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The Dyson Vacuum Really Sucks!

Yesterday we bought a new vacuum cleaner. We stepped up and paid the big bucks for the model getting all the buzz. We bought a yellow Dyson. We tested it out in our bedroom to see exactly how much we were missing with our old vacuum cleaner. Suffice to say that the old one now has new residence in the garage. The Dyson vacuum cleaner really sucks!

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The first thing I noticed is that it is extremely easy to handle. It turns easily and pushes like it's self-propelled. (It isn’t self-propelled.) It does seem to use the same amount of electricity, the lights always dim with the vacuum, but it was twice as quiet as the old Dirt Devil we were using. The quietness and mobility alone are ample reasons to switch from your old vacuum.

So we went around the room and got about halfway though when my wife stopped me with an astonished look on her face. She told me to look at the dirt cup. In half of a room this light sucker had accumulated as much dirt and crap as the other vacuum picks up in the whole house combined. All right, we're sold.

Now it's time to empty this dirt cup. We needed to consult the manual. It told us how to easily remove the entire chassis, not just the dirt cup. There's a reason for this. The way it's designed you never really have to deal with dust. When you pull the main chassis the dirt cup comes with, still sealed, no dust.

Now for the messy part, right? Wrong. You simply put a bag on the bottom of the chassis and pull the little lever on the top, still no mess. The bottom falls out and releases all of the dust, and since the filter is separate you don't need to clean it too. The internal design dumps everything out without individual hand cleaning. Once everything has been dumped out (Make note that there was so much dirt in the bag that it actually had weight!) all you have to do is give a quick pull on the chassis and the bottom part flips back into place without you ever touching the dirt. This is yet another selling feature.

According to the manual the maintenance for this super sucker is rather simple as well. Every six months (They provide a handy wheel chart on top of the filter unit.) you need to take out the filter, rinse it in cool water, let it dry and stick it back in. You should never have to replace your filter, ever. Even if you do, we did a price check on that and determined that their filters are a good $15 cheaper than most other filters. How can you go wrong with this marvel of suction engineering?

I know many of you are thinking the $400-$500 price tags are a bit out there, but when you realize that this can and will do the work of at least two $200 models from competitors you are actually saving money, let alone getting a cleaner house. Our carpets even LOOK better!

Did I mention they have about ten models out including one specifically for those with pets?

Dyson has in no way paid or requested this glowing personal review. This is completely independent.

Posted by aakaakaak at May 15, 2005 05:55 PM