Dyson vacuum input

[fastwin]

Not sure if there's been a vacuum thread before or not. But I am thinking about coughing up a chunk of change for a Dyson DC-25 upright house vac. I had already been thinking about one (but hung up on spending the big $$$!!! ) and then an out of town friend stopped by for a beer last week and the subject came up. He got the exact same vac recently and said it kicks ass. He has two dogs and at least two cats, meaning critter fur everywhere. We have one dog of unknown ancestry that weighs 65-70 lbs with 1-2" long white hair and that damn animal sheds as much as a kennel full of dogs!!

She's a lazy (but sweet) inside dog but we have never put the vacuums up since we got her almost three years ago. It's really incredible, in a bad way. We have personally doubled the profits of the Evercare pet hair roller company! And yes, we have talked to our vet about it. I walk her everyday and on those walks I am constantly brushing her every time she stops to sniff (every 5 feet!!) with a Furminator rake comb/brush thing. Now our whole neighborhood is blanketed in her fur!

So, we badly need a new and improved kick ass vac. We have to vacuum 4-5 times a week easy and our basic Eureka up right just can't cut it. The house is 2/3s dark hardwood with the bedrooms having berber carpet. Anyone with experience with the Dyson DC-25? I believe it's part of their "Animal" line of vacs and has the new groovy rolling "ball" feature for easy handling. What no Ohlins upgrade available??

Any input would be greatly appreciated. I can't believe we are thinking about spending $450+ on a vac! But it will get used every day and has a 5 year warranty... plus no bags or belts.

Thanks!

[Speeddog]

No FHE on Dyson stuff.

Seems to be the only Vacuum company thinking outside the box bag.

[Turf]

We had a dyson rolly ball one at the moto shop I worked at, works a treat got nothing bad to say about it...ball helped get under bikes in ways that would have been left if we just had a normal vacuum. Funny thing was when we got it, all the gearheads that worked there surrounded it fighting for who got to play with it/take it apart first. Go for it it'll only help your problem.

[Slide Panda]

They work well. Got one years ago. For snicks I ran my 'old' vac around the carpets first, then with the new toy. I was shocked at how much stuff was picked up by the Dyson even after they had already been 'vacuumed'.

Yeah, they aren't cheep - the strat I took was to wait for a bed bath and beyond 20% off coupon to come and used that. But be aware, the coupon said that it can't be used on Dyson items... Mercifully for me the person running the register and the price system didn't seem to be aware of that exclusion 

[slowpoke13]

Dyson vacuum input

The end that you put against the carpet/floor. 

[Doctor Woodrow]

We have to Dyson DC 25 ball (the purple one), it kicks tail!! It does cost a pretty penny, so shop around and look for coupons online and whatnot, cost compare, it saved us $50 bucks off the sale price when we bought ours. The one thing about the DC 25 is that the canister is not as big as one of the other models, but if you keep an eye on it and dump it every couple of times you vacuum the whole house, then it isn't a problem. A nice feature of the canister on the DC 25 is that it opens on the bottom, so you just pop the canister off the vacuum, slip the end of it into your kitchen garbage bag, and hit the button . . . and all the vacuum crud slides right out the bottom. Then use the edge of the garbage can to pop the bottom closed again and snap it back onto the vacuum, and you're ready to go again.
The brush also slides out of the side of the vacuum really easily, just use a screwdriver or quarter to turn the lock 1/4 turn and slide it out. This is especially nice when you get a bunch of long hair or string wrapped around the brush.

I really suggest you get somebody who has been trained to sell the Dyson to show you all the features in the store. They send somebody around to Macys every 6 months to teach the staff how to sell the Dyson, get a demo in the store, and try it out. They might talk really fast, so make them show you anything you miss. ( I used to work at Macy's and snuck in for the training b/c I wanted to buy one eventually, which I did). Yes I am a bit biased, but honestly they are a really good vacuum, no mess, no fuss, easy to use. Basically . . . Yes they SUCK!!!!


Oh, and the ball requires a bit more wrist strength to control it b/c it doesn't track nicely like a regular vacuum, but you get used to that really fast, and thhen they are awesome.

The Doc

[fastwin]

They work well. Got one years ago. For snicks I ran my 'old' vac around the carpets first, then with the new toy. I was shocked at how much stuff was picked up by the Dyson even after they had already been 'vacuumed'.

Yeah, they aren't cheep - the strat I took was to wait for a bed bath and beyond 20% off coupon to come and used that. But be aware, the coupon said that it can't be used on Dyson items... Mercifully for me the person running the register and the price system didn't seem to be aware of that exclusion 

I read a bunch of reviews on Dyson's website and others and while there were a few weak ass complaints damn near 98%+ were all positive. Dyson even left the few negative comments on their site which I thought was very sporting of them. Several people had done the exact same thing: use the old vac then hit it again with the Dyson. Everyone was blown away at how much extra crap the Dyson got.

I've got one pinned down on overstock.com and it's an even $100 off the sticker price. I've checked out Target and other big box stores and overstock.com has them beat and it would probably save me sales tax too. Just tough to pull the pin in this day and time on such an expensive appliance. But as I said we'll use the hell out of it.

Thanks for the replies. I'll wait and see if anyone posts about bad luck and what the problem was. But I have a feeling I won't see too many. Maybe tonight I'll have a couple of stiff drinks to kill the pain over the cost and just order it.

[He Man]

Its pretty cool and all, but compared to a $200 shop vac. the shop vacs got WAY more power, but again, its an industrial use vac inside a regular house....

What i like about it.

1- design
2- very quiet
3- very efficient, and no bags, also easy to clear jams.

What i dont like about it

1- okay it never loses suction, true, but the suction isnt that powerful (Well im comparing it to my 3hp shop vac)
2- EXPENSIVE
3- not good for people who have really werid objects around hte house, i have a habbit of working in my room sometimes nad ive picked up a nail or an old Xacto and shit myself cause i thought it tore a hole in the vac hose, it never actually did, but doenst mean it wont.

[Triple J]

We have a pre-ball Dyson. It rocks about as much as a vacuum is capable of rocking.  

[hbliam]

We bought one and did the vacuum with the old one first thing. We have two cats and one dog. I could not believe how much more hair and dirt the Dyson picked up. Also, not having to change bags is great. Just pull the canister, hit the switch, and watch everything dump into the trash. After I was done with the initial Dyson cleaning, I swear it was easier to breathe in the house. 

[sbrguy]

i have one of the dirt devil bagless models, its is about 30-50% cheaper than dyson, not sure if its just as good but it works for me.  the thing is that the dyson bagless technology is now used by everyone, so shop around.

for what its worth i wanted the dyson but couldn't swing the money so got something that was a little cheaper, it seems to work fine and has one of the open clear containers that you easily empty same as the dyson.

[fastwin]

Yeah, this isn't that old of a house (built in 1969... like my wife! ) but it is really dusty and it's just me & wifey, a 14 year old kiddo and the dog. It's not like were are opening the outside doors every 5 minutes. I lived in a 55+ year old drafty rent house not a mile away before we got married and bought this place and it was much less dusty. Huh??

Dallas-Ft. Worth is awful for allergies and as I have gotten older they give me hell. I'm thinking that would be a nice side benefit to the Dyson. Cleaner floors equals less dust stomped up as we walk around so less dust in the air and on top of everything. Like the dog hair, you dust a table and the very next day you can see dust building up on it. Vac up her hair, 30 minutes later you're saying "damn, didn't I just vacuum that spot?"

He Man, I'm already using a Shop Vac inside the house along with the Eureka upright. It's a little Shop Vac All Around, a 2hp, 1.5 gallon unit. And I use the Shop Vac bags in it. I have a big 3hp, 6 gallon wet-dry Shop Vac in the garage but it's too damn big for the house. I bought the little Shop Vac for all the hardwood floors and to get up under furniture. Works great for that but is a no go for carpeting. I think the mega buck Dyson would kick the Eureka's butt and it would be a win-win in conjunction with the mini Shop Vac in a supporting role.

I'm liking that canister dump idea too. OK, I'm getting kinda drunk tonight and ordering off overstock.com. At least I'll have some fun spending that much money... I guess that's also what you say right before you rent a hooker!!

[JEFF_H]

We got a refurb from woot.com for $250

good deal and works well

[mitt]

We just bought a new upright.  I couldn't justify the extra $$ after trying several models out at sears.   I also looked at consumer reports, and the one we ended up with was ranked the highest in the bagless upright category (yes, even against the $500+ competition).  The only downside they listed is that hoovers have a greater number of repairs on average than most brands...

http://www.amazon.com/Hoover-UH70210-WindTunnel-Bagless-Upright/dp/B002RR9Y92

It uses the same cyclonic bagless method as the dyson I think.

So far it seems pretty good.  Like most things online, you can find a lot of positive and negative reviews on just about every vacuum sold.


mitt

[Speedbag]

We have a pre-ball Dyson. It rocks about as much as a vacuum is capable of rocking.  

+1

Have had it for several years. What it picks up every week astonishes me (and freaks me out).