Good brush

I bought this as my DC18 didn't come with many attachments. It seems to be pretty good at getting some of the tougher stains. The strong, plastic bristles seem pretty hard wearing. Would recommend.

turboriffic!!!!

never could get all the cat hair from the stairs ,,,tried standard tools ,,,,stiff brushes,,velvet pad things , but the stuff just stuck like glue .

got the mini turbine and in less than 10 mins the cat hair was gone ,,,whoever designed it was a genius

Back to the drawing boards

If you want a beautiful vacuum cleaner to look at, then the Dyson23 is your man. However just forget about it if you are hoping to do some serious cleaning round the house. In fact my 10 year-old Panasonic is doing a much better job! There has been a lot of hype about bagless vacuum cleaners over the years. What is wrong about having a bag? If anything, it's cleaner. Take the bag out and throw it straight into the bin. After having hoovered the bedroom, I gently emptied the cylinder and dust was everywhere. To make matters worse I had to spend a good 10 minutes washing it! In fact I spend more time washing the device than cleaning the bedroom. Needless to say, I am very disappointed with it. Not only it is very expensive, over engineered and the suction power is feeble on carpets. Mine is going back to the manufacturer first thing. If you want a proper vacuum cleaner, forget Dyson and do yourself a favour, buy yourself a Miele.

Look at other Dyson Models First

This may look like a very low cost Dyson, and there is a reason. It is bulky, heavy and noisy. The motors on DC07's can overheat and cut out, I've had it happen to my DC07. After the first year, Dyson will still fix it but charge you over 1/2 the cost of this unit new to replace the motor. Please read the reviews of the DC07 Origin Yellow/Silver before buying this, as it has the same overall design flaws. It's a powerful machine, but seemingly designed for power rather than reliability.

If you do want a Dyson upright, and they can be very good, then my advice is to look at later models first.

Can't belive the hype

I have had mine for a couple of years and hate using it. Every time I get it out I really want to give it a good kick and then get on here to tell you all about my frustrating experience. So it sucks hard but most cleaners do. And do you know what these things do have filters that need cleaning!!

This is a real chore to use. Considering it has awards for the design I can point out quite a few design flaws. It is heavy and very unfriendly in every aspect of it's function around the house.
If you have stairs forget it. If you don't hurt your back carrying it up and down stairs then you are sure to be disappointed by the extension hose for cleaning by hand. It is not long enough and as with a lot of cleaners it has the tendancy to want to spring back out of your hand. The attachments for the end of the hose don't fit properly and will often come off when you scrub the stairs. Also as with other cleaners the hose wants to pull the upright over. Taking the tube out and putting it back is also a very poor design and completely un-user friendly. It really makes your life hard work as you will often want to switch between upright and hand hose operation. In fact all of the removable parts fit poorly and sometimes you can vacuum away without realising the dust container has not sat back in place properly after emptying. When putting the hose back to clean in upright position you can often find you loose suction as you haven't slid the part over where the hose fitted to the extension.
All in all this is a real bind to use and I shall be staying away from Dyson in the future. I hope you find this useful and I can save you some real headaches.
Do yourself a favour and look on Amazon for better reviews for other cleaners.

Poor

Had it five years and thank god I bought the extended warranty. Loss of suction eh? Hmm, they should be done for being misleading. Mine broke down/lost suction at least once every year. At the moment it doesn't hardly suck at all. Utter rubbish, never again!