Dyson V11 Torque Drive Cordless Vacuum Cleaner, Blue

Strong suction… light weight…. Hopefully I will be able to say the same in a few months!

I named my Dyson Chewvacca because Its burly, meant to last, and a great addition to any spaceship. The only challenge Im having so far is that it takes an inordinate amount of time to charge as opposed to the runtime. From there another inconvenience would include its general weight and the fact that theres no trigger lock, so I know you only have to touch the trigger very lightly, but your inclination is to pull it down as hard as you can. Id say this is a safety feature that customers probably dont like but is likely necessary for its functionality.

I received this top of the line Dyson vacuum and noted a problem immediately after charging. When I picked it out off the charger, it turned on without pressing the button. Then it worked normally for a few days before it stuck in the on position. We could still use it that way because it turned off when we put it back on the charger. Then, yesterday, it wouldnt run at all because it didnt have any charge. No amount of wiggling would get the charger light to turn on. Research on the Internet indicates that we have a well-known battery housing defect and that Dyson will fix it for free. Unfortunately, Dyson customer service is shut down for the pandemic. So, we cant use our vacuum until the lockdown lifts. When it does, we will have a very good vacuum. REVISED REVIEW: We finally got through to Dyson. They gave us a reference number, told us to take the vacuum and attachment to UPS (who would package it all up), and when we had a tracking number, to send that tracking number back in a reply to the message they sent us. We did this and had a new vacuum cleaner in three days. It works very well. Note: In the review above, I noted that the third problem we had was that it wouldnt charge. It turned out that problem was not the vacuum cleaner. It was the charger itself. The new vacuum cleaner came as a full package and we were able to change out the charger on the wall.

Ive had decades of vacuums, including Kirby. This is the one Ive been waiting for. Light and powerful. Changing accessories couldnt be easier. The display on the end of the filter told me I had a plug in the wand and to clean the filter (also exactly how to). The suction grabs it all. The soft brush did a better job on fans and blinds than my shop vac. The charge lasts longer than my will to vacuum. My only negative is that I developed a blister on the inside of my index finger after first day use. The trigger might need a redesign. For now, I wear a glove.

We were in the market for another cordless vacuum as the other one we had didnt do very well, so we decided to go for the gusto and invest in a higher quality one that we felt would last longer and do better. With that in mind we finally ended up looking at this Dyson model. After reading the reviews from here and elsewhere we look the plunge, although it was initially hard justifying the money we were putting into it. My wife is the skeptic of the family, so for her seeing was believing with this. She headed upstairs to vacuum the entire upstairs, which includes four bedrooms, two closets, and two baths. When she came down with it full of junk this thing had pulled off the floor she was a convert. Her baseline has always been her Rainbow vacuum that she swears by, but after using this and seeing how well it cleans shes now less eager to haul the Rainbow out and lug it around. Given the long battery life of it, and the incredible suction it has, I now frequently use it to do a quick cleaning of the house as I know its sucking up whatever it comes in contact with. Ive been especially impressed with the suction it has and the battery life of it. Ive vacuumed the entire upstairs and downstairs in a 2900 square foot house and still have plenty of battery life left. It obviously uses less battery on the tiles floors we have in the downstairs area and part of the upstairs, but for the carpeted areas it still gives me plenty of time to thoroughly clean them and still have plenty of battery life left. Both of us are totally sold on this vacuum and would happily recommend it to anyone looking for a cordless vacuum that could very well end your need for a lumbering beast like our Rainbow. The cost is not cheap, but in this case I would say you get what you pay for.

It was time to replace our old Dyson cord vacuum. I think it was 17 years old. Since it had performed so well over the years, I immediately looked to Dyson again. I admit I was a bit skeptical that a smaller stick vacuum could do the job in an almost 2000 sq ft house. We are senior citizens who have an active lifestyle, live in the mountains off of dusty roads, have house cats and 2 Aussie dogs. Since we also have horses and acreage, we are busy and the cleaning sometimes takes a lower priority. I wanted something that was easy to use, quick, and not having to drag a cord around sounded really good! Hubby thought I was making a big mistake. But, after assembling it and using it today, he has changed his mind, and I really, really like this handy and powerful vacuum. Some of the features take a bit of getting used to, like taking the tube with the power head off to dump the bin. In fact, I was concerned about the small size of the bin, and how often I might need to dump it. But after using it to vacuum most of the house, Im no longer concerned. Im used to it now, and it takes just a moment. And...it did a great job, our area rugs look great, and it moves so easily to our hardwood floors. One really big plus for us is that it runs off battery charge. We live off the grid and generate our own electricity with solar and wind. On cloudy, windless days, I was basically forbidden to vacuum, unless I started a generator. But now, I can have a charge ready and get it done! Couldnt be happier. If, having using this for a time we find something to change our opinion, I will edit my review to reflect it. Can definitely recommend this product!

I am not a cleaning gadget person. Give me a rag and some Simple Green, a mop, a broom and a vacuum and thats pretty much it. I have purchased several vacuums I thought were good (always more money than I liked), but always came up short for cleaning. I finally bit the bullet and purchased this Dyson V11 Animal vacuum. I figured I would ultimately disappointed again, but for more money this time. I was wrong! I have been blown away by how much better this vacuum works than any I have had before. I love, LOVE not being tethered to the wall and dithering with a cord all the time. This vacuum has so much more power than my past corded vacuums, it is easy to handle, the head is low enough to go under my furniture, it is easy to empty and it doesnt give me a backache as my others have. The battery lasts long enough for me to do our 1850 sq foot house end to end. We have hardwood floors with scattered wool area rugs and having the vacuum adjust to each new surface without my help is pretty darned neat and IT WORKS. We live in the Rocky Mountains, so we have an additional season....the season of mud. We have two cats and two dogs that love the outdoors and come and and go freely through a pet door. So we have A LOT of dirt and A LOT of hair. I am not a happy house keeper. I want to do it once a week and be done with it. That leaves a few days of the week with some pretty dirty floors. Not anymore. This vacuum is so easy to use and so effective that I grab it often and keep the floors up. AND WOW does it pick stuff up and suck all the dirt out of my rugs. They are definitely brighter and I was surprised to be able to actually see a difference. I do not hesitate at all to recommend it.

We bought this vacuum three years ago and we enjoyed the convenience factor. It’s light weight. No cords. We found ourselves vacuuming more frequently simply because it was so much easier. That was the entire point of buying it. Stairs were a dream. But like so many others have pointed out, the trigger mechanism eventually broke. And the design appears to almost intentionally make it incredibly difficult to replace such a simple mechanism. The average person absolutely will not own the tools required to completely disassemble the motor, the vortex mechanism, and the trigger assembly. Every time you think you might be getting close, yet another set of screws, some requiring a t8 screwdriver and one requiring a nonstandard 6 inch long extension awaits. For such a great vacuum, I expect longer than 3 years use before encountering such a pain of a fix… in over 30 years of vacuums, I’ve never encountered such a basic failure so early in a vacuum’s life. So, it’s great while it lasts but you may not have a particularly long relationship with it before the pain begins.

I love vacuuming!! It has incredible suction for wood floors, grabs dirt on the edges of the head of the vac, automatically adjusts for the area rug and I am totally amazed at the amount of dirt and dust comes out of that rug. I love watching the dust bin fill up! I must lead a very boring life to get so excited about a vacuum cleaner.

I actually LOVE vacuuming now. It’s so easy for quick spills or daily tidying. Plenty powerful and cordless to take upstairs, downstairs, and ON THE STAIRS. I do wish the next one will have a larger fill chamber. With two dogs, I have to empty twice, but it IS so quick to change out.