...but the man can engineer a vacuum! I'm a neatnik at heart and I vacuum for relaxation. :) I also have three busy children and a husband with an affinity for walking barefoot outside. I consider myself somewhat of a vacuum connoisseur, but I've been reluctant to buy into the Dyson hype until now. I have a workhorse Simplicity vacuum, all metal construction, industrial. But it's not aI powerful as it used to be and I was in the market. Why not Dyson? I pulled the trigger and spent the most I've ever spent on a vacuum.
Worth. Every. Penny.
I've read reviews about how the assembly instructions have no words. And while I would rather have pictures AND words the pictures sufficed. You can't put this together incorrectly. There is one way to put the pieces together, and you only really have four of them.
I know most non-industrial vacuums have this feature, but I LOVE the ability to switch beaters on and off. We have lots of hardwood, which I could only clean with our central vac lest I get pelted in the ankles by the various things picked up by voracious beaters.
The suction is unbelievable. The profile is low enough to reach all the way under my cabinets AND catch any dust bunnies/crumbs/etc that hide there. The ball takes a little getting used to, but after a few short minutes you're cruising around furniture like nobody's business.
I don't really like SEEING how disgusting we really are with the clear refuse container. But it is amazing to see how much stuff the Dyson picks up when you run it for the first time. I have a wool rug under my sink in the kitchen and running over it with the Dyson nearly filled the entire container. Disgusting. I thought we were clean, but the Dyson makes it abundantly clear that we were living with a small army of dust and crud.
Even my husband, who alleges he "never notices" these kinds of things, was amazed at the lines in the carpet and how fluffy it feels after being Dyson'ed. In addition to our hardwoods, we're (ahem) BLESSED with champagne plush carpet throughout the house. It's literally a different color today. It's probably a good 12-15 years old, put in by the former owners of our house, and we're very close to replacing it. But maybe we can put it off a little bit longer...at least until our youngest is more responsible with markers and glue. :)
An unexpected side effect? FAR less dust flying through the air AND a very clean-smelling house. I walked in after work the other day and was struck with how FRESH my house smelled. I *thought* it was fresh, but this is totally different. Granted, we haven't had many occasions to air out the house this spring, but even with the windows closed the Dyson has picked up anything and everything that was soiling our happy home.
Oh, and stairs. I'm very fussy about my stairs, and since they're one of the first things you see when you walk through the front door, people remark how clean they always are. Oh, dear friends, you don't even KNOW. I lugged the old vac up and down the stairs, cleaning the majority of the treads. But the Dyson attachment sucks up everything from every angle. Cleaner than EVER (and no risk of tumbling down the stairs with a 20-pound vac falling on my head).
My Simplicity has no tools on-board, so I had to pull out the central vac to clean cobwebs and such. Well, I whipped out the Dyson wand to clean ceiling fans. I wasn't prepared for the suction to TURN OFF THE LIGHT. Yes, I had so little suction with the central vac that I never thought it possible. The Dyson sucked in the pull chain and literally turned off the light.
Oh, and it cleaned the fans rather nicely, too.
Even with all the suction, I'm impressed with how well I'm able to clean throw rugs. The Dyson digs down deep but won't suck up the edges of my rugs and chew them up like my Simplicity was prone to doing. All the rugs look brand new, too.
The only minus (I guess)? I'm afraid of breaking the hose. It's reinforced and all that, but the way the wand fits into it makes me wonder how much abuse it can take. No proof yet that it CAN'T take abuse, but I won't be testing that.
I was wasting my time "relaxing" with the soothing hum of my Simplicity for so many years. I doubted all the hype. But this thing WORKS as promised. Even surpassing the promises. I'm in love.
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| power source | — | Corded Electric | Corded Electric | Corded Electric | AC | Corded Electric |
| special feature | corded, bagless, cyclonic | Bagless, Corded, Whole-machine filtration, De-tangling Motorbar™ cleaner head | Bagless, Corded, Whole-machine filtration, De-tangling Motorbar™ cleaner head, Pet groom tool | HEPA, Bagless | corded, bagless, HEPA filtration, portable | Lightweight, HEPA, Hypoallergenic, Portable, Wheels |
| surface suggestion | Hard Floor | All floors | All floors | Carpet, Hardfloor | Carpet & Hard floors | Carpet , Hard Floors, Upholestry |
| capacity | — | 0.55 gallons | 0.45 gallons | 0.55 gallons | 9 quarts | 1.1 quarts |
| voltage | — | 120 volts | 220 volts | 120 volts | 100120 volts | 100120 volts |
| noise level | — | 78 decibels | 75 decibels | 80 decibels | 80 decibels | 80 decibels |
| model name | DC41 ANIMAL | Dyson Ball Animal 3™ | Dyson Ball Animal 3 Extra | — | Shark NV360 | — |
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NOT WORTH THE PRICE
Worst Dyson Product. I have an older Dyson vacuum that still works and this DC41 Dyson is a huge disappointment. Suction is great. Too strong in fact the it sucks the rugs and carpet and then it gets jammed You have to turn it off to be able to lift the vacuum and move it so I try to avoid the rugs and thick carpet necause it’s a pain to constantly turn it on and off while vacuuming. My main problem with this vacuum is the cheap, flimsy plastic materials that were used in both the body and the attachments. I didn’t own it too long when the tiny roller wheel under the cleaner head broke (strike 1). The canister didn’t really fit well and it kept moving especially when in the tilted postion. The stress may have been the reason why the plastic nub that clips onto the body broke (I was too cheap to buy the replacment parts so I made do with strapping it to the body with a piece of fabric Ribbon) - Strike 2! Next to break was the hose! The plastic was too flimsy and eventually it ripped (Strike 3). Last to fail was the actual body. Athe plastic vertical post cracked on the bottom and eventually another crack formed in the middle and now it’s completely broken. I’ve had my first Dyson for a very long time no plastic part has ever broken. This DC41 pretty much crumbled to pieces. What’s up with that Dyson???!! It’s not like your newer vacuums are considerably cheaper than the older models. Why are they cheaply made then? Bottomline: don’t bother buying this.
