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Jul 01 2010

Dyson DC14 All-Floors Cyclone Upright Vacuum Cleaner

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All-floors upright vacuum cleaner with motorized brushbar
Root Cyclone technology ensures powerful, continuous suction
Quick-draw Telescope reach; edge-cleaning whiskers; wide channel
Hygienic 5/7-gallon dust bin; lifetime HEPA filter; certified asthma friendly
Measures 13-3/8 by 14 by 44-6/7 inches; 5-year warranty

Read our unbiased expert review of Dyson DC14 All-Floors Cyclone Upright Vacuum Cleaner. We have reviewed 1000′s of as seen on TV products like this vacuum’s specifications, review and listed the lowest price we found.

DC 14 Low Reach; The first vacuum cleaner that doesn’t lose suction. Dyson cleans every room as well as the first. Dyson scientists developed the Root8 Cyclone™ to give higher suction power and pick up more dust. Approved for allergy sufferers by the British Allergy Foundation.

Dyson DC14 All-Floors Cyclone Upright Vacuum Cleaner

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5 Responses to “Dyson DC14 All-Floors Cyclone Upright Vacuum Cleaner”

Sam I Am Says:
July 1st, 2010 at 12:53 am
Review by Sam I Am for Dyson DC14 All-Floors Cyclone Upright Vacuum Cleaner
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Dyson is a great product but it’s certainly NOT perfect. The ‘Never lose suction’ tagline is a marketing ploy, since Dyson too will get clogged and lose suction if not properly maintained. All other vacuum machines will NOT lose suction either if the filter bags are replaced often enough.

Overall, however, its performance beats all other vacuums (including the over-hyped Oreck, which is simply a rip-off) hands-down.

- Every few months, the user must clean out the central cylinder of the very fine dust, or it will get clogged and lose suction. The way you do this is by removing the dust collector and then separate the core cylinder from the glass casing. Use another vacuum to suck dirt out of the little holes on the side of the cylinder. Also, if you look up the cylinder from the bottom, you’ll see caked dust collected at the top of the cylinder. If you gently bang the cylinder (upright) on the floor, you’ll be shocked how much fine dust (about two cups worth) will fall out of the cylinder. Use the other vacuum to suck them away. Also, take out the ‘permanent’ filter and wash them. They, too, get clogged with the very fine dust.

- The machine is very heavy and bulky, and it’s quite a chore to transport it between floors. The hose extension is very awkward to use because the point of bending is near the tip. The high profile of the vacuum head makes it impossible to vacuum under the bed, couch, etc.

- The instruction manual is poorly written, and setting up and maintaining the machine takes a steep learning curve. Dyson should include a video instruction.

- I, too, and concerned about how much carpet fiber the Dyson is tearing off the carpet, which you can clearly see in the dust collector. However, you can also see the amount of coarse and fine dust it’s picking up as well. One impressive feature of Dyson that lived up to the hype is that it will pick up much dust from carpet that was just cleaned by a regular vacuum machine.

- Dyson rarely goes on sale, but I bought mine at Sears, which had Dyson on sale last year for $379. Also, buy the regular Dyson and avoid the ‘Animal’, which is a rip-off. The rotating brush that comes with the ‘Animal’ is air powered and is too weak to work well on the stairs.

Summary: If you have a large house with a lot of carpeted areas, then Dyson is for you. You may also build some muscle by carrying this behemoth up and down the stairs. However, you may need another vacuum for the stairs and also for a quick clean up in the kitchen.
K. M Merrill Says:
July 1st, 2010 at 1:36 am
Review by K. M Merrill for Dyson DC14 All-Floors Cyclone Upright Vacuum Cleaner
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Time to be upfront, I researched a new vac for four weeks. My sister and I put in new carpet, paint , appliances and fantastic Persian rugs in our seven year old house. I am a dog trainer and have threes shelties as house pets, two cats, one meduim furred and live with a mother that refuses to take her gardening shoes off in the house.( I like to be barefoot)

I fully expect any vac that lives with me to be dead in three to four years. This is a given, and oh, my sister had asthma and allergies, I run a full house vac 2 to 3 times a week.( I do keep the shelties groomed and trimmed and the cats too.)

I love a clean house. My house never smells.

I bought the dyson at the local store, so I could return if it was not the right thing.

Its the same size and weight as my old sharp vac, (ignore the weight complaints, this is what a real vac weighs).

The suction is stunning, anyone with a vac over three years old should not be surprised at how much stuff is in the carpet.

What was scary was watching a brand new Hamadan 150 count Persian rug lifted in the jaws of this beast and shook. Like it was a cheap thin rug. scary.

I worked for two hours and now know how to work this incredible beast, like driving a real car for the first time.( In my life I have owned 7 vacs, including a rainbow).

Heavy area rugs must be vacumed backward, from the top to the bottom nearest you, push 6 inches, pull 12 inches. Heavy area rugs must be done very slowly!!!! ( forget cheap thin rugs, this machine will eat them).

Directions for the wand extension are poor, took me an hour to figqure out how to get the extension back on command.

I love the length of the wand, I hate doing stairs and floor board. I de furred my sisters room, base boards, under the bed and all the crannies. The wand made it easy as and fast to do.

The only potential breakable part I see is the canister bottom, and sides,and hinge, it feels a bit fragile. (don’t knock the tools in the garbage with the dirt.)

So it was a good buy, I paid $428 at the local fred meyer. I love the bagless, Love the wand extension, love the cleaning power, ( will be carefull not to destroy the rugs).

wish I could fiqure out how the belt is changed, that should not be a service call.

***** three months later its going strong, the interior filters are a bit clogged, so i can vacumn the area rug most of the time. great buy*****

**** one year later, still running strong! sister broke the bottom off the canister yesterday, she is small and got impatient and banged it on the tall garbage can! replacement is $$$40 from dyson. now you know, don’t bang the bottom! bottom roller is apin to take out and clean, which I need to do a lot, with all the fur. (two of the shelties lost alot of fur this year) many compliments from my clients about how nice my house is, and ” it never smells like dog or cat” now WHEN WILL DYSON MAKE A CARPET SCRUBBER?

the best life advice I got in my twenties was ” BUY Good vacumns, and replace them when they break.”
L. Miller Says:
July 1st, 2010 at 1:53 am
Review by L. Miller for Dyson DC14 All-Floors Cyclone Upright Vacuum Cleaner
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Watch Video Here: http://www.amazon.com/review/R22MU8EWRHRU12 I’ve owned my [refurbished] DC14 for a month now. I vacuum roughly twice a week, a small 2-bedroom condo with about 2/3 carpet and 1/3 tile floors. This vacuum seems to do a great job on both surfaces, although on the carpet, I honestly don’t notice a huge difference over my previous Bissell Cleanview. I would describe its carpet performance as “good” meaning I don’t know what else I could ask for, really.

For my tile flooring, with the brush-roll off, this does a surprisingly good job. I primarily am picking up kitty litter and hairs on this surface, so I can’t vouch for too many crazy types of dirt. I do know it only takes 1-2 passes, where my Electrolux stick vacuum (battery-powered) takes several.

The dirt container is very easy to empty and cleaner than my previous vacuum, although still not really *clean* as you have to touch the dirty area to close the container back up.

My main gripe so far is with the hose/wand piece. I feel like this was a very poor design choice. Yes, it provides a lot of suction power; more than my previous vacuum (although I think this may be partially due to the smaller tube diameter at the end making the suction seem stronger). However, I’d take the maneuverability of my old wand any day. This thing is really hard to maneuver when you HAVE to extend the ~2-foot-long long metal tube to use it (trust me, you have to extend it). This puts the actual tool 2′ away from you, and as many of us know, getting right in there with the tool/suction point is often the best way. Being two feet from the suction at all times makes it frustrating to use (see video). It’s almost like this wanted to be part upright, part canister vac. It fails at the canister part, and sort of fails at half of the upright part as well in a sense that the wand functionality is greatly reduced.

The overall quality seems good, but maybe not good enough if you’re paying around five hundred bucks. I got mine for half of that, and I feel like that’s about what it is worth, to be totally honest. It just hasn’t blown me away any more than any other vacuum I’ve ever used.

I see that many like to do the “Dyson test” and vacuum with one of these directly after their previous vacuum and see what it picks up that the other left behind. The problem as I see it with this test is that the reason you bought a new vacuum is because your old one was underperforming to begin with. Therefore, I wouldn’t be too impressed that your brand new vacuum picks up a whole lot more than your old worn-out one. When jumping from my old old vacuum to my Cleanview I experienced the same thing. My Cleanview still worked fine when I switched to this and thus, I didn’t notice a huge difference at all.

Pros:

-Suction seems very strong (although not hugely different from previous vac)

-Dirt canister super easy to empty/attach

-Holds a lot more than previous vacuum without decreasing suction power

-Cool attachment that has a “velvety” material on it to help get hairs and such off of fabrics

-Good on tile floors

-Ergonomic handle is more comfortable than before

-Relatively quiet when in use

Cons:

-Wand tool unwieldy and hard to use (although attachments are good)

-Annoying noise when in upright position (due to wand vent)

-Cord must be COMPLETELY unwrapped to use wand tool

-No light on front (is this a con?)

-Dirt cup mechanism could be a bit cleaner (somehow)

P.S. Sorry I said “unwieldy” so much, but it’s just true!! =)

Update 8.5.08: Since I originally wrote this review I realized you can actually detach the handle from the flexible hose portion, which removes the long metal telescoping piece from the equation and allowing a lot more control. However, while this piece is removed I cannot easily switch the vacuum back into upright position without re-attaching it. Poor design on this piece alone would warrant a rating of 3.5/5 in my opinion. I would certainly look for a better implementation in a future vacuum.

Update 2.8.09: After living with this vacuum for around a year, I can honestly say that I have no desire to purchase another Dyson. While it does maintain suction just fine, that’s its best feature. The handle/hose attachment are horrible – I dread using them. So what other features are there? I’d sacrifice a bit of suction for better usability any day. If you’re spending more than about two hundred bucks on a Dyson, you’re spending too much in my opinion. Even at that price I’m not sure I got what I paid for, which was a lot of hype.

Update 12.16.09: I have retired my Dyson in favor of a Miele canister vacuum. While the Miele line is generally more expensive than the Dyson (Miele starts at 399 usually), I believe it is a vastly superior product for a number of reasons. I will review the Miele on its respective page shortly.)

Update 2.28.10: Please see my review for the “Miele Earth” vacuum on Amazon or on my site at ultraconsumer dot com. It describes the Miele vs. the Dyson in some detail. And yes, I realize the Miele is much more expensive and SHOULD be a better vacuum. However, I’d probably just pick up another Bissell Cleanview or maybe a Hoover Platinum bagged (on sale) if I were looking for a good value on a budget.
M. D. Lewis Says:
July 1st, 2010 at 2:35 am
Review by M. D. Lewis for Dyson DC14 All-Floors Cyclone Upright Vacuum Cleaner
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What a Godsend. After four years of a Hoover Windtunnel that just seemed to go into shutdown after the first month of use, I had doubts that another bagless vacuum was the way to go. This, however, is not just another bagless vacuum – this is the Mercedes-Benz, the iPod, heck – the Shaquille O’Neal of all vacuums.

We have a small pet whose fur constitutes a large problem. A typical run through the house with the old Hoover would only get its bagless chamber about half-full (or half-empty, depending). The first run through with the Dyson and all its attachments picked up THREE canisters worth of pet fuzz and other dirt.

This vacuum is also set apart by cleaning attachments that WORK. Don’t fully trust the Consumer Reports issue that everyone in the market for a vacuum seems to have read at some point which puts the Dyson around 10th – the Dyson’s pickup on floors is beyond compare, its attachments are both functional and useful (the telescopic reach to ceilings being a major plus) not to mention powerful, and our carpets have never looked cleaner. Yes, it’s expensive, but it’s worth every chuffing penny. At $400+ this is still a much better buy than the latest $300 Hoover Windtunnel model.

Once again, the British have more than proven their worth to civilisation-with-an-s. The Dyson landing upon our shores may not be as heralded as the Beatles arrival at JFK, but it may well prove to be the next-best British import of all-time.
L. Addoms Says:
July 1st, 2010 at 2:54 am
Review by L. Addoms for Dyson DC14 All-Floors Cyclone Upright Vacuum Cleaner
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Bought this vacuum a year ago and it already needs to be replaced. I use my vacuums a lot and I’m hard on them and this one couldnt keep up. I vacuum bird seeds and nuts and dog hair several times a day. So this vacuum has had more than normal use. It is made almost entirely of plastic.

Dyson claims it doesnt loose suction over time, which is probably true if you keep it clean and it top operating condition all the time. But it does need to be cleaned often. The brushes do get clogged up with pet hair and the canister and filter need to be cleaned and emptied often.

The tools are simple to use but the design allowed my vacuum attachment to break early on. The tool is designed so the hard tube rubs against the flexible hose and wore it out. The attachment heads also broke off early on.

I would say that if you are using this vacuum for normal everyday use, keep it in top notch condition and clean, that it will last long and be effective. But if you are using it for pet mess or using it often, you will be dissappointed.