Dyson DC08 Animal

I bought the DC 08 animal several years ago and found it to be excellent. My DC 08 had a 3yr guarantee. The large brush head packed in after 5years I contacted Dyson and they sent me a replacement immediately. I am still using the DC 08 and will do so until it gives up the ghost.

It can be temperamental and needs some TLC. You have to empty the dust container and wash/clean filters regularly.

I have wanted a dyson for years but have never been able to afford one took the brave decision to buy one from ebay, Found this one a lady has owned since new and since it came out so a few years I tested it before agreeing to buy it and it is the best hoover I have owned.

The suction works great don't know whats wrong with everyone else's maybe I just got lucky. I have a lab puppy in moult and two cats also in moult so hair everywhere but this works fantastic. I had previously had a vax and a Hoover and they were both a load of rubbish.

Love my Dyson

I purchased this in 2003 and have washed the pre motor filter monthly over that time . The vacuun suck only dropped off during the last month Jan 2011.

I replaced the pre motor filter and followed online instructions to dismantle and wash the radix assembly. This greatly improved things . I then replaced the post motor filter which resulted in a further marked improvement.

It is now as good as new. The servicing has saved me a bomb in not having to replace the machine.

Dyson ought to be more upfront about basic routine servicing.

Seriously FAULTY Design. It should have been withdrawn from shops. It worked fine for a month or so and then performance declined rapidly. I wasted £230.00.

Absolute pile of cr&p!! Worked well for about a week then the cution power declined rapidly.

If you have nothing better to do that waste half your life dimantling and cleaning hoovers that ...even after that don't function properly then get a Dyson.

How on earth do Dyson have the audacity to market these things with the 'No loss of suction' thing!! it must be some kind of sick joke. Now it randomly turns itself off.

BTW value for money in my opinion is Zero.

After nearly 2 years of owning this thing i've had enough i'm finding it a nice new home in at the local refuse site.

I've had the Dyson DC08 animal vacuum cleaner for several years now and it's been fantastic. It was expensive when I bought it but the suction power has never dropped and has been by far the most powerful cleaner I have ever had. It is made of plastic but I have not had any trouble with it. As with all vacuum cleaners you have to make sure it doesn't clog up with dirt but if you look after it it will look after you. The hose does sometimes collapse when you twist it but that's due to the powerful suction; if you untwist it it returns to its original state. All in all I would recommend it to anyone.

Wow what a waste of money a Dyson is. I spent over $500 on a DC08 only to have it stop working after just 2years. Just out of warranty of course. I sent it back to Dyson and was told it will cost $240 to repair. If i am to get it repaired it will have cost me over $740 for the unit. Don't buy one!

I bought a Dyson animal as I have a cat that leaves hair everywhere. When I first had it it was really good but now it is useless. Human hair and cotton etc gets tangled around the turbo head, the telescopic hose will suddenly collapse when using it and is very hard to unlock. The suction is now next to nothing and there seems no reason for it. I have been on my hands and knees using the stair tool attached to the hose but still it dosen't pick everything up. When the turbo brush was working it didn't pick up anything that was bigger than a crumb and would flick things about. There is also no up to the edge cleaning and the hose kinks. Thought about buying spares but they are so expensive it would be cheaper to buy a new vacuum cleaner (but not a Dyson).

Awful vacuum cleaner that continuously broke down; the only thing that sucks is the quality and performance of the product.

it's great if you have laminate floors - it served me well for a number of years until i moved into a carpeted home. if you have carpets, dont bother, i had to use a rubber brush to first lift the worst of the hair, then use the stair tool to scrape as much as i could from the carpet. it would take me a good hour to vacuum two rooms and the stairs and therewas always hair left.

the filter gets clogged very quickly and the spinning supposed-hair catcher stopped working pretty fast. customer service is pretty rubbish too - it took them almost two weeks to respond, though when they did finally they were quite good.

after 5 years the catch on the bit that collects the muck has broken, there is a hole in the hose and ive got through two very expensive stair tools.

ive given up and bought a henry hound which has just cleaned my carpets in no time at all to a very high standard.