UPDATE: Dyson worth the money?

[RIDizney]

Dyson animal is amazing! Check out black Friday and cyber Monday deals on Dyson.com

 

[freesone]

We bought a Dyson Animal 8 years ago and it is one of the best purchases we have ever made. Our dog is part Black Lab/Border Collie and she sheds her coat constantly. The Dyson paid for itself within a year just by not having to purchase vacuum bags.

 

[Michael623]

This is one of those things that I simply don't get, of all of the mechanical items I've ever bought I feel most ripped off by the Dyson vacuum. It is absolutely no better than a $75 Hoover. I paid $300 and sold it a yard sale for $25 after about 18 months. I get angry just thinking about that piece of crap. I bought an Oreck and I'm reasonably satisfied.

 

[Schotz]

Both of my Dyson's are broken beyond reasonable repair. I have 2 dogs and 3 cats and I have to admit the vacuum gets used quite a lot. The first one was an old Dyson Animal, It is duct taped together because the plastic easily breaks if dropped. It is very loud and requires constant cleaning of all it's filters more than 3 times a year and it smells really bad.

I just got a Dyson ball animal last year it is completely broken. The electric brush motor is fried and only the motor itself is available for parts at $90. The plastic has also broken is many places and is loud smelly and had to be taken apart for cleaning almost every month. It's also smaller than the older dyson we had so it requires to be emptied more often.

If you have pets, get a vacuum that takes bags so you can throw them out, unless you like cleaning filters every month. The cheap hoover we got is much better than the dyson and you save lots of money.

 

[JenniBugInPink]

In general, Consumer Reports likes the Hoover Wind Tunnels (both bagged and bagless). The top 2 models bagged and the top 2 bagless are Wind Tunnels. The top rated Dyson is below these, and is the D28 Animal version. The other Dysons are way down the list. I have a Dyson, and I really like it, however. My big complaints about are: it's too thick to go under things and you have to use the attachments to do that, it doesn't pick up next to things very well (like the wall, dresser edges, etc.), and I don't like the way you have to completely undo the cord to be able to use the hose/attachemnts (it's a pain if you just want to do a quickie little job).

If I had read all the Consumer Reports stuff, I would probably buy a different vaccum, frankly. If you're willing to go bagless, the top rated Hoover is only $130 (on the CR site), and the bag one is $230. The Dyson Animal is listed at $600, and is rated worse.

 

[disneyholic family]

This is one of those things that I simply don't get, of all of the mechanical items I've ever bought I feel most ripped off by the Dyson vacuum. It is absolutely no better than a $75 Hoover. I paid $300 and sold it a yard sale for $25 after about 18 months. I get angry just thinking about that piece of crap. I bought an Oreck and I'm reasonably satisfied.

i feel the same way - we bought one way back in 1993...
it cost a fortune back then....we fell for the sales pitch....we hated it and it died in a much shorter time than any of our hoovers ever had..

after that, we bought a cheapo no-brand vacuum cleaner that lasted twice as long....then another cheapo after that, that also lasted longer and just died last week..

so on thursday i bought an LG , also bagless ....
it cost $170.....seems really good....i'm sure it will last at least as long as that piece of garbage dyson that cost me an arm and a leg back when we bought it...
i'm sure they've improved their machines since 1993, but they've lost me as a customer forever...i'd never buy another one..

 

[dmccarty]

I do not trust Consumer Reports that much. I take what they say with a large block of salt. Years ago they were talking about the reliability of cars. At the time, Mitsubishi, Eagle(Remember them? ), and Chrysler where selling the same car. Eagle was a Chrysler brand. The car was made in the same factory in Normal, Ill. The only difference was the name plate.

Mitsubishi was rated much better than the Chrysler. They were the SAME car, from the same factory, with the same parts, built by the same people yet the "Japanese" car was much rated MUCH better.

Some of the CU ratings are very subjective.

We bought a Dyson Animal 10-15 years ago. For years we had three large dogs, two Goldens and a GSD. A GSD is a German Shepard Dog but I think the real name is German Shedding Dog.

The Dyson has held up very well. Much longer than our previous, rebadged Hoover. I was surprised at how well it has held up since many pieces are a light plastic. The plastic keeps the weight down and is surprisingly strong. We have finished CONCRETE floors and the wife is prone to dropping parts of the Dyson on the floor yet not one part has been broken.

I thought for sure we would have had to buy a new one this year when the Dyson lost vacuum. Turned out there was just a huge amount of small hair dust and dander caught up in the Dyson. After some very nasty cleaning, the Dyson was back to normal.

When this Dyson dies we will get another one.

Later,
Dan

 

[rotlex]

We have owned a DC25 for a few years now. It's an OK vacuum, but frankly, built no where near as well as our previous 20+ year old Electrolux.

The list price on it was $500 or so. We bought it when Bed Bath and Beyond had it on sale for $399, and applied a 20% off coupon on top of that. We wound up paying $320 or so, which I still think is a lot all things considered.

Does it work well? Sure. It vaccums, but frankly, no better than any other machine we have owned. I am very glad we didn't spend the $500 they normally go for. Again, it's on OK vac, but the biggest turn off for me is how "plasticy" it is. Feels cheaply made to me, at least compared to our old Electrolux upright. That, and the fact that the hose broke two weeks after owning it rubbed me the wrong way. They replaced the hose for free, but, did want to charge me for it on first calling as it is considered a wear and tear item. I said to the woman it was only two weeks old, and if that was the case, I'd be returning the whole vacuum. They replaced it free.

Lastly, the accessories are WAY over priced. And again, not very well made, IMO. If it sounds like I'm saying don't buy it, well, I kind of am. Especially if you have to pay full price. It's worth it at $2-300 of list, but that's it.