Dyson Vacuum Motorhead (For V11)

I had to replace. It works great.

Quick and easy to use!!!

In the picture it shows the words High Torque on the Motörhead. The one I received doesn’t have that wording. Unless I misread what it states on Dyson’s webpage, there is a difference between High Torque and the non high torque. I don’t know how to rate it so I gave it three stars.

I love my Dyson but I have cement floors so it is rough to vacuum. I am glad that I can get on here and order new heads as needed.

Genuine item.

Love it, i think it works better than my old head that died on me. It’s a little bit shorter in length but I like that because it fits in smaller spaces. I don’t have the weird noise that someone else had an issue with using it on their v10. They must have gotten a faulty unit.

We have both a Dyson V8 and V10 for different locations. Each has its advantages. All the attachments we have used are completely interchangeable. One of the motor heads broke and although it had probably been used back and forth between the two vacuums I was able to determine it was the older V8s unit. So it had a reasonably long life span. I tried to fix it but Dyson makes this very difficult and as most of you know, replacements parts are absurdly expensive. I called Dyson and was told the replacement parts are out of stock and they did not know when (or if) they would be available again. The Dyson sales person offered no alternative. This did not give me a lot of confidence about buying Dyson products in the future. However, Amazon has plenty of these replacement parts available and it became a matter of determining which one to get. (Dyson makes your head spin with many different part numbers for what seems like the same part and never specifies any distinction.) After spending quite a bit of time researching online I decided the high torque motorhead from the V11 would fit my vacuums and perhaps be an upgrade. Since the price was pretty much the same as the older parts it seemed like a no-brainer, particularly with Amazons great return policy. My only concern was reading reviews saying people received small motorheads, something I most certainly did not want. My package arrived the next day in a box labeled as a Dyson original part #: 970100-05. Inside was exactly the part I hoped for, the same width as the original V10 (and V8) motorhead. It was not labeled high torque as some photos show but had the 3-position switch on the front that controls airflow. When looking at the label with the tiny print on the back I found what I believe to be the most important difference between the regular and high torque model. On my V10 (and V8) cleaner heads the label notes the voltage as 16.2 VDC and the wattage as 50. (There is no English head so Im providing an educated guess on what the numbers means.) On the new model being reviewed here the volt and watt numbers are 17.2 and 100, respectively. So the new head has double the wattage. The new unit has a different color roller brush (same dimensions) and also a rubberized cover on the back rather than the more open area when dirt and debris gets stuck. To my ears the new one seems to run very slightly quieter and the switch intended for different surfaces makes a significant difference in how the motorhead operates depending on whether its cleaning hard floors, carpets, etc. Overall I am very happy with this purchase in every area except for Dysons excessive pricing. Still, I paid about $25 less on Amazon than Dyson charges directly and received my item far more quickly.

Its the only draw back it has.

Brand new head arrived on time and didnt work

Works perfectly for carpets. I do think that the build quality like rhe support-wheels is a bit weak! Especially for that price.