Dyson DC55 (Total Clean)

Suction, suction, suction! Brilliant at getting deep-down dust, as well as picking up lots of threads off my carpet (I sew). I don't have to pick up any tiny bits anymore... it takes them up perfectly.

Heavy, heavy heavy. Awkward to turn while using. I've never had a rollerball vacuum cleaner before, and thought it would be much more "fluid" in motion. It's not, it's quite stiff. Also, while the carpet-height suction setting works GREAT on my medium...

It is especially excellent at picking up cat's hair

The red switch and the red lever for removing the cassette are too similar in colour and I regularly unhitch the cassette instead of switching off. This was also a fault with my previous model, I would have thought this would have been a problem with...

Easy to use

Powerful suction

Really difficult to manoeuvre. I’m pretty strong but this vacuum gets me so frustrated! It is awful to twist & turn - my old ‘standard’ style vac was so much better

Powerful suction

Really difficult to manoeuvre. I’m pretty strong but this vacuum gets me so frustrated! It is awful to twist & turn - my old ‘standard’ style vac was so much better

Picks up brilliantly, lots of tools, better filters that don’t pop out every time you hoover..

Bit stiff at moving ball about presume it will get easier each time I use it..

Picks up brilliantly, lots of tools, better filters that don’t pop out every time you hoover..

Bit stiff at moving ball about presume it will get easier each time I use it..

Very good suction!

A bit heavy

Very good suction!

A bit heavy

It works perfectly, and is surprisingly manoeuvrable. The emptying mechanism is just brilliant.

The cable is very long: my wife does not really like this - but I think it's a *good* point, as it makes vacuuming the stairs (for example) much safer. The assembly instructions were clear - they are all illustrations - but they could have been even...