Light-weight, powerful, great battery life, easy to dump canister and keep clean. What an outstanding product. Very light and easy to push and vacuum. Amazing how much dirt/ debris it sucks out of my carpet. Very easy to dump the canister (quick disconnect and plunge-dump). Keeping unit clean is a very easy process. Love the battery % screen with 3 different power settings. No issues with the trigger squeeze (which has to be held to run the vac) and likely saves a bit of battery power. Can be used with one hand on short carpet pile (long/ thick pile may need two hands). Good charger and wall mount if needed. Great accessories! Very nicely packaged (well engineered). I'm very pleased.... You get what you pay for. Read more
Purchased December 2023, for about $400 through Amazon (Dyson's website had the same holiday price). I didn't initially want to spend this much money on a vacuum but we have little kids, and use the vacuum a lot, so I'm glad we got a quality vacuum that works for us. Totally worth it! We did a lot of research and finally landed on the Dyson V11 Cordless Stick Vaccum. We previously had a stand up Shark pet pro vacuum but this blows that out of the water!! We vacuumed areas that have been previously vacuumed with the other vacuum but the dyson picked up SO MUCH DUST/DIRT! Where was all that dirt hiding??! 👀 The vacuum has a little weight to it, but even with a fractured arm, I'm still able to maneuver it a little awkwardly with a bit of extra support. Be aware that you have to hold the power button down the entire time while you vacuum- there is no just "on" switch. This is to conserve battery life. As soon as you finger comes off the trigger, power goes off. The switch doesn't require tons of pressure so I'm not sure why people are complaining about their hands hurting from holding the button. 🤷🏼♀️ My nearly 4 year old can hold the vacuum, power button down and maneuver it on his own (not as fast or agile as an adult, but by himself nonetheless)- if that gives you an idea for weight. The suction is powerful and has several levels to pick from that affect the battery life (which will show you on a digital display how much run time you have based on the level of suction power you select) , emptying the dustbin is easy. And with the vacuum being cordless my husband is even excited to vacuum now! If you're on the fence- spend the money, make your life a little easier and get something quality that will do a great job cleaning and last a long time. Read more
Let me start off my saying this isn't my primary vacuum. For that, I have a Miele C2+. However, that can be hard to maneuver and is a burden for small, quick messes or cleaning between deep vacuuming. Also second disclosure, I've only used this on its default setting of "medium" so anything I mention about battery life will not discuss the different power settings. So with that said, the Dyson V11 is a good addition to the fleet and a good second vacuum. I have a smallish house so I could see vacuuming maybe half of it on medium power; most of the house is carpet, though, so I don't think using the light setting would get things clean enough. With two dogs that both shed a decent amount, I usually fill the canister to its "max fill" line every time I vacuum so keep that in mind if you have shedding pets. Could you theoretically jam more in there before emptying it? Absolutely. However, I don't know if that would cause damage or just make emptying the bin that much harder. Now, because I mentioned the bin, let's move on to that. Overall, it's pretty easy to empty: pull off whatever attachment you're using, point the end over a trashcan, and engage the red lever on the bottom of the bin. Simple, right? Well, not so fast: remember how I said I have dogs? Yeah, their fur and my wife's long hair both tend to get stuck on I'm not even sure what, meaning I have to reach in and pull out part of whatever is in the bin. Most of it slides out easily, but not everything as Dyson's advertising claims. I have a much older Dyson stick vac, maybe first or second gen (doesn't really work much anymore), and the V11 is definitely easier to empty. Just not as "point and shoot" as Dyson would have you believe. Maybe if you don't have pets or long hair. I like how on this generation of stick vac, the power head actually has a motor in it. My old one spun the carpet beater on the vacuum's suction, which caused it to stop quite frequently. The downside is that it doesn't have a mode where you're not running the beater, like on hard floors. This doesn't really bother me much because my hard floors consist of peel-and-stick tiles and laminate "wood." I'm not sure if the beater could scratch read wood floors, but I doubt it. From what I've been able to observe, nothing seems to get wound around the beater; it's well-designed in that way. Maybe the errant long thread/string from something, but hairs and such at least don't get wrapped around it. Another downside to the carpet head is that when the beater knocks around things that for whatever reason don't get sucked up, it gets spewed around the room. My Miele includes a rubber bar to minimize this from happening: it's not perfect, but it's better than nothing. As far as maneuverability and weight, both are pretty solid, much better than my canister vac and easy for my kids to use (both kids are under 11). It's not quite as easy to maneuver the power head as I'd like, but it's much better than the old one I have. I'd hoped it would be a bit lighter than it is, but I guess I would've needed to step up a few models to the V15 my parents have to get it lighter (wasn't about to pay over $700 for a "second" vacuum). The other attachments that accompany the vacuum seem good, but I haven't used them. The two crevice-like tools (one is a proper crevice tool) are pretty standard. There's also a smaller motor brush I could envision using on stairs, a couch, or in a car, but I've used the regular floor tool on my stairs with no issue, but each staircase has at most 6 stairs so that's easier than if I had a bigger staircase. Overall, I feel like the Dyson V11 is a good buy. I bought this on sale during Black Friday for maybe $350US. I'm not sure off the top of my head what it's regular cost is, but anything more than what I paid would eat into its value proposition. Read more
Before now I have been a loyal Dyson customer. Today the seal in my canister broke rendering the vacuum useless. The vacuum is less than 3 months old. Upon looking into replacement parts I became aware that this is a known problem that Dyson has fixed with the newest vacuums, but no proactive approach to other problem models. Replacement parts are at least 5-7 days. I know that I cannot go a week without vacuuming so I will have to go buy a vacuum while I await a replacement part on a known issue for a vacuum I spent several hundred dollars on and is practically brand new. Shame on Dyson for not being upfront with the issue and sending customers who register their products the replacement or even an email acknowledging the issue! Read more
