| Ease of Use | 5.5/10   |
|---|---|
| Durability | 4.7/10 |
| Style | 6.9/10 |
| Service & Support | 4/10 |
| Value for Money | 4.3/10 |
| Reviewer Rating | 5/10 |
| Overall Rating | 5.1/10 |
| DC07 Origin |  | £144.00Free P&P |
| DC07 originupright cylinder cleaner |  | £139.00P&P: £3.50 |
| DC07 originupright cylinder cleaner |  | £139.00P&P: £3.95 |
| DC07 originupright cylinder cleaner |  | £139.00P&P: £3.50 |
| Dyson DC07 Origin |  | £137.99Free P&P |
Full review by
Guest.
on 16th Nov 2008
User Rating : 3
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Good Points: Very Good to start with, picked up like a dream.
Bad Points: A few years later becomes pathetic at picking up and seems to just move the dirt round. We have stripped it down and found that the root cyclone is difficult to clean and is very prone to blockage . Weeks later it is pathetic at picking up again. The stripping down to clean is such a palaver and you need instruction from the internet, Dyson were not helpful at all. Now the machine needs stripping down again and the motor overheated and cut out on me this week. Time to be replaced. I will be buying another make. Not sure which yet.
General comments: I am an owner of the model DC07 Animal and bought it as a replacement for an earlier model thinking that it would last me a long time and cause very little trouble. The body is robust however it is supposed to continue to pick up dirt not move it around. It should be easier to strip down and keep clean than it is.
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Review by
Guest.
on 2nd Sep 2008
User Rating : 6
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I think the Dyson DC07 Animal is too heavy and awkward to be carried up and down stairs unless you are young and fit. Exceptionally noisy. I have had to replace upper (flexi hose) and lower hose and now need a new motor for it. I am cutting my losses and dumping it in order to buy a vacuum as advised by 'Which' costing a lot less (albeit requiring a bag).
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Review by
freddietheone
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on 27th Aug 2008
User Rating : 10
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We had a family hand-down of a Dyson DC01, that was worn out in a few places. We spent about £25 getting all the worn bits replaced and it worked really well. Much better than the 'Henry' before it. It was messy to empty and the filters needed cleaning/replacing every month. For all that though it generally was very reliable and worked well until the fan on the motor spindle actually sheared off, jamming the motor solid. It was essentially worn-out. It had been going for about 11-12 ...
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Review by
DavenJo
on 25th May 2008
User Rating : 9
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We didn't get our Dyson DC07 Animal with all the attachments, so I tried the furniture sweeper tool from our Hoover. (It never worked well with the Hover since there was not enough suction to make it work properly). I works absolutely GREAT with the Dyson and REALLY cleans furniture and the cars wonderfully.
We are very glad we got the Dyson, it's embarassing how much dirt it pulls up from the carpet, but that's great!
I'd recommend it to anyone that feels that their vacuum is lacking in suction ...
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Review by
adrianm
on 20th May 2008
User Rating : 0
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Loss of suction and seriously overheating motor after about two weeks use. "Lifetime" filter and motor replaced by engineer under guarantee but soon same problems returned. I'm not going to waste my time with this, I want to do some cleaning.
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Review by
walt25
on 19th May 2008
User Rating : 6
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I have a dog that sheds all year round and always struggled to keep on top of the vacuuming - hoped this would help as would not normally pay so much.
It is better than my old vacuum cleaner but not enough to justify the extra cost I don't think.
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Review by
cellis56
on 7th May 2008
User Rating : 1
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The thing sounded as if it was full of marbles when I first assembled it and turned it on. Customer service was minimally helpful. Still sounds that way whenever it doesn't like the thickness of the surface it's not sucking anything off of. I hate this cleaner and feel like a dummy for having paid $500 for it. My advice, buy a Eureka for a fraction of the price and spend those hours reading instead of cleaning all the parts of your vacuum cleaner in the vain hope that it will function as adverti ...
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Review by
Guest.
on 13th Apr 2008
User Rating : 10
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I have had the Dyson DC07 vacuum for just over a year works good at first it was a bit had to use but it got a lot better in the end and i have never changed a thing on my dyson dc07 animal
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Review by
Guest.
on 8th Apr 2008
User Rating : 10
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The Dyson DC07 Animal is just a fantastic hoover with great suction. I stay on a farm and have a cat, 2 dalmatians and a springer spaniel all in the house and this dyson copes with it all I love it had same model 6 years. Got new hoses during guarantee period. and thats been it . I love it.
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Review by
Guest.
on 6th Jan 2008
User Rating : 1
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Light weight, not very noisy. Poor suction. For the price it should work great, I have had better suction with cheap vacuums. Don't waste your money.
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Review by
Joe9tee
on 18th Nov 2007
User Rating : 8
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The DC07 is simple to assemble, the various parts fitting together with a satisfying CLICK.
Once assembled, the 'Animal' is a gaudy, in-your-face beast, unlikely to blend in with your decor unless you're Lawrence Llewelyn-Bowen. Large and fairly heavy, too.
Its first outing was across our new upstairs carpet. Amazing! After emptying the large dust canister for the third time I expected to find bald patches, so much fluff did the Dyson suck up!
On open spaces you can really see the difference ...
Joe9tee's full review | 305 words
Review by
kniesmartelli
on 15th Oct 2007
User Rating : 1
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Worst thing I have purchased except for my ipod mini....but thats another story!
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Review by
terencefish
on 14th Oct 2007
User Rating : 1
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Do not under any circumstances buy a Dyson. Pure style over substance.
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Review by
theshootist
on 14th Feb 2007
User Rating : 1
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I am very disappointed in this appliance. We have only owned this Dyson for 6 months and 2 months into it, the beater bar began to rub the housing intermittently making a horrendous noise. While the noise is still a problem, I have yet to notice the difference between this vacuum and other less expensive brands.
Also, while cleaning stairs with the detachable and unit, the hose kinks unless you lay the vacuum on it side while using making the hand unit totally useless.
Several of the "upholste ...
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Review by
spestell
on 7th Jan 2007
User Rating : 10
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We have just replaced a Dyson DC04 that we've had for 8 years!!! It has come to the end of its days but gave me many years of great usage and has finally stopped picking up as well as it did, so it was time to buy a new one. We bought the Animal because of two reasons 1) we have several allergy sufferers in our household and 2) we have 1 dog and 2 cats that tend to like leaving their hair in my carpets! The Dyson Animal lives up to it name. We hoovered our floors (which had only just been hoo ...
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Review by
jimlove1
on 9th Sep 2006
User Rating : 0
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The Dyson DC01 Animal vacuum cleaner is the worst vacuum cleaner we have ever owned! It does pick up animal fur. Unfortunately, it doesn't pick up anything else.
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Review by
yrfo
on 4th Sep 2006
User Rating : 2
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We got the Dyson D07 Animal about 2 years ago. I am so disappointed and want to kick myself for paying $500 for this vacuum. I would say that 75% of the time, this vacuum doesn't pick up the debris on my floors. If there is the smallest bit of paper towel (dogs like to get into toilet paper rolls) on the floor, all this vacuum does is shred the paper and spread it all over the floor. It will not pick up dirt particles, such as sand, seems to just move them around the floor. The head of this ...
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Review by
grjackson
on 21st Jul 2006
User Rating : 0
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I am very, very disappointed with the Dyson DC07 Animal vacuum cleaner. I am a great admirer of Dyson as an inventor, the concept, the designer look and the initial performance of the machine, but the list of faults and breakdown from 2 years onwards beggars belief for a £200+ machine, which was regularly looked after, cleaned and cared for.
It started with the hose splitting and accessory tools falling apart, and then progressed to persistent cut-outs. "This is a common fault with Dys ...
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Review by
tattysquawk
on 18th May 2006
User Rating : 10
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I'm glad I bought hte Dyson DC07 Animal, would recommend it and I've had it for 3 years now. I use it every other day and it has sustained high levels of appliance abuse!
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Review by
Sis
on 18th Nov 2005
User Rating : 10
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I bought my Dyson DC07 Animal in 2002, after a few years of bashing it against walls whilst cleaning it was starting to get a bit damaged. I called Dyson customer service to ask for their advice, fully expecting them to say tough buy a new one or we'll send out an engineer for £80 plus parts and labour etc. But no this was not the case at all! I admit all the damage was my fault and they said they would send out an engineer (the next day!) maximum cost would be £55 to completely fix ...
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