Dyson is in love with plastic. They can make a great product but they don鈥檛 seem to do much but use the exact same plastic for all parts of the unit. This is sufficient for many external parts but it鈥檚 terrible on hose/wand connections because it鈥檚 too flexible. Here again, with this part I am reviewing, they over engineer the design but under engineer the materials (ironically it means they under-engineer for profits). If Dysons weren鈥檛 so famous for breaking parts like this there wouldn鈥檛 be a cottage industry of third party replacements.
Anyhow this replacement part works perfectly. It seems well designed and should last a lot longer than the original. Hopefully this review helps someone to know it will work for your V15