V6 Animal

Still love my V6 Animal, got a battery adapter and run a Milwaukee battery on it now. Heavier but runs for much longer, and very easy to swap out to a fresh battery.

If I could get a new V6 Animal absolutely. The old unit is on it's last legs, but none of the newer models seem to be able to perform as well, and the price is ridiculous.

My Dyson was v6 from HSN or QVC and it had tons of accessories but it never worked and would do that start stop. I took it to a vacuum place he said they are not repairable, but “fingered” the port and found that the flap was stuck open. That corrected one issue. Then, I replaced the canister and battery off Amazon, with help from you tube. It works better than it has for 10 years. But, with that being said I love all my sharks. I had a broken tube and they ent me a free replacement, my first gen robot had issues, sent me a new robot. The only complaint I have with my model, the tools don’t stay on and the stair couch one will not stay attached at all. We’ve also lost most tools. Only complaint. There are 3 shark vacs and a shark vac mop which is the best thing ever!

Have not tried all those , even any of those… we have an old V6 “Animal” cordless… and its great everywhere. Never broken. ( Also we have a corded vacuum) We have a 1200 sf home 800 carpet, 400 tile…and it does not always last through a thorough vacuuming of the home, especially if we have missed a few days . but does it all if it’s just a quick daily vacuum. It’s also perfect for a quick spot vacuuming or the trail of dirt the kids dragged in. These things use washable filters that look clean from the outside… it’s all inside and you’re not gonna see it’s dirty. Just wash by hand like monthly and allow to dry, or have a back up… It will perform better when kept clean. If you forget for a long time, it will vacuum poorly. PS. We’ve owned it long long time.. enough to change batteries twice… get the Dyson batteries only. Amazon specials do not work right. It’s easy to do.

I have the old cordless V6+ Animal and been using it EVERYDAY for about 3 years now. EVERYDAY.. (Hardwood floors and carpet). Love it. Never had a vacuum as good as this.

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!!!!

I have had a refurbished V6 Animal since 2016. I used it daily until I bought a robovac two years ago and have used it twice a week since then. I have had parts die and need replacement but the body still works great and is plenty powerful for hard floors with short pile rugs. After my fluffy head died, though, and the normal head is on its last legs, I was debating buying new heads vs buying a refurbished V12 slim. I found a good deal with the detect fluffy head and both the full size and mini motor heads, and while it does seem to do a better job than the V6 (along with much better battery life), I wouldn't hesitate to continue using the V6 for my main vac if I needed to.

I have a Dyson Animal (v6 I think) that has lasted me almost 10 years, although I had to replace the battery once. I mounted the charger in a small closet where I keep my cleaning stuff and it takes up next to no space, which I appreciate and I would have loved when I had a studio apartment. Mine is cordless/bagless and I wish I could cover larger spaces before having to empty the canister…but 3 cats create a lot of tumbleweeds. I like it, but for full disclosure I turn to my DeWalt Shop Vac for larger/heavy duty vacuuming.