In my last post, I gave a little background about the vacuums my wife and I have owned during our marriage along with how I discovered the Dyson Animal vacuum.  Today I like to share some of the features and benefits that I’ve discovered over the past several years of ownership and why I think the Dyson Animal vacuum cleaner is great if you own pets that shed.

Dyson’s won’t clog - In many years of use, I’ve managed to clog my Dyson vacuum once - and that was after a  Christmas when I decided to vacuum up all the Christmas tree needles.  Bad idea.  Still, it was a very simple process to take off pieces and parts of the Dyson to clear the clog.  This means less time spent clearing out jams and less time cleaning and more time vegging.

Dyson’s SUCK - I am amazed at the sheer sucking power of my Dyson Animal, no matter how full the canister gets. The vacuum has never bogged down once.  It is really noticeable when the canister is almost full and I pop an attachment onto the vacuum hose.

If you own a bag vacuum, you can probably relate to this - the bag is half or almost full and you pull the hose out to use an attachment and the hose just does not want to extend. You really have to pull on the dang thing to get any reach at all and normally you’ve got this little stub of a hose to use and the vacuum following three feet behind.  I never have that problem anymore with the Dyson.   Again, less time messing with the vacuum (and cleaning) and more time doing whatever it is that I do.

Hose Reach - I can set my Dyson Animal at the bottom of our stairs and do the entire stairway without having to move the vacuum once. This was such a great feature to me. Pre-Dyson, I did half the steps going up and then had to move the vacuum to the top of the landing to complete the job.  What a waste of time! With my Dyson, I’ve got a 17′ reach and it’s a ‘true’ reach.  In other words, no matter how full the vacuum canister is, the hose is very easy to extend all the way out to its full reach.

Another advantage is I’m able to extend the hose and reach all the walls and ceilings quickly in one pass instead of having to stop every few feet and move the vacuum.  Having the crevice tool within easy reach (it’s mounted on the handle) means it’s with me at all times too.

Simple to dump the canister - It is so nice to finishing vacuuming, pop the canister off and go dump the contents into the trash can. no more nasty dust particles flying around when I turn on the vacuum and it really is a good feeling seeing just how much dirt was picked up during vacuuming.

Pet Owners - We have a “shedding machine” in our Golden Retriever dog. She sheds 24/7 no matter what the season of the year. The Dyson Animal includes a Turbo Tool
that is a great tool for vacuum your furniture when those pesky pet hairs won’t come up with regular vacuuming. I had one of these turbo brushes with our Hoover Windtunnel but everytime I used it, I got the dreaded “shrinking/pulling” hose.  I also noticed with the Hoover’s attachment, that the RPM’s of the tool would fluctuate based on how full the bag was.  Sometimes, the least amount of pressure on the tool would stop it.

With the Dyson’s Turbo Tool - or Mini Turbine head as they call it now - the RPM’s stay more consistent and the hose does not pull. I find it very effective on our couches and chairs. But I have to be honest, I hardly use it because the Dyson has so much consistent sucking power. I find i can normally use just the carpet cleaning tool too get the furniture stripped of dog hair.

As a side note, the Tool is nice to use in the car with carpet cleaner, etc. I can use it to really scrub the mats, carpet and seats.

Well, that’s about it for this post.  I’ve got a few more things to share with you in the next post and maybe even a video or two.

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See ya,
Randy