Our most powerful, lightweight cordless vacuum with De-tangling technology and single-button power control. All Dyson cordless vacuums have long lasting energy-dense batteries to clean here, there and everywhere around your home. Maximum run time is achieved in eco mode on hard floors. From the first pull of the trigger, the V7 is markedly quieter than the V8, and the pitch tone is much softer and less aggressive than the jet-engine-like V6. We measured the V7 at 61-62dB in normal power mode at arm’s length and a very reasonable 64-66dB on Max power.

All our cordless vacuums use at least five layers of advanced, whole-machine filtration to capture 99.97% of particles as small as 0.3 microns.¹ READ NEXT: Dyson V8 Absolute review: Still the best cordless vacuum? Dyson V7 Animal review: Price and competition

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READ NEXT: Dyson V8 Animal review: A cheaper alternative to the Cyclone V10 Dyson V7 Animal review: Performance We’ve been big fans of Dyson’s V6 and then V8 models, and the V7 Animal simply builds on the versatility and convenience of the breed. Performance is just as good with the same superb design, fabulous engineering, ideal pet-hair tools, and excellent features throughout. The V7 simply trades a little suction power for longer run-times than its siblings, and lighter weight than the flagship V8. The battery did indeed charge from flat in around 3.5 hours with an LED indicator that’s orange when fully expended, blue while charging, and goes out when the unit is fully charged. Tested and engineered for homes with pets, the Dyson Outsize creates powerful suction that drives deep to remove dirt and pet hair from carpets and rugs. All Dyson cordless vacuums have powerful, lightweight digital motors which generate powerful suction across all floor types. Suction is measured in Air Watts with the machine at maximum power mode."

On the down side, we suspect that much of that saving comes from removing the rear post-motor filter of the V6 or V8. This is replaced on the V7 with a foam baffle to reduce noise. We can’t say we noticed any more dust in the exiting air than the other models, but the engineering would suggest the V7 isn’t exhausting air quite as clean and dust-free as its siblings. Dyson V7 Animal – How does it clean carpets and hard floors? Illuminates the microscopic dust and dirt you can’t normally see on hard floors – revealing twice the amount of invisible dust. Brighter illumination reaches 300mm3 – so you don’t miss anything. We don't stop caring about our machines once they're yours. We offer a guarantee on parts and labour. This assembly is brand new. UK postage is free. Can also send international which will cost extra on postage, please see postage costs. The V7 Animal certainly isn’t short of tools; it has five of them plus the tube. They clip on and off the cleaner with ease, are robust, well designed and very effective at their dedicated task.A second pass usually secures a clean sweep and we decided for a small oats spill such as that we’d be using the Max mode anyway. Needless to say, ramp up the V7 to Max power, and the suction is fantastic and all particles were cleaned up in a single pass. Select Dyson machines include single-button power control providing you with power at the touch of a button.

On paper, at least, the new Dyson V7 cordless cleaners sit between the original V6 and the flagship V8 models. The V7 range draws much of its design from the newer V8 but is lighter, quieter and runs for longer in normal power mode. The key change is its smaller, lighter battery, and a jiggling of the suction power versus run-time ratio. On normal power mode a few more passes were required to fully deep-clean the carpet, and there were noticeable grains of the heavier carpet-cleaning powder deep in the pile. A good mains cleaner (or the V7 on Max) will do a better job of deep-cleaning deeper-pile carpets, but with a little and often approach, normal power proved fine for daily dust, debris and pet-hair cleaning.The cyclone action tends to compress pet hair into a more compact size, allowing you to get more fluff in the bin. Plus, you can push the bin to its fill limit thanks to the pull-out core when emptying. While most over-filled bagless bins will require you to poke about to pull out compressed furballs, the V7’s emptying system always dumps its contents cleanly – even if you run it until the bin is fit to burst. On normal power mode the V7 delivers more suction than most other cordless cleaners on the market, and the powered floorheads are extremely good at turning that suction into effective floor cleaning. If you need tougher cleaning, the 6 minutes of mains-like cleaning power on Max mode is a superb bonus. As with all Dyson handheld cleaners, the power is offered in two stages – normal and Max – and is selected with a slide switch on top. Run-times for the V7 Animal are promised at 30 minutes and 6 minutes respectively. Dyson's researchers study how dust particles transfer between surfaces. Helping to pioneer technology that deep cleans potentially harmful allergens such as pet dander.

DLSᵀᴹ technology inside the Digital Motorbarᵀᴹ cleaner head monitors brush bar reistance 360 times a second, intelligently adapting power across carpets and hard floors. Dyson DC30, DC31, DC34, DC35, DC43H, DC44, DC45, DC56 Handheld 2-Pin Mains Battery Charger, 917530-12 A single pass on our carpet test area on Max power gave a good account of the V7’s carpet cleaning abilities. The mix of carpet powder, baking powder and talcum powder was well cleaned in just one pass, leaving behind only a few finer grains of the heavier carpet powder. Give it a couple of passes as per normal cleaning and the V7 Animal cleans brilliantly on this setting, getting remarkably good edge cleaning results too. All Dyson cordless vacuums are ergonomically designed to easily clean up high, down low and all around your home. Dyson Motorbar™ cleaner head technology drives stiff nylon bristles deep into carpet to capture stubborn hair.

Dyson V7 Animal review: Verdict

The new Dyson Gen5detect is a top-of-the-line vacuum cleaner that has exceeded all of my expectations. With its powerful suction and advanced features, this machine has made cleaning my home a breeze." Sorry, unfortunately this machine was never sold in this country and as such we are unable to provide online support. However, we can still help you, please call our Helpline on 0800-298-0298 or chat with us now.