First, I love my Dyson. If you know me, I'm pretty thrifty, and the though of paying the jaw-dropping price for a Dyson was too much for me. But then our friends who are just as thrifty as us sang the praises of their Dyson, and I was intrigued. If they though it was worth the money, there might be something more to this vacuum than just hype, I thought.
But it was still too much. So when our old faithful vacuum died the death (literally in the middle of our house while I was using it), we had to do something. We tried a stick-vacuum. It didn't pick up everything. We tried a Shark that was supposed to have super suction power. It did. It was an intense workout to push it on the carpet it had such great suction. But it's biggest drawback was that its exhaust was in the front of the unit so it just ended up blowing all the dust and dog hair everywhere. By this time last year we were into Black Friday weekend. So when we saw our Dyson 40% off with an additional 10% off military discount at Lowes (which is our favorite store according to our credit card), we jumped on it. And for the extra $50 or so, we even went for the ball, super-pet hair edition. I'm here to tell ya, it. was. worth. every. last. stinking. penny!
And just like I love my Dyson, I really love my hardwood floors. Growing up, we always had carpet. And while it was nice and plush, I don't think I can go back, and here's why...
Our house is roughly 1900 square feet. After a week of not vacuuming, it needed it. Badly. So here is what our super fabulous vacuum picked up on the hardwood part of our house.
The max fill line is about half way down the canister. So I would say it was about 1/4 full at this point.
In an effort to paint an honest picture, after I took the above pictures, I emptied the canister. Then I vacuumed the living room rug. It's a 10x12, so of the 1900 square feet in our house, it is only 120 of those square feet. Here is what I picked up...
Here is my little helper and a closer picture. It was above the max fill line. YUCK!
So that's my opinion. (1) The Dyson is worth it. (2) Carpet sucks every dust particle, bit of pet dander, hair into it and holds on. As long as we can afford the hardwood, we are sticking with it.
