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Posted: 11/12/2007 12:57:08 PM EDT

Anybody have a Dyson & if so, what do ya think of em????

Posted: 11/12/2007 12:59:23 PM EDT

[#1]

It really sucks!

I've got one, and while my first response when my wife bought it was, "you paid HOW MUCH for a vacuum cleaner?"

- I have to admit that I am really, really impressed with it, and it is by far the best vacuum I've ever used.

Posted: 11/12/2007 12:59:55 PM EDT

[#2]

The Dyson we bought last year, really sucks.

I ran over the carpet with the old vac, the stuff that the Dyson picked up was amazing. I would buy another Dyson in a heartbeat.

Posted: 11/12/2007 1:08:31 PM EDT

[#3]

I have an Animal. Excellent vacuum but I have found the "animal" attachments less useful than I had imagined.

Posted: 11/12/2007 1:08:54 PM EDT

[#4]

I tried vaccuming my wife's cat with it...did...not...work...out...well. As an animal vaccum I would say it is overrated!

Posted: 11/12/2007 1:09:49 PM EDT

[#5]

The wife has been wanting one for over a year, but our "old" vacuum works just fine for me

& best of all it's paid for

However, since we have a dog I've been looking around & can't find much info on line about how the dyson works & what makes it such a better vacuum than our Hover (upright & with a bag)

Posted: 11/12/2007 1:10:53 PM EDT

[#6]

Quoted:
I have an Animal. Excellent vacuum but I have found the "animal" attachments less useful than I had imagined.

Would you purchase one again, or would you get a different model or even a different brand??

Posted: 11/12/2007 1:22:05 PM EDT

[#7]

I have THE ANIMAL and it's appropriately named. It had the best Consumer Reports rating for picking up pet hair along with a Eureka "Boss" that I first borrowed from a friend. I chose the Dyson ANIMAL because I liked the bagless feature (not to mention, anything named "THE ANIMAL" is pretty cool).

After vacuuming with the "Boss" I came home with my new Dyson and to my surprise, the Dyson ANIMAL picked up a crazy amount of pet hair and debris that wasn't even visible before and that the "Boss" completely missed. I had to empty the Dyson ANIMAL canister twice!!

The Dyson ANIMAL is freakin' amazing...

True, as stated above, the attachments aren't much more functional than on any other vacuum, but I use mine simply on carpet and it serves me fine. By the way, my girlfriend gave me a coupon to Bed Bath & Beyond for 20% off, so it made the deal better. I think they routinely mail these coupons out if you just ask at the store.

Posted: 11/12/2007 1:25:56 PM EDT

[#8]

Quoted:

Quoted:
I have an Animal. Excellent vacuum but I have found the "animal" attachments less useful than I had imagined.

Would you purchase one again, or would you get a different model or even a different brand??

I would most definitely have purchased a Dyson if I had it to do over but I might have saved the $50 premium that I spent on the "Animal" version, to be honest since, as best I can tell, it largely just has different attachments and comes with some carpet cleaning stuff

Posted: 11/12/2007 1:54:15 PM EDT

[#9]

Quoted:

True, as stated above, the attachments aren't much more functional than on any other vacuum, but I use mine simply on carpet and it serves me fine. By the way, my girlfriend gave me a coupon to Bed Bath & Beyond for 20% off, so it made the deal better. I think they routinely mail these coupons out if you just ask at the store.

I bought the D-17 not an Animal. Works grat on pet hair any way.

Our Bed bath and beyond will price match. I found one on line $100 cheaper than the store price. Then used a 20 % coupon on top of that. 389 out the door for a 549 plus tax vacuum

Posted: 11/12/2007 1:56:29 PM EDT

[#10]

DC15 The Animal Ball here. The ball is a good feature.

It's pretty good, but expensive.

Posted: 11/12/2007 2:24:57 PM EDT

[#11]

Dyson's are the best ever!

I was sceptical at first but I bought one because I was renting a dingy studio apartment and having allergy attacks. After buying and using the Dyson instead of my old vacum I stopped having allergy issues.

Posted: 11/12/2007 2:50:35 PM EDT

[#12]

Quoted:
DC15 The Animal Ball here. The ball is a good feature.

It's pretty good, but expensive.

+1

Look around online. I got mine for ~$420.00 through an online retailer; local brick-&-morter shops were ~$80.00 more. I do like the ball feature for the added manueverability, & the extra attachments that come w/ the animal are nice. They're expensive, so get what suits your needs. Actually the ergonomics impressed me the most: bagless, easy to empty (Just push a button & the bottom flaps open to dump the contents into waste can.), handles where you need them, lightweight. But yeah, they do have good suction power to pull stuff up out of the carpet.

Posted: 11/12/2007 2:56:41 PM EDT

[#13]

Quoted:
The ball is a good feature.

What the heck is the ball???

Posted: 11/12/2007 2:58:24 PM EDT

[#14]

Quoted:

Our Bed bath and beyond will price match. I found one on line $100 cheaper than the store price. Then used a 20 % coupon on top of that. 389 out the door for a 549 plus tax vacuum

Bed bath and beyond will price match internet prices????

Posted: 11/12/2007 2:58:48 PM EDT

[#15]

I have a Dyson design, made by Dirt Devil. Works very well!

Posted: 11/12/2007 3:24:43 PM EDT

[#16]

i've wanted one for a long time and finally my old vacuum died with my help. (I told my wife I didn't know what happened

)

She bought one on Sat. and we were both impressed with the amount of shit it pulled up. It's definitely worth the money. I wish I had broken the old one sooner.

Posted: 11/12/2007 5:55:08 PM EDT

[#17]

Quoted:

i've wanted one for a long time and finally my old vacuum died with my help. (I told my wife I didn't know what happened

)

She bought one on Sat. and we were both impressed with the amount of shit it pulled up. It's definitely worth the money. I wish I had broken the old one sooner.

What one did ya get???

Posted: 11/12/2007 5:58:53 PM EDT

[#18]

have
Disadvantages: Pricey, and somewhat noisy.

I would highly recommend one to anyone.

Posted: 11/12/2007 6:00:43 PM EDT

[#19]

I have owned the "animal" for two years 0 Complaints

Posted: 11/12/2007 6:04:04 PM EDT

[#20]

Quoted:
Quoted:

Bed bath and beyond will price match internet prices????

I asked first to find out if they would. They said no problem. They also knew I had a 20% coupon on top of that. I was going to buy no matter what. It was good to save an extra 100 bucks

I forgot I had a print out from the on line store that showed the price.

Posted: 11/12/2007 6:15:56 PM EDT

[#21]

Hehe... I love my Dyson Animal... but it did get me into trouble with the wife summer a'fore last. Below is an email I sent to some friends about it...

I've been sleeping with my dogs in my garage workshop on a cot (wife and
sis-in-law been sharing the bed for a while) and needed to get the floor
cleared up of all the dog hair.

I brought one of my wife's prized possessions into the workshop to clean the
floor (lined with scavenged carpet scraps from an office building), her
shiney purple Dyson Vacuum

It is, true to the commercials, the most effective home vacuum I've ever
seen. has a cool, clear cylinder that the air whips around like a cyclone.

Well... Reaching under the workbench to get the hair, I hear the steady hum
(quite a quiet vacuum too) interrupted by a thump, and feel a corresponding
bump go past my hand on the flexi-tube. Immediately thereafter my dogs are
barking furiously at me.

I stop.. look in the fairly empty cylinder (I'd just emptied the first load
of hair) and see a mouse whipping wildly, then pulled to the bottom. I turn
off the vacuum and look. He gets up, rather dazed and stumbled round the
plastic prison.

I turned the vac on for a sec, just to see him levitate, rotate a few times
around the tube, and drop down to the bottom. The dogs go wild. I giggle.
The mouse swoons.

So I get on my knees for a better view, and do it again. I giggle like a
sniggering school boy. The dogs are prancing round and round at the sight.

And there was was, transfixed by the sight, hammering the power button on
and off like the laboratory monkey hitting the 'free sample' button at the
Crack research lab, giggling maniacally, over and over again.

"What the H E double Toothpicks do you think you are doing with my.... IS
THAT A FRIGGIN' MOUSE?!" my wife shrieked.

I stammered... "duhuhuhuhuhu."

"Oh My God. I can't believe I married you!" as she slammed the workshop door
and stormed into the house.

Posted: 11/12/2007 8:48:35 PM EDT

[#22]

We vacuum about once a week, and are lucky to get through a whole room without having to empty a nearly full cannister.

The thing empties in a snap, no bags, and picks up consistently until it is full.

Change from carpet to bare in a snap, and "sweep" the wood floors without a scratch.
The detachable hose and handle are great for crevaces, corners/baseboards.
Had it more than 2 years, no issues.

Best vacuum I have ever owned.

Posted: 11/12/2007 8:51:28 PM EDT

[#23]

Quoted:
Hehe... I love my Dyson Animal... but it did get me into trouble with the wife summer a'fore last. Below is an email I sent to some friends about it...

I've been sleeping with my dogs in my garage workshop on a cot (wife and
sis-in-law been sharing the bed for a while) and needed to get the floor
cleared up of all the dog hair.

I brought one of my wife's prized possessions into the workshop to clean the
floor (lined with scavenged carpet scraps from an office building), her
shiney purple Dyson Vacuum

It is, true to the commercials, the most effective home vacuum I've ever
seen. has a cool, clear cylinder that the air whips around like a cyclone.

Well... Reaching under the workbench to get the hair, I hear the steady hum
(quite a quiet vacuum too) interrupted by a thump, and feel a corresponding
bump go past my hand on the flexi-tube. Immediately thereafter my dogs are
barking furiously at me.

I stop.. look in the fairly empty cylinder (I'd just emptied the first load
of hair) and see a mouse whipping wildly, then pulled to the bottom. I turn
off the vacuum and look. He gets up, rather dazed and stumbled round the
plastic prison.

I turned the vac on for a sec, just to see him levitate, rotate a few times
around the tube, and drop down to the bottom. The dogs go wild. I giggle.
The mouse swoons.

So I get on my knees for a better view, and do it again. I giggle like a
sniggering school boy. The dogs are prancing round and round at the sight.

And there was was, transfixed by the sight, hammering the power button on
and off like the laboratory monkey hitting the 'free sample' button at the
Crack research lab, giggling maniacally, over and over again.

"What the H E double Toothpicks do you think you are doing with my.... IS
THAT A FRIGGIN' MOUSE?!" my wife shrieked.

I stammered... "duhuhuhuhuhu."

"Oh My God. I can't believe I married you!" as she slammed the workshop door
and stormed into the house.

You win!

Posted: 11/12/2007 8:59:36 PM EDT

[#24]

Quoted:
Hehe... I love my Dyson Animal... but it did get me into trouble with the wife summer a'fore last. Below is an email I sent to some friends about it...

I've been sleeping with my dogs in my garage workshop on a cot (wife and
sis-in-law been sharing the bed for a while) and needed to get the floor
cleared up of all the dog hair.

I brought one of my wife's prized possessions into the workshop to clean the
floor (lined with scavenged carpet scraps from an office building), her
shiney purple Dyson Vacuum

It is, true to the commercials, the most effective home vacuum I've ever
seen. has a cool, clear cylinder that the air whips around like a cyclone.

Well... Reaching under the workbench to get the hair, I hear the steady hum
(quite a quiet vacuum too) interrupted by a thump, and feel a corresponding
bump go past my hand on the flexi-tube. Immediately thereafter my dogs are
barking furiously at me.

I stop.. look in the fairly empty cylinder (I'd just emptied the first load
of hair) and see a mouse whipping wildly, then pulled to the bottom. I turn
off the vacuum and look. He gets up, rather dazed and stumbled round the
plastic prison.

I turned the vac on for a sec, just to see him levitate, rotate a few times
around the tube, and drop down to the bottom. The dogs go wild. I giggle.
The mouse swoons.

So I get on my knees for a better view, and do it again. I giggle like a
sniggering school boy. The dogs are prancing round and round at the sight.

And there was was, transfixed by the sight, hammering the power button on
and off like the laboratory monkey hitting the 'free sample' button at the
Crack research lab, giggling maniacally, over and over again.

"What the H E double Toothpicks do you think you are doing with my.... IS
THAT A FRIGGIN' MOUSE?!" my wife shrieked.

I stammered... "duhuhuhuhuhu."

"Oh My God. I can't believe I married you!" as she slammed the workshop door
and stormed into the house.

Posted: 11/12/2007 9:03:34 PM EDT

[#25]

Quoted:

Quoted:
Hehe... I love my Dyson Animal... but it did get me into trouble with the wife summer a'fore last. Below is an email I sent to some friends about it...

I've been sleeping with my dogs in my garage workshop on a cot (wife and
sis-in-law been sharing the bed for a while) and needed to get the floor
cleared up of all the dog hair.

I brought one of my wife's prized possessions into the workshop to clean the
floor (lined with scavenged carpet scraps from an office building), her
shiney purple Dyson Vacuum

It is, true to the commercials, the most effective home vacuum I've ever
seen. has a cool, clear cylinder that the air whips around like a cyclone.

Well... Reaching under the workbench to get the hair, I hear the steady hum
(quite a quiet vacuum too) interrupted by a thump, and feel a corresponding
bump go past my hand on the flexi-tube. Immediately thereafter my dogs are
barking furiously at me.

I stop.. look in the fairly empty cylinder (I'd just emptied the first load
of hair) and see a mouse whipping wildly, then pulled to the bottom. I turn
off the vacuum and look. He gets up, rather dazed and stumbled round the
plastic prison.

I turned the vac on for a sec, just to see him levitate, rotate a few times
around the tube, and drop down to the bottom. The dogs go wild. I giggle.
The mouse swoons.

So I get on my knees for a better view, and do it again. I giggle like a
sniggering school boy. The dogs are prancing round and round at the sight.

And there was was, transfixed by the sight, hammering the power button on
and off like the laboratory monkey hitting the 'free sample' button at the
Crack research lab, giggling maniacally, over and over again.

"What the H E double Toothpicks do you think you are doing with my.... IS
THAT A FRIGGIN' MOUSE?!" my wife shrieked.

I stammered... "duhuhuhuhuhu."

"Oh My God. I can't believe I married you!" as she slammed the workshop door
and stormed into the house.

You win!

Posted: 11/12/2007 9:08:58 PM EDT

[#26]

I've heard this one is giving Dyson a run for it's money. It remains to be seen, however it does do a good job and they gave it a 4 year warranty.

www.dirtdevil.com/Products/productDetail.aspx?id=52248

Posted: 11/12/2007 9:43:38 PM EDT

[#27]

Dyson DC17 Animal here. Easily the best vacuum we have ever owned. Pet hair, and 2 cockatoos make for plenty of cleaning. The wife vacuums the whole house once a week, then does her car as well.

Be prepared to empty the cannister frequently - especially the first two times you use it.

The best part of the machine? NO smell. You know, "that smell" from running the vacuum? Never happens with the Dyson. The crap STAYS in the filter, rather than smelling it as it redistributes in the room.

I find the attachments useful. Some of our furniture is heavy, and sits within 3 inchs of the floor. The low clearance attachment allows cleaning under things like that.

The transition from upright machine to hose & wand is so slick on the DC17, it is scary. No excuse not to do the baseboards as you clean a room...

Lem

Posted: 11/13/2007 5:21:18 AM EDT

[#28]

Quoted:
I've heard this one is giving Dyson a run for it's money. It remains to be seen, however it does do a good job and they gave it a 4 year warranty.

www.dirtdevil.com/Products/productDetail.aspx?id=52248

We have had a dirt devil in the past and was way less than impressed with it.

Wonder if they have changed and are now making a quality product??

Posted: 11/13/2007 5:31:51 AM EDT

[#29]

I've got their lightweight model, I forget the number.

The feature I like best is the hand vac pulls out of the handle, and the tube stretches long enough so you can clean an entire flight of stairs with it while leaving the vacuum at the bottom of the stairwell.

Posted: 11/13/2007 5:37:57 AM EDT

[#30]

Quoted:
Hehe... I love my Dyson Animal... but it did get me into trouble with the wife summer a'fore last. Below is an email I sent to some friends about it...

I've been sleeping with my dogs in my garage workshop on a cot (wife and
sis-in-law been sharing the bed for a while) and needed to get the floor
cleared up of all the dog hair.

I brought one of my wife's prized possessions into the workshop to clean the
floor (lined with scavenged carpet scraps from an office building), her
shiney purple Dyson Vacuum

It is, true to the commercials, the most effective home vacuum I've ever
seen. has a cool, clear cylinder that the air whips around like a cyclone.

Well... Reaching under the workbench to get the hair, I hear the steady hum
(quite a quiet vacuum too) interrupted by a thump, and feel a corresponding
bump go past my hand on the flexi-tube. Immediately thereafter my dogs are
barking furiously at me.

I stop.. look in the fairly empty cylinder (I'd just emptied the first load
of hair) and see a mouse whipping wildly, then pulled to the bottom. I turn
off the vacuum and look. He gets up, rather dazed and stumbled round the
plastic prison.

I turned the vac on for a sec, just to see him levitate, rotate a few times
around the tube, and drop down to the bottom. The dogs go wild. I giggle.
The mouse swoons.

So I get on my knees for a better view, and do it again. I giggle like a
sniggering school boy. The dogs are prancing round and round at the sight.

And there was was, transfixed by the sight, hammering the power button on
and off like the laboratory monkey hitting the 'free sample' button at the
Crack research lab, giggling maniacally, over and over again.

"What the H E double Toothpicks do you think you are doing with my.... IS
THAT A FRIGGIN' MOUSE?!" my wife shrieked.

I stammered... "duhuhuhuhuhu."

"Oh My God. I can't believe I married you!" as she slammed the workshop door
and stormed into the house.

Fantastic!

Posted: 11/13/2007 5:38:45 AM EDT

[#31]

so i see this thread, not being a vacuum cleaner expert, i expected this to be some sort of joke about a vacuum used to vacuum up animals. i was especially interested in the largest animal the vacuum would pick up. i see that indeed the dyson can be used on mice, but other than that i find that this thread did not live up to my expectations..

Posted: 11/13/2007 9:41:49 AM EDT

[#32]

Quoted:
so i see this thread, not being a vacuum cleaner expert, i expected this to be some sort of joke about a vacuum used to vacuum up animals. i was especially interested in the largest animal the vacuum would pick up. i see that indeed the dyson can be used on mice, but other than that i find that this thread did not live up to my expectations..

Posted: 11/13/2007 11:01:01 AM EDT

[#33]

Quoted:

Quoted:
I've heard this one is giving Dyson a run for it's money. It remains to be seen, however it does do a good job and they gave it a 4 year warranty.

www.dirtdevil.com/Products/productDetail.aspx?id=52248

We have had a dirt devil in the past and was way less than impressed with it.

Wonder if they have changed and are now making a quality product??

I have the one I linked to. It picks up like my dyson. So far so good.

Posted: 11/13/2007 11:21:00 AM EDT

[#34]

Got one, love it. It's so much better than any other vacuum I've owned that it's just not funny. Worth every penny.

Posted: 11/13/2007 11:26:31 AM EDT

[#35]

Quoted:
so i see this thread, not being a vacuum cleaner expert, i expected this to be some sort of joke about a vacuum used to vacuum up animals. i was especially interested in the largest animal the vacuum would pick up. i see that indeed the dyson can be used on mice, but other than that i find that this thread did not live up to my expectations..

I saw a show once where someguy made a gopher/prairie dog vacuum...

link

Posted: 11/13/2007 11:32:41 AM EDT

[#36]

I have the DC14 Full Kit, which includes the powered-brush end for the wand, but a different floor attachement from the Animal.

I absolutely love it for cleaning the large carpeted areas, but I kinda wish the powered-brush wasnt vacuum-driven, as it stalls out if you try to dig into upholsetry/stair carpet too aggressively, you need a really light touch to keep it going.

Or maybe I'm doing something wrong.

Kharn

Posted: 11/13/2007 11:38:15 AM EDT

[#37]

I am sure my Lady will be along shortly, saying she is on her way to pick one up....

She has been pining for one.

Posted: 11/13/2007 11:50:26 AM EDT

[#38]

DC17 here....I'll post my findings soon......got to go now.

Posted: 11/13/2007 11:53:13 AM EDT

[#39]

I'm trying to decide between the DC17 Animal and the DC14 Animal......

I feel so dirty asking my husband for a new vacuum as a gift....

Oh my hell.... he beat me to the thread by two posts....

Come on baby.... you know I'd never make a purchase that big without talking to you first.

Posted: 11/13/2007 11:57:49 AM EDT

[#40]

I have the entry model thats the same base set up as the animal sans a few attachments

Its a great machine, but if you break any of the parts the system starts to fail,
everything is plastic push tabbed together with rubber seals

Our hose started to unravel at the handle end
Its designed to thread into a plastic part that snaps into the sliding collar
Once the hose started to unwind, the repair really required replacing the broken parts

lucky for me I am a master of improvised Liquid Nails

;)

Posted: 11/13/2007 12:01:37 PM EDT

[#41]

Dysons really are impressive vacuums. We have the animal model as well.

Expensive, but haven't had a single problem with it and it's incredibly good at cleaning.

Posted: 11/13/2007 12:06:16 PM EDT

[#42]

I'm on the Consumer Reports web site. Doesn't look like they are feeling the love for Dyson.

They have it rated as #11 behind Sears, Hoover, Electrolux, Kirby and others. WTF?

Posted: 11/13/2007 12:15:25 PM EDT

[#43]

Consumer reports has no love for anything enthusiast grade or above

they like proletariat goods at proletariat pricing

Their reviews of bicycles are always amusing

Posted: 11/13/2007 12:18:26 PM EDT

[#44]

Quoted:
Hehe... I love my Dyson Animal... but it did get me into trouble with the wife summer a'fore last. Below is an email I sent to some friends about it...

I've been sleeping with my dogs in my garage workshop on a cot (wife and
sis-in-law been sharing the bed for a while) and needed to get the floor
cleared up of all the dog hair.

I brought one of my wife's prized possessions into the workshop to clean the
floor (lined with scavenged carpet scraps from an office building), her
shiney purple Dyson Vacuum

It is, true to the commercials, the most effective home vacuum I've ever
seen. has a cool, clear cylinder that the air whips around like a cyclone.

Well... Reaching under the workbench to get the hair, I hear the steady hum
(quite a quiet vacuum too) interrupted by a thump, and feel a corresponding
bump go past my hand on the flexi-tube. Immediately thereafter my dogs are
barking furiously at me.

I stop.. look in the fairly empty cylinder (I'd just emptied the first load
of hair) and see a mouse whipping wildly, then pulled to the bottom. I turn
off the vacuum and look. He gets up, rather dazed and stumbled round the
plastic prison.

I turned the vac on for a sec, just to see him levitate, rotate a few times
around the tube, and drop down to the bottom. The dogs go wild. I giggle.
The mouse swoons.

So I get on my knees for a better view, and do it again. I giggle like a
sniggering school boy. The dogs are prancing round and round at the sight.

And there was was, transfixed by the sight, hammering the power button on
and off like the laboratory monkey hitting the 'free sample' button at the
Crack research lab, giggling maniacally, over and over again.

"What the H E double Toothpicks do you think you are doing with my.... IS
THAT A FRIGGIN' MOUSE?!" my wife shrieked.

I stammered... "duhuhuhuhuhu."

"Oh My God. I can't believe I married you!" as she slammed the workshop door
and stormed into the house.

So how long did the mouse survive the wind chamber?

I have been contemplating a Dyson for a while to battle my 2 fur factories production schedule. I may have to execute the old POS.

Posted: 11/13/2007 12:21:49 PM EDT

[#45]

lol!

Posted: 11/13/2007 12:23:19 PM EDT

[#46]

Quoted:
I'm on the Consumer Reports web site. Doesn't look like they are feeling the love for Dyson.

They have it rated as #11 behind Sears, Hoover, Electrolux, Kirby and others. WTF?

It's all hype for the most part. They are a good vac, but most commercial vacs will kick their ass at half the price. I bought into the hype and bought 20 of them 2 years ago. All of them were broke beyond repair in less than a year.

Hoover lightweights and sanitaire vacs cost less than $200 and kick ass and last. Only problem is lack of attachments.

Posted: 11/13/2007 12:37:44 PM EDT

[#47]

Quoted:

So how long did the mouse survive the wind chamber?

I have been contemplating a Dyson for a while to battle my 2 fur factories production schedule. I may have to execute the old POS.

Uhmm..

After my (now ex) wife slammed the garage door, it broke my whirlwind reverie. The mouse was fairly banged up (I started feeling bad about my mad experiments at that point) and I took the vacuum canister out to the garbage can and dumped it out.

Posted: 11/13/2007 1:11:10 PM EDT

[#48]

Quoted:

So how long did the mouse survive the wind chamber?

I have been contemplating a Dyson for a while to battle my 2 fur factories production schedule. I may have to execute the old POS.

Uhmm..

After my (now ex) wife slammed the garage door, it broke my whirlwind reverie. The mouse was fairly banged up (I started feeling bad about my mad experiments at that point) and I took the vacuum canister out to the garbage can and dumped it out.

Bummer. If I get one, I will be honored to continue your studies. I think the scientific world demands it. I promise to give proper credit and site your existing work should I be deemed ARFCOM publication for my continuation of the studies of hyper velocity wind chambers and impact of prolonged exposure to the species Mus musculus.

Posted: 11/13/2007 1:27:08 PM EDT

[#49]

Quoted:
I'm trying to decide between the DC17 Animal and the DC14 Animal......

I feel so dirty asking my husband for a new vacuum as a gift....

Oh my hell.... he beat me to the thread by two posts....

Come on baby.... you know I'd never make a purchase that big without talking to you first.

That's sort of where I am, not quite sure of the exact differences between the 14 & the 17.

Would love to see some kind of power rating as well.

Posted: 12/2/2007 6:23:39 PM EDT

[#50]

Quoted:

Quoted:
I'm on the Consumer Reports web site. Doesn't look like they are feeling the love for Dyson.

They have it rated as #11 behind Sears, Hoover, Electrolux, Kirby and others. WTF?

It's all hype for the most part. They are a good vac, but most commercial vacs will kick their ass at half the price. I bought into the hype and bought 20 of them 2 years ago. All of them were broke beyond repair in less than a year.

Hoover lightweights and sanitaire vacs cost less than $200 and kick ass and last. Only problem is lack of attachments.

I take it from your name that you are involved in professional cleaning services?

What you do you have most in inventory?

Tnx.

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