I Love Dyson Vacuum Cleaners

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by Snowflake

At the risk of sounding like a religious convert, go for a Dyson if you can. It's seriously fabulous as vacuums go. Not as sexy as a roomba, but zero assembly (except the handle) and easy to empty and works like a dream. It's also quieter than most (louder on hardwood, though).

The thing is, our current vacuum does a fine job. The benefit of the Roomba would have been the labor saving aspect. Without the automation we have no real justification for a new vacuum.

[BarTopDancer]

Originally Posted by Moonliner

Great, now I have this vision of a kitten whirling around inside the Dyson stuck in my head.

Are you channeling scaeagles?

[scaeagles]

My Dyson rocks. Never tried to vacuum up a cat, though.

[wendybeth]

Originally Posted by scaeagles

My Dyson rocks. Never tried to vacuum up a cat, though.

Good luck if you do- my cats disappear when the vacuum comes out.

[Andrew]

We have the DC14 Animal (and three [currently four] cats). Well worth the money, especially since it can be easily disassembled and cleaned.

We also have a Roomba and Scooba for our wood floors, and while their performance isn't what I'd call great it is definitely good enough between semi-annual major housecleanings.

[Moonliner]

Originally Posted by scaeagles

My Dyson rocks. Never tried to vacuum up a cat, though.

In the name of science I would suggest you start small with say a mouse or chick, if that goes well you can move up to a gerbil or hamster and finally on to kittens and full grown cats.

Please document your trials with photos. No, wait a second, scratch that. Take video.

[Snowflake]

Originally Posted by wendybeth

Good luck if you do- my cats disappear when the vacuum comes out.

Tango watched from the semi-safe location of her cat tree. That is, until I vacuumed the thing with the amount of hair I vacuumed you'd think she'd be bald!

[Snowflake]

Originally Posted by Not Afraid

Speaking of kitties.........there is a cute, sweet, lovable black boy kitten in need of a home. (Not one of mine, but from the same colony.) He also has a big black brother (who is a bit skittish) and a fluffy orange sister who is coming around and will be a good cat.

Mmmmmmmmmmm loveable black boy kitty sounds wonderful.

[scaeagles]

Originally Posted by Moonliner

In the name of science I would suggest you start small with say a mouse or chick, if that goes well you can move up to a gerbil or hamster and finally on to kittens and full grown cats.

Please document your trials with photos. No, wait a second, scratch that. Take video.

I believe there may be laws against such things. Plus then I would actually have to be close enough to a cat (assuming earlier trials provided acceptable results) to attempt to vacuum it up, and that's just not going to happen.

[Gemini Cricket]

James Dyson could sell me anything with that accent of his.