Dyson Vacuum Cleaners
 

My vacuum cleaner went out yesterday and was thinking about buying a Dyson. Any thoughts on them? Thanks.

Dyson Sucks. Really well. I have the first generation and we love ours. We have two dogs and the canister fills up everytime we vacuum (once a week).

Consumer reports did not rate them that high


CR Quick Recommendations Upright vacuum cleaners


Nearly all full-sized uprights cleaned bare floors quickly and neatly, but carpets remain the toughest challenge for most machines. Top-scoring models deep-cleaned impressively while providing strong airflow through the hose for use with tools.

Most full-sized uprights weigh about 20 pounds. The highest-scoring lightweight upright was the 9-pound Riccar SupraLite RSL3, but it has no tools and was noisy enough that we recommend you wear ear protection to prevent hearing loss. Another noisy upright for which you'll need ear plugs or muffs is the Dirt Devil Vision Self-Propelled M087900. Pay particular attention to our noise ratings if you have bare floors, which echo sound.

Our tests found one model, the Hoover Fusion U5180-900, that leaked dust or broke consistently enough to be judged Not Recommended. The Eureka Optima 431A released enough dust while vacuuming with tools to be judged Not Recommended.

The Ratings rank uprights by overall performance. See Quick Picks for models that combine performance and value.



Quick Picks

Best uprights for most tasks:

• Electrolux Oxygen3 EL5035A , $400
• Eureka Boss Smart Vac Ultra 4870 , $150, CR Best Buy
• Kenmore (Sears) Progressive with Direct Drive 35922 , $300, CR Best Buy


The Kenmore (Sears) Progressive with Direct Drive 35922 excels at cleaning carpets and bare floors, and vacuuming using tools. The Electrolux Oxygen3 EL5035A offers more features, but is a notch lower for bare floors and tools suction and costs more. Both models are excellent when it comes to emissions. The Eureka Boss Smart Vac Ultra 4870 trades some through-the-hose suction for a much lower price. But its carpet and bare floors cleaning are excellent.
If light weight and low cost are worth a few trade-offs:

• Hoover Tempo Widepath U5140-900 , $60
• Bissell PowerForce 3522-6 , $40


The 16-pound Hoover Tempo Widepath U5140-900 is among the best at cleaning carpets, a plus because you cannot switch off the brush. If you have more bare floors than carpet, seldom use the included tools, and need a low-emissions model, you may prefer the 18-pound, bagless Hoover EmPower U5262-910, which was otherwise judged similarly. For a quieter vacuum, the 14-pound Bissell PowerForce 3522-6 scored very good or better for carpets and bare floors, but is pretty basic.

my sister went out and bought one two months ago. i told her she was wack to go buy a 500$ vacuum cleaner. she LOVES it. her husband LOVES it. i havent tried it out yet, but from what i hear, its the best.

CR is out of whack sometimes. They had a bag vacuum (non-bagless) as their highest rated at one time. As a pet owner, the cost of buying bags would be enormous! Different strokes for different folks I guess.

we got one as well.. works well...

not as quiet as the high end miele, oreck, etc... but works very well

I bought a Kirby about 5 years back - big money ($1300) - I hate the thing - sure, it sucks good, but it weighs about 150 pounds, it broke twice. I guess I was the sucker on this one... Anyone want to buy a 5 year old Kirby - real cheap?

The Dyson Animal is nothing short of amazing. It will make you sick to see how much dirt was left behind from your other vacs. Try it and take it back if you don't find it superb.

Btw, Consumer Reports does not influence anything I buy.

I bought a refurb. dyson from ebay, and it sucks well and didn't cost $500

my parents have the dyson pet version and are absolutely
amazed by it. i've been trying to "borrow" it, but they won't
let it out of their sight.

Got mine with Amex points via a Home Depot gift card. I was so impressed I took a picture. This was the first use and just after vacuuming with an Oreck. This house is 3 years old, no kids, one cat, vacuumed regularly. Disgusting, huh?

We have a yellow lab and a Dyson. Awesome vacuum cleaner and ours is very quiet.

A bag machine provides the same or more suction.

The bag catches most of the dust and is easier to throw out.

Nothing in CR test show that the Dyson has more suction than the rest.
I fact it shows it has less!

The Dyson's suck....like a porn star.
I liked it so much I bought my mom one...and she did porn

The operative word here is MOST. That leaves the rest for the human race to suck up. :rofl: CR test?? Come on perfection dosen't end at their doorstep. They are human like the rest of us meaning that their testing isn't perfect either.

I have a Dyson DC15 vac and it is awesome. The best part about it was we got it free since a buddy of mine used to work for dyson and I was part of their trial group when they were prototyping it out.

Just Get A Dyson Period!

Dyson here too. It is great. I think it sucks very well and is easy to maintain but just as important, it moves very easily. I got mine at Home Depot when they were closing them out for $280. :D That was about a year
ago.

I had a Eureka cannister style upright and it broke but before that it wasn't worth a darn.

Dyson fan here. Had one in the UK for several years, sold it cheap when we moved back (240 volt, didn't want to carry a transformer around the house). Worked very well.

Couldn't buy one in Canada, it wasn't distributed here. When they were introduced in the US 18 months ago we picked one up in Oregon (no sales tax) on the way back from San Francisco. Brought it home in the trunk of the Z4 along with a week's luggage.

Haven't used the built-in vacuum since we got it home, and it is a 6500 sq ft house. Wouldn't be without a Dyson.

I got myself an upright Kärcher here in Germany. Simple and efective. I'm considering to use as a wind tunel. Even my wife is impressed and that is nnot easy to achieve.
Voytek

Thank you for all your replies.. I will try one out and report back.

h'mm but the biggest point of a dyson (or any other bagless cleaner)

is this any pet owners will know where I am coming from

A Dyson when switched on and used does not give you that god awful "pet" smell.

where as the hoover with bags in them do.

That is why I like my dyson

but to be truthful I don't have any rooms in both my houses that have carpets we are "all wood" of "tile" so it only gets used for the rugs.:thumbup:

Had one, LOVED it! Would certainly buy one again if I had the funds.

The best vac I've ever used, period.

Get a Dyson, they're the bestest.

/thread :)

We left the traditional vacuums several years ago, when we built our current house. We have the built-in, whole house type. It is really nice to have the majority of the noise, and any possible dust escape, in the garage! We just have a couple dust-busters around for little things.

I agree central vacuums are the best. :thumbup:

I had a Dyson for a couple of years and it proved reliable. However, I really disliked choking on dust every time I emptied it. Consequently I will always go for a cleaner with a bag now. I currently have a Miele 'Cat and Dog' which performs very well on floors and stairs, and is light weight too.

Our original Dyson (twin tank, low profile) had that issue. Our latest model has a remote release for the bottom flap, and so we no longer get any dust released when we empty it.

Glad it works for you. We had several new houses with it roughed in, and never bought the unit, but in our latest house the builder had installed all of it. It has the powered head, but it still doesn't pick up anything compared to a good upright. The only thing we use it for is the automatic dustpan in the kitchen when we sweep the hardwood floors. The rest of it hasn't been touched in over a year. I wouldn't put one in again.

My guess is that the power head is lacking and might need upgrade.

Does the brush use a seperate motor?

The power head isn't lacking. The head is lacking power. It is working as designed, it just isn't powerful enough. Yes, it has a separate electric motor, for use on carpet only. Works OK in the garage, reasonable suction, without any tubing runs. IMO, it can't cope with the pressure drops induced by the whole-home installation. It also sounds like a 737 on takeoff, so you can't work in the garage when it is running.

I think I have a project here, I could build a simple manometer and see what sort of power it has at each wall outlet on each level of the house.

Being a new home owner, with lots of rug, I guess I'll have to get a Dyson - and the money pit gets deeper