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Exactly how and what air purifiers do when cleaning your air is a mystery to a lot of consumers. Most people set a machine down and change the filter every so often to find all sorts of dust inside. Dyson is hoping to help people better understand what an air purifier is sucking up, so the company is introducing a new version of its air purifier that now comes with an LCD screen to tell you what pollutants are inside your home.

The Dyson Pure Cool looks like all the other purifiers the company has sold in the past, with a hollow oval shape that gives it a distinct look. But there’s now a circle-shaped LCD screen on the base that can cycle through various pollutant levels like smoke, pollen, or fumes from vehicles. When the machine senses these particles, a bar graph spikes to indicate presence, and you can watch the machine work to filter these particles out to level the graph back to normal.

It’s a lot of information on a tiny screen, and it can be difficult to make sense of them at first glance. When you set up the machine, it just starts with that screen. There are letters like PM, NO2, and μG that can easily confuse anyone who has been out of high school science for a while. To better understand what all the numbers and symbols mean, users have to look to the manual as an encyclopedia. A glossary of terms can be found in the accompanying Dyson Link app as well, the company says.

“We want to educate people more on what’s bad in their homes,” Dyson tells The Verge.While symbols like a flower and a car make it pretty clear what allergens the machine is referring to, the UI still comes across a bit too technical. While it’s true that consumers do want to learn more about how their machines work, inundating them with graphs may not be for everyone.

Dyson says the Pure Cool purifier is now capable of eliminating 99.97 percent of microscopic allergens and pollutants as small as 0.3 microns. Again, interpret that how you will as an average consumer. If you have high allergy sensitivities, and other air purifiers have not worked for you, the Pure Cool might be worth checking out based on your specific needs.

The machine has a two-layer filter (a HEPA filter in the outer layer and a carbon filter inside) that needs to be changed once a year when used for 12 hours a day. Clean air is projected up to 20 feet from the machine, and it now has a vent on the back side of the oval to blow air backward. Dyson says a common request from previous machines is that, in the winter, consumers would like to avoid having cool air blown into their living spaces. You can schedule the Pure Cool on a cleaning schedule, but this requires the use of the Dyson Link app. Otherwise, you’ll need to be around to manually turn the machine on and off, use a limited sleep mode on the machine, or leave it on auto all day for the fan to detect particles and suck them up when needed.

The air purifier is not the only machine Dyson is introducing today. Alongside the Pure Cool, Dyson also unveiled the Dyson Cyclone V10, the latest version of its cordless vacuums. Previous Dyson cordless vacuums have had a rather abysmal battery life, requiring many hours of charge for only about 20 minutes of cleaning. While the V10 does still need three and a half hours of charge, it will now last users up to one hour of continuous power. The company believes this battery life is efficient enough that it will discontinue making uprights and focus on building future vacuums off the V10 motor.

New with the V10’s design is a new location for the bin opening and a battery indicator that notifies users when the machine will soon need to be charged. Dyson has also placed the charging port on the bottom of the handle instead of the back, so those who mount their chargers on the wall can easily dock the machine down instead of scooping it upward to plug it in.

The Pure Cool and Cyclone V10 are both available for purchase today on Dyson.com in the United States. The Pure Cool starts at $449, comes in two sizes, and will be available in international markets over the course of March and April. Filters are $80. The V10 starts at $499 for just the motor that you can connect to V8 attachments if you already own a Dyson cordless vacuum. Additional attachments for ceiling fans, cars, or hard floors are sold separately via Dyson.

In-line configuration - allows for the air to be drawn straight in and as a result creates a powerful Dyson suction. Twice the suction of any cord-free vacuum

Is it possible to get excited about a vacuum cleaner? Turns out the answer is, erm, yes. We’re as surprised as you are, but the new Dyson cordless (the V15 Detect Absolute, to give it its full name) will have you getting embarrassingly enthused about that most tedious of household chores. Why? Because there are so many things about this device that are inherently clever, using it holds the same appeal as playing with any highly evolved piece of technology. The fact it’s designed for getting dust off a carpet is almost by the by.

Now let us turn our attention to the back of the device, where you’ll spy an LCD screen. On the one hand, this serves a prosaic function – it allows you to select the power mode. You can toggle it between “eco” and “boost”, but doing so would be foolish. For inside the V15 lies another disproportionately advanced feature: a “piezo sensor”, which measures the acoustic vibrations of dust particles at 15,000 times a second as they pass by and from that extrapolates how many are travelling through the inlet. Used in “Auto” mode, the machine adjusts its own power accordingly, allowing it to maximise its battery life. Dyson promises that it “delivers up to 60 minutes of whole-home cleaning” and in practice it has lasted the best part of an hour each time we’ve tested it.

But that rear screen also shows you something rather less orthodox. A bar graph reveals what kinds of particles are being sucked up as you clean: how many are >10µm (culprits include allergens and pollen), >60µm (dust and skin flakes), >180µm (dust mites and fine sand) or >500µm (sugar and fleas). Is that useful? No, not really – there’s not much you can actually do with that information. But it does serve a function. Back in 2011, I interviewed Dyson for Wired and asked him why his vacuums were see-through. “There’s a little bit of the German lavatory in it,” he said. “What you do sits there and you inspect it before flushing it away. So there’s a little bit of morbid curiosity.” The V15"s digital bar graph satisfies the same “morbid curiosity” and, as with being able to see the dust accumulate inside the device, it provides proof that you’re doing a thorough job.

When the Dyson V11 hit the market this spring, we brought it into our lab and put it through the same battery of tests that we use for all stick vacuums.

The results? Stellar again. The Dyson V11 earns our top rating in the tests for cleaning carpet, floors, edges, and pet hair as well as for clean emissions. And it’s one of the quieter models in our ratings—an improvement over the V10.

The Dyson V11 has the longest run time of all the Dysons in our tests, at more than 43 minutes, second only to the run time of the Bissell Air Ram, highlighted below. But like many stick vacs, it takes a full 4 hours to recharge. At 6.6 pounds, it’s a pound heavier than the Dyson V8 but is still lighter than many stick vacs from other brands.

“There are a few shortcomings,” says Susan Booth, who oversees our vacuum testing. “Like other Dyson models, there’s no brush on/off switch and it’s not self standing, which means you have to hang it up to charge and store it.”

After our basic performance tests, we took a look at the specific features Dyson touts as improvements to the V11. “We designed the V11 to address the challenges of previous models,” a Dyson spokesman told CR.

As huge fans of the V11 Outsize, we were wondering what Dyson"s next act would bring. Its successor, the new Dyson V15 Detect, is similar in some ways. In others, the V15 Detect goes far beyond the older stick vacuum, however.

We purchased our V15 from Dyson direct. Before doing so, we had seen commercials and taken more than one trip to Dyson"s website. Features that were heavily marketed were the V15"s Laser Slim Fluffy head, the LCD screen which shows "real-time scientific proof of a deep clean" among other things, an acoustic piezo sensor which counted microscopic particles as they were sucked up into the vacuum.

While the battery of our latest Dyson was charging, we took inventory of all the accessories the cordless vacuum cleaner ships with. The two main cleaning heads are new designs for the V15 Detect.

The High Torque Head is similar to the short, stiff bristle one which shipped with the V11 with the addition of an anti-tangle comb. The Laser Slim Fluffy head is a new design altogether, picking up where the V10"s soft roller head left off. We will cover the main cleaning heads in more detail below.The V15 is the first Dyson stick vacuum that has offered something simply better than the competition while at an appropriate price in years. No, the V15 is not inexpensive by any measure. But, we feel it is worth the money if what you want is the highest performing cordless stick vacuum money can buy.

In short, Dyson"s latest cordless" suction was amazing, and the Laser Slim Fluffy head is a game changer. After using it once you realize that many more high-end cordless stick vacuums will have this someday. The laser light is far more useful than a headlight, or that lack of either, which is what you"ll find in most competing vacuums.

The V15 Detect has a Dyson Hyperdymium™ motor and Root Cyclone technology. You need not know what those are specifically or how many cyclones the V15 has (there"s 14 cyclones in case you"re interested). The motor spins at up to 125,000 RPM and creates high levels of centrifugal force, sucking up and trapping fine dust, dirt and particles in the dustbin.

When you first remove the V15 Detect from the box the vacuum will have a limited charge. And, the LCD screen and manual both caution to not use the vacuum without first performing a full charge.

Dyson"s V15 Detect performed exceptionally well in all cleaning tests. Our aggregate scores below take into account multiple testing methods on each surface type.

Actual run time for the V15 in its various modes met what the Dyson engineers approved for publishing on their website. Of course, a number of factors determine battery life. Using a non-powered head, for instance, increases battery life as does using the Eco suction mode. In our real-world use we keep the vacuum in Auto mode, allowing it to adjust the suction as it cleans.

With high-performance comes weight, namely in the battery department. The Dyson V15 Detect has what they call a clickable battery, Dyson-speak for user-replaceable, or removable battery. It takes a heavy, high-density battery to provide the performance the V15 Detect offers.

The usability is fantastic overall on the V15. We were impressed with the LCD screen, not just because it displays what the piezo sensor counts, but because of everything else it does.

The LCD screen shows remaining battery life in minutes, and even provides visual instructions for cleaning the on-board filters and other light maintenance.

There"s a lot that ships with Dyson"s V15 line. We"ve cataloged that below as well as a few specifications and features. Do note that the Detect and Detect+ ship with a few differences.

We have had a hot-and-cold relationship with Dyson cordless vacuums. As their stick vacuums have evolved, they"ve undoubtedly improved in suction and battery life. We have, however, taken issue with their pricing. More clearly, some older Dyson models have simply cost too much for the performance they offer.

Dyson really pulled out all the stops when designing and pricing the Dyson V15 product line. Some will balk at the price, and that"s fair. But, the price-sensitive consumer isn"t who this vacuum was designed for. The Dyson V15 line was made for those who want the convenience of a cordless vacuum but still want the highest level of cleaning performance available.

To be clear, we recommend the Dyson V15 Detect as it is the best cordless vacuum we have tested as far as overall performance is concerned. While the price may seem steep, the non-plus Detect sells for under $700 which seems appropriate for this level of performance.

One notch up, and only available direct from Dyson, the V15 Detect plus sells at $749 MSRP. The plus model has two exclusive features, a post-motor HEPA filter and the in-wand dusting and crevice tool.

As it stands today, the Dyson V15 is literally in a class of its own. With its unique features, incredible suction and ample battery life, it truly does offer something we cannot find in other vacuums. But, there"s a lot of cordless stick vacuums available at every price point.Of course, its price tag and target market don"t make it the right cordless stick vac for everyone.

For a homeowner that is sensitive to dust, pet dander or could, even to themselves, take on the label of full or part-time germophobe, the V15 will be a no-brainer. We aren’t among those user groups.. And, we were highly cynical with Dyson and what we assumed were gimmicks that the V15 offered. We were happily wrong, and the Dyson V15 is a welcome addition in our home.

The V15 is the first Dyson stick vacuum that has offered something simply better than the competition while at an appropriate price in years. No, the V15 is not inexpensive by any measure. But, we feel it is worth the money if what you want is the highest performing cordless stick vacuum money can buy.

Vacuums are one of those things you buy maybe once or twice in your lifetime, right? They tend to be expensive, so you want to choose wisely. Should you get a full size, upright, stick, cordless, portable, or a robot. All good questions that you’ll answer based on your space, and budget. I recently had the chance to test out the Dyson V11 Absolute cordless handheld stick vacuum for a few weeks in my home. Here’s what I learned about it.

The Dyson V11 Absolute is the next-generation cordless model from well known manufacturer and innovator, Dyson. This cordless vacuum clear packs a screen on its rear and a new smart sensing technology to adjust power automatically. The company touts that this is the best Dyson vacuum cleaner in their lineup.

As an aside, I own a previous Dyson vacuum, a 15 year old upright. It still works great, and we’ve never had a single issue with it. But it’s big and heavy and needs to be plugged in, so while it’s great for doing all the carpet in our basement, it’s less than ideal on the main floor, and when you just need to spot clean an area. Plus, this cordless V11 means I can also use it to more easily clean our camper van, or the car.

For the average buyer, the Dyson V11 will look familiar to its predecessor the Dyson V10  (and similar to Dyson stick vacuums all the way back to the Dyson V6) as the new iteration retains the same basic design with a dustbin built into the handle. The V11, however, has a slightly bigger battery than the V10, but despite the increased weight, the V11 feels balanced and easy to handle, if a bit on the heavy side.

The most noticeable change in the Dyson V11 is the new 185 air watts motor, which the company claims is 20% more powerful than the V10, so right away we’re getting more power. Cool.

Another new addition to the V11 that is hard to miss is the LCD display. The LCD screen gives you information about when to replace the clean filters for optimum performance, and how to clean any blockages during operation. The V11’s screen also displays a countdown timer, so that you know exactly know how much battery life is left before the vacuum runs out of juice.

There’s not a whole lot of set up, though unpacking the vacuum will seem a bit intimidating. There’s a lot of small boxes and packages in the box, and some of them seem a bit mysterious. Once everything is unpacked, you’ll need to charge the power pack or head unit fully. Then you should be ready to clean. While you can just pull the trigger to start cleaning, that small digital screen will supply you with some additional information. More on that in a bit.

The Dyson V11 Absolute can be morphed into a capable handheld vacuum by removing the extension pole. Just plug the attachments directly into the head unit and then use the vacuum as you would  to clean pet hair from your stairs or sofa.

Storing and charging the Dyson V11 is also something Dyson thought of. The vacuum can be easily attached and detached to the supplied wall-mounted dock.

Much like other Dyson vacuums, emptying the bin is easy and your hands never touch the mess. Just pull down on the red handle to lower the bin, then push it to a second stop. That will open the lid and dump the debris right into the garbage for you. Then pull the handle back up and it locks back into place. Then just flip the lid closed.

The Dyson V11 Absolute sells for between $799CAD – $999CAD, depending on the heads you get with your package, and if you want the gold colour. No kidding. Gold. My particular model sells for about $899.

I’ve tested a bunch of robot vacuums, all with varying results. If you’re familiar with robot vacuums yourself, you’ll know that you can’t always rely on them to fulfill all application areas. And having to occasionally use the traditional wired, big, clunky vacuum cleaner isn’t particularly enjoyable. It’s time to find out if a Dyson V15 – a cordless vacuuming cleaner – might be just what you need.

On first impression, this looks nothing like regular vacuum cleaner – more like the weapons used to catch ghosts in the 80s classic, Ghostbusters. Dyson V15 is cordless and little tacky, and I’m sure the orange, purple and red color combination will make people with a taste for minimalistic electronics cringe.

You’ll get a total 60 minutes of run time, and the remaining time is visible on the LCD screen at the end of the handle. There’s also a small button to switch suction mode: Eco mode, Auto, Med mode and Boost mode, depending on which brush you’re using. Extra batteries can be purchased separately. If you use Auto and Med mode and/or the special High Torque nozzle (brush with anti-filter comb), the suction power is adjusted to be stronger the dirtier it is. The same applies if you go from a regular floor to a carpet. Of course, this affects battery life, but if you use the Dyson V15 to complement a robot vacuum, you won’t need to vacuum for 60 minutes at a time.

Cleaning is seldom synonymous with fun, but seeing the results in real time makes it all the more enjoyable! The vacuum cleaner has a piezoelectric sensor that calculates dust particles and shows both the amount sucked up and the size of the particles in different coloured bars on the LCD screen.

According to Dyson, the piezo sensor calculates particles passing through 15,000 times per second, which I haven’t measured, but it does sound impressive. On the LCD screen you can see how many particles are smaller than 10 µm (microns), such as allergens and pollen; particles smaller than 60 µm, which is the size of microscopic dust and skin flakes; 180 µm, which is the size of dust mites; and 500 µm, which are particles that are about 0.5 mm.

And that’s what makes cleaning a bit more exciting! The LCD screen’s brightly coloured bars and numbers can pique the interest of even the most bored teenagers, making them vacuum on their own initiative. That is, if you’ve placed the vacuum somewhere that’s easily accessible, of course.

If your bathroom needs a little love, you can simply take the Dyson V15, bring as many accessories as you need and go at it. You won’t have to worry about emptying the vacuum bag either, as dust ends up in a plastic container which can simply be emptied whenever you feel like it.

The filter is placed right alongside the LCD screen, which as mentioned collects 99,97 percent of particles as small as 0.1 µm, in order to thoroughly clean the air.

With its LCD screen with colors, charts and numbers, Dyson V15 manages to turn cleaning into a more enjoyable activity. Its suction power is impressive and it leaves the room both fresh and free of dust – a great addition to a robot vaccum or smaller places like a bathroom or perhaps a tiny apartment

Dyson doesn"t stick to chronological order when naming its stick vacuum models. Sometimes it skips numbers, and sometimes it"ll introduce a lower number as a later model than a higher number. For example, Dyson introduced the V15 immediately after the V11, and then the V12 after the V15. In the broadest sense, the numbers seem to loosely grow larger with each passing release—the V11 is newer than the V10, and the V10 is newer than the V8. But Dyson"s naming system is cryptic enough that even we can"t predict what the subsequent model will be.

Dyson also has a lot of sub-models, because its naming scheme isn"t confusing enough. Each one has a different number of included tool attachments and accessories. Every model (V7, V8, V10, V11, V15, etc.) seems to introduce new sub-models, so the list just keeps growing, and then there are discontinued sub-models that show up as old stock on websites, typically on sale.

Allergy used to mean that it came with an upgraded filter that traps 99.99 percent of bacteria and dust so it expels cleaner air than regular models, but after the V7 all Dyson stick vacs started including the upgraded filters. It"s largely a legacy designation now, and it hasn"t been used on newer models.

Motorhead sounds fancy, but it"s the low-end sub-model that comes with a motorized head, a couple of basic brush and crevice tools, and that"s about it. Mostly a holdover from the V7 days. Dyson has found other names for basic sub-models.

Dyson isn"t above combining sub-model names too. Basically, the more names Dyson slaps onto a model, the more attachments it comes with. For example, the V8 Animal Pro comes with more stuff than the Animal, but the Animal Pro+ comes with even more than that.

Dyson’s newest vacuum isn’t one for subtlety. It has a laser strapped to the front of it for the purpose of highlighting where the dust is hiding. The Dyson V15 Detect is the company’s newest, top-of-the-line cordless vacuum in its line of stick vacuums. It’s more powerful than my own Xiaomi stick vac (and the Dyson V6 I owned several years ago), while swapping out the cleaning heads makes it suitable for both carpets and hard floors (or a mix of both, like my own). However, that versatility and sheer cleaning power (ugh, did I just write those words together?) will cost you $699. Are those high-tech additions gimmicks or truly helpful upgrades for a cleaner home?

While there are several notable features on the V15 Detect, let’s start with the showiest one, the laser ‘blade’ light on the cleaning head. It’s there to visibly show you that your Dyson vacuum is cleaning your floors. Due to the angle the laser is aimed at, it “cuts” across the floor at a 7.2mm level. This is the perfect height, apparently, for highlighting your dust bunnies.

Any illusions I had of keeping a remotely clean home were dashed. I knew my rug sheds fine fibers pretty easily. I didn’t know how easily they evaded my old stick vacuums. For the sake of testing the V15, I vacuumed my floors with my Xiaomi vacuum, then I went back over the same areas with the V15. Besides my carpeted bedroom, it’s a one-room hardwood floor situation, making it ideal for Dyson’s laser feature.

The next major feature is an evolution of the see-through dust canisters that became de rigueur in nearly all stick vacuums, and several plug-in upright models. (Dyson had a hand in that trend.) Seeing what you’ve managed to pull from your floors is surprisingly satisfying.

Dyson took this further. A new piezo acoustic sensor detects both size and frequency of the dust and other particles you"re collecting. The sensor turns the tiny vibrations of dust particles hitting a surface inside the cleaning head into electrical signals. Carbon fibers then roughly measure these microscopic particles, which are, Dyson says, counted at up to 15,000 times a second. From this, the V15 can display a particle count of your clean on an LCD display on the back of the vacuum, laying out whether you’re sucking up lots of larger particles or finer dust.

Beneath the LCD display that shows those particle counts, there’s a button that switches the V15 between three different suction modes. We’ve already mentioned Auto, which was my de facto setting most of the time. Eco should extend the battery life for up to an hour, according to Dyson’s estimates. At the other end of the scale, there’s Boost mode, which puts Dyson’s cyclone engine on full power. Handily, as you switch between modes the vacuum offers battery life estimates in minutes that dynamically changes depending on which mode’s being used .At maximum power, that time will understandably plummet. But with a full battery, it seemed to hover around the 20-minute mark for Boost cleaning. Auto mode promised roughly 45 minutes of use with a fully charged battery.

We don’t test nearly every vacuum that Dyson makes, so I can’t offer a comparison to last year’s model, even if it looks awfully similar to the V11 — and costs the same. The 6.8-pound V15 is noticeably heavier than the 4.6-pound V6 that I’m used to. I wouldn’t call it unwieldy, but besides the need to constantly pull the trigger to activate, it can get a little more tiring. With all this power, though, I felt I rarely had to run over the same area twice.

Dyson has added a single button start to some of its newest vacuums, but that didn’t include the V15 Detect, sadly. You’ll still have to hold down the trigger — and keep it held down — until you’re done cleaning, adding to the effort needed.

The V15 is a total beast at extracting ingrained dust and dirt in carpets and rugs — areas where the laser doesn’t even work, due to the uneven surface. Using the high torque cleaner head, what looked like a perfectly clean rug was hiding a half canister of rug and fiber. Ew — thanks, Dyson. This cleaning head also has a new anti-tangle comb built-in for households with pets, or people with longer hair than my crew cut. I wasn’t able to test out whether it cut through clumped-together hair, but the V15 also comes with yet another accessory dedicated the challenge, a hair screw tool. It looks hypnotic in action.