Dyson Vacuum Cleaner... yay or nay?

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Xian

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I mean it's definitely gadgety and sounds like good science from a reliable engineer... but it's so expensive! Any personal impressions?
 
Let me know how you make out. Try eopinions.com for more info. We've had so many vacuums that I think buy the cheapest and when it breaks buy another. Bag-less is a real sloppy mess.

Joe
 
I've beel considering one also. I agree Bagless can be a mess, but if it is not bagless, I have no interest in using the thing. I like to look in the bin and see what I've accomplished for some reason. Fealing to see if the bag is alittle fuller just doesn't do it. But I never claimed to be normal.
 
I have asthma and lots of dusty little birds. I went Hoover Whirlwind. It has a bag to filter the dust, and then the air is circulated to another filter before exiting. The Bag is a snap to change. There's even a red/green warning light to tell you if that area of the carpet is clean.
 
Dyson: Yay!

Powerful, thorough and easy to use. As to bagless equalling messy, not at all. The dust collects in a clear plastic cylinder. One button releases this cylinder - still sealed - into your hand. You then hold the cylinder over your bin and pull a trigger. The bottom of the cylinder hinges open & the dust drops straight into the bin. Click the cylinder closed again, reattach to the Dyson and off you go again.

We keep a clean house: no pets, no kids, only the two of us living here. Our carpets were kept meticulously clean with a Hitachi vacuum cleaner. When we bought the Dyson, my wife went over our clean carpet with it. The muck that the Dyson lifted was an eye-opener!

Spend the money and only cry once.

maximus otter
 
Well, I need to get a super powerful, durable vacuum cleaner. We have 7 cats in our house, and that adds up to a lot of hair laying around. Wimpy vacs don't cut it. Recommendations?
 
I understand Dyson has an attachment for animal hair that is outstanding. while I do not have first-hand knowledge of the Dyson; from what I have heard they are phenominal.....
 
The theory behind the Dyson vacuum is that it uses centrifugal force to separate out hair, dust, particles, etc. versus filters. In a traditional bag model, paper-like sides of the bag is the filter. In most bagless models (except the Dyson), there's an actual filter. The problem? After only 8 minutes of cleaning the filter or sides of the bag are matted with material and suction drops off significantly (something like 50% after 10oz of material). With the Dyson the suction should- in theory- never drop off, ensuring a cleaner and more effecient session.
 
Which I will concur, the lightning usues the same principal. On the lightning you have an additional metal grid filter and the HEPA filer.
 
I had a Dirt Devil and replaced it with the Dyson. The demo is what sold me. But the DYSON got replaced with my Kirby G/six. If you remember the extra stuff the Dyson picked up after your old vac, the Kirby did that to my Dyson:eek: :eek: :eek:


Cerberus
 
You might want to look at the Eureka Whirlwind line, too. One review I read says it out performs the Dyson.
 
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