Dyson DC28 Animal

WORTH THE MONEY. Amazing suction. See my customer pics above
I don't know exactly where to start. I've owned a Sears, a Hoover, and an Electrolux (sadly, Electrolux isn't what is used to be). I researched and read reviews on at least 100 vacuums, watched unbiased youtube reviews, and talked to sales associates. After several months, I narrowed it down to the Dyson DC28 and the Miele Titan. I won't waste your time talking about WHY I chose the DC28 over the Miele Titan, but if you would like me to elaborate, please leave me a comment and I will promptly respond.

As far as the DC28 goes, it truly does have incredible suction! We have a longhaired Australian shepherd who sheds hairs sometimes a foot-long, and we regularly have guests, and I admit I'm a clean freak and I vacuum once a day. Yet, with all that daily vacuuming, I was missing SO MUCH, it sickens me. I vacuumed my whole house right before I vacuumed with my DC28, and I filled the canister past maximum capacity, then halfway full again the next day. It's amazing all the dirt...

It's an Animal (in all respects)
This whole time I thought I was vacuuming my carpet...what was my weak vacuum doing and why was I wasting my time?

I picked up the Dyson from a popular retail home goods store for 20% off the MSRP. Assembly was simple. Snap the Quick-draw Telescope Reach(tm) wand into the flexible hose and fit the wand onto the body of the vacuum. Remove various pieces of cardboard. Vacuum.

I live in an apartment with two cats; one of which sheds a lot (we call him fur pants). I had been using a Dirt Devil Featherlite Bagless Upright Vacuum for about 3 years. It picked up large pieces of dirt, and sometimes the smaller pieces. We used it a lot to vacuum cat litter in the cat's room as well. I've used the attachments a few times as well. One thing I noticed about the Dirt Devil is that whenever I wanted to use an attachment or empty the canister, I had to practically prepare myself for an asthma attack. Dirt and dust everywhere. And the thing is...if I pull out an...

it's no DC17
We've had a DC17 for years, and loved it. The DC17 picks up our cat hair like nobody's business. We decided to buy a DC28 so we'd have one Dyson upstairs, and one in the basement. The DC28 should have worked even better than the DC17 we figured...

But it barely picked up any dirt from our carpet. It was so bad, we sent it back for repair within a week. Dyson sent it back to us saying there was nothing wrong. We did a test, vacuuming the same carpet with the DC17 and DC28. The DC28 barely had anything in it, then the DC17 filled up three times.

Don't know if we just had a bad unit, or if the DC28 just doesn't do a good job on carpet - but for us, it was certainly no DC17.

And BTW, we bought directly from Dyson, and their return process is unbelievably cumbersome. If you want to buy this unit, buy it from Amazon, or a local big box store.

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