I finally took the plunge and bought a dyson....

OMG was I HORRIFIED when I vaccumed my daughters room (its the only room in the house with wall to wall carpet).

The amount of dust in the carpet was INSANE...just goes to show how bad my old vacuum was!!! My cleaning lady was just here on Sat. too.

Re: I finally took the plunge and bought a dyson....

Congratulations

I really hope James Dyson brings the new DC26 to the USA... We can use a light weight canister vacuum..

Re: I finally took the plunge and bought a dyson....

I want one too! Which one did you get and how much dust does your house generally have? Do you have any pets?

Re: I finally took the plunge and bought a dyson....

I thought the same thing when I used mine for the first time!

and I am a daily vacuum person....my little apt almost filled the canister!

Re: I finally took the plunge and bought a dyson....

it scares me!!!

plus, i worry that i am not cleaning the vacuum out enough... with all the dust that you can't bang out of the canister!!!

Re: I finally took the plunge and bought a dyson....

Good for you!!!! I have yet to take that plunge...........

Re: I finally took the plunge and bought a dyson....

I got the DC17. I have mostly hard wood floors with area rugs. I have a dog, but he doesn't shed. Generally speaking I would say that we dont have much dust, but it's very obvious since we have hardwood floors. We don't take our shoes off in the house so I really though it was more the dirt that I had to worry about - I was wrong!!!!

We all have VERY bad allergies so I figured it was worth the investment. I am scared to think of what I am going to find when I vacuum the couches.

Re: I finally took the plunge and bought a dyson....

I love my dyson too. It really does pick up everything.

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I got the larger ball dyson. You can use the 20% off coupons at BBB for it so I saved $100!

Re: I finally took the plunge and bought a dyson....

Does anyone have the DC21 (canister vacuum)? I don't really like uprights and I'm in need a new vacuum shortly!

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Re: I finally took the plunge and bought a dyson....

i LOVE my dyson. one of my favorite purchases ever!


question, though- Have you used it on the wood floors? I'm curious how it does with picking up dirt/dust from bare floors (our apartment is w/w carpeting, but the house we're moving into it half wood floors, half carpeting, so i'm interested to see the kind of job it does there).

Re: I finally took the plunge and bought a dyson....

my dh wants one of these and in fact he almost bought one the other day! which one should we get--we hav e mostly hardwood floors and area rugs and 2 dogs!

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Posted by MrsR

I got the DC17. I have mostly hard wood floors with area rugs. I have a dog, but he doesn't shed. Generally speaking I would say that we dont have much dust, but it's very obvious since we have hardwood floors. We don't take our shoes off in the house so I really though it was more the dirt that I had to worry about - I was wrong!!!!

We all have VERY bad allergies so I figured it was worth the investment. I am scared to think of what I am going to find when I vacuum the couches.

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Do you have to empty the canister multiple times while vacuuming, or probably just once when you're done? I've been trying to figure out what new vacuum to buy, and one of the things I was reading about some of the bagless ones, like Bissell, was that you have empty the canister multiple times for even just one room.

Also, does it clog frequently? Or need to be cleane dout frequently?

You don't have to replace any of the filters on the Dyson either, do you?

Re: I finally took the plunge and bought a dyson....

I love my dyson. I was mortified the first time I vacuumed.