Dyson Animal DC17 All Floor Vacuum Review

I work at a small company and we recently needed a new vacuum.  My coworker was dying to get a Dyson, so we decided to get one.  It was more expensive than the boss wanted to pay, but since we heard nothing but good reviews he figured it was worth the investment.  Unfortunately it did not live up to our expectations.  I will admit the business does get plenty of foot traffic, so vacuuming every night it needed to pick up a lot of dirt.  But even so, after the first month it did not pick up as much, and now about 6 months later it hardly picks up anything at all.  It is not very powerful and is hard to clean and put back together.  Understandably the filter needs cleaning all the time, but even when it has just been cleaned it still has a hard time cleaning anything up.  It does an ok job, but I would get something else next time.