Kitchen & Housewares : Dyson DC22 The Baby Animal Cylinder Vacuum Cleaner - Platinum

Rating: - A breath of fresh air
I ordered the Dyson DC22 Baby Animal on the 7th July and it arrived just a few days later, even thought I was in Jersey. Fantastic. We had owned an upright Dyson some years before but had since used a normal cylinder vacuum cleaner. I suffer from sinus problems and everytime I used our (old)cleaner my nose would block up and I would lose sense of taste and smell for the rest of the day. I decided enough was enough and that paying a bit more for a decent cleaner with quality filters would benefit my health and that of the rest of my family. My first impression of the Baby Animal was its size, which was small and compact. It wasn't too heavy either. This was exactly what we we looking for in our house with limited storage. I had chosen the 'animal', not because I have pets but I do have small children, which I think fall in to the same category as far as cleaning goes. Also I bought it due to the extras you get with the animal version and in case we get a pet in the future. Switching the cleaner on, I found it was quite noisy but then you don't tend to vacuum in the middle of the night so that was not a problem. I am pleased to say that despite using the cleaner around the whole house (it sits nicely on the stairs as you vacuum each step as well) my sinuses did not react in the slightest and smell and taste were maintained - phew - money well spent. We have a mixture of hard and carpeted floors and the various heads supplied did all the jobs nicely. The dust container is fairly small so if you had a large house you may need to empty it more than once, however for our three bedroom place it was just right. The container was full at the end but this meant I was forced to empty it before using it again, which is no bad thing. To summarise I think you get what you pay for with this cleaner. It is just right for the smaller family home. If you have a large house - get the larger version - if you have a mansion then you probably have someone else doing the cleaning for you anyway so it won't matter!

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Rating: - A cleaner that is small but noisy
Purchased this vacuum for my elderly relatives as I wanted something light and powerful so thought that the Dyson DC22 cleaner would be ideal. Having assembled the parts together, which took less than a minute I tried the dyson on their new carpet. The turbine head is smaller than the full size dyson and upon using it, I had to go over spot a couple of times to pick up fluff from the carpet so was somewhat concerned as to whether this was a wise purchase. However having bought another one for someone else in the family, they advised it worked well, so perhaps it may live up to its expectations and although I have rated this two stars, infact I would rate it 3 stars.