Buying Dyson DC25 Ball All-Floors Upright Vacuum Cleaner

REASONS TO BUY: Great suction, ease of use, smaller size, excellent product quality and warranty.
REASONS NOT TO BUY: SEE insight #2 and price.

A few insights:
1. Performance: As other reviewers have suggested, it has sucked up a lot of carpet fibers, however, it also gets a great deal of dirt too. Our carpet is probably at the middle of its wear life. The stiff bristles on the beater bar may be the cause of both the carpet fibers and 'extra' dirt being picked up.
2. Wand and Hose: The idea it is GREAT, like the attachments, and it's very user friendly, HOWEVER, the one negative I've found is that the 'advertised' extension length of the hose isn't close to reality because of the stiffness of the hose. The base of the vacuum gets dragged as I move or you have to have a second person to hold it to get the full extension. This alone is my reason for my rating of a 4.
3. Cord length: I've been using the vacuum for about 6 months and haven't been annoyed with moving the cord from room to room any more than I have with any other vacuum I've owned. Not a big deal if you don't know what you're missing I suppose.
4. Dirt tank: Smaller dirt tank than some of the others, but again, it hasn't annoyed me. It's very easy to dump, unattach/reattach to base, and didn't require me to bang it on the side of the trash can over and over resulting in a cloud of dust.
5. The 'Ball': I'm generally a skeptical person when it comes to changing from something that's worked fine for me and the change to the ball was a bit hard for me b/c it's out of the norm. After using it once or twice, I had no problems or annoyances. Don't let that be the reason you don't buy it.
6. Performance with on a rug: We've got a new rug with short ?hair? and it works GREAT on it, but almost too good I think. I'm a little nervous each time I use it b/c of how hard it seems to beat and suck on the rug. If you take the option to turn off the beater bar and just use plain suction, it doesn't get all the pet hair up....hmmmm...now what? This would be another point of criticism about this vacuum.

Overall...check this vacuum out for the reasons I stated at the beginning, but don't be sold on it just b/c it's the new Dyson Ball.

As other reviewers have suggested, if you're going to get it, look for a Bed, Bath, & Beyond 20% off coupon. You can register to receive coupons from them on their website.
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