Ball Animal Upright Vacuum - Corded

This is the most wonderful vacuum I have ever used. When I first moved out of my parent's house, I was given a hand-me-down Hoover that had seen better days. When I decided to buy a sweeper I got a Shark Rotator XL and it was almost as bad as my ancient Hoover. My grandpa bought me the Dyson for an engagement gift, and I can't say enough good things about it. The amount of dirt and hair that it picked up out of our rugs and carpet that the other sweeper left behind was scary. My carpet and rugs actually feel cleaner and softer after I'm done running the Dyson. It works great on hard wood floors too, which is primarily what we have in the house. I have two cats and a large dog and this sweeper picks up hair easily, even the hair that gathers right along the edge of the wall (the Shark did not, you had to use the attachment hose). The Dyson isn't super quiet, but it's not really a negative for me. I've definitely used noisier vacuums but I have used quieter ones as well. The people at Dyson made the vacuum smaller and more streamlined by storing the attachment hose in the handle, which is nice because it's not in your way, but it's not super easy to get out and put back in; however that wouldn't deter me from buying the Dyson, I think I just need more time to get used to it. If the price scares you, just know that there is a reason this vacuum is so expensive! It's worth it! My grandma still has the very first Dyson they ever released and my mom still has her second generation. Both still work as well as the day they got them.

We have a medium hair German Shepherd and two long hair cats, and had a 5 year old Shark that was just not cutting it anymore. We went back and forth with should we get another Shark since we did like our old one, or spend the extra money and get what most reviews were saying to get. Well I am so glad we went with the Dyson. I’ve never had a vacuum with such strong suction. The stairs extension thing is awesome, our stairs have never looked so good. Our carpets look revived and have nice carpet lines again. The hard floor feature is awesome, I used to have to use the extension hose on the Shark and that was the only way I could vacuum the hardwood (because it’s hard floor feature wasn’t strong enough suction), but the Dyson suction is so strong it works perfectly upright. I’m confident it is picking up all if not most animal hair in the house. Any little, minor complaint I would have about it (like the stiffness of the extension hose) is not even worth talking about because at the end of the day this vacuum has strong suction, and gets the job done better than any vacuum I’ve ever had or used. Also, I have a friend who has a cleaning business and she agrees that the best vacuum of them all is Dyson, and owns one herself. I would say the price difference between the Shark animal vacuum and the Dyson one is worth splurging on the Dyson. It’s my new best friend.

**** WARNING TO ANYONE LOOKING TO BUY THIS - DO NOT USE DELCA ELECTRONICS AS THE SELLER **** If you buy this through Delca Electonics, they will very likely send you the same used piece of garbage that they sent to me and several other Amazon customers. They will force you to pay to ship it back to them, then charge you a restocking fee for taking back used garbage. I've included a few pics of the box and serial number in case someone else gets shipped this garbage. I wrote in black sharpie "Used/Damaged" on the box hoping to prevent someone else from getting this junk from this seller. We had to purchase this twice through Amazon and the second one came and has been great. The second one has been working great and has a lot of power, great so far!

We recently replaced a DC15 that had served us long and well, but whose brush bar motor had died, with this model. It works as well or better in terms of basic function (meaning as a vacuum cleaner), and some parts of the design are improvements over that older model. I like that it's smaller and lighter weight - it's more maneuverable and can get closer to walls and further under furniture without using special attachments. I like the new upholstery/carpeted stairs attachment MUCH better than the old (sold separately) one - its brushes actually work, and it does a pretty decent job (the old one used the same technology, but was too heavy to be effective - any pressure on the brushes at all would cause them to stop spinning, so it was useless). I also like the new integrated brush/narrow wand tool for being so compact. And it's noticeably quieter (it's still a vacuum cleaner, so it ain't silent, but the motor is definitely less loud). I miss the foot pedal for unlocking the handle and starting the brush head. It made it much easier to tell if the vacuum was fully locked - with this model you can think you've locked it, but let go and it'll fall back over. I don't like the hose as much, either - it's much more awkward to put away than the old one, where the whole handle pulled out and snapped back in. The power cord also appears to be about a foot shorter, and I'm disappointed that it still must be both manually coiled and when stored prevents deploying the hose - sometimes you just need to pull out the hose to pick up something spilled in a small area, and it's a pain to have to deploy the entire cord, then wrap it all back up again after a minute of use. We've only had it for about 6 weeks at this point, so I can't speak to it's long term longevity. But if our previous Dyson vacuum is any indication, I expect it to last us at least a decade, if not longer - our first one was given as a wedding present in 2005, and for most of that time it was being used in a house with a great deal of carpet and far too many cats (as many as 13 at one point, most often 6), while being maintained only intermittently. I expect if we'd taken better care of it, or used it under less extreme conditions, it would still be in use now and for some time to come.

I only gave this vacuum 1 star because I couldn’t give a 0 no star rating, this is by far the all time worst vacuum ever made!!! I don’t think they could have made it worse if they tried! This vacuum has caused me more stress and anxiety and hassle than i can imagine! I don’t think anything on it works the way it should, for instance.. the handle does not stay attached and slips off constantly causing me to have to bend over to physically hold it together, next the groove channel underneath fills and clogs preventing it from sucking up debris, even when the groove channel is clear it still doesn’t do a good job and mainly just spreads the mess around, also the upright locking mechanism doesn’t engage and you have to force it to lock and it just broke because of it, vacuums are supposed to suck up messes but this one just “SUCKS!” Honestly idk how Dyson could go from the best vacuum of all time to the absolute worst vacuum ever created, i used to own the purple Animal Dyson and it lasted like 15 or more years and was amazing, so i expected the same in buying this one but this model is the worst thing i ever bought!!! Oh and that was just a few of the issues that i listed i could probably write a book

With five indoor cats and many foster kittens, this is my go to vacuum cleaner. Product was delivered as expected. Well packaged. Easy to assemble if you follow the instructions provided. This vacuum has amazing suction power. When I got to a large area rug, I had to switch to the turbine attachment because the Dyson was sucking so hard, it would not move even when the rotating brushes were turned off. The turbine attachment made ease work of cleaning the rug. Word of caution, the turbine brushes move very fast. So, to avoid injury, turn off the vacuum cleaner when attaching and detaching the turbine attachment. Watch your fingers. There is not much room for error. The other tool attachments are easy to use and conveniently located on the vacuum cleaner. The long power cord made vacuuming easy in my small house. I did not have to move the cord from room to room. I just kept on vacuuming until my task was done. It is easy to move from carpet to bare floors by pushing the rotating brush button on and off. It was easy to empty the adequately sized bin. I LOVE this ANIMAL! If you have multiple pets in your home, this is the vacuum cleaner for you. There is no other.

Bought my first dyson vacuum about 10 years ago. That one lasted about 8 years (my husband is a bit rough with appliances). Recently moved into a new house. Decided I didn’t want to spend the money for this vacuum again. Bought a shark something... for about $150. That vacuum lasted less than 8 months and blew a fuse (happened while husband was using it...I have no idea...). Anyway finally came to my senses and decided I could either spend the money on this vacuum I know I love, or spend twice as much money over 8ish years buying a new cheaper vacuum every year. Went back to my old friend Dyson. Yes, it’s pricey, but your carpet will be so clean, and it just don’t compare to the other vacuums that claim to never lose suction. The ONLY thing I wish they would improve is the hose length/elasticity as it doesn’t stretch very far when doing corners or stairs and I constantly forget and pull too far and knock the vacuum over. Still by far my favorite vacuum of all time!!

It's a dyson. It's amazing. Get your wife one, get your girlfriend one, get your mistress one, get yourself one, just don't get it as a birthday/Christmas/Valentine's Day/kwanza/etc gift for the ladies. Seriously, no don't do it... they'll be pissed even though they'll love the Dyson. Performance wise: This thing will suck up anything, even if you just cleaned with your old vaccum. Trust me your house is still dirty. Pet dander and dust in the form of a fine grey powder will quickly accumulate in the canister. Trust me, your house is still dirty. Cat hair, dog hair, dirt, pine needles from your Christmas tree that you left up too long and it dried out and made a mess ... none of it is too much for this bad boy to handle. Buy it and clean your house you dirty slob!

Works great

Having had problems in recent years getting something that actually does what it is meant to, it was a pleasant surprise to find this piece of kit actually works very well on a variety of surfaces. Absolutely delighted with it (we've had it for 2 weeks now and it has been used quite a few times already) Everything listed is very good - weight, suction, ease of use, noise. It maybe a bit more expensive that others, but it is excellent so far. Would we buy this again? YES!

I haven’t had a Dyson for some years but needed something with a bit more oomph. This model is not named the animal for no reason. It is an absolute beast and incredibly effective. Having moved house I wanted to give the old carpets a deeper clean as we can’t replace them yet. The amount of dirt that came up was horrendous 🤢but the carpet does look and feel much better. My only caveat is that the machine is very heavy. Having said which the ball roller makes manoeuvring relatively easy and it goes up to the edges pretty well. It is good on hard floors too. I’m very happy with it.

Easy to put together. Powerful and efficient product.

Good value for money, easy to use, and it does a really great job. I would give it a five star, but for the fact it is quite heavy to use.