My wife decided that it was about time that we took a look at new best vacuum cleaners. Our old Hoover had been going ever since we got married, I think it was a wedding present, and was just not picking up the dirt properly and also kept breaking down. It had become a bit expensive having to regularly get in carpet cleaning companies and she wanted to keep our home cleaner herself.
She asked me to get on the Internet (that’s my place…) and find out what the best vacuum cleaner was for her to buy. So I asked her what her priorities were in choosing vacuum cleaners.
She said that her number one priority was that it should be lightweight so that she could carry it up the stairs very easily and not have to call on me to do it as she usually does.
Secondly she wanted something that was easily manoeuvrable around all the furniture. W only moves it all to clean underneath once a month. Something that would work on cleaning the tiles in the kitchen as well as the carpet in the lounge would also be an asset.
She then said that the cat hairs had been difficult to get rid of with the old one as that was important for her.
Then she said that she was fed up with having to empty the bag every time we used it. I think that they also kept splitting and ended up sending out the dust as soon as she had picked it up.
So I sat at the computer and started to look for a multi floor bagless lightweight vacuum cleaner with good manoeuvrability which she could use on all surfaces and would pick up ever crumb and hair that were lying around.
Traditionally a vacuum cleaner has been built with four wheels, one at each corner. Whenever I used ours it worked great in a straight line but I was constantly having to move it back and forth to go around corners or even manually pick it up and move it to where I wanted it.
I discovered a new idea to me which was to have a ball in the middle of the machine rather than the wheels. How many times do we hear “Don’t reinvent the wheel” and yet we have put with with them on vacuums for so long. Anyway I deided that this would be a good idea for us. Of course it needs to be made of something strong to withstand all the bashing that it will get. As far as I could discover the only company with the patented ball technology is Dyson.
I soon discovered that it has a motorised brush which will make it so much easier to dig down deep and dislodge the pet hairs from the pile of the normal carpet. The good thing though was that it can be turned off over a hard floor or delicate rugs.
Dyson were also the first company to get way from using bags which means that it never clogs up or you find it full just when you want to use it urgently. When you have finished the hoovering simply take out the clear bin (clear so that you can see when it is getting near to full) and tip it in the rubbish bin or, better still, onto the compost heap. You will be helping the environment much more by doing this.
Instead of the normal suction up into a bag, this machine uses root cyclone technology which is a posh way of saying that it spins an an incredibly fast speed to force every little particle of dust out of the carpet and into the clear bin. This means that you do not get any of the loss of suction or worse still a total blockage when they get trapped in the filter or bag of a normal vacuum cleaner.
What others are saying.
I checked out the reviews on Amazon and of all the people that have bought one there over 300 have posted a review and overall they give it a score of 4 1/2 out of 5.
Here are some of their comments:
- “this model is absolutely BRILLIANT“
- “The DC25 is light weight, has adequate capacity and deals with all types of floor at the flick of a switch.”
- “Dyson ball….. it’s the future“
- “it is much lighter than my previous one and as effective“
- “super product – made the carpet scream“
What does the customer get?
# 1 x DC25 All Floors upright vacuum unit
# 1 x Operations manual
# 1 x Quick start guide
# 1 x Combination tool
# 1 x Stair tool
# 1 x Product registration card
# 1 x Free 5 year guarantee form (available in UK only)
Is there a guarantee?
Dyson carry out extensive testing on all their products to make sure that they are reliable and tough. Because of this they are so sure of the quality that they offer a 5 year guarantee on both parts and labour.
Where to see more reviews?
If you do not like this model after that they have all the best vacuum cleaners there to choose from.
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