I am quite happy with my Dyson, don't know the model number, but it is the purple one known at the time as the Dyson Animal. It has given no trouble in six years.

I got it when I lived in Alaska, to replace what I thought was a pretty good Sears canister vac with power head. My Alaskan home had about 1500 square feet of quite plush wool carpeting, plus a dog and two cats, so a good vacuum was important.

I had vacuumed the carpeting three or four days before with the Sears vacuum cleaner, and then tried the Dyson. I had to empty the Dyson six times before the job was done. So was the Sears vacuum a piece of junk, or was the Dyson a whole new level of cleaning efficiency? You tell me.

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