chefferz wrote:They must have a hell of a lot of these vaccums. They were here last woot-off, and even have their own "secret" woot page.

What is this secret page you talk about?

i bought one of these off of woot(refurb) for the wife for x-mas last year... she loves it .. i would recommend it the thing will pick up all kinds of stuff...

we did the test of vac the room with the old vac.. then used the new Dyson... its scary how much it picked up... this thing sure sucks!!!

I got one of these last time around:

Pros:
- Works very well, within it's limitations (see cons)
- Great dirt disposal system
- Hose is long enough to handle going up a full floor of stairs
- No issues on regular carpet or bare floors. Gets lots of dirt out of both
- Fairly quiet when in-use

Cons:
- *WRONG* Hose has a ~3-foot wand which is not removable--not great for nooks and crannies; can be quite cumbersome
- Vacuum doesn't fit well under low-clearances
- Between the hose and clearance limitations some areas are quite a nuisance to access
- Vacuum is quite hefty overall,
- Quite noisy if left running and standing up (the vacuum transfers suction to the hose when standing--which can make quite a howl)

So I stand corrected; other wooters have pointed out that the wand *can* be removed from the hose, which should allow the hose to be much better suited for small spaces.

Love this vac! That's an order. When you use the handle vac, it adds 3 feet or so to your reach. Awesome for sucking those pesky spiders off the vaulted ceilings. Show you spiders... sittin' up there, waiting to drop down onto my face area while I watch M*A*S*H. Forget it. Cycl0wn3d!

zxinfinity wrote:Can we please move this and future Dyson vacuums to dyson.woot.com?

Great Idea! Put it up there right by the Roomba.Woot.Com items!

nisajoy wrote:Does anyone know how these work on hardwood floors?

It works great. I bought it last month and have been very happy with it. Does great on pet hair tumbleweeds on hardwoods and tile.

How good is this at sucking data off old hard drives?

juss wanderin'

Got mine!

Girlfriend had one of these for 9 years and the repair estimate is more than this, so WOOT!

Thanks

Enough of these!!! It's hard to give these things away now.

time to go get breakfast, and 2nd breakfast, and lunch.

Got one last Woot-Off at the same price. This thing can really suck, does a great job of picking up anything and everything out of the carpet.

For those wondering about hardwood floors, it has a bare floor mode where the brushbar is disengaged and it uses the power of suction only, of which it has a lot.


My only complaint so far was that I couldn't figure out why it didn't seem to get anything off the floor, then i turned it over and discovered a disconnected hose on the underside. It also seems to lack a good, built into the frame, carry point.

Overall I found it to be worth the cashmoney.

Got this one about a month ago and love it.

captcahill wrote:Enough of these!!! It's hard to give these things away now.

You're welcome to give one away to me. I'll even pay shipping.

And here I thought being a VIP meant something... but of course, this is woot!... where those special people get the same treatment as the regular minions.

Hmmmm... maybe the rest of the corporate world can learn something from woot!... treat themselves and their VIPS like they do the 99%... oooorrrrr... treat the 99% the way they treat their VIPs and themselves. Either way...

I need a computer, get this thing out of here!

fuzznarf wrote:Considering they area always trying to sell these, and they are refurbished, I believe that it is not just the deal but the vacuum itself that sucks..

but i could be wrong. Maybe they just break a lot.

Or it could be that the DC14 is a discontinued model...I'm not sayin', I'm just sayin'.

I've already watch that stupid woot video of the week and the guy got a Box of Cobwebs i want one. Stupid Dyson.

got one of these here a couple weeks ago, and it is great Now a coworker wants one, but she isn't in for another hour. I'll have to check back to see if it comes up again.

Dyson is like the Apple of the vacuum and tabletop appliance world... Repackage a utilitarian device in a trendy form factor, price it out of the traditional market of competition, and then convince (successfully, mind you) people of why they "need" your product. It's also the best way to bring a Woot-off to a grinding halt. >sigh<

Yoooder wrote:I got one of these last time around:

Cons:
- Hose has a ~3-foot wand which is not removable--not great for nooks and crannies; can be quite cumbersome

The wand is quite removable in mine if you only want the hose part. You just press the two little yellow buttons on either side of the wand-hose attachment point and the wand detachs.

What's the "stairs tool" attachment like? I've used my friend's Animal Dyson (the larger of the 2 ball models), and it was still really tough to do the stairs. I'd buy this if the stair attachment makes stairs easy.

These are on here so often you might as well change the site to dyson/woot.com

zxinfinity wrote:Can we please move this and future Dyson vacuums to dyson.woot.com?

Actually, vacuums.woot.com would be better. It would cover the roomba too.

fuzznarf wrote:Considering they area always trying to sell these, and they are refurbished, I believe that it is not just the deal but the vacuum itself that sucks..

but i could be wrong. Maybe they just break a lot.

Or it could be that this is a discontinued model. I'm not sayin' I'm just sayin'.

Any thoughts on the Square Trade warranty? I used up my daily quota of decisiveness on being first sucker.

My wife and I have one and love it! Bought it for over $200 on a great sale with a coupon.

christinafancher wrote:I bought one of these when it was featured on the site a couple weeks ago. I've used it on laminate wood flooring & carpet and it works great so far. Very pleased with the purchase. And the assembly wasn't too difficult either.

We have wood floors too, and when I use our current vacuum on them, it pushes air out the sides. This means that any dog hair that is not in my direct path gets blown away, and I spend more time chasing escapees than I do vacuuming.

Does this vacuum do that on your laminate floors?

These should be called 'Dyson Lunch Breaks'

zxinfinity wrote:Can we please move this and future Dyson vacuums to dyson.woot.com?

+1

zxinfinity wrote:Can we please move this and future Dyson vacuums to dyson.woot.com?

maybe a collaboration between dyson.woot and ninja.woot (have seen a lot of those blenders) :P

Just TOFTT. Wife better not complain!

Got it last wootoff.... Wonderful! Cannot tell its a refurb. Picks up great and is soooo much quieter than old dirt devil....

Recommend to everyone.

shelladair wrote:We have wood floors too, and when I use our current vacuum on them, it pushes air out the sides. This means that any dog hair that is not in my direct path gets blown away, and I spend more time chasing escapees than I do vacuuming.

Does this vacuum do that on your laminate floors?

It's quite good at not blowing dirt around. We roll a lot of bikes across our laminate floor every day, so there's lots of sand and debris and the dyson does very well to clean it in a single pass.

I have one of these purchased several years ago. The Apple comparison is somewhat apt: it's well engineered and can be disassembled relatively easily (to remove stuck items) without tools. My one complaint is that it's somewhat fragile; specifically, the door on the dirt canister is easy to break when you're emptying it, if you're not careful.

I got a refurb DC14 years ago. It was one of my earliest Woots. It still works great and I've never even had to use the 2nd filter (it came with an extra).

The DC14 is powerful and a good design. We have to occasionally use small scissors to cut out long hair that gets wrapped around the brush cylinder.

We have bare floors, carpet, and oriental rugs. This works great on all three. It can pick up whole M&Ms and cat hair. The attachment wand is strong with good extension - with the vacuum on the floor below me and standing on a little step ladder I can reach the top of some blinds that are 15-16' up. It doesn't use bags and it's super easy to empty the collection bin.

From Dyson labs:

"The way this thing works is it spins the dirt around soooo fast, it transmutes into sock lint just like your dryer does!!"

Peugot Ledbetter, chief engineer

Got this from woot a few weeks ago. Works great!

Dysons suck.

scottydl wrote:Crap. The only thing that sells slower than a $50 flash drive is a Dyson vacuum.

Oh great. Now you know what will be next...


A Roomba.