Dyson 455665 Light Ball Multi Floor Bagless+ Upright Vacuum Cleaner, Blue/Yellow

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Namesake and founder James Dyson initially dreamed of a bagless vacuum cleaner; and through years of hard work and many failures, he eventually realised his dream. Today, the hugely successful Dyson product range has extended to include hairdryers, fans and air purifiers as well. Updated April 2023: We've added our impressions on the Dyson Ball Animal 3 Extra. We've also updated pricing and availability throughout.

There’s a simple slider control to change suction according to surface. It’s preset for what Dyson calls lightly soiled hard flooring or carpet, then there’s a maximum setting for dirt that’s decided to be stubborn, and a minimum option for deep pile carpet and delicate surfaces. The preset was certainly powerful enough to deal with mud whether it was on hard flooring or carpet. The reality of reducing motor power can’t be overcome by good airflow design alone – although Dyson gives it a damn good try. The Light Ball uses close to half the power of Dyson’s Big Ball Cinetic (700W power consumption compared to 1300W) yet gives away only 25% in suction power. It offers 90AW compared to the Cinetic’s 120AW. Impressive indeed. The Dyson Light Ball Multi Floor also passed the light debris test with ease whether on tiles, wood or carpet with just a little scatter on the latter that demanded additional passes of the vac. This Light Ball model doesn’t have a special pet fur tool, but it was still very efficient at removing hair from upholstery. Container emptyingOn hard floors, the ball steering is precise and the machine never skids or slides. It does take a fair bit of force to tilt the cleaner into a turn – a little more so than Dyson’s own V-series, for example – yet not onerously so. Hair care machine and accessories, which include, but are not limited to, the Dyson Supersonic™, Dyson Airwrap™, and Dyson Corrale™, are not eligible for price matching.​ With no bags and washable lifetime filters, that’s it for accessories. Your only running costs will be electricity – and it doesn’t use much of that.

Despite looking like a mini-me of the old Big Ball upright, Dyson’s Light Ball is all-new. This eco and weight-trimmed upright vacuum cleaner complies with the EU’s new sub-900W power limit for vacuum cleaners. It better be good – or we’ll have to protest by leaving the EU. Oh, hang on… The British-born company has responded with its very own creation: the Dyson Light Ball Multi Floor. Much like a car, a vacuum cleaner has its own set of specifications. Here, we have a 700W motor, a 1.6-litre capacity bin and an A-class energy efficiency rating. Lower price will not be honored if the result of a violation of a Dyson unilateral advertising or pricing policy or if doing so would result in a violation of a Dyson policy. Motorhead sounds fancy, but it's the low-end sub-model that comes with a motorized head, a couple of basic brush and crevice tools, and that's about it. Mostly a holdover from the V7 days. Dyson has found other names for basic sub-models.Detect isn't exactly a sub-model, but rather part of the name of the V15 Detect and V12 Detect Slim. It refers to the laser detection system that measures particle size and count to customize suction power.