Dyson V7 Animal Cordless Handheld Vacuum Cleaner, Purple, Medium

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The regular head works well but when its bristles encounter larger pieces of dirt, they’re often flung across the room, which isn’t ideal. 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. A five-star score here means that nearly all of the fine dust and allergens that the vacuum cleaner picks up are locked tightly within the container and are not released back into the home. Heading around the house with the Direct Drive floorhead attached, we cleaned for a near textbook 30mins 30secs on average from a single charge on normal power. For cordless versatility and effective cleaning results all round, we just can’t fault the V7 Animal.

We tested the theory with talc, which tends to leave a fine residue stuck to hard floor surfaces that even brush heads with hard bristles cab struggle with. hours with an LED indicator that’s orange when fully expended, blue while charging, and goes out when the unit is fully charged. 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.litre volume of the V8 models and emptying is achieved in the same way – namely pulling up the big red handle on top. The design with the motor above your hand and the battery pack below gives the Dyson V-series cleaners the best in-hand balance of any handheld on the market. We can do a large flight of awkwardly shaped carpeted steps on Max power with ease in the allotted 6 minutes if we need more serious cleaning gumption too. The key change is its smaller, lighter battery, and a jiggling of the suction power versus run-time ratio.

Of course, the Animal version on test here is only part of a lineup that also features the flagship Total Clean model and the slightly more affordable Motorhead edition. The powerful motorised bar never slows under load – as air-powered brush bars often do – so it keeps driving away, even if the tool is sticking down to surfaces such as the dogs’ beds. 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.You’ll be surprised at the amount of cleaning you can get done in that time – and it’s great for quick spills or smaller areas such as the stairs. The Direct Drive floorhead’s stiffer rows of bristles drag hairs from carpet pile with ease and there are no areas on the head’s base for hairs to become stuck. Here, the lack of a soft roller or “Fluffy” head does hinder its performance with larger particles on hard flooring. This can be a little tiresome, but it does have the benefit of making your battery last a little longer because you’re the vacuum is only on when you need it to be. When we initially reviewed the V7 Animal we said it sat in an awkward place, value-wise, as it wasn’t that much cheaper than the V8.

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. If you want to compare how well this vacuum cleans when the vacuum is full, and empty, then compare the floorboard star rating, with this one. Like the Animal, this package excludes the soft-roller cleaner head but also omits the mini soft dusting brush and the mini Motorhead tool. The same cannot be said if you’re dealing with mostly thick carpet instead of hard floors and your home is larger. First we comb real cat and dog hair into a section of carpet to simulate how trodden in and engrained it can get in a real home.If you really want to max-out your cleaning power then the V8 packs a bigger punch for a shorter time, but the V7’s lightness, beautiful balance in the hand, and 30 minutes of run-time on normal power make it comfortably the very best lightweight handheld on the market today. Switching to hard floor, the V7 Animal’s normal power mode is ample to pick up loose dust and light debris with the Direct Drive floorhead or dusting tools for hard-to-reach areas. litre bin is extremely easy to empty, too: by simply pulling the lever at the top, the bin door flips open and the main body of the V7 motor unit slides up, pushing out dust and debris. 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. Dyson’s class-leading V-series handheld cleaners get even better with the powerful, lightweight and pet-hair-busting V7 Animal.