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This Item  Dyson DC50 Animal Compact Upright Vacuum Cleaner, Iron/Purple - Corded |  |  |  | |
| Price | Currently unavailable. | -6% $469.93 List: $499.99 | -10% $53.99 List: $59.99 | -10% $358.95 List: $399.99 |
| Delivery | — | Get it as soon as Friday, May 17 | Get it as soon as Wednesday, May 15 | Get it as soon as Friday, May 17 |
| Customer Ratings | ||||
| Maneuverability | ||||
| Suction power | ||||
| For stairs | ||||
| For cleaning up hair | ||||
| Value for money | ||||
| Sold By | — | Dave Parkers | ARELEA | Ucs Deals |
| power source | Corded Electric | Corded Electric | Battery Powered | Corded Electric |
| special feature | 2 Tier Radial cyclones | Bagless, Corded, Whole-machine filtration, De-tangling Motorbar™ cleaner head, Pet groom tool | Portable, lightweight, powerful | Bagless, Corded, Whole-machine filtration, De-tangling Motorbar™ cleaner head |
| surface suggestion | All floors | All floors | Carpet | All floors |
| capacity | — | 0.45 gallons | 450 milligrams | 0.55 gallons |
| voltage | 240 volts | 220 volts | 12 volts of direct current | 120 volts |
| noise level | — | 75 decibels | 65 decibels | 78 decibels |
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it appears after one use of the vacuum that they both shed like crazy. I knew my old Hoover Nano wasn't ...
I just received my Dyson DC50 today and I was giddy to try it out. I live in a small 700 sq ft apartment with my long haired girlfriend and 35lb short haired dog; it appears after one use of the vacuum that they both shed like crazy. I knew my old Hoover Nano wasn't cutting it in terms of getting all the hair out of my carpet and all the dog hair and dander started to make my apartment smell like a kennel. Thats what prompted my girlfriend and I to consider such a large purchase for a vacuum.When I got it out of the box I put it together which was pretty straight forward. At this point I really began to notice how thin some of the plastic was on this thing. Particularly the grab handle on top of the filter,it has me concerned, I will see how it holds up. I did immediately register it for the 5 year warranty just incase it does break.I decided to vacuum my bedroom first. This is where we all sleep( including the dog in his dog bed on the floor). I wanted to see how much better my Dyson was compared to my Hoover so I vacuumed first with the Hoover to see what it left behind. I unfortunately forgot to grab a picture of that before I dumped the canister. I did get a picture of the Dysons performance and I attached it to this review. I have to say so far I am really pleased with my purchase after one use. Seeing how much more the Dyson picked up and how much better my apartment smells already helps alleviate some of my worries about its flimsiness.Here are my pros and cons.Pros-I got it on sale for $337.49 new so that was sweet.-It picks up stuff my old vacuum left behind(a lot of stuff)-Makes my apartment smell better-easy to maneuver-easy to clean the vacuum (dump it out and the filters) Cons- It's flimsiness due to so much thin plastic- The thing weighs so little that when you use the hose on it the vacuum flips over.Not a con but due to its weight it doesn't' seem like it can really dig into thick carpet. Maybe rigging up some kind of 1lb or 2 lb weight on the front of it would help get more stuff up on thick carpets.Overall I think this is a pretty good purchase for a higher end vacuum.
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Reviewed in the United States on August 1, 2016
Overall I really like this vacuum and it could have been 5 stars. Except for one incredibly strange design decision. The handle retracts for storage to make it smaller. That sounds like a great idea in theory. Here's the problem: they accomplished this by making the top half of the handle out of a semi-circular, thin piece of plastic that can slide down into the lower half. Well a semi-circle doesn't have good rigidity in a twisting motion. But a twist of the handle is precisely what is needed to steer the head of the vacuum on it's ball. Given that this is one of the big features that Dyson advertises I feel like its pretty important. In the attached photo you can see the design I am describing. The central tube is the attachment tube and offers no support. It is only the outer shroud.
The flex in the handle first of all makes the vacuum feel extremely cheaply made. I have no doubt the important bits are sturdy and will last a long time, but the feel just isn't there for a premium product. More importantly, however, I find it actually detracts from the functionality of the vacuum to an extent: I find that the handle will twist a bit before the vacuum head moves at all, then once the friction on the head lets go it overshoots the position I was going for due to the built up pressure from the twist. Difficult to explain but it really make the turning of the vacuum far less precise.
A less significant nitpick with the same aspect of the design is the fact that the handle doesn't lock downward. Meaning you cannot pick up the vacuum with the handle when retracted or the handle just pulls up. That might have been nice. Instead they include a second handle on the dust bin to pick up the vacuum. Works OK, but not as ideal in my opinion.
It does do a great job of actually vacuuming so I'm still giving it three stars. It would be a 5 star review if the unit were cheaper, but I feel like for the price I can reasonably have higher expectations.
The dust bin is a bit on the small side, but it IS the compact version of the Dyson so I don't actually feel thats a con, just something to be aware of. It works great for a sweep of our entire apartment. Bear in mind we have a couple cats so it ends up picking up a lot of cat hair and fills up quickly.
Update after about a year and a half: PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD DO NOT BUY THIS AWFUL PIECE OF GARBAGE. I was just trying to clean up some of the 'popcorn' covering from the ceiling of our older house that fell the ground. This is basically just tiny pieces of Styrofoam covered in paint. It was on a hardwood floor. This should be about the easiest thing in the world for any vacuum to handle. I went over one piece about 6 times, and all the vacuum would do is push it around (it was not too large to fit through the gap). HOW does anyone make a vacuum this awful?!?! I wish I had returned this the first time I used it but my wife was in love with the idea of a "Dyson" (thanks, Dyson marketing... good job) so we kept it. Never again.
One glaring flaw keeps me from loving this vacuum.
Reviewed in the United States on August 1, 2016
This may be a long review but I want to describe one problem in detail so that anyone buying this product can make a decision on whether or not to change up to another model.Reviewed in the United States on August 1, 2016
Overall I really like this vacuum and it could have been 5 stars. Except for one incredibly strange design decision. The handle retracts for storage to make it smaller. That sounds like a great idea in theory. Here's the problem: they accomplished this by making the top half of the handle out of a semi-circular, thin piece of plastic that can slide down into the lower half. Well a semi-circle doesn't have good rigidity in a twisting motion. But a twist of the handle is precisely what is needed to steer the head of the vacuum on it's ball. Given that this is one of the big features that Dyson advertises I feel like its pretty important. In the attached photo you can see the design I am describing. The central tube is the attachment tube and offers no support. It is only the outer shroud.
The flex in the handle first of all makes the vacuum feel extremely cheaply made. I have no doubt the important bits are sturdy and will last a long time, but the feel just isn't there for a premium product. More importantly, however, I find it actually detracts from the functionality of the vacuum to an extent: I find that the handle will twist a bit before the vacuum head moves at all, then once the friction on the head lets go it overshoots the position I was going for due to the built up pressure from the twist. Difficult to explain but it really make the turning of the vacuum far less precise.
A less significant nitpick with the same aspect of the design is the fact that the handle doesn't lock downward. Meaning you cannot pick up the vacuum with the handle when retracted or the handle just pulls up. That might have been nice. Instead they include a second handle on the dust bin to pick up the vacuum. Works OK, but not as ideal in my opinion.
It does do a great job of actually vacuuming so I'm still giving it three stars. It would be a 5 star review if the unit were cheaper, but I feel like for the price I can reasonably have higher expectations.
The dust bin is a bit on the small side, but it IS the compact version of the Dyson so I don't actually feel thats a con, just something to be aware of. It works great for a sweep of our entire apartment. Bear in mind we have a couple cats so it ends up picking up a lot of cat hair and fills up quickly.
Update after about a year and a half: PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD DO NOT BUY THIS AWFUL PIECE OF GARBAGE. I was just trying to clean up some of the 'popcorn' covering from the ceiling of our older house that fell the ground. This is basically just tiny pieces of Styrofoam covered in paint. It was on a hardwood floor. This should be about the easiest thing in the world for any vacuum to handle. I went over one piece about 6 times, and all the vacuum would do is push it around (it was not too large to fit through the gap). HOW does anyone make a vacuum this awful?!?! I wish I had returned this the first time I used it but my wife was in love with the idea of a "Dyson" (thanks, Dyson marketing... good job) so we kept it. Never again.
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Reviewed in the United States on October 10, 2015
