Dyson DC07 Animal Bagless Upright Cyclonic Vacuum Review

After losing my Hoover Wind Tunnel, its $57 filters, $4 a piece bags, and 23# of back breaking vacuuming even with self propel; I found the first Animal I love..........

With 2 parrots, me with very long hair & I do shed, vacuums in my house do not last thru warranty. I get my $$ back on many Hoovers I've owned.

With a new electronics store opening (HH Gregg) we saw the Dyson, much talked about in Consumer Reports, on HGTV & DIY shows. Lowes never heard of it, and their web site listed Best Buy, Target, Sears & H H Gregg. $399 (yellow), $499 (purple), $599 (green) were prices that floored me. But as I was told, you never spend a cent after the initial purchase, so shop for the best price. So the original is the Yellow, then animal is purple & the high gear is green. Prices were identical at all stores, til we walked into H H Greg. $359 for the yellow one with only the attached 3 tools. $388 for the Animal which has 2 extra tools with floor cleaning agents included. $529 for the green one that has the 3 year warranty but nothing more than animal. SO WE TOOK THE ANIMAL! We know a bargain biting us to take him home.

Besides being my favorite color - PURPLE, it will be my birthday present from my husband, who just snapped a few pieces together & we were off. I had just vacuumed with the Hoover a few hours earlier, and in 5 minutes running this purple animal, it was spinning dirt in its cyclone. The carpet actually looked the same as when I bought it in 1978! Footprints happen when you walk on it. Never had this with any Hoover.

Had to play with the attachments. The wand that is actually the handle, snaps apart, you turn it around & reassemble to accomodate the attachments. A handle drives them without me bending to clean. A BACK SAVER! The attachments: Dyson-engineered floor tool; cleans easily under sofas and beds. Adjusts for bare floors and carpets.

AnimalTM turbo tool for pet, bird feathers, & my hair pick-up. This I call the turbo stair cleaner as I snapped it on the wand & did 13 carpeted stairs in record time. The air-powered brushbar effectively removes pet hair by brushing hair and fibers out of carpet pile and upholstery and into the constant Dyson suction. To feel the suction as this spins a 5 G's is amazing! Works in the car to eat what you didn't as well as winter's grime.

Attached to the body is a crevice tool, a soft brush that did excellent work on my mini blinds without creasing them, & what they call a stair tool that I will use to cleaning furniture as it raises nap to show detail of my sofa & recliner. AGAIN THIS IS AMAZING!

For free you get the carpet care kit to keep new carpets looking new. Groom Zorb carpet cleaning powder (sells for $35) into your carpets to absorb dirt and freshen the room. Dyzolv spray (sells for $10) quickly removes spots and spills such as grease, food and soil. They are still in their box as any dirt the purple dirt eater just feasts on making my white carpet white, my rust color a great look & feel to it.

Dyson advertises: The most powerful upright
Dyson scientists developed the Root8CycloneTM to give higher suction power and pick up more dust.
The Root8CycloneTM is the first vacuum cleaner that doesn't lose suction. I second that!

Just press the catch and the 17ft hose is ready to use, no awkward parts to assemble & it reaches to the top of the stairs, cleans under low furniture with usage of the floor cleaner attachment that does wood floors as well as under furniture, so you don't need to move any.

You don't have to touch the dust, just pull the trigger. Right into the garbage can, no dirt on the floor when you miss. Your hands never tough the dirt!

No extra costs with Lifetime clog-free filters. There are no bags to buy and the filters are so efficient they last for the lifetime of the machine. Every 6 months just rinse them out, or if very dirty when cleaning do it every 3.

The brush control system protects rug fringes and the drive belt. The foot operated control easily turns the brush off when cleaning delicate rugs and hard floors.

The HEPA filter has a surface area of 416in.2 and is designed to retain the highest levels of microscopic dust particles and allergens. The BactisafeTM screen kills bacteria. Bacteria, mold and allergens live in your carpet and removing them can help relieve the symptoms of asthma and allergies. Dyson's BactisafeTM screen traps and kills bacteria, mold and allergens on contact, preventing them from re-entering the air. I love the idea of vacuuming the bed every month.

No need to bend down. Your back will love the Animal. The Dyson adjusts automatically to different carpet heights, so there are no awkward dials to adjust. It is light and easy to maneuver. The motor and wheel geometry balances the machine so the weight on the handle is only 4lbs. So it is easy on your wrist and light to steer around furniture. And the edge cleaner like no other. The C07's whiskers are angled out to reach down between the baseboard and the floor, flicking dust directly into the airflow.

Conventional tools can stick to carpets or curtains. This stops them from cleaning effectively and can make them hard work to use. The channels on the DCO7 tools direct the air down into the carpet pile. This has two main advantages: You pick up more because the directional force of the air agitates and dislodges dust. The airflow is continuous even when vacuuming curtains or upholstery, preventing them from becoming stuck to the tools.

Again the bin, you can always tell when it's full. It is easy to empty. You can retrieve lost objects easily.

Dyson's tough construction made from the strongest materials, used in the manufacture of crash helmets, cars and pipelines. This Animal is no wimp!

2 year limited household warranty which my AMEX gives me 3 years.

So now that I am an unpaid advertiser for a vacuum that was $30 more than its predecessor, I can clean, clean, clean with my big smile on my face, tho I have to fight my husband to use it, a FIRST!   Then a friend was over & she bought the yellow DC07 for $399 at H H Gregg a month ago. When she heard that I got The Animal for $388 with all the freebies, so is going back to exchange it for the Animal & an $11 credit. As she stated that I got $125 in freebies over what she was told she'd pay to buy the cleaning kits ($45), the pet hair tool ($35) & the floor tool ($45) so in her words I PAID $263 for the Animal!