Dyson - Ball Animal 2
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Last updated: Aug 29, 2025 Scoring
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"Dyson Animal is the only way to go for us. ... We have 3 labs and 3 longhaired cats so we need something heavy duty. ... We ve tried multiple brands but we always end up going back to Dyson."
"Had 3 goldens can’t live without the Dyson animal."
"it handles two yellow Labs and a chocolate Lab masterfully. We also have a lot of carpet."
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"I’ve had my Dyson animal for years & it’s a workhorse. ... Absolutely swear by it"
"It’s 20 years old and it’s still working."
"My original Animal Ball, that I bought over 20 years ago, is still going strong and has never needed service."
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"it still works and works better than most."
"it pulls that red rug clean on one swipe, so satisfying."
"it sucks the everliving hell out of pet hair-filled carpets."
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"It also works really well for hard floors."
"They’re nice for hardwood floors"
"I would personally only get the Ball Animal 3 for your thick carpets."
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"I'm lucky that I can remove the brush from the housing to clean it"
"it doesn’t have a bag"
"Maintenance is key. ... My kids swept up grated Romano cheese at one point. Turn the vacuum on smell was awful. Pulled and cleaned the filters, vacuumed up a box of baking soda and smell was gone."
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"the main maintenance on this thing is using scissors to cut all the long hair off the rollers very frequently. ... If I don't do this the roller gets overloaded and breaks. ... I've replaced at least two rollers so far from hair overload, which stresses the bearings."
"you will get a ton of hair in the roller and will burn out the motor or at least clog the roller and it will break and stop spinning."
"continually having to take it apart and cut fur from the roller."
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"the main maintenance on this thing is using scissors to cut all the long hair off the rollers very frequently. ... If I don't do this the roller gets overloaded and breaks. ... I've replaced at least two rollers so far from hair overload, which stresses the bearings."
"I melted three Dyson pet vacs ... Hair melts the plastic eventually"
"if ANYTHING other than fur gets picked up, (twig, leaf, pine needle, moss), the Dyson immediately stops sucking. ... Then I have to take apart the hoses and manually clean them out. ... So, on average, for every whole house cleaning, I have two manual unclogging sessions. ... The air path in the Animal and Multi-Floor models have three 60 ° turns which is where the clogs occur."
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"It is *heavy*"
"because its just sort of a tank ... Prob going to sell this and get a canister."
"it's hard to push"
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"the main maintenance on this thing is using scissors to cut all the long hair off the rollers very frequently. ... If I don't do this the roller gets overloaded and breaks. ... I've replaced at least two rollers so far from hair overload, which stresses the bearings."
"I had the stick and the ball versions and both barely lasted a year"
"immediately having issues with the head clicking(beater bar issue)"
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"I hated emptying the thing because of all the dust, etc, forcing me to always take it to the outside trashcan, which cut down on vacuuming in the winter and in the rain. ... changing a bag is cleaner than emptying the V15 (which is far better than the old Dyson ball canister)."
"I didn't like the dust going poof every time I had to empty the cannister."
"its always clogging"
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