DC14 All Floors

My Dyson DC14 is 17 years old. Yes the thing is a beast but with regular brush clean out and changing the filters every few years the thing is a beast. I am keeping mine until it no longer turns on. I have a love hate relationship with my Roborock robot vacuum; mine is 5 years old. It does better on thicker carpet than it does on hardwood/tile (which is what I bought it for) and it get clogged way too easily and TBH for the edges I get better results from a basic Swiffer. It also rarely ever completes a whole cleaning cycle on a single battery charge.

I have number 2 the Electrolux pure C9 animal. I plan to never buy another Electrolux vacuum again because this one sucked so bad. We've had it for 2 years and use it on hard floors only now. Even then it overheats if I want better suction and set the power to max. Went back to our 14 year old Dyson for carpet, even though the Dyson is starting to creak from age. I would repurchase my Dyson but they no longer make the model I have. I am following this thread with interest to see what I can replace my aging Dyson with, but it seems no vacuum company wants to make a good vacuum that lasts. I wish a company would just pirate the Dyson DC14 which is what I have, because that's the one and only vacuum you'd ever need. Sorry for the rant.

Oh actually the Dyson DC14 is now 16 years old and going strong! Very banged up but suction is as good as it was on day 1.

What a shame. I have a corded Dyson vac I grabbed in Costco in 2010. Still does an excellent job. DC14plus

Yes, Dyson's were made much better 20 years ago. Modern day Dyson's aren't close to the that.

My parents lost me borrow a oreck bag Vacuum that's been in our family as, long as I can remember when I bought my house. A couple years ago I found a Dyson dc14 at a yard says for $20, replaced the clutch and it "worked" but never well, but I just properly cleaned the rollers of all the hair again, unclogged the small hose from the shroud to the ret of the unit, and it's sucking like a dream now. I've never pulled this much dust out of my rugs in my life and now I want to puke. Anyway, moral of the story is use what you have, and fix what breaks. Searching for used Dyson is a great option. Also rtings.com started doing vacuum reviews and I highly recommend rtings the anything they write.

The older dyson works way better than the newer models. We have the dyson dc14 and it works amazing well. The things/hair ive vacuumed is anything but amazing for how much ive abused this vacuum. We tried the dyson animal and returned it as it just didnt compare. Imo the dc14 is built like a tank.

We just payed close to $1k for a Sebo (the one listed toward the top, actually) earlier this year because it was "on sale" and our Dyson finally kicked the bucket (and Dyson stopped making replacement parts for it and no one here would work on the damn thing). So yes, yes they are that expensive. Normally, it retails for $1.3k in my area. Miele are just as expensive where I live.

Ours lasted from 2008 until earlier this year; then we finally had to replace it. Mostly because Dyson dropped the support and parts for it and no one in our area would even work on it. The older ones seemed better made than the newer models, though.