 Amazing! strong and powerful! |
| Review Date: March 4, 2006 |
| Reviewer: K. M Merrill, Forest Grove, OR, USA |
Time to be upfront, I researched a new vac for four weeks. My sister and I put in new carpet, paint , appliances and fantastic Persian rugs in our seven year old house. I am a dog trainer and have threes shelties as house pets, two cats, one meduim furred and live with a mother that refuses to take her gardening shoes off in the house.( I like to be barefoot)
I fully expect any vac that lives with me to be dead in three to four years. This is a given, and oh, my sister had asthma and allergies, I run a full house vac 2 to 3 times a week.( I do keep the shelties groomed and trimmed and the cats too.)
I love a clean house. My house never smells.
I bought the dyson at the local store, so I could return if it was not the right thing.
Its the same size and weight as my old sharp vac, (ignore the weight complaints, this is what a real vac weighs).
The suction is stunning, anyone with a vac over three years old should not be surprised at how much stuff is in the carpet.
What was scary was watching a brand new Hamadan 150 count Persian rug lifted in the jaws of this beast and shook. Like it was a cheap thin rug. scary.
I worked for two hours and now know how to work this incredible beast, like driving a real car for the first time.( In my life I have owned 7 vacs, including a rainbow).
Heavy area rugs must be vacumed backward, from the top to the bottom nearest you, push 6 inches, pull 12 inches. Heavy area rugs must be done very slowly!!!! ( forget cheap thin rugs, this machine will eat them).
Directions for the wand extension are poor, took me an hour to figqure out how to get the extension back on command.
I love the length of the wand, I hate doing stairs and floor board. I de furred my sisters room, base boards, under the bed and all the crannies. The wand made it easy as and fast to do.
The only potential breakable part I see is the canister bottom, and sides,and hinge, it feels a bit fragile. (don't knock the tools in the garbage with the dirt.)
So it was a good buy, I paid $428 at the local fred meyer. I love the bagless, Love the wand extension, love the cleaning power, ( will be carefull not to destroy the rugs).
wish I could fiqure out how the belt is changed, that should not be a service call.
***** three months later its going strong, the interior filters are a bit clogged, so i can vacumn the area rug most of the time. great buy*****
**** one year later, still running strong! sister broke the bottom off the canister yesterday, she is small and got impatient and banged it on the tall garbage can! replacement is $$$40 from dyson. now you know, don't bang the bottom! bottom roller is apin to take out and clean, which I need to do a lot, with all the fur. (two of the shelties lost alot of fur this year) many compliments from my clients about how nice my house is, and " it never smells like dog or cat" now WHEN WILL DYSON MAKE A CARPET SCRUBBER?
the best life advice I got in my twenties was " BUY Good vacumns, and replace them when they break."
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Sucks rather than blows!! (I mean that in only the best possible way)
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| Review Date: July 19, 2005 |
| Reviewer: M. D. Lewis, Ravenstown, Maryland |
What a Godsend. After four years of a Hoover Windtunnel that just seemed to go into shutdown after the first month of use, I had doubts that another bagless vacuum was the way to go. This, however, is not just another bagless vacuum - this is the Mercedes-Benz, the iPod, heck - the Shaquille O'Neal of all vacuums.
We have a small pet whose fur constitutes a large problem. A typical run through the house with the old Hoover would only get its bagless chamber about half-full (or half-empty, depending). The first run through with the Dyson and all its attachments picked up THREE canisters worth of pet fuzz and other dirt.
This vacuum is also set apart by cleaning attachments that WORK. Don't fully trust the Consumer Reports issue that everyone in the market for a vacuum seems to have read at some point which puts the Dyson around 10th - the Dyson's pickup on floors is beyond compare, its attachments are both functional and useful (the telescopic reach to ceilings being a major plus) not to mention powerful, and our carpets have never looked cleaner. Yes, it's expensive, but it's worth every chuffing penny. At $400+ this is still a much better buy than the latest $300 Hoover Windtunnel model.
Once again, the British have more than proven their worth to civilisation-with-an-s. The Dyson landing upon our shores may not be as heralded as the Beatles arrival at JFK, but it may well prove to be the next-best British import of all-time. |
Effective and easy to use
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| Review Date: October 5, 2005 |
| Reviewer: G. Les Dawson, Phoenix, AZ |
I have two black dogs who seem to shed all year long and I live in Arizona. If your weather forecast never uses the term "dust storm" then don't talk to me about dust. I originally looked at the "animal" version of this machine, but a comparison of the two showed the only difference was the color and the animal having two otherwise optional attachments as standard equipment. I didn't need the low attachment and from experience with a comparable Hoover tool, the turbo brush is all but worthless so I decided to save $129 and went with this model.
I previously had a bagless Hoover Windtunnel, but quickly found it's not all that easy to empty the dirt container and it loses suction quickly. It uses a dual stage filtering system where larger objects like hair are caught by a screen then dirt and dust are captured by a paper(?) filter. The second filter gets so clogged with dust that I always had to remove it and beat the heck out of it on the edge of the trash can to get enough dust off to get any suction next time I cleaned. The Dyson is fantastic! Push the button, give it a shake or two and everything drops out easily.
I saw some reviewers on other models state the machine was heavy, didn't have a retractable cord, didn't have a headlight etc. This machine is lighter than my Hoover and I found it much easier to push around. It's also much quieter. I never saw an upright that had a retractable cord so all you ex-canister users, deal with it. I've never felt you had to spotlight dirt in order to vacuum it and I don't vacuum in the dark so the lack of a headlight didn't bother me. It's just different so people will have to get used to it. Some folks said it was hard to assemble and the instructions weren't very good. This is not rocket science. You only had to assemble like two things and they were pretty straight forward. I had it together in around 10 minutes.
The telescoping wand is nice for vacuuming up high like ceiling fans and around the edges of the ceiling, but removing the wand in order to put attachments directly on the hose for doing things like furniture , shelves, etc. is a bit of a pain as it's not very easy to do. I think I would have preferred a more standard attachable wand.
As for power, you can't beat it. Another reviewer stated he had to run over hair, threads, etc a couple of times. I didn't find that to be the case. While that was necessary for my old Hoover, the Dyson suctions everything up on the first pass. It always amazes me as to how much hair and dirt this thing pulls out of the carpet. As for throw rugs, most vacuums are pretty worthless on those. On the Dyson you need to turn off the rotary brush and stand on an edge of the rug to keep it from getting lifted totally off the floor.
If the vacuum holds up for the long term then it's definitely worth the money. It's got a two year warranty and I guess only time will tell, but so far at least I'm impressed with this machine. |
Had to have another Dyson!
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| Review Date: April 11, 2006 |
| Reviewer: GenXmom, San Jose, CA |
I already own a previous model, but I love these Dysons so much I had to get another one just for the upstairs. My husband and I recently bought a Full-Kit model DC14 at Costco, which is basically the same as the DC14 all floors upright except that it comes with a full kit and a slightly different color scheme.
This model is much improved over the previous DC7 we own. And we love its performance. With a minimum of maintenance and care, these vacuums seem to be quite hardy. We've had the previous model for three years. And its performance has not slowed down.
We have three indoor cats and live in a townhouse. Cleaning dander and cat hair has never been easier with a Dyson, and one of the best features is the telescoping hose for stairs and high walls and corners. Love it, love it, love it.
One of the common complaints I've heard from people is that Dysons cost too much. Gah. Quality goods cost money. We now have two Dysons and wouldn't think of owning any other brand of vacuum -- they were both worth the price, and if we ever have to replace one, we will buy another Dyson without hesitation. |
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