where I found A LOT of debris after using it for only one month so far. After I removed the brush bar and protective plastic piece using the coins to unscrew and remove those, I cleaned up and around the permanent rod piece, trying to wipe the clear plastic as clean as I could ......then I noticed a lot of dust and gunk at the very point where the cylinder rod thingy attaches.....there are a bunch of little gear-like notches that had collected quite a bit of debris and I had to use a dry toothbrush to really get in there and free it from al that stuff. I think this is an important place to clean and I am going to call Dyson on Monday to discuss it with them. In my older V6 Animal, with the old style brush, so much gunk built up in a similar place that eventually the brush stopped working and I had to either replace it at a cost of about $100 or upgrade, which is what I chose to do. The new method of emptying the bin is so much improved and worth upgrading for me. Let me know what you think of this suggestion? Thanx!

I am watching this and I don’t even have a dyson 🤷🏻‍♂️

Thank you for your helpful video. I have this particular cordless vacuume as well as an upright Dyson vacuume. I love my Dyson's.

thank you soo sooo sooo much for this video. My issue was the filter and I would have spent time and money getting a repair person if if weren't for this and other videos to help me troubleshoot. KZfaq is AMAZING. thanks agin

I have this vacuum and your step by step video is excellent.

Very useful video, thank you. And nice gentle voice to go along.

It is 10x easier to shove/push the hair off the roller than to try and cut every strand in half. With the roller removed, starting at the end with the slot, you can push off hair, all at one time, very cleanly. That's the only way I remove hair and it works perfectly every time. Takes about 3 seconds.

Great info!! I was trying to remove the back cap were the filter was supposed to go, but you said the v7 don’t have one … so, great info !! Thanks

Great instructions. The coin he used is a Canadian $2.00 coin. We call it a "Toonie" (pronounced "two-knee" :) ) it is a double mate for a $1.00 Coin we affectionately called a "Loonie". Visit Canada and collect all two of them. :)

Thank you so much! You helped me get past an easy manuever that I made so difficult. You're a lifesaver! 😃😃😃

50 cent piece works great for the first thing you show

Best motor head video I found, thanks!

Not sure of any safety issues, but we like to wrap our washable filter with a dryer sheet for the nice smell.

Thank you. I'm hoping our V7 Motorhead will stop pulsating now that I've cleaned it as per your advice.

Thank you I needed to see this! I was afraid to take it apart!!

I used my shop vac outside, worked amazingly when using the blowout option. Strange when you use one vacuum to clean the other. :)

Absolute piece of!!! Never worked when I needed it and I spent more time online or in the manual "Such as today" than using the product/tool. Constantly trying to figure out why it wouldn't work Vs using it. Thank you for your video but Msg to Dyson...We shouldn't require an Engineering or Design degree to use a consumer product!!!

Yes I need to do this asap! Great instructions. Thanks

someone vacuumed up wet coffee grounds and now my dyson 7 smells like nasty burnt coffee. Your video was very helpful in cleaning it out. I've washed the filter but it still smells like burnt coffee. I don't think replacing the filter with a new one will be enough because the smell is inside the canister and even coming out of the vent from the motor. Do you have any suggestions on how to get rid of the smell.

Mine sucked up wet kitty litter so now I'm taking the entire thing apart to scrub it. Thank you for this video!

I just bought one of these for 3 bucks at the thrift store and it works perfectly but it needs a good cleaning.

Tip : to clean the Motörhead’s clear plastic put a wet wipe in and spin the brush up . Make sure the heads on a flat surface so the wipe isn’t spat out . Repeat a few times and it will be 99% clean 👍🏼

Very methodical and well put together. The devil is always in the details and you did a great job covering 'em all! Thank you.

Nice video :) thank you! I have however problems putting together the cleaning head again. I hope I can find it out. I am sure there is a trick, I just hadn’t figured it out yet. The same is with the bin. It was easier to put it apart than to put it together. Very helpful video but would have been nice to see as well, how to put the machine together again.

Showing how to put some of that stuff back together would've been nice! Thanks for the video

Very useful video, thank you.

Thanks this video is awesome and so helpful!!

I use a seam ripper from my sewing kit to rip out the hair and gunk build up. They work amazingly but are sharp.

Clear and helpful! Thank you!

Excellent instructions!

Exactly what I needed thanks!!

That's a Canadian $2.00 coin referred to as a "Two-nie". Our $1.00 coin is called a "Loonie" because there is a pic of a Loon on one side. Glad we can help a neighbour!..lol

I was wondering if the IS a way to get the back off so that you can clean to post-filter - it's there alright, you can see the foam rubber. So dust must be building up...

Great tutorial. At 2:27 you twist the rod that the roller sits on. I am unable to do that to my V7, it is stuck. Any idea what may be causing it and if so how to fix it. Thanks.

Amazing video , very clear .

Thanks for that, the two plastic parts that need to be unscrewed are really prone to damage.

My wife loves this vacuum we have a small condo so its very nice!

“Canadian Dollar” 😂 That’s a Toonie!

Thanks a lot. Its very helpful for me!

Once a week I take the leaf blower and blow through the place where the filter goes but not have the filter in there and blow a lot of the dust out that way outside

When I slide the purple part back into the clear after disassembly it's really stiff and needs forcing to lift it again

How do you put the head back together? My dust container won't slot back into place.

My dyson v7 motorhead is very loud and squealing noise when hovering tile floors , have cleaned it but still squealing any help appreciated

My V7 motorhead does have a filter that can be twisted off at back of motor..please add to your demo

It's a Canadian Two Dollar Coin - A "Twoonie"

Mine smells like mildew, how do I clean the metal drum that the purple filter drops into. Looks like there is no way to open that up??

Cheers! wasn't sure about one of the clips! :)

There are no instructions for refitting the “protective bar.” For some reason, having removed the bar, it doesn’t seem to want to go back in properly, even with various adjustments to the screw clip. Suggestions for what I’m doing wrong? I don’t want to break it.

Thanks for a really clear and easy to follow instructions. And yes a British pound coin works perfectly!

I’ve cleaned the filter looked for blockages and purchased a new battery. The only thing I haven’t done is to take the part off that holds the filter. Has anyone done that? It’s not working

Thanks again!

Thank you!!!

You do realise you don’t need a count to twist that if you push it in and twist to unlock it unlocks that way says denting or scratching the plastic, mine undoes so easy just push down and turn to unlock and comes undone

My Dyson V7 motor-head does NOT have the mechanism at time 6:11, that you lift! I don't know how to get it apart. Help.

Sal. If someone put a filter back in while still damp, would that ruin the motor? Motor won’t work after others used it. I think that possibly happened. Or someone thought the V7 vacuums up wet spots. My motor won’t turn on and I’ve had the battery replaced. Any ideas? Thanks man.

Greetings from Winnipeg

I have a different style motor head nothing on either side to turn. looks like a very small round screen

Lol, you can take the filter off the filter housing. Use a flat head on the three slits. Then you can actually wring it out.

Thanks!

Thank you so much. An Australian 10c coin works well, also :-)

LOL "This Canadian dollar" * holds up a toonie *

Looks like someone must have a furry friend around the house.

+Unsharpen l used a 18v power sweeper to force out the dust in the capture barrel, shove the air down every orifice including removing the elongated filter an forcing air down there as well, Great way to clean .... people you have the power in your Power Sweeper use it PS make sure you do it outside the house or you will have lot of cleaning up inside :o)

Maybe help putting it back together afterwards ...

I have trouble openning the small socket with a coin. Any other ways to open it easier? Like I can't pass that "Lock" mark.

man mines pulsing, i bought a battery still didnt fix the pulsing, i think it has got to do something with the filter part (not that purple thing, im talking about the compartment that purple filter fits in)..i want to open that compartment and deep clean it

Please disregard my previous comment. I got it. Thanks for an excellent how-to video

What is the purpose of that dumb clear interior piece of clear plastic? It looks like it would work way better just breaking it off.

how do you remove the motor piece, the plastic side is quite dirty on the inside on mine but i cant reach it

Ugh that plastic thing in the head annoys the bajesus out of me. I thought ours was busted and it was in the way of the actual throat of the vaccum. Just about everytime my wife goes to vacuum it gets clogged between the plastic screen and the throat of the vacuum and we need to take the head apart just to clean out the blockage to be able to use it again. Its a terrible design for the head imho...

Toonie! Oh how I miss Canada

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It’s a Toonie ($2) not a Canadian dollar!

That's a two dollar 'Toonie' coin, which has a polar bear on it, not the one dollar 'Loonie' coin, which has a loon on it. ☺

I always tend to accidentally hold the power on trigger when i clean the motor head. How do i hold it correctly ?

You don't know how the cyclone actually works do you? "Legos in the ductwork next to the motorhead?" or in reference to the top of cyclone head: "The filter doesn't really let dirt get in here." First, a lego could never begin to make it back there unless you liquified it first. Second, the cyclones easily become covered in fine dust before making it to the washable filter - dirt goes up the vacuum tube, into dust bin, passes through mesh filter which filters out larger size debris, then travels up the cyclone tubes, then down through center of filter cylinder from the top, through the washable filter sides, then back up through the duct to the motorhead, aka: lego lair. So yes, there can be quite a bit of nastiness built-up inside the cyclone tubes. The design would be much better if this were easily accessible for cleaning. For now compressed air & oversized pipe cleaners seems like the best approach.

I rinsed my bin with the metal contacts oh no ?

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"plastic that you don't want to get too wet" =)))) 'Murican?

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That’s a toonie 💁🏼‍♀️

can you wash the rear filter?