V6 Animal

I have a Ryobi battery in mine and it’s worked great for ages but I cannot use the Max suction feature more than with few seconds. I have a v6 animal 🤔

I've used a couple. Samsung, lg and dyson. I can't comment fully on how good the other two were, cause they were both cooked. But, the dyson has been my houses daily, and it works flawlessly. The only downside (which will be the downside for any stick vacuum) is the battery degrades over time. However, a big upside, is you can get an adaptor to change it to your tool battery of choice. I have dewalt tools, so I got a dewalt adaptor, and it has been a game changer. Way longer life, and the vacuum works better, somehow. But, just regular use, the dyson has been great. I've got a probably 4 year old v6 animal iirc. Got it for really cheap of grays or somewhere. Brand new. I think though, the modern ones are all a lot closer to each other in terms of features. I think if anything, I'd be looking at a robot vacuum, if I had the money for an expensive stick. They seem to be a game changer also. Inb4 you can swap tool batteries onto some of those as well

> Ease of use is important to me.. lightweight, easy to maneuver, and not overly complicated With how lightweight and maneuverability is important to you, I'd recommend a Dyson. I own both a Miele C1 and the Dyson V6 animal and although the Miele is more powerful, it's a bit more cumbersome to use since you have to drag around the motor and find an outlet to plug it into. The Dyson, although not as powerful, operates on battery, lightweight and is much easier to move around. All the features that seemed very important.

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 V6 : was my first stick vacuum,didn't last long Miele HX2 : awesome, until it broke(not mechanical) and needed a proprietary part. Ryobi : lots of good reviews, wife complains too bulky and roller partially working. My work around was buying 2 old school used Dyson DC models and upgrading the battery packs with aftermarket. Heaps of parts around will never buy new again IMO Dyson = Apple.