What's happening YouTube, Josh Teder here for 6 Months Later and today
we'll be taking a look at the Dyson upright vacuum cleaners. We'll look at
the Dyson's design, its performance, as well as how long it's held up over 6
months of use. This is 6 Months Later.
For the past three decades, people all around the world have come to know the
Dyson vacuum brand and the terrible puns people use to describe how well the
dyson actually works. Now this is because the Dyson vacuum cleaner is simply a
fantastic product. Now here at 6 Months Later, we do product reviews of products
after 6 months of use, however, the Dyson vacuum cleaner is an
interesting circumstance because i've actually owned a Dyson vacuum cleaner
for almost four years now, so for this review i'm actually going to review it
from way longer than six months. It's going to be a three and a half year
review of a Dyson vacuum cleaner. You'll see shots of the Dyson that i own as
well as some shots of a newer dyson vacuum cleaner that i gifted my parents
this past holiday and i'm going to do that just because the Dyson i gifted
them that is a Dyson that you can currently go out and buy today at a
local retailer or directly from Dyson. Whereas the Dyson vacuum cleaner that i
own has been discontinued and you can no longer get one from Dyson. Now one of the
most notable things about a dyson vacuum cleaner when you first look at one is
that you instantly know it's a Dyson. It looks cool and very sleek, something that
certainly surprised the consumer market when Dyson's first came out a little
over two decades ago. The Dyson vacuum cleaner is the brainchild of Sir James
Dyson, a fascinating inventor designer and entrepreneur. If you're interested in
learning more about him as well as the history of how Dyson came to be, I highly
recommend listening to the James Dyson episode of the NPR podcast How I built
This With Guy Raz. I'll drop a link to the podcast episode in the video
description below for those who are interested in learning more about James
Dyson and the company named after him. Alright now on to the Dyson vacuum
cleaner. Introduced to the United States in the early 2000s, this vacuum has been
a centerpiece of doorbuster holiday sales and for a good reason,
it's looked at as the vacuum to beat in terms
of design, customer experience, and customer retention. For me, what makes the
Dyson such a great vacuum cleaner comes down to the Dyson's performance, design,
maintenance, and reliability. First let's talk about performance. The amount of
suction you get with a Dyson vacuum exactly lines up with how they market
their vacuum cleaner. This thing has a ton of suction and you'll be surprised
how much suction it has when you first turn it on and start vacuuming with it.
This is due in part to Dyson's patented cyclone technology. It's not just
marketing bull****. Sir James Dyson bought a Hoover vacuum cleaner in the
mid 1970s and became frustrated with how it clogged up and lost its suction
thanks to its reliance on vacuum cleaner bags. This led him to invent the cyclone
technology for vacuum cleaners that is at the heart of every Dyson vacuum
cleaner even today. The technology allows for no bags and no loss of suction, a
real differentiator when Dyson vacuum cleaners first came to the market. This
isn't the only patent that Sir James Dyson has on the Dyson vacuum cleaner,
there are actually over 180 patents in the Dyson vacuum cleaner today, a stat
that the company is obviously proud of because it uses it in its messaging on
the Dyson website. The noise level of a Dyson vacuum cleaner is tolerable, the
pitch seems higher than most other vacuum cleaners I've used before, though
I can't say if it seems less loud than other vacuum cleaners in its class. As
with the suction, you'll be equally surprised at the amount of dirt and dust
this thing sucks up the first time you use one, especially if this is your first
time using a bagless vacuum cleaner. Seeing how much dust and dirt my Dyson
sucked up when I used it for the first time really made me want to use it a lot
more often than I typically did with other vacuum cleaners and this is a
comment I hear over and over again from other Dyson owners. The canister is easy
to get to, easy to remove from the vacuum, and empty into a trash bin, unlike some
other canister vacs I've tried to use where you really have to pry the
canister out, this is just one of the many design elements to a Dyson that
makes this vacuum such a joy to use. The Dyson is comprised of lightweight parts
to help keep the weight down and the main way you move around the Dyson
vacuum is by utilizing its ball design. The Dyson is also able to traverse most
surfaces thanks to its active base plate technology, which allows the vacuum to
switch from carpet to a hard floor without experiencing a loss of suction.
The bristles in the motorized brush bar are also thankfully easy to remove in
case you suck up a long piece of string or anything that doesn't pass on into
the canister chamber. The attachments are incredibly easy to attach to the vacuum.
This is an area where Dyson's clever design really shines.
It just takes seconds to switch the vac into attachment mode and the suction you
get through the attachment hose is very strong, which you'd expect with this
brand. Now the one area of Dyson's design that I think does need improvement is in
the area of cord management. The solution they came up with is simple enough, but I
really wish they would just add a retractable cord into their vacuum
cleaners. I've used a couple of other brands of vacuum cleaners that had this
and really enjoyed the feature, but other than that complaint I couldn't think of
anything else to complain about with the Dyson because it simply just been a
great vacuum cleaner and I enjoy pretty much everything about the design. Next,
let's talk about maintenance and reliability. For the upright Dyson vacuum
cleaners the amount of maintenance that is required varies depending on which
model you have. I have the Dyson multi floor vacuum cleaner that has two
filters that need to be rinsed out every three months. Like everything with this
vacuum cleaner, Dyson makes it very easy to get to the filters and to clean them.
Over the past three and a half years i can happily say that i have not run into
a single issue with my Dyson vacuum cleaner, not one, and I know I've probably
just jinxed myself by saying that and with my luck something bad will probably
happen after I hit the record button again, but
so far so good, I haven't run into any issues. Now if you're thinking of getting
a Dyson and this is your first one, you can typically get a refurbished one from
sites like Woot which is owned by Amazon, for around $250, which is what I did. You
can also find some pretty steep discounts on Dyson's around Black Friday
during the holidays as well, and the advantage there is that if you
buy it new, you get that five year warranty which is pretty nice. After
using my Dyson for three and a half years now first let me say that yes, I do
recommend Dyson vacuum cleaners. When you take into account the Dyson's
performance, its innovative designs, and how it has improved upon the standard
vacuum cleaner design, combine all of that with its easy-to-use functionality
it's obvious that the Dyson vacuum cleaner warrants a recommendation. But
then you take all of that and combine it with it's great reliability, the great
warranty that Dyson gives all of its vacuum cleaner products, I think I could
say without a doubt that the Dyson vacuum cleaner is a fantastic vacuum
cleaner that I would recommend to anyone. Now there are some out there that
dismiss a Dyson vacuum as an overpriced vacuum cleaner that doesn't warrant the
price tag. Some have even gone so far as to claim that Dyson is just a great
marketing company and not really a design company. Now are you paying for
the brand name when you buy a Dyson product? Yes, absolutely you are paying a
little bit for the brand name and the reason for that is the brand is where it
is today based on a history of excellence in design, as well as customer
experience. Now if my dad heard me say that, he would probably call bull**** on me and
he may have a point. But it's funny, because my dad actually used to be one
of those people who said Dyson products were underpowered and overpriced compared to
other vacuum cleaners...that is until I gifted him a Dyson vacuum cleaner this
past holiday. Hey Dad, what do you think about Dyson vacuum
cleaners now?
I don't think I could have said it any better myself.
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I'm Josh Teder and this has been a 6 Months Later review.