https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 10 May 2026 09:05:36 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-a-dyson-worth-it#post-422468 Thu, 29 Nov 2012 16:23:52 +0000 Freckles 422468@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I agree with @Mrs. Bee. If you can afford the Dyson, get the Miele instead. My parents gave us the Miele vc as a gift, even though we originally said we were planning on getting the Dyson. They thought the Dyson was too heavy compared to the Miele. I absolutely love my vc!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-a-dyson-worth-it#post-422410 Thu, 29 Nov 2012 16:13:04 +0000 LazyLightning 422410@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Alivoo01: oh, LOL!</p> <p>Yeah, I have heard mixed reviews of Merry Maids, etc. Like that it isn't always the same person who comes to your house, so the quality or trust isn't there or consistent. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-a-dyson-worth-it#post-422396 Thu, 29 Nov 2012 16:10:53 +0000 Alivoo01 422396@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LazyLightning: LMAO!! I meant the maid/housekeeper, but good to know about the vacuum cleaner too!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-a-dyson-worth-it#post-422340 Thu, 29 Nov 2012 16:02:09 +0000 LazyLightning 422340@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Alivoo01: I think my mom called the local schools and asked what they had, and where they got it, and then just went to that store and looked. I never would have thought to do that, but those vacuums are used hardcore, so that was really smart. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-a-dyson-worth-it#post-422304 Thu, 29 Nov 2012 15:52:41 +0000 Alivoo01 422304@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LazyLightning: That'd be awesome!! I'd love one too, but I don't know how to go about procurring one. I'm skeptical about those "commercial grade" ones, and none of our friends have one so I can't ask them for a recommendation. Alas, I remain as the "live in maid". Boo!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-a-dyson-worth-it#post-422266 Thu, 29 Nov 2012 15:45:40 +0000 LazyLightning 422266@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Alivoo01: I think I need a live in maid, haha. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-a-dyson-worth-it#post-422234 Thu, 29 Nov 2012 15:40:28 +0000 Alivoo01 422234@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LazyLightning: No bueno on your lid coming apart! Thankfully, mine hasn't. Not sure how old your's is, but I would definitely call Dyson and let them be aware of your defect! And since you have stairs, I could imagine this being a lil heavy to haul up and down! Sounds like you need a canister or a handheld! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-a-dyson-worth-it#post-422155 Thu, 29 Nov 2012 15:25:08 +0000 LazyLightning 422155@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Alivoo01: Mine has that button too, but if you have to shake it all all (like to get cat hair out), the clear part will just shake clear off the solid colored part. Maybe mine's a dud. Probably also weighs 14 lbs like yours... but hauling it up and down the steps, it might as well weigh 50 :-) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-a-dyson-worth-it#post-422117 Thu, 29 Nov 2012 15:12:32 +0000 Alivoo01 422117@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LazyLightning: I have a DC40, and according to their website, it's about 14lbs. I don't have stairs either, but the amount of weight I feel from pushing with a Dyson and my old one is significantly different! I also don't have an issue with the canister "coming apart" in the trash can. Mine is a one push button the releases the bottom and hangs onto the canister via a hinge. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-a-dyson-worth-it#post-422056 Thu, 29 Nov 2012 14:57:36 +0000 LazyLightning 422056@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Alivoo01: what one did you buy that was light? My upright weighs at least 25 lbs. It's like carrying around around a 4' tall toddler by his arm. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-a-dyson-worth-it#post-422039 Thu, 29 Nov 2012 14:54:10 +0000 Alivoo01 422039@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I too was skeptical about investing so much money in a vacuum cleaner, but the Dyson is so light and mobile, and does a great job of picking things up. I'd say it's worth it!! They do ocassionally go on sale. I bought mine last Memorial Day for 25% off. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-a-dyson-worth-it#post-421969 Thu, 29 Nov 2012 14:39:57 +0000 LazyLightning 421969@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No. It isn't worth it in my opinion. I have 2 cats and a big yellow Dyson "animal" vacuum (a few years old) and here is my 2 cents. </p> <p>I previously owned some random old upright vacuum I got at a garage sale. It did OK, but with wedding gift card money I was gonna get a dyson and it was gonna change my cleaning "life". It hasn't. </p> <p>Is it a great vacuum? Yes. Is it worth $500? No. </p> <p>1) It's very heavy and cumbersome to carry up and down stairs. The logical handle you'd think to carry it by, the manual specifically says not to carry it by. With the layout of my house, i have to store it in the basement, so...<br /> 2) the cord wraps around the shaft in such a way that if you want to use the hose/tube part (for stairs, hard-to-reach areas, or whatever) you have to unwrap the entire cord first. Not convenient if you just wanted to vacuum up a quick little area, or vacuum out your car or something.<br /> 3) speaking of the hose part, the commercials all show how effortless and easy that is to use, how long it is, etc, and I don't find that to be the case at all. I'll be 5-stairs up, or crawling under the sofa, and the vacuum base will tip over because the hose won't stretch enough. Or if it doesn't tip over, it'll 'snap back' to me and run over my heels. So much for effortlessly reaching with the hose.<br /> 4) If you have long hair or a long haired pet, or if you sew and drop threads, you will (just like with other vacuums) spend a lot of time cutting your hairs and threads out of the vacuum brushes.<br /> 5) the canister comes apart too easily when you're dumping it--can lose it in your dumpster and have to climb in after it. Now that I know this I just make sure to hold on to it with both hands--one on the handle and one on the clear plastic part so I don't lose it.<br /> 6) The couch/furniture cleaning attachments (sold separately and intended for pet hair) don't work at all (at least not with microfiber). I use a damp rag to pull cat hair off our couches. Works better than the dyson.<br /> 7) I'm sorry, but I'm not impressed about its so-called superior hair/dirt pickup. I still have to go over the rugs several times in some places, and if I go on the hard floor, it spits the debris around/behind the vacuum (nothing like feeling dirty grit hit your ankles when the vacuum is supposed to suck it all up). My old second hand vacuum picked up dirt just as well.</p> <p>It's not a bad vacuum at all. But it is NOT worth $500. My mom was smarter than me and went to a vacuum retailer, where she bought a commercial Hoover like the kind elementary schools use. Cost less than my dyson and works much, much better. (it's just as heavy though).</p> <p>Now I'm stuck with a very expensive vacuum that I'd love to replace, but can't justify since it cost so much. </p> <p>If I bought another expensive vacuum, I'd get a Miele rather than a dyson. </p> <p>Or, perhaps I'd try an Oreck, they are less expensive and many people rave about them. Plus they're known for being light to carry! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-a-dyson-worth-it#post-421862 Thu, 29 Nov 2012 14:05:46 +0000 meredithNYC 421862@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If you have pets, DEFINITELY. I have a dog and even though I live in a small apartment with almost all hardwood floors and just three rugs, I vacuum every other day and fill the canister 1/3 - 1/2 full each time. I have no idea how/why, but I know that the thing works like a dream. As long as I have a dog I don't think I could ever go back to a regular vacuum. It really is that incredible. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-a-dyson-worth-it#post-421861 Thu, 29 Nov 2012 14:05:42 +0000 mrs. wagon 421861@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@autumnlove: I think animal... it's purple with the roller ball. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-a-dyson-worth-it#post-421854 Thu, 29 Nov 2012 14:04:15 +0000 autumnlove 421854@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrs. wagon: Do you have the animal Dyson or the yellow one? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-a-dyson-worth-it#post-421828 Thu, 29 Nov 2012 13:57:18 +0000 mrs. wagon 421828@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>omg our Dyson is awesome. We had just vacuumed our rug when the Dyson entered our lives (found it cheap on Craigslist, brand new unopened box) and we immediately vacuumed again and the canister filled up like 1/4 way. EW. </p> <p>Our Dyson is so powerful it tears up the carpet in our basement!! It's cheap carpet so thankfully we don't care. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-a-dyson-worth-it#post-421823 Thu, 29 Nov 2012 13:55:40 +0000 Weagle 421823@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsBrewer: Maybe I just got a lemon :) It worked great until recently! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-a-dyson-worth-it#post-420801 Thu, 29 Nov 2012 00:10:01 +0000 Mrs. J 420801@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Love my Dyson Animal!! Great for my asthma/allergies. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-a-dyson-worth-it#post-420782 Wed, 28 Nov 2012 23:47:10 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 420782@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I absolutely love my Dyson. It's the best vacuum I've ever had. It picks up so much dog hair and dirt. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-a-dyson-worth-it#post-420775 Wed, 28 Nov 2012 23:43:35 +0000 mrs. bird 420775@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My mom has a dyson animal &amp; hates it so much she bough a cheaper Hoover at target one day &amp; doesn't even take the dyson out anymore. I love my Hoover platinum!!!! Not super cheap, but less than a dyson. It's so light &amp; doesn't make dust when I empty it. Also it came with this extra little vac with a shoulder strap the has a long hose &amp; attachments, soooo much easier than the dyson attachments, those are a pain! I know a lot of ppl love theirs, I'm not a fan though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-a-dyson-worth-it#post-420612 Wed, 28 Nov 2012 22:22:19 +0000 MrsBrewer 420612@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh no! I just bought a Shark Navigator on Black Friday! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-a-dyson-worth-it#post-420609 Wed, 28 Nov 2012 22:21:23 +0000 EBSC 420609@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My parents have a Dyson and love it, but when I just bought a new one last week I got a Hoover (partially on my Dad's recommendation). It's just such an expensive vacuum! FWIW, I've really like our new one- Hoover WindTunnel Air </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-a-dyson-worth-it#post-420502 Wed, 28 Nov 2012 21:45:56 +0000 shopaholic 420502@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't own one (we have all hardwood) but I can tell the difference when I go to people's houses with cats that own (and use regularly) a Dyson. It makes my allergies much less active! If we had carpet I would get one. In fact, I'm thinking about it since we will have a big rug in the nursery soon. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-a-dyson-worth-it#post-420489 Wed, 28 Nov 2012 21:42:45 +0000 Mrs. Bee 420489@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>we had the animal dyson, and it was really heavy. there are great lighter models now that i've used that work really great. but i really love my miele canister vac and prefer that! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-a-dyson-worth-it#post-420476 Wed, 28 Nov 2012 21:34:12 +0000 dagret 420476@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I love my Dyson. I bought a dc7 over 7 years ago and it's still going strong. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-a-dyson-worth-it#post-420388 Wed, 28 Nov 2012 21:08:16 +0000 kentuckygirl 420388@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I also love my Dyson!!! The rollerball makes it soooo easy to maneuver! I do wish the pull out extension hose (for stairs, corners, etc.) was longer but it is truly worth the extra cost in my opinion. I had a nice allergen removing Hoover before and the Dyson is so much better! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-a-dyson-worth-it#post-420363 Wed, 28 Nov 2012 20:55:05 +0000 sslm 420363@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We love our dyson! We've had it about 4 years and it's still awesome. We just have the regular model. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-a-dyson-worth-it#post-420362 Wed, 28 Nov 2012 20:54:52 +0000 chrispygal 420362@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We really like ours. We have the animal purple one (with rollerball) and I am shocked how much it collects! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-a-dyson-worth-it#post-420352 Wed, 28 Nov 2012 20:50:36 +0000 MsMini 420352@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think dyson is totally worth it! Ours is 6 years old and still going strong, still works like the day I brought it home with no real repairs or maintenance needed! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-a-dyson-worth-it#post-420335 Wed, 28 Nov 2012 20:41:59 +0000 rawrasaur 420335@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have a Eureka Airspeed Gold and I think it is pretty comparable to the Dyson my parents have performance wise, but at a better price. </p>