I paid £75 for a £400 dyson hairdryer on eBay | how bad can it be? 

I think i'll go back to melting plastic after this.

So Dyson makes things that either suck or blow, got it.

Good attempt steve 👍. I repair these and the cord repair takes me around 20 mins to do. They ALWAYS go exactly where you cut it off. The trick for these is to remove the platic/rubber switch cover, take the 2 small o rings from said cover, and remove the 3 torx screws on tge opposite side, that way you dan remove the half of the handle to get into the wires and access the motor. You can get to the white strain relief by pulling out the old wires and you will see the metal part of the strain relief which you saw when you cut it open. I just use a soldering iron to get to the end of it then pull it out with a pair of grips. It will come out in one piece, throw that away then just feed your live and neutral through the 2 small holes where the original ones were, (the spade connectors to use are 3.5mm female crimps) and i apply some strong glue to hold it in place. Replace everything back and job done, I've done around 50ish of these and its 2nd nature to me now. The one thing we do have in common repairing the Dyson is the tweezers down the fingernail......smarts a little bit. Just a note on replacing the buttons, i always use the B7000 glue to fix them back on, a lot easier to remove if you have to get into it again rather than super glue.

You didn't say "stupid hairdryer", now I'm sad

I worked on a Dyson vacuum cleaner recently. I fully go along with 'Not wanting to work on Dyson stuff' ever again. :)

Dyson certainly know how to over inflate their product prices. I recently had to replace a switch on a Dyson v11 as the switch mechanism has a design flaw and breaks over the years, it was a real pain to replace but the new non Dyson switch hopefully has improved strength

Now that the white bit is gone, I would just fill the bottom of the handle where it was with silicone caulking. Once it hardens it will almost be like new. Love the videos!

Dysons are over-engineered, they work well...but once they fail they want you to just buy a new one. Taking them apart is a nightmare, you'll find that with a lot of newer tech. It's part of the "throw-away society" we became accustomed to.

little tip there, steve - @ 5:04, just before you squewered yourself with the tweezers attempting to pull apart those spade terminals.. use a small pick to push the release pin point in the mid of the spade - this is where it locks with the corresponding spade.. should just easily release then.. cable ties either side of the strain relief point is a good repair job / option for this.. can even put a dot of supgerlue under the tie if you really dont want it to move

I just love you fishing for anything. Pure awesomeness!

A wonderful vid after a stressful day. Thanks mate

Well done Steve, although if you google replacement Dyson hair dryer cord they are about a tenner and come with the integrated strain relief are available for some models... I assume they are 3rd party as I can’t see Dyson offering these unless he has had a Jacob Marley moment recently. Keep up the great work 😀👍

Time for a 3D Printer ;)

The guest appearance of Dusty in the end was epic! XD Like my room in some corners. XD

My bottom was twitching watching you hold the strain relief with a Dremel 😂 thank god for vices

For a horrible moment, I thought you were going to cut through the plastic while you were holding it. Much relief was had once I saw the vice come out 😅

12:26 The dust! 😆

With the way my wife winds her appliance cables, I'm not surprised they fail at the grommet. But heaven forbid I tell her the right way to wind cables 😅

Ooooh Sir James is gonna be pissed at you! Expect the goons at the door very shortly 😅

Dyson definetly goes out of their way to make their devices as unfixable as possible. Basically the apple of rubbish overpriced fans.

Maybe we need a "days without blood" tally alongside our melted plastic

so glad iv found your second channel

I bought one of them for a fiver off a lad who slept rough behind Currys and used to raid their bins. It had been returned to the store as faulty but worked perfectly.

I LOvE your WORK! Greetz from Germany

Your videos are oddly satisfying 😄

I worked on a similar problem in the past. Not exact. I also had a part grommet collar that was half gone but still sturdy. I used a silica cavity solution similar to when putting cables through walls to block drafts. I used a small injection, and it expanded into the gap. Not brilliant either but it gripped better than it did lol

Cool Project, love these type of work, hope i find something simular to work on

can't wait for part 2 of this !

Nice fix Steve, maybe remove the sleeving to go through the clamp ?

Ooh! One I could have diagnosed and fixed myself. I've had a few devices with this problem, from leaf blowers to hair straighteners. Nice.

Please be careful of Dave. We would be lost without him.

Them Buttons Went The The 4th Dimension When You Popped Them off, Good Find Mate!

Here is what i did with similar strain reliever: I cutted wires leaving couple of centimeters on them, pulled all the copper out and drilled the holes a bit bigger following old holes best i could. Then i just routed new wire in with some glue. Quite easy to reuse, even easier if done without glue and just tieing knots to the wires.

As someone with long hair, these are actually really incredible hair dryers. I think I picked mine up for like 250 quid used with all the attachments and its one of the best things I ever bought. The flow is just so smooth and powerful and the temp control is stellar. I don't think i'd pay new price for it, but for a good deal its killer.

4:54 Need a “Days since last blood drawn” counter to go next to the melted plastic one?

Your hair looks great

Nice video, as always Steve! Can I ask, where do you get your music from?

Hey. I see you are using wera drivers and I am thinking of getting those as well over an ifit kit. Just because wera means I could enlarge and grow the collection of bits and drivers over time as the needs change. what would be a good set to start with?

7:45 did he just tell me to…..😂 🤣 😂.

This is a cheeky vid out of the Blue!!

The metal piece you removed from the cord was actually a "hognose" clamp they used to clamp on the cord to keep it from pulling out. Lots of equipment uses such metal clamps for that very reason... And yes, you forgot to say; "Stupid Drier"... We all need that phrase to fill a gap in our lives... lol

Just subscribed. Love a good fix.

Well done Steve, I'd have thrown it across the room lol.

Hi Steve I would have used a couple of cable ties around the flex on the inside some how. 😋

I felt a pit in my stomach as those tweezers slipped at 4:45. It's been a while since that has happened while watching a video...

Stez I did exactly the same with a pair of needle nose the other day and sent one of them into the end of my left thumb and it bleed like a stuck pig for ages and is still a bit painful to touch a week on.

Love to know Steve, what do you do with all of these Gizmo's once you have repaired them? Are you allowed to sell them on?

I to have felt the sharp pointed end of stupidity... many times 🤣

When products are at a pricepoint suggests they're more durable and overengineered you'd kind of expect easy access to replacement parts and good repairability but it's so often the opposite.

Good result. I think that strain relief will hold.

I love your videos. I too have spilled my blood over countless repairs. How do you always remember to put heatshrink tubes first before soldering? I can´t seem to get it, and have to unsolder everything again -.-"

Ah, best Chinese wiring practice I see - live to black. Big Clive will love you. :)

I’ve had the exact fault on the mrs’ dyson. Just shortened the lead a few inches. I can’t remember what I did about that white block. Might have just soldered it back together after it…

Nice Thursday evening surprise from my fav youtuber!

More Dyson products please. The air wraps are rubbish so should be plenty online lol

I felt your pain Steve when you cut yourself under the nail, hope it heals well

Returned mine after just 3 months. I never used it on highest heat or speed. Cleaned filter etc. Was cutting out every other time and final time it would not turn back on. It was good when it worked but just not worth the inconvenience and being unreliable for £330. Did not risk a replacement Dyson, got refund and bought different make. Id read on forums that alot of the hairdryers had same issue as mine but after 2 or 3 years, when warranty expires etc. Like alot of electrical goods now, seems like they set it to have a limited life so the consumer can 'expect' to keep replacing every 2, 5 or 10 years etc.

£400. wow thats some premium hot air from Dyson.

I took my old Dyson hoover apart. For hoovers that never supposed to lose suction mine only sucked in the proverbial sense after a few years. It was the biggest pain in the arse to work on and I never did manage to get it working any better. I never want to touch another Dyson product again.

Oddly this video is not listed on your Videos page but it did appear on my recommended videos list.

hehe, broken wire, dyson vacuums, especially the earlier ones like dc01 and dc05 were notorious for the wire breaking in the cable where it exited the casing , i've repaired many...

I always drill a hole through the cable restraint and fill with hot melt glue or epoxy glue to support

I find Zip ties make a good strain relief and somehow can be made to fit most spaces

What a coincidence, my mum's one of these had the same issue a month ago. I thought 'Oh, perfect, I'll film this repair, another video to add to my backlog'. As I sat down after setting up, screwdriver in hand, frown on my eyebrows, my mum halted everything. "Dyson are going to replace it free of charge, so please don't open it." Stupid warranties and lifetime guarantees.

guess how many times i've done that with a pick tool over the last 20 years :) get yourself a set of Engineer brand crimpers for purdy crimps.

Did you try and get a replacement lead from Dyson? not sure if they sell spares but i would have thought so, Another thing to try for replacing the strain relief would be to use some milliput (ebay is your friend), that is a 2 part epoxy putty and dries rock hard overnight, just add some where the white strain relief used to be and just close the case around it, super glueing the buttons on might be an issue if you try and remove them again.

This si the first time ove ever seen a cable soldered onto a spade connector. Definitely a different take on connecting wires together. 👍

vacuum wizard online shop has the replacement cord right up to the spade connectors through the strain relief for £20

Would it have been possible to drill the wires out of the white plastic thing and just thread new ones through and then butcher it with knots and glue?

I am not sure about this, but my electrician-professional friends have told me that with high-voltage, i.e. "wall-power" cabling should never be soldered. The reason is that solder might de-solidify (please use that, at somepoint: DE-SOLID, instead of SOLID, just for fun!) if something faults. And thus, might cause a short-circuit, which might cause a fire hazard. Prove them wrong?

there's looks to be lots of room in the 'cage' bit in the handle to fit a cable tie as strain relief.

I would have stripped both end of the spade connectors, and recrimped using what I had on hand... Or braided / soldered the wires instead of soldering to the spade... But good job on fixing that overexpensive blower...

I have a hunch he repaired this for someone he cares about ;) one of the scenes you hear a door closing and it clearly wasn't Steve

what about using miliput for the strain releif?

Try using a zip tie on the cord inside of the dryer to hold it from slipping through. Just a thought

NO HOLY HANDGRENADES! And has voiceover Steve been given the boot? Dyson it appears to be built well but not to be taken apart easily 😅

Not sure why you soldered to the spades, would it not have been easier to strip the wire back and then go wire to wire? Also if you had drilled out the centre of the white plastic part you could have threaded the wire through and secured with a cable tie to hold it in place. Loving your channels

Have you ever watched the show Halt and catch fire? It is a fantastic series. I would recommend it to everyone. I can't help but to think about that show every time I see you soldering now. Hint: increase your ventilation.

Love every single one of your videos but on this one my OCD brain was yelling for the black heat shrink to go on the black wire. My logical brain knows it doesn't matter. Still love the video though. 😁

What you could have done for the cord strain release is poured in some hot melt glue to form the shape of the old one.

Do you sell the stuff you fix on EBay or similar? (Obviously not the stupid games as they are keepers of course but other stuff like this ..)

Dyson.... Lets make it really expensive so people think it must be really good. Always works hehe

Easy fix !!

It's like my old tele that wouldn't work until i unplugged and plugged it back in again, but even then sometimes it wouldn't work as the wiring was so messed up, as it was ex display, but it at least it was cheap for a hd television!

The cable, incuding strain relief, is available as a spare part.

Sorry Steve, I laughed when you did your thumb. I didn’t mean to, it just came out 😂

Thanks for the videos Steve 😉

11:17 thats what she said 🤣😜 sorry not sorry lol good video as always

My main surprise is that they don't use a connector similar to what you would find in, for example, GHD Hair Straighteners; which allow 360 degree movement between the flex and the straighteners.

On the plus side, with those things being sold they much new, you can probably resell it for 100% profit.

£399 for a hairdryer 😭

£75 is an obscene amount to pay for a hairdryer, how Dyson can possibly justify £400 I cannot comprehend. Amazon currently have very similar looking (and probably crap) ones at 30 quid, and that's more than I would want to pay! At my age, I have little requirement for any kind of hairdryer. Dyson and Apple - two of a kind for overpricing.

Vince had one of these I think with same issue

you can get a replacement cord assembly for about £10, probably a good idea if you are going to re-sell it; otherwise great repair.

It looks like they sell the whole cable assemble including strain relief section, around £12.50 on ebay.

We've got a Dyson cordless vacuum cleaner. It was alright for the first month or two. A couple of years on I'm still waiting for it to die - and sort of hoping it will so I can move on with my life.

You massacred that poor thing 😂

Nice!

You probably shouldn't use so much solder inside the high watt circuit such as a hairdryer for the same reason you shouldn't solder wires in the walls of your house; the heat from such wires load is likely to melt the solder and cause a problem... A big problem (like fire). For what it's worth I think you should have tried to reuse the old spade pieces.

Has this been reuploaded? Couldnt find the Video for a while