Dyson DC25 Ball All-Floors Upright Vacuum Cleaner
by Dyson, Inc.
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Kitchen and Housewares Reviews of Dyson DC25 Ball All-Floors Upright Vacuum Cleaner
Customer Review: Love at second, third, fourth, etc. use....
Summary: 5 Stars
So I'm a person who will read like all 200 reviews of a product before I buy it. If there any more of you out there, this one's for you!
I have had my Dyson DC25 for around 2 weeks. I was SO excited to get it home after going through 6 vacuums in 6 years. Yes, you read that right. I have three boys, 2 cats, and we had a dog in the mix at one point as well. I've owned Hoovers, Dirt Devil, Bissell, Eureka, and the list goes on. Hubby and I finally decided that we would fork over the money for a Dyson, not only because it's so well rated, but because of the 5 YEAR guarantee!! This would've been useful with our other vacuums.
So, brought it home, plugged it in, expecting a major WOW factor. Like, to see just gobs and gobs of goodness knows what collecting in the receptacle. The semi-bad news is, that didn't happen. (The good news is, I'm a better housekeeper than I had previously thought!!) So, initially, I was a wee bit disappointed. I think in my mind this thing was going to make my carpets look new or something. Which it didn't, it just made them look vacuumed. Well, a couple days and a couple vacuums went by, and I started looking around at my carpet, realizing - my carpet actually DID look better. A bit fluffier, and just overall BETTER. And then my husband commented on something I thought I was just imagining, that the house SMELLED cleaner. As in, fresh air, no more odors coming from the carpet - not that we had a stinky house, but sometimes if you lay on a carpet or whatever, there can be a kind of residual smell just from day to day life. Not anymore! When I walk into my house now, it smells FRESH. The on-board tools took a little getting used to, but now I love them, they are brilliant!! The dust bin is pretty easy to empty, although it's not entirely hands-free, you will have to get your hand up there to clean debris out from time to time. But heck, if you're not willing to do that, take the money you would've spent on a vacuum and hire a maid. Maneuverability is outstanding. On my deep pile carpet it's a little harder to manage, but that tells me it's cleaning nice and deep. And cleans very well on hard/tile floors as well.
Only real con I can think of is that the power cord is pretty darn short. I mean, it's usable, but it was a little disappointing to have such a short cord.
I'll try and edit in another month or so to keep this current!
All in all - HIGHLY recommended. This is a keeper for sure. If you want a clean and healthy home, this is the vac for you.
Customer Review: Best Vacuum!
Summary: 5 Stars
This is an incredible vacuum. I used Dirt Devil's bagless vac for a couple years until it died. Then, the Dyson vac took its place and has performed beautifully. It is awesome on wood floors and wonderfully effective for picking up cat hair on carpets and rugs too. It's gentle on delicate rugs but still powerful for picking up dirt. The ball technology is well worth it. Vacuuming has become so much easier, and also FUN. This vac might become a show piece in some technology museum.
It's like using a vac out of Star Trek! Five stars!
Customer Review: Great Vacuum for $320 - here's how
Summary: 5 Stars
This vacuum is wonderful. It's even better when you only pay $320 (plus tax). Bed Bath and Beyond distributes loads of 20% off coupons, which DO include Dyson vacuums. BBandB also will price match in-store retail prices - the price must be from a store that has a physical retail location (i.e. no internet only stores). I used Google's shopping search engine and found a store in TX that sells this vacuum for $399. I printed out the webpage showing item and price, called the store in Tx to verify price, drove up to BBandB with my coupon in hand and walked away with a great deal. Customer Review: Worth every penny
Summary: 5 Stars
Pretty much once a year I end up buying a vacum cleaner. I've always wanted a Filter Queen but wasn't willing to sink over 2k for a vacum (even though I'm sure it's worth it). So I end up buying the <$200.00 models frequently. Whatever is on sale that looks like it's decent works. Problem is they seldom do a very good job and don't last. So I try again spending a few more dollars and am consistently disappointed. My wife has really bad allergies and has trouble sleeping so I've been trying to do whatever I can to help out with that. (The HoneyWell 18155 was one thing and it was tremendous - but I digress). Last Christmas my mom wanted " A good vacum" and I got her a mid-level Dyson. She raved about it. So this time around, I wasn't worried about breaking the 300.00 mark b/c based on how much mom loved hers, I figured I couldn't lose. I was still ambivalent but was willing to take the risk.
And all I can say is the risk was worth every penny. I picked up the DC25 on sale and had big hopes. It took me all of about 5 minutes to put together, in fact, it took longer to get out of the box than it did to assemble. And although it's not a big deal, It was 100% intuitive to assemble, I didn't even need to look at the instructions or even the box to do it (I mention this b/c from the looks of one, you might think it'd be difficult to do, at least I did). So 5 minutes later it was up and running. It's lightweight for one thing but feels really sturdy. Once you turn it on though, you immediately notice that it's not your typical vacum. It's surprisingly quiet for one thing. But you really can feel the suction. But it's not the same kind of thing as say a wet vac, that has a lot of power but is almost unusable for most things. No, rather it moves along very smootly and leaves nothing on the floor after you go over it. We have a lot of dog hair in the house and it's a persistent problem. So normally I have to make several passes over common dog areas. This time, I could literally see the difference after I just did one forward pass. I went back and forth out of habit but quickly began to notice that it wasn't necessary. For good measure I still do a back and forth, but it's probably force of habit more than necessity.
After doing the carpet, I decided to try some of the attachments b/c in the past, I've seldom used the attachments b/c they really didn't work all that well on previous vacs. It was really easy to figure out what did what and I tried some 'tricky' things which I've never been able to do before very well... the covers the dogs frequently lay on was the first. B/c the dogs love the couch, lazyboy and love seat, we have covers on them to preserve each of them. Usually, when I try to vacum them, the vacum just sucks in the blanket and pulls the thing. You hear the motor rev and have to stop vacuming and pull the cover out. This time no such thing happened. Well, it sort of sucked the blankets but by simply putting my hand on each end I was doing it, I had no problem. This may sound silly but honestly, it's been a huge hassle and for the most part, I just punted and would throw the things in the washer each time b/c vacuming them was impossible. I did have to make a few passes on it but that's just b/c the blankets weren't held down by anything. But all the hair came out and it wasn't a monumental battle.
The same goes for the curtain attachment. Again, I used to approach it with great trepedation b/c I was afraid of pulling down the curtains - and it never did much anyway. There wasn't a lot of visual feedback on the curtains just b/c they don't get dirty as such, they just accumulate dust. But suffice to say it was really easy to do. After that I went around to the corners and crevices of the walls as well as the ceiling fans and again, it was simple. B/c it's light and very maneuvarable and interacts with the surface the way it does, there's not anything that I've had trouble with yet and in the past, pretty much everything was a hassle. So much so that I was pretty lax when it came to vacuming. Were it not for my wife(then fiance), not much vacuming would have been done at all. Now, I end up doing it 99% of the time just b/c it's so hassle free.
The weight, not having to go over an area several times, the ability to get to things easily without sucking them up, the ability to reach just about anywhere and the amazing power are such that vacuming just isn't really a chore any more. B/c you really only need a pass or two for everything means I can do the cleaning really quickly too.
Over the past few years alone, I've probably spent close to 1k on vacums, none of which every did a very good job (or if they did, didn't do it for very long). The Dyson has a 5 year warranty (amazingly enough, the big box chain I bought it at specifically DIDN'T try to cram an extended warranty on it or even offer it b/c Dyson's warranty is more than any of their current plans - the sales person actually told me this. And considering how aggressive the big box stores are with extended warranties, I was really amazed by this). Had I just taken the jump a few years ago, I would have saved myself several hundred dollars, a lot of time and god only knows how much hassle.
Yes, it's a little pricey and theres' just something awkward about dropping that much money on a vacum, at least there was for me. But I couldn't be happier with it. In fact, even though my mom loves the Dyson I got her, this is a higher end model and I am defintely going to upgrade her for her next B-day. That's just b/c irrespective of the price, this tool is worth every penny and then some. It's much more powerful than I expected, so light and so easy to use, I couldn't recommend it higher. I know I probably sound like a ridiculous cheerleader or Dyson employee, but none of that is the case - I've just been so disappointed with everything else I've bought and am that impressed with this thing. I can say this with virtual certainty - if you buy one, you won't regret it for a second once you give it a try. If only every household utility had a twin of the DC25 - I"d have the cleanest house in the world b/c it makes being a clean freak really painless.
Customer Review: It just didn't blow me away like I thought it would!
Summary: 3 Stars
I purchased this vacuum after reading all the 5 star reviews here and I was prepared to be blown away. But I wasn't! I was going to replace my Miele Red Star vacuum that I've had for 4.5 years. It seems to have lost some suction over the years and I am tired of pulling a canister along behind me as I vacuum. I was eager to buy a Dyson but was disappointed. While there are definite pro's to a Dyson (no bags to purchase, no expensive HEPA filters to replace) there were also some con's.
First and foremost, if you are a tall person, there is no adjustment for the handle so I felt hunched over (almost as bad as pushing a child in one of those umbrella strollers if you're a tall person!) Second, I first vacuumed with my Miele and then with the Dyson. Although the carpet pile did look *slightly* more fluffed up with the Dyson, there was barely any dirt in the canister (a little bit of fluff) - so I guess the suction on my Miele is not as bad as I thought! Also, although the telescoping wand is nice, it was a little heavy and mostly flexible hose, whereas my Miele is a metal and hard plastic wand so I could actually get a nice, straight shot with it versus the flexible hose that had to be pulled and stretched to reach the higher spots.
To sum it up, if you already have a decent (read: expensive) vacuum, I don't think you'll be WOW'ed by this one. I'm not super pleased with my Miele, but this wasn't the answer for me, either. It just didn't feel like it was worth $500!!!