DC45 Animal

My dad gifted me a Dyson DC45 Animal Pro in 2014 and it’s the only Dyson I ever used, simply because it’s still working. Still the same battery and all. It was great for my room in university as vacuum but wouldn’t have enough charge for my current flat. It is still great for small tasks, the corners my roborock can’t reach and mobility in general. That’s the main point I can contribute to your question: it probably depends a lot on the use case.

I’ve had a Dyson handheld (V4 I think) since 2017, and it works great. It does need a thorough cleaning once a year. An ex of mine had the same vacuum, it was beat to shit, never cleaned, was anemic. I cleaned it out thoroughly and it was as good as new again. My theory is people buy Dyson as a luxury appliance thinking it’s zero maintenance like a bag vacuum. It’s actually way higher maintenance because dust gets into every nook an cranny. My Miele vacuum has a bag, a filter, and a pre-filter. It’s way easier to maintain than a Dyson.

Nice! I have the D4. It does self-propel in carpet mode, but not so much that it pulls *me*. I should double check I have it set to the right suction strength

I’ve got a Dyson that I bought in like 2012. Maybe earlier. I do virtually no maintenance because I’m lazy. It’s still trucking along, no problem. Edited to add: it’s lived through my long hair, my sister’s long hair, and a Great Pyrenees.

I treated myself to one 15 years ago and it's still going strong; have never even needed it serviced. Mine is one up from the basic cheapest model. I forget but yeah I think I paid $500-600. We'd recently gone through many lower cost vacs and we were ready for a more BIFL product. I bought it for myself for my 45th bday. We stayed at a rustic AirBNB camp that had a Miele from the 70s. The cord no longer retracted, but it still worked great. Even with sucking up dried leaves twigs dirt and gravel on the daily. I'll mention we also have some robots and a stick vacuum; those were found on the curb and my husband refurbished them. I vastly prefer the Miele, but it's nice to have options. The stick is good for quick cleanups, the robots are good for extending the time between deep vacuuming.

We have Dyson animal 4 and 6, both found on the curb, and refurbished by my husband. I like it for doing the stairs and furniture and area rugs. I also like that my husband will more often vacuum with one of these, rather than me having to vacuum. And we have a Brava (purchased), and a Eufy (found on the curb). I do like the Eufy. We had Roombas from the earliest models onward, because my husband likes robots. But the Eufy is better. The Brava is nice and quiet but I think it's just a glorified swiffer and just pushes all the dirt into the corners making more work for me when I get out the Miele. It'll work okay as a wet mop in a small space like our tiled bathrooms. We use the Miele once a week and the other stuff more sporadically. The lesson here is if you are on a budget, you can find vacs for free on the curb, pay to refurbish or learn to do it yourself (also disinfect, ack!!). But we've never ever seen a Miele being thrown out!!!!

Dyson Animal stick vacuum and a Shark AI Ultra robot vacuum that runs every day. I also have an older Shark Navigator upright that still works great and was reasonably priced.

I've had my Dyson animal stick vacuum for almost 7 years. I have a dog and a cat. Also, the two things I would recommend buying extra of are a battery and a couple additional filters so that while you're washing one and it's drying, you can put that right back on your Dyson and go. I do regular maintenance on it and keep it clean. I'm sure that's part of the reason it has lasted this long, but they're not automatically going to fail in a couple of years.

I would get a robot vacuum to run daily. Ive had a Dyson stick animal for 7 years with a dog that sheds to no end and a cat. This combo keeps my hardwood and carpeted areas pretty well. These two items need very regular cleaning and maintenance (robot is a Shark Matrix and I bought a set of replacement parts on Amazon) is a must.

I replaced my Dyson animal stick with this Shark version, and haven’t had any complaints. It’s a solid 7/10 and good bang for the buck Was a Dyson die-hard since they came out, but had to replace the same battery 3 times in 24 months on my last model and felt the price / value ratio has fallen off.