Okay, I remember paying $12 for this hose which is 1/3 the price on the Dyson website. Good quality hose - identical to the original as far as I can tell. The bottom mount required a wiggle to install, but it's ok. This is a quality hose. However, as other users have pointed out, the top mount is a nightmare. If your process is the same as mine, you've already glued the original hose before replacing this one. As a result I had adhesive residue on the stock shaft which I cleaned off with…