richms:

JamesL:

We bought a Dyson DC54 Animal to replace an older Miele Cat & Dog, it is by far the worst vacuum we have ever owned and will be replacing it with a newer Miele in due course.

 

I think Dyson spent far too much time on researching a sucking system than making a functional vacuum cleaner for every day use. With 3 Birmans hair is constantly getting clogged within the telescopic arm, the turbo head can't suck up anything of substance otherwise it jams in the tiny little hole. The turbo head flicks things rather than sucking them, e.g. cat food and/or the little bits of kitty litter that the cats track through.

Emptying is tedious and required often but expected for a bag-less, it's dusty as no matter how hard I try keep it contained within the large plastic bag I'm emptying in to etc

Exactly what I hate about mine. I would much rather throw a cheap bag out every few months than deal with emptying that crappy bucket that seems to fill in about 5 mins 5-6 times per vacuuming, and then pulling the middle bit out to un wind hair that has wrapped around it, and banging it to get all the dust out of the small cyclones.

The dyson has to be the purchase I regret the most of any appliance. Also they say not to use it on gravel or rubble, like the kind of stuff that gets tracked inside on your shoe - well that's just f*****g useless then, do I have to clean with something else first before using it?