http://www.viewpoints.com/aboutme/braunwen Fri, 14 Dec 2007 16:57:41 GMT Reviews by braunwen http://www.viewpoints.com/Dyson-Vacuum-Dyson-Animal-DC14-review-0b670 I bought my dyson animal in March of 2007. It was a floor model at best buy. I had always wanted one, but never really wanted to spend the money. I was actually at best buy looking for a refirgerator and saw two dysons with floor model tags on them. They were not discounted but I did get a $200 best buy gift card for buying that particular one. That gift card helped me to buy the fridge I wanted forabout   $200 that same day. (that's another story, but yes I paid $254 for a brand new whirlpool side by side fridge that was valued at $1100.)<br/><br/>This is by far the best sweeper I have ever owned. I have blown through at 6 of them in the 12 years that I have lived on my own. I guess I may be hard on sweepers, I tend to use it every day or more often. I have two children and there are messes galore in my house. The dyson picks up everything on the first try, I rarely have to go over the same spot twice. Occasionally I will use a odor powder, just to keep my house smelling fresh and with previous...... Fri, 14 Dec 2007 16:57:41 GMT http://www.viewpoints.com/Dyson-Vacuum-Dyson-Animal-DC14-review-0b670 braunwen 5