Ball Animal Origin

I live in a 1,700 square foot townhome - first floor is hard flooring and the second floor is all carpet. The carpet in my house is a typical contractor grade carpet that you find in the US with a low to medium pile and low density. I also have a Siberian Husky, so I have to deal with a lot of dog hair pretty much year round. I have both a Miele C1 Classic Turbo and a Dyson Ball Animal Origin. The Miele really excels at cleaning the hard floors, furniture, stairs, and tight to reach areas. Where as the Dyson really excels at cleaning the carpet, especially in the bedrooms where space is a bit tighter than the open floor plan on my fist floor. The Miele C1 Classic Turbo comes with the TurboTeQ head which can be used on carpet. And I find that it actually works really well - maybe even better than the Dyson in some ways. That being said I find that they Dyson is just easier to use on the carpet and in the bedrooms. Given your budget of $850 I would suggest that you purchase a Miele Classic C1 Pure Suction (hard floors only) for $319 on Amazon and a Dyson Ball Animal Origin (carpet only) for $329. Neither of these vacuums are perfect IMO, but together they make the perfect combination as you can use each for the task that they excel at. If you wanted to you could go with the Miele C1 Classic Turbo and the Dyson Ball Animal Origin which is the combination that I have. The C1 Classic Turbo comes with TurboTeQ head so you could use it on carpet if you wanted to. Price for that would be $399.

I was lead to believe the same thing you were. I purchased the Miele C1 Classic Turbo with the understanding that it would more or less be useless on the carpet. But I decided to try it anyway and really do not see what the issue is... If you had really dense or high pile carpet I could foresee it being an issue. But that is really not common in the US. I think that the folks that are pushing that powered head are vacuum sales people that are dealing with a different client base. And I could foresee that client base having very dense or high pile carpet.

Over the past 25 years I've owned three Dyson's (two uprights and one little hand-held. I purchased all three at Bed Bath & Beyond. When my last upright died I wanted to take it for repair (which I've done before) but it seems that there are no more repair places in my city. So when I saw a recommendation on CNN or the New York Times for a Dyson Original Animal upright for about the same price as having my existing vacuum repaired, I jumped on it. Cutting to the chase, it does not vacuum on carpet; I cannot drag it across carpet. It weighs a ton. Video conference with customer service, etc. Assembled correctly, moving parts functioning correctly. The upshot - they told me that it wasn't designed for my carpet (a mid-grade 1/2 inch twist which should NOT pose any difficulties for ANY vacuum). Customer Service guy told me to pack it up and return it. Ye gads! That is not a simple proposition. Anyway, I will never buy a Dyson product again. I know that I shouldn't personalize or emotionalize this but I feel seriously betrayed. EDIT: Three years ago after back surgery, I bought a no frills $400 Roomba which handles my carpet without any difficulty. I also use my mother's old 1960s-era GE canister vacuum in an emergency; the carpet attachment has been successful with several different grades and types of carpet that I've had. Mr. Dyson - you are a loser. I believed in you and I believed in your story once upon a time.

Ok so firstly, never buy a shark. They’re some of the worst vacuums in the long run and break easily also shark bins are super small. If you want a Dyson corded, they sell the ball origin and the ball animal (discontinued on Dyson’s website) for £250-£300 so a little over budget. I personally prefer Dysons as bagless uprights as they’re super powerful and easy to use. The only downside is that they’re a little heavy compared to most vacuums. If there is anything else specific or of your not willing to get the Dysons because you don’t like the reviews or design or price just let me know in a reply.

Canister vacuum: Dyson cinetic big ball (no maintainance) / Dyson big ball (filter to maintain) Both have hygienic bin emptying (your finger doesnt go near the waste disposal area) It’s easy to reach around due to the extendable wand. Upright: Dyson ball upright vacuum (any) theyre easy to maintain, they have hygienic bin emptying, and they have a long wand on the back thats easy to use with the on board tools. Cordless: Dyson v12 (it’s small and uses a button power system, easy to manoeuvre) / Dyson gen5 (it’s normal size, uses a power button system and had a built in crevice and dusting brush combo). Both have hygienic bin emptying

Thats bad, but all of my dysons are nice and haven’t needed repair yet, I would definitely buy another Dyson ball, or cordless. This just sounds like horrible luck but do you vacuum and fill the bin all the way to the top before emptying it?

Ok so firstly, never buy a shark. They’re some of the worst vacuums in the long run and break easily also shark bins are super small. If you want a Dyson corded, they sell the ball origin and the ball animal (discontinued on Dyson’s website) for £250-£300 so a little over budget. I personally prefer Dysons as bagless uprights as they’re super powerful and easy to use. The only downside is that they’re a little heavy compared to most vacuums. If there is anything else specific or of your not willing to get the Dysons because you don’t like the reviews or design or price just let me know in a reply.

Yes the original Animal is a workhorse. The newer ball I don’t like as much.

I’d rather pick my own. In that price range likely a Dyson and though you’re saying corded, I’d disagree. My Dyson upright, though works well, it’s far more of a hassle and I recently got a cleaning lady and she said she’d prefer a lighter, handheld, so I got a Dyson knockoff and it’s so light and easy. I have 1300 sq ft of LVP. I would g use it on my carpeted rooms as the sole vac, for the bedrooms I only use it for a quick vac, for deep cleaning I use the Dyson upright.

I have a Dyson with the ball design from like 2013, it was around $300-400 and it’s still going strong. My only complaint is it’s big and we now have more hardwood floors where we used to have carpet. It is just bulky but it works really great, it’s been used to clean at least weekly or more than that for all these years.

Buy a 2013-2019 era Dyson Ball from marketplace. They are Bagless, very clean emptying process, they have an aggressive brushroll (which is my favourite feature on them), excellent suction. The brush roll has an on/off switch. They often sell at or below $250 on marketplace.

That’s what I thought, too. Here’s my math on that: I spent $1k on my Sebo in March. I added up the cost of the 3 Dyson vacuums( I’ve had since 2017) and the parts I’ve had to replace = I should have bought a Sebo sooner. Models I’m literally placing on the curb tomorrow for whoever wants them. I’ve had it with Dyson’s cheap plastic crap: The upright Dyson (2021), V6 (2017) replaced with V11 (2022). All have had their brush heads replaced. 2 of the 3 are broken again. Not sure what’s wrong with the upright, again. We don’t even use them heavily, I have cleaners in once every 2 weeks. It’s absurd.