Note... My review is not based on price. The price on this compared to other vacuums may be high (I am sure over time will go down a little). Instead my review simply focuses on my experience with it and with regard to price you decide if the premium for this is worth it. We all have different levels of disposable income so what is worth it for me may not be worthwhile for someone else.
Prior to this I had a Shark Rocket Ultra Light Corded Vaccum, which cost about $190 (vs this for about $524... I also bought the Dyson V10 Dok, which I found on ebay for $150, making this overall a quite pricey thing). I had the Shark since 2015 until I replaced it (about 3.5 years). My kids are primarily the ones tasked with vacuuming and for a long while they complained the Shark was not doing a good job. Finally, enough was enough and I attempted to do the vacuuming myself to see how well it worked and needless to say, I had to agree my kids were right. I don't know exactly what the issue was, as the suction seemed semi-decent, but it did not work and that was that. Having seen a Dyson stick (I think V6) by someone else, I thought to get a Dyson. I did first try looking at various alternatives and it seemed that overall the people that use Dyson's tend to be happier with the job they do more so than other brands. So I caved and spent a small fortune on the V10. I know I could have gotten for less a V8 or V6, but I was fed up with the complaints and decided to splurge for what I thought had the best chance at being the best at what it does.
Needless to say, the V10 is a great vacuum and we are more than happy with it. My kids don't complain about it anymore. So mission accomplished.
Here is a more specific review of the V10 vacuum as based on my prior experience with the Shark and my memories from childhood of the vacuums my parents owned.
The V10 is a cordless vacuum. My other vacuums were wired. I personally find using a cordless vacuum much more convenient. The best wired vacuum requires you to deal with that cable at some point. Vacuuming involves walking around and not being tied to an outlet (or if a central vacuum a port in the wall) is great.
Battery life will only get you so far. If you have a large house, you might be limited in how much of it you can vacuum in one day. You can look up to get an idea of the run time at various power settings (I will discuss soon). For my apartment, it is perfectly fine. I think I have about 2,000 Square feet, mostly wood, but one room has a carpet.
My prior vacuum, the Shark, was built somewhat similar (motor up-top of the stick) to the V10 just with a cord. What is interesting is that I thought the V10 with the battery and motor up-top, as opposed to just a motor up-top would weigh more, in-fact it weighs less (at least feels a lot lighter to hold). This is great for the comfort of your arm and wrist while vacuuming.
Power... The V10 has 3 power settings (setting is for both suction and powerheads). Setting 1, is for make-believe... It does some vacuuming but you probably are not going to be using it a lot. Setting 2 does a fine job with almost any regular vacuuming and is where you will probably want to leave the power selector to. Setting 3, is like a tornado. If you have any dirt if this can't suck it out, than I don't think it is coming out. Just one thing to point out, the powerhead has these little gates on it, that you have to adjust right to ensure the suction is not pulling on the dirt under the powerhead and not escaping. Frankly, I never recall ever seeing a vacuum that sucks this powerfully.
Power and Battery life - Just want to mention this separately as this is important. If you have the vacuum on setting 3, you will drain your battery really quick. Best to reserve it for tough spots or deep cleaning. Setting 2, seems more than sufficient for any vacuuming we do, and seems comparable if not better than other vacuums I have used (that work). With setting 2, you should get decent battery life. With setting 1 you get the best life, but you may find that it takes a bit more work to get things clean. Just saying, I would not count on being able to only use Setting 1, if you are trying to figure out how long the battery will last.
Accessories - The V10 Absolute, which is what I got, comes with the most important tools you probably need, like the hard floor cleaner, the carpet cleaner, and a crevice tool, plus some brushes. If you want more tools, I would suggest checking out first the V10 Dok, as that comes with a tool case. The tools included there, include the rubber hose and the reverse thingy hose, that might be useful.
Charging - I did not have a good place to put a wall charger, so after a bit of deliberating, I bought the V10 Dok (got on eBay for $150). It comes with an accessory kit, which was very nice. The V10 Dok, is brilliantly designed and holds everything that comes with the absolute very nicely. It allows you to attach the plug to it so you can drop the Vacuum in the Dok and it is charging right away. The Vacuum, does come with a wall mount that if you can use, also allows for drop in charging. Otherwise you have to remember to manually plug in the vacuum or you will find yourself with a dead vacuum.
Cleaning - The clean-out is pretty good. Not sure better than a flat that would just open as opposed to the whole mechanism they have. I find cleaning it out causes some dust to make a mess, but hey this is a vacuum and it takes a moment of vacuuming to fix that... Although my hands manage to get dusty every time I clean it, but a quick wash fixes that. Really a minor concern in an overall excellent product. - There is one other cleaning task you have to do regularly, otherwise the vacuum will stop working until you do... Every once in a while, just unscrew the back and rinse off and let dry overnight. That keeps the air flowing nicely.
Quality - I can't say all the plastic parts feel high-quality... That said, have not broke anything yet and I imagine if you take care of and don't leave free-standing, which then leads to free-falling, it should last for years.
I do recommend this vacuum and would suggest it may be the best vacuum you can buy currently (corded or cordless). I would expect that over the life, other than having to service something, the 2 parts that would have to be replaced would be the filter (I think runs between $15-$30) and the battery (not sure cost... probably too soon for anyone to be replacing their battery yet, unless their original battery was not good). Assuming at least 500 charge cycles before a battery deteriorates, I would guess the battery life, should be at least 5 to 12 years. Even with some deterioration, depending on your needs you may not notice that the life is not as long (e.g. if the battery gets you through an hour of cleaning, but you only need 30 minutes to clean, than even with some battery life lost, you will be fine for a long while). Obviously, if you use this thing every day at Setting 3 to clean saw-dust, I would not be surprised if your battery is toast pretty quick, but for regular household use, it should last a long time.
Based on my experience so far with this, I think the future of vacuums is cordless. In my experience, I really can't find much lacking with this. The things I find lacking, are not necessarily better by corded vacuums. If the price is not an issue, I highly recommend.
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Reaches every nook and cranny.
Dyson Cyclone V10 Motorhead Features & Benefits
Deep cleans carpets.
Powerful suction and a direct drive cleaner head digs deep into carpet removing ground-in dirt.
Transforms to a handheld.
Quickly and easily transforms to a handheld for cleaning on the stairs, in the car and on the sofa.
Perfectly balanced.
Lightweight and balanced for floor to ceiling cleaning. Cleans up top, down low and in-between.
Reaches low under furniture.
Low profile cleaner heads and slim design make it easy to clean low and awkward spaces.
Convenient docking station.
Three power modes.
Suction power is controlled across three settings - suction mode 1, suction mode 2, and max suction mode.
Extra tools.
For whole home and car cleaning.
Up to 60 minutes runtime.
Up to 60 minutes of fade-free suction power, with a non-powered tool.
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| power source | Battery Powered | Battery Powered | Battery Powered | Battery Powered | Battery Powered | Battery Powered |
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| capacity | 0.76 liters | 0.1 gallons | 5.88 pounds | 0.5 gallons | 0.6 pounds | 0.77 liters |
| voltage | 21.6 volts | 50 volts of alternating current | 21.6 volts | 25.2 volts | 120240 volts | 29.4 volts |
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Heard it's great, wouldn't know, got the wrong item in the right box
4 stars for what I know of the product. Zero for Amazon this time.So this is a fun story. Heard this is a great vacuum and ordered it in time to clean house for our party Wednesday night. I absolutely love the Amazon Warehouse deals as I never mind buying open box, refurbs, or used, and love the deals. Well, I grabbed a warehouse deal this time and was really excited for my vacuum to arrive today. That excitement of meeting the delivery man at the door quickly turned into silent rage upon actually opening the box.I think I need to also preface this by saying that the item description said "Used - Very Good. Accessories may have cosmetic damage. Item will come in original box." Well -- at least I did get the original box. Upon opening I noticed that the actual vac looked -- a bit too familiar. The new V10 was redesigned with an elongated bin. I was staring at something that looked a lot like all the older models they've put out. Took it out, looked at the front of the box, and raged. Yeah -- I was holding the pink and purple vacuum from an older model. I later looked it up and found it was a V8.What makes this even more infuriating is that, as I had closed the box to look at the picture, I saw this the big orange "INSPECTED" sticker staring me in the face. I wanted to say that that was believable if the person was blind, but no, it's not, because they don't even have the same shape, nevermind color. It's incredibly evident that not only was this return not even actually inspected to be sure it actually functions, THEY DIDN'T EVEN OPEN THE BOX.I got on the phone with AMZ right away as I needed something for our party Wednesday and wanted to process an exchange immediately. I usually have a pretty good experience with AMZ customer service, but it seemed to have gone downhill with their massive growth the past few years (along with other departments, apparently). Not only did I have to explain the situation at least FIVE times, she said that there was no way I could process an actual exchange. I'm talking to AMZ, one of the biggest companies in the world, and can't even do a simple exchange. My only options were buy another one now if I wanted to get it in time (and, as you can calculate, that's over $1,000 out of my bank account....for a damn vacuum) or get the refund processed to a giftcard when the UPS guy scanned it tomorrow (and no, no offer of free 1 day shipping if I did that. Also, yes, I've had AMZ Prime for 7 years). Ummm....ok, thanks a lot. She said she could process the pickup and a few times I mentioned that if that was my only option I could just do that myself online (I wanted to do it myself so I could properly document the situation.) At the end of the call she said ok she was going to process the pickup. I again said I wanted to do it myself to leave proper notes and (you guessed it) she stumbled over her words and said she already did it. Ummm....ok then. She mentioned no worries, it was in her notes (I NEVER trust this anymore), mentioned something about her manager, and advised I should write a review to document what I had to say. I said "well, they don't usually leave reviews up that don't review the actual product," so let's see if any of you get to actually read this. =)What gets me the most is I was offered absolutely nothing for my inconvenience of having to have an extra $500 pulled from my account, spend a ton of time on the phone with them, repackage this massive thing, make sure I'm home for the pickup from UPS, and then write a review so I don't get blamed if the inspector processing my return actually DOES do his/her job and notices this is the wrong damn item. Literally nothing. Not free 1-day shipping, a giftcard, nothing. Especially considering this particular issue wasn't the product itself but an issue actually caused by someone at Amazon not doing their job whatsoever.Upon getting off the phone I went to pack it back up and take pics for this review. It was then that I noticed the completely wrong item wasn't the only thing wrong with this. I went onto Dyson to see what was supposed to come with this and realized that some pieces were missing. The soft roller cleaner head and charger are missing as well. I mean, COME ON. Not only did you not inspect it to make sure it was actually functioning appropriately -- you didn't even open the box. Seriously -- you guys at AMZ have got to do better.I can't wait to see what issue I run into when the inspector processes my return. I SO look forward to calling in yet again....
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