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Dyson is a leader in the vacuum game with their top-notch technology and user-friendly designs. We even named their V8 Absolute one of the best vacuums at one point. They continuously make reliable, easy-to-use, and powerful vacuums, and with their latest release, the V15 Detect, they’ve created their most intelligent vacuum yet. But does a gadget meant to pick up dirt and grime need to be so smart?

Dyson has included tons of versatile attachments for all-purpose cleaning with the V15 Detect vacuum. The Laser Slim Fluffy cleaner head can be removed for a more basic Digital Motorbar, which I use as my default attachment. The Digital Motorbar effectively picks up dust and long hair from carpet and hardwood floors. I have been most impressed with its anti-tangle properties. My roommate and I both have long hair that can hide in our carpet. The Motorbar picks up all of our hair without clogging the suction source, something that has happened with other vacuums I’ve used in the past.

My other favorite tool is the combination one. I’ve used that for cleaning my baseboard and in hard-to-reach cracks. Most of the other attachments have sat collecting dust in my cleaning supplies storage corner. While Dyson makes it extremely easy to affix all of their attachments, my laziness gets the better of me and I stick to what I know. I’m already cleaning my floors, I can’t be bothered to figure out which is the upholstery attachment to clean a couch that I carried off of the streets of New York for free.

In my testing, I found that the laser performed best in dark or dimly lit rooms. In areas with natural light or overhead lights, it was hardly useful. I also found that the Slim Laser Fluffy attachment featured noticeably less suction than the Motorbar. I also didn’t understand its mission. It illuminates the path of the vacuum meaning it lights up dust I’m already planning to roll over. During my six months of testing the V15 Detect, I never opted for this attachment when I actually wanted to clean my floors. It was a fun party gag to show off to friends, but I was so impressed with the Motorbar I never wanted to take it off.

The actual “scientific proof” of a deep clean displayed on the screen proved less useful. Frankly, before writing this review, I didn’t really even know what the little bars represented. Yes, I could have read the manual or conducted a quick Google search, but ultimately the proof of a deep clean is in the pudding, or in this case, the floor. My carpet has truly never looked so fluffy and fresh and I could see how much dirt and hair was collecting in the dustbin after even a five-minute clean of what looked to me like a mostly clean floor. If you’re super into gadgets, perhaps this is a fun upgrade, but it’s not crucial to the performance of the V15 Detect.

While I absolutely loved the power and suction on this vacuum, it’s not entirely necessary to buy. Dyson makes other stick vacuums that are almost as high-powered for a much lower price. The intelligent features on the V15 Detect went mostly unused or under-appreciated. The average vacuum user doesn’t need cleaning reports or lasers, they just want something that will quickly and effectively clean their floors. This vacuum certainly did that, but the upgrades make for a high price without much payoff.

Sir James Dyson has just unveiled a number of developments for his companies line of cordless vacuum cleaners. Using laser detect technology, the company hopes to use this new technology to give actual data-driven evidence as to how clean your home actually is.

The Dyson V15 Detect uses an acoustic piezo sensor along with a green laser diode to expose and detect hidden dust as small as 10 microns, which then records the size of what’s being sucked up via an LCD screen at the back of the vacuum.

“As engineers, our job is to solve daily problems, and the past 12 months has created plenty of new ones with more time spent indoors” explains James Dyson, Chief Engineer and Founder. “We are all cleaning more frequently, trying to remove the additional house dust but desperate for peace of mind that our homes are truly clean. Our latest vacuums use adapted laser technology to reveal hidden dust, integrating a diode laser into the cleaner head that is precisely positioned at a 1.5-degree angle, 7.3mm off the ground to create the best contrast between dust and floor. We don’t think detection is enough, so we remove and meticulously size and count the particles 15,000 times a second using an acoustic piezo sensor which converts vibrations into electrical signals, displaying precisely the size and number of particles sucked up on an LCD at the back of the vacuum. The Dyson V15 is both powerful and intelligent, giving the ultimate reassurance – scientific proof of a healthier, cleaner home.”

On top of the new Dyson V15 Detect vacuum, the team at Dyson has been very busy during the pandemic, enlisting its 370 engineers to develop a number of new innovations which can be seen in the video below — presented by none other than Sir James Dyson himself.

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.

Exhibit A: frickin’ laser beams. Not the boring kind you can"t see like the one inside your DVD player, but the kind that are visible and green and shoot outwards like a David Guetta lighting rig. The V15 comes with a special laser-equipped head designed for hard floors which casts a fan-shaped beam angled downwards at 1.5 degrees to illuminate fine dust but not the surface beneath it. Combined with the laser’s green colour, which enhances contrast, the light reveals dirt that would otherwise be invisible. At face value, this feature might seem like the very definition of over-engineering, but using the thing was a sobering experience. Once you are able to physically see what’s lurking on your floor – and therefore become aware of how much time and care it actually takes to get rid of it all – you realise that you had clearly never vacuumed the room properly ever before.

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.

Dyson launched two of its latest wireless home vacuum offerings in Canada earlier this month, the V15 Detect Total Clean and the Omni-Glide. I’ve been testing out the V15 Detect for the past two weeks, which Dyson claims is the most powerful and intelligent wireless vacuum it’s ever released.

The new V15 Detect Total Clean comes with seven attachments for different surfaces, though the one that Dyson is likely most proud of is the Laser Slim Fluffy Cleaner Head.

Several companies, most notably Shark, make vacuums with built-in LED lights that aim to illuminate dust and make the cleaning process easier. Still, all they do is light up the dust and the surface underneath it, which can make it harder to spot dirt on the illuminated floor. What Dyson has done with its laser cleaner head is a little different.

The laser head emits a green light that works to enhance the contrast on your hard floor surfaces and illuminate the unwanted dust and debris. Dyson’s reasoning behind choosing the colour Green is that it’s eight times brighter than any other colour to the human eye. Further, the laser is also angled in such a way that it only illuminates the particles on the surface, not the surface itself.

Dyson claims that the laser is ‘Class 1,’ meaning it’s virtually harmless to humans and pets, though the company says not to stare into it directly. The laser also doesn’t have a significant impact on the battery.

According to a Dyson spokesperson, if the machine runs for 60 minutes, the amount of battery the laser uses will account for a second of the power consumed by the vacuum. But for added convenience, the laser light features a dedicated on/off button on the fluffy head.

Overall, the new ‘Laser Slim Fluffy Cleaner Head’ is a step in the right direction for Dyson. With a bit of tweaking in the laser’s intensity to make it more useful in well-lit rooms, it could be a genuinely useful development in the world of home cleaning.

“Wow! The Laser Head helped reveal so much hidden dust and debris in my house. If only there was a way for me to quantify it,” said no one ever, but Dyson still has an answer for this.

Similar to the older V11 Torque Drive and Outsize models, the V15 Detect features an LCD screen built into the vacuum. What’s new is that the vacuum quantifies, categorizes and displays the dust/debris you’ve just picked up on the screen.

Dyson’s new Piezo Sensor is the mastermind behind the latest technology. This sensor continuously sizes and counts dust particles and debris that the vacuum sucks up. According to Dyson, the “Piezo Dust Sensor counts dust particles passing through the inlet 15,000 times a second.”

The vacuum, or the Piezo to be exact, detects the dust particles hitting the sensor in the form of vibrations and converts it into an electrical signal, enabling the V15 Detect to adjust its power accordingly. While you’re vacuuming, the handheld’s LCD screen showcases the count and size of the particles it sucks up.

When picking up fine particles, like flour, the screen displayed an alarming increase in the >60μm category, while picking up sugar, the >180μm and >500μm categories went through the roof. When picking up a heap of dry oats, only the >500μm category showed a substantial increase.

While this is a great visual representation of what’s being sucked up, or how dirty your house is, I feel like it’s just a way of Dyson telling its competitors, “look what we can do,” and the feature doesn’t necessarily make or break the V15 Detect. Also, the feature loses its charm after about a week or two of usage.

In addition to the dust categorization, the LED screen is also your control hub where you can change the vacuum’s power modes, check how much juice is left, which is displayed with a countdown showing you how much time you have left before the battery runs out and also gives you alerts when maintenance is required.

When using ‘Eco Mode,’ the V15 will compromise on suction power but lasts more than an hour. I tested the vacuum with 100 percent battery and was able to clean my house and my car and still had 20 minutes of Eco Mode run time left.

I feel I haven’t used the V15’s ‘Boost Mode’ enough. This isn’t because I don’t want to, though — I just haven’t had the need to (plus, the vacuum sounds like a jet engine when on Boost). The Eco Mode does a good enough job of picking up non-stubborn dust all while offering a higher run time. In contrast, at 100 percent battery, Boost Mode offers seven minutes and thirty seconds of high-powered cleaning, which is just not enough time.

The ‘Medium Mode’ offers the best of both worlds and meets my needs. The setting features slightly less suction than the Boost Mode but offers a much higher run time. At 100 percent, the Medium Power Mode delivers about 40 minutes of decent-suction cleaning, which is more than enough for a two or three-bedroom home. For people with bigger houses, you can buy an additional battery from Dyson ($199.99) and get double the run time with any mode.

The High Torque Anti Tangle Comb is similar to its predecessor Torque Drive. In addition to automatically detecting the amount of dust and adjusting its power accordingly, it also features Dyson’s new anti-tangle technology. The head itself has polycarbonate teeth built inside that skim through the head’s brushes to pull out any hair that might be stuck on the brush bar.

The package comes with a docking station that works as a wall mount for your Dyson V15 when it’s not in use. The box also has a charger that can be used separately or while attached to the docking station.

The V15 Detect Total Clean features a decent-sized 0.45 litre/0.12-gallon bin compartment that can easily store a house-full of vacuumed dust. It is transparent and also has a “bin full” indicator, allowing you to empty it whenever the need arises.

It"s no secret that Dyson makes some of the best vacuum cleaners around, with impressive suction power and a range of high-tech features and functionalities – and making an important household chore quick and easy, and for some, even therapeutic.

Now the V15 isn"t exactly new (though it was only made available recently in our Little Red Dot), but it is the first time Dyson is selling it along with the Laser Slim Fluffy cleaner head – which made its debut on last year"s V12 – and with HEPA filtration.

The V15 Detect Absolute can also count and identify the size of the dust particles it collects, displaying the information on its LCD screen, so you can see evidence that your vacuuming session is giving your floors a truly deep clean, which is very cool, I might add.

The same display also shows other important information, such as the remaining run-time and the power level selected. Sensors inside the V15 also determine if your floor requires a more powerful vacuum, ramping up the suction power if the machine detects a dirtier-than-usual area or to suit the type of floor it"s cleaning.

At the heart of the V15 Detect Absolute is a Dyson Hyperdymium motor, which the company claims generate up to 230 air watts of suction power, and a multi-stage HEPA filtration system that promises to capture 99.97 per cent of dust particles down to 0.1 microns.

As my house comes with marble and parquet floorings, I found the Laser Slim Fluffy to be the better head as the heftiness of the Motorbar makes the V15 Detect Absolute not only harder to manoeuvre, but also adds a lot more weight to its already heavy 2.61kg frame.

If you"re familiar with Dyson vacuum cleaners, then you shouldn"t be surprised that apart from the two primary heads, the V15 Detect Absolute also comes with a plethora of tools and accessories to help make your house more dust-free, easily.

Of worthy mention are the new Detail cleaning and Pet grooming kits, which Dyson sent along with my V15 Detect Absolute review unit. These kits aren"t exclusive for use with the V15, of course, and are also compatible with the recent V12 down to the V8.

These are also specialist tools, and so while not necessarily for everyone, are there to help owners get the most out of their Dyson machines. The Detail cleaning comes with a scratch-free dusting brush that Dyson claims, unlike conventional dusting brushes, protects against marks and scratches.

I found that holding the V15 at a certain angle while pressing the trigger, could lead to discomfort for some users with small hands – like my petite 150cm-tall spouse, who developed "rug burn" around the knuckles of her thumb.

To be fair, the Dyson V15 did not cause me any issues. But as I count the V12 Detect Slim as a personal favourite, I immediately missed the on/off button on that vacuum cleaner when testing the V15 Detect Absolute.

It"s a matter of personal taste, but still worth considering if you"re deciding between the V15 or V12. What I really do like about the V15 Detect Absolute (HEPA) though, is already hinted in its name – the HEPA filtration.

Even using the V12 requires me to mask up. I"m not saying the HEPA filtration on this Dyson V15 Detect Absolute (HEPA) will make a difference for everyone, but it certainly did for me. And that"s more than good enough for me to switch over to it.

Interested in getting the Dyson V15 Detect Absolute (HEPA) for yourself too? You can find them at the Dyson online store, the Dyson Flagship Store on Lazada, the Dyson store on Shopee Mall, and at Dyson Demo Stores around the island.

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.

Detect isn"t exactly a sub-model, but rather part of the name of the V15 Detect and V12 Detect Slim. It refers to the laser detection system that measures particle size and count to customize suction power.

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.

We nearly made the cheapest version of the LG CordZero the runner-up pick in this guide, and buying this vacuum instead of a Tineco S11 or a Dyson V8 is a reasonable choice. The LG CordZero isn’t as lightweight or smooth-steering as the Tineco S11, but it does have noticeably stronger suction. On the other hand, this LG model’s regular on/off power toggle is much more comfortable than the Dyson V8’s, but this vacuum doesn’t clean rugs quite as well. The low-end CordZero A9 is an in-betweener option, and a great fit for some people. The main weakness is that it snowplows more types of big debris on bare floors—even cat litter, to some extent—than most stick vacuums.

We had written off the CordZero in previous versions of this guide as an overpriced Dyson wannabe. But the price has fallen so sharply for the base model that it’s a much better choice now.

We still think the Triflex is a wonderful vacuum in a lot of important ways. Its best quality is the comfort—no other cordless vacuum beats the handling. You can convert it between two different body styles by rearranging the order in which the parts fit together (no tools needed). In its traditional upright configuration, the Triflex is the most balanced, comfortable, sturdy-feeling cordless vac we’ve ever used. (The modern stick-style configuration is fine, too, and it can also separate into a Dustbuster-like handheld vac.) It hugs the ground in a way we haven’t experienced with almost any other battery-powered machine. The cleaning performance was also excellent in our tests: It wasn’t quite as effective as the top-of-the-line Dyson models at digging fine dust out of thick carpets, but it was better than nearly all other models, and it did an excellent job on bare floors (without our having to switch to a specialty cleaning head as on most cordless vacuums). The only major downside we could glean from our initial testing was the small, hard-to-use dustbin.

The Lupe Pure Cordless is billed as a strong, long-lasting cordless vacuum that will allow you to continually replace parts over time instead of chucking the whole machine when a single part fails. (It began as a Kickstarter project by some former Dyson engineers, and it actually came to fruition—good for them.) We’ll have to wait and see whether that proves to be true. It certainly feels like a sturdy vacuum, but we don’t have any solid evidence that it’ll be longer-lasting than other expensive cordless vacuums we’ve tested.

As for the basics, the Lupe Pure Cordless is actually the most powerful bare-floor cleaner we’ve tested, thanks to very strong suction and an unusual dual-roller head design. We found that it’s excellent on carpets, as well, though not on the level of the (less expensive) Dyson V15. It can’t convert into a handheld vacuum, but it does have a flexible hose that mostly accomplishes the same thing. The big downside is the handling: It’s heavy and a little hard to steer compared with most cordless stick vacs, and it tends to jam on area rugs that other sticks have no problem with.

The Shark Rocket lineup was thoroughly mediocre in our testing, but the new Shark Vertex IZ462 is worth a look if you frequently need to suck up large debris (think yard waste or breakfast cereal) alongside your regular rug-cleaning routine. Its carpet performance is respectable for a vacuum with such magnet-like prowess on bare floors—a great compromise for people who really need both, in other words. We don’t recommend it for a wide audience because our analysis of customer reviews suggests that very few people really want this kind of floor-carpet balance in their vacuum’s cleaning performance. (Owners are much more likely to comment on a vacuum’s carpet-cleaning performance, we found.) The Vertex is also noticeably heavier than the Tineco or Dyson models we recommend, and the mechanism that locks the vacuum into the upright position didn’t always click into place for us, giving the vacuum a bit of a cheap feel. (For those who might be keeping track: This is an updated version of the Shark Ion F80, which we recommended in this guide a few years ago.)

What about all those cheap sticks on Amazon? You might be reasonably happy with one when it’s brand-new, but we’re confident that none of them will last, so we’ve decided not to waste any more of anybody’s time trying to figure out which $100 Dyson knockoff might pick up a few extra grains of sand before it heads to the landfill in a year.

Roborock (which makes some of our favorite robot vacuums) makes a strong, comfortable-to-use, somewhat overpriced cordless stick vacuum, the H7. (We also tested its predecessor, the H6, a couple of years ago.) It’s particularly great on rugs, landing between the Dyson V8 and V11 in our test results. The unusual part here is the battery: It’s a polymer “soft pack” that offers as much run time as on most competing models but is less bulky. And if you want, you can swap out the H7’s cyclonic filter and pop in a vacuum bag instead for easier dirt disposal. We found that using the bag chokes the suction a bit but otherwise seems to work well—you’ll just have to replace the tiny bags pretty frequently. We like the Roborock H7 vacuum a lot, but we’re not ready to recommend it because we have no idea how durable it will be: Soft-pack batteries do not have a track record in vacuum cleaners yet. A Roborock representative also told us that the company doesn’t yet have plans to sell replacement batteries and expects owners to move on to a new vacuum every three years or so.

Samsung isn’t known for its vacuums in North America, but it released a slew of new cordless stick vacs in 2021. We tested the Jet 70 and found that it was just okay, really nothing special among a crowded field. In our tests it was a decent carpet cleaner, though not quite as strong as the similarly priced Tineco S11 or Dyson V8. It was also the worst snowplower we tested on bare floors—it pushed around more types of debris without sucking the stuff up than the other models we tested. Spare parts for the Jet 70 and other Samsung Jet sticks are also more expensive than other brands’ spares—even Dyson’s. Samsung sells a few other variants of the Jet sticks, but the main differences are the suction levels and accessory kits. Of note, the Jet 90 will work with an optional accessory (usually $200) that empties the vacuum on its own, though we have not tested it.

Dyson makes a couple of models that aren’t very compelling. The Dyson Omni-glide is meant to be a nimble vacuum designed for cleaning bare floors. We cover it in greater depth in our guide to hard-floor vacuums, but in a nutshell, we just didn’t find it to be very comfortable to use or very good at cleaning bare floors.

We like a lot of Eufy products, but not the HomeVac S11 Infinity. It’s priced like a Dyson but cleans like a cheap vacuum. It could be worth a look if Eufy cuts the price to $150.

Tacony makes cordless vacuums under its Simplicity and Riccar labels, but none of them are standouts. The most impressive is the Simplicity Cordless Freedom, at $700. But it can’t convert into a handheld vacuum, and it lacks a hose, offers less suction, has a less-aggressive brush roll, and is heavier and harder to steer than the Dyson V11 Torque Drive.

Unless I can"t count, 12 comes after 11. So when Dyson released its V15 Detect vacuum, I had to make sure I hadn"t missed the releases of its V12 to V14 models. As it turns out, Dyson does have a V12 vacuum, but it"s just not available in the U.S. yet.

On March 25, China got the Dyson V12 and the Dyson V15 Detect vacuums, while the US got the V15 Detect and the Omni-glide vacuums. In late May, Korea, Japan, Australia and New Zealand got the V12 vacuum, too, but there"s still no word on when the US is going to see the release of the V12.

There are actually two SKUs for the Dyson V12. The first of which is the V12 Detect Slim Total Clean, which in Australia retails for AUD $1,199, or USD $915; the higher-end V12 Detect Slim Absolute Extra retails for AUD $1,249, or USD $953. The only difference between the two is that the Absolute Extra includes a floor dock; otherwise, strength, size, build and accessories are the same between the two.

The retail prices of Dyson vacuums in Australia tend to be higher than their retail prices in the US. And with the Dyson V11 retailing for $600 and the Dyson V15 Detect retailing for $700 in the US, we"re thinking the future V12 will fall somewhere in between that price range.

The V12 has a lot of what the V15 Detect has. Both include an LCD screen that reports real-time performance, and both come with two cleaning heads: a multi-use one and a Laser Slim Fluffy cleaning head, which illuminates particles invisible to the naked eye.

According to its listing on the Dyson Australia website, the Dyson V12 weighs 4.85 pounds, features a .35-liter dust bin and runs for up to 60 minutes. The V12 has a single button for power control, which eschews the trigger that is equipped on most other Dyson cordless stick vacuums (save for the Dyson Omni-glide).

According to a Dyson representative, "Dyson’s naming conventions traditionally related to the motor development from Dyson’s own Digital Hyperdymium motors. The V7 and V8 motors were housed in the V7 and V8 cordless vacuums, respectively." So the V15 Detect"s name reflects "a massive jump in terms of new technologies and features," the rep says. The V12 is essentially the same as the V15, in terms of capabilities, but just a tad smaller.

11/26/22 UPDATE – June 1 has come and gone, and Dyson Customer Service is still confirming that their machines are being manufactured out of Malaysia, so you can continue to buy with confidence.

4/10/22 UPDATE – Not so much an update here as sharing something I missed with my update a few weeks ago. According to this Reuters report, Dyson’s supplier ATA IMS Bhd will continue to manufacture Dyson vacuum cleaners until June 1, 2022. Which likely means that Dyson is scrambling right now to find alternative manufacturers. And you know who is salivating at the chance of taking over their business.

Let’s hope that if Dyson is exiting Malaysia, that it’s finding diverse supply chains across multiple countries and not putting all its eggs into China. We’ll find out shortly after June 1.

3/22/22 UPDATE – Dorothy mentioned in the comments that her Dyson vacuum cleaner was made in China. I did some research and I did see that Dyson did in fact cut their ties with their biggest contractor in Malaysia due to unfair labor practices. However, I could not find any information of whether or if Dyson officially replaced its contractors in Malaysia with contractors in China. When I chatted with their customer service team on 3/22/22, they continued tomaintain that their products are made in Malaysia.

This may be a situation where they are in flux–for example, perhaps they have manufacturing facilities in China that serve the China market but are leaning on them while they deal with their issues in Malaysia. Bottom line–especially in the coming months, make sure you CHECK THE BOX to make sure your Dyson is not made in China (assuming you’re buying from a brick and mortar store). If you’re buying online, call the retailer (or ideally Dyson themselves) and get ON THE RECORD that the products are not made in China. This way, if they do send you a made in China model, you can always send it back–at their expense.

Dyson is a British company that was established in the United Kingdom by James Dyson in 1991. In his 20s, James Dyson bought a Hoover Junior vacuum cleaner which lost suction after being used. He had the idea to develop a vacuum cleaner based on a cyclonic system, where centrifugal forces are used to separate larger particles and smaller particles into chambers rather than having them clog a filter or a dust bag.

Here are some of their more popular models. They’re all made in Malaysia. Dyson does sell upright vacuum cleaners and hardwood floor vacuums, but I’ve focused mainly on their cordless vacuums, which they’re most famous for.

Dyson V15 Detect: This is Dyson’s “most powerful and most intelligent” model. It’s got some amazing technology that uses a laser to detect dust on hard floors and a sensor that gives you “scientific proof” of how deeply you’ve cleaned. They’re hard to find in stock, so buy it from Dyson directly or from a retailer like Best Buy or Lowes (avoid Amazon whose third-party sellers will gouge you).

Dyson Outsize Vacuum Cleaner: This is Dyson’s most powerful cordless vacuum cleaner, with 18 cyclones, up to 120 minutes of run time, and a bin capacity that’s bigger than any other Dyson model.

For “more affordable” options from Dyson, you can go with the Dyson V11 Animal, the Dyson Cyclone V10, or the Dyson V8. Generally speaking, the more expensive the model the longer the run time, the better the suction power, and the more accessories it’ll come with.

They do have several models of stick cordless vacuum cleaners–like Dyson, they work as handheld vacuum cleaners, but you can attach a stick to make it into an upright.

Even more surprisingly, reviews say that they have cyclonic suction power that rivals Dyson (some reviews say they are even more powerful), and they are generally cheaper. They have a 5-layer filtration system and are easy to clean. All models comes with several basic accessories, including a mini motorized tool for removing dust and pet hair from furniture, a combination tool for picking up dirt from window frames and tabletops, and a crevice tool for reaching hard-to-reach places. They all have a 0.8 liter dust bin (about 4 cups of dirt), which is larger than my Dyson.

Dyson Limited, commonly known just as Dyson, is a SingaporeanJames Dyson. First established in 1991 at Malmesbury, England, it designs and manufactures household appliances such as vacuum cleaners, air purifiers, hand dryers, bladeless fans, heaters, hair dryers, and lights. As of February 2018, Dyson had more than 12,000 employees worldwide.

In 2019, Dyson announced the company"s permanent move to Singapore – its headquarters are located at the St James Power Station, across the island of Sentosa.

In 1974, James Dyson bought a Hoover Junior vacuum cleaner, which lost suction after a period of use. Frustrated, Dyson emptied the disposable paper bag to try to restore the suction but this had no effect. On opening the bag to investigate, he noticed a layer of dust inside, clogging the fine material mesh.

Later, Dyson was working on his ballbarrow at a company he had founded (but no longer entirely owned) where a large vacuum system was used to contain the fusion bonded epoxy coating that was sprayed on the wheelbarrow arms as a powder coating. Dyson found the system inefficient, and was told by equipment manufacturers that giant cyclone systems were better.Centrifugal separators are a typical method of collecting dirt, dust and debris in industrial settings, but such methods usually were not applied on a smaller scale because of the higher cost.sawmills used this type of equipment, and investigated by visiting a local sawmill at night and taking measurements. He then built a 30-foot model for the ballbarrow factory.

The directors of the ballbarrow company thought if a better vacuum was possible, Hoover or Electrolux would have invented it. Dyson was undeterred, and was kicked out of his company.Jeremy Fry provided 49% of the investment for cyclonic vacuum development, and the rest came from a loan. In the shed behind his house,

The only company that expressed interest in the new cyclonic vacuum technology was Dyson"s former employer, Rotork. Built by Italian appliance maker Zanussi and sold by Kleeneze through a mail order catalogue, the Kleeneze Rotork Cyclon was the first publicly sold vacuum cleaner of Dyson"s design. Only about 500 units were sold in 1983.

In April 1984, Dyson claimed that he had sent the prototype machines, drawings, and confidential information to American consumer-products maker Amway as part of a proposed licensing deal. The deal fell through, but in January 1985 Amway produced the CMS-1000, a machine which was very similar to the Dyson design. Less than a month later, Dyson sued Amway for patent infringement.

In 1985 a Japanese company, Apex Ltd., expressed interest in licensing Dyson"s design and in March 1986 a reworked version of the Cyclon – called G-Force – was put into production and sold in Japan for the equivalent of US$2,000.International Design Fair prize in Japan, and became a status symbol there.

Using the income from the Japanese licence, James Dyson set up Dyson Appliances Limited in 1991, although it was registered as Barleta Limited. The first dual-cyclone vacuum built under the Dyson name, the DA 001, was produced by American company Phillips Plastics in a facility in Wrexham, Wales, beginning in January 1993 and sold for about £200.Chippenham, Wiltshire, England;

Even though market research showed that people would not be happy with a transparent container for the dust, Dyson and his team decided to make a transparent container anyway and this turned out to be a popular and enduring feature which has been heavily copied.

The company introduced a cylinder machine, the DC02, and produced a number of special editions and revised models (DC02 Absolute, DC02 De Stijl, DC05, DC04, DC06, DC04 Zorbster). On 2 January 2001 the company name was shortened from Dyson Appliances Ltd. to Dyson Ltd.Airblade hand dryer, the Air Multiplier "bladeless" fan and Dyson Hot, the "bladeless" fan heater.formaldehyde from the air; this flammable and colourless gas can irritate the skin, eyes, nose, and throat.

Dyson vacuum cleaners and washing machines were made in Malmesbury, Wiltshire until 2002, when the company transferred vacuum cleaner production to Malaysia. There was some controversy over the reason for this move, as well as over plans to expand Dyson"s factory to increase production.

In 2004, the Meiban-Dyson Laundry Manufacturing Plant was opened in Johor, Malaysia. The RM10 million (approx. US$2.63 million) plant is a joint venture between Dyson and the Singapore-based Meiban Group Ltd., which has manufacturing facilities in China, Malaysia and Singapore.

In 2007, Dyson formed a partnership with the Malaysian electronics manufacturer VS Industry Bhd (VSI) to take on a major role in Dyson"s supply chain, from raw material sourcing and production to distribution. VSI also undertook an extensive production plan to supply finished product to Dyson"s markets around the globe (America, UK, Japan, etc.).

In February 2017, Dyson announced a significant expansion programme in the UK, opening a new high-tech campus on the former RAF Hullavington Airfield in Hullavington, Wiltshire, about 5 miles (8 km) south of its Malmesbury site.battery technologies, following the acquisition of US start-up Sakti3, and robotics.

On 22 January 2019, Dyson announced plans to move its company headquarters to Singapore, citing its intention to be closer with its fastest growing markets throughout the Asia-Pacific as well as stating its unhappiness when dealing with the European Union (EU), which it perceives as being overly bureaucratic.

In 2014, Dyson invested in a joint robotics lab with Imperial College London to investigate vision systems and engineer a generation of household robots.

Dyson funded a professorship at the University of Cambridge Department of Engineering in November 2011, adding to earlier funding of post-doctorate research. The Dyson Professor of Fluid Mechanics focuses on teaching and researching the science and engineering behind air movement.Newcastle University in May 2012, to investigate the next generation of Dyson digital motors and motor drives.

In March 2015, Dyson invested in its first outside business, paying $15m for an undisclosed stake in US battery start-up Sakti3, which is developing solid-state batteries.

In September 2017, company founder James Dyson announced via email to employees that the company had 400 people working on a battery electric vehicle, secretly in the works for two years, which it hoped to release by 2021.

The James Dyson Award is an international student design award running in 18 countries. It is run by the James Dyson Foundation, James Dyson"s charitable trust, and is presented jointly to students and their university.

Over 727 schools in Great Britain and Northern Ireland have used Dyson"s educational "Ideas Boxes", sent to teachers and pupils, in order to learn more about the design process. The James Dyson Foundation also provides bursaries and scholarships to aspiring engineers.

In November 2016, James Dyson announced plans to open a higher education college to address the engineering skills gap in the UK.University of Warwick to offer BEng degrees in engineering, whilst also employing them as engineers three days a week.

In 1985, Dyson sued Amway for copyright infringement of a Dyson dual cyclone prototype machine. Dyson claimed that he had sent the prototype machines, drawings, and confidential information to Amway as part of a contract in April 1984. In January 1985, Amway produced the CMS-1000, a machine which was very similar to the Dyson design. Less than a month later, Dyson sued Amway.

On 5 December 2012, a lawsuit by hand dryer manufacturer Excel Dryer was filed against Dyson, claiming that Dyson"s advertising comparing the Airblade to the Excel Dryer Xlerator was deceptive.Massachusetts Institute of Technology, rather than Excel Dryer"s tested 12 second dry time, thus inflating energy consumption figures in the Airblade"s favour.

In October 2015, LG sued Dyson in Australia over an advertisement claiming the V6 vacuum to have "twice the suction power of all cordless vacuums." LG stated their vacuum Cord Zero Cyking provides 200 watts of maximum suction power, twice that of the Dyson V6.

In November 2017, Dyson took legal action against LG in South Korea for false advertisement of its Cord Zero A9 cordless vacuum cleaner. Dyson claimed the ads exaggerated the vacuum"s performance with statements such as "rotation speed of the motor ... 16 times faster than that of a jet engine" and could be construed as misinforming users.

In 2006, Dyson sued the parts manufacturer Qualtex for copyright and unregistered design right infringement, for creating and selling deliberate imitations of Dyson"s original vacuum cleaner parts. Dyson was seeking to prevent the sale of spare parts made by Qualtex to fit and match Dyson vacuum cleaners. The Qualtex parts in question were intended to resemble closely the Dyson spares, not least as they were visible in the normal use of the vacuum cleaners.

In 2010, Dyson launched legal action against rival manufacturer Vax, claiming the design of its Mach Zen vacuum cleaner is an infringement of the registered design of its first "bagless" Dyson cylinder vacuum DC02, which dates back to 1994. Dyson also claimed the Chinese-owned rival had "flagrantly copied" Dyson"s iconic design.Vax cleaner being "rugged, angular and industrial".

In March 2011, James Dyson reportedly said in an interview for David Willetts, the government minister responsible for British universities, said he would thoroughly investigate the statement provided by James Dyson.

In December 2011, Bell Pottinger executive Tim Collins had been filmed by the Bureau of Investigative Journalism saying that David Cameron had raised a copyright issue with Chinese premier Wen Jiabao on behalf of Dyson Limited "because we asked him to".

In 2012, Yong Pang, an engineer specialist in electric motors, was accused of stealing Dyson"s digital motor technology which was a part of future product development projects.

In 2015, Dyson charged that Siemens and Bosch vacuums were using a sensor that sent signals to its motor to increase its power while the machine sucked up dust remnants, making them appear more competent during European Union (EU) efficiency tests. Because tests are conducted in dust-free labs, Dyson claimed that this gave an unfair reading, because in a real home environment the machines used much more power. Dyson said both brands have "capitalized on loopholes" found within the EU regulations to be granted an AAAA energy consumption rating, when actual domestic use showed they performed similarly to an "E" or "F" rating. Dyson issued proceedings against Bosch in Netherlands and France, and against Siemens in Germany and Belgium.

Until 2017, European Union regulations had required vacuum cleaners be tested when empty, a ruling which greatly favoured bagged vacuum cleaners. Dyson sued the European Commission, resulting in a judgement requiring testing be done under normal usage conditions.

Aside from the addition of the laser, there’s also been some updates to the LCD display on the back of the handle. At first glance, it looks the same as that on the Dyson V11, but this is actually where things get really (and I mean really) techy. The vacuum counts the dust particles it’s sucking up and can collect particles as small as 10 microns.

I found the run time on auto to be very impressive, and have cleaned my spacious two-bed flat numerous times without needing to charge it – a huge upgrade from my Dyson V7, which only lasts seven minutes on max.

This is also the first time that Dyson has produced a machine with anti-hair-wrap tech on the bar brush of the main head. Often having a lot of hair on my carpets, I’ve found it didn’t tangle around the brush too much.

Everything about this machine is ergonomic and nice to look at. The box and the packaging too – each attachment was neatly packed in like a puzzle. This was true of the colours too, from the contrasting bronzy gold, purple, grey to the red that is instantly recognisable as a Dyson hue.

The main head – high torque cleaning with anti-tangle – is larger, although not by a huge amount, and adjusts the suction depending on the floor type. According to Dyson, it has 24 per cent more suction than the V11 range, which of course is good when it comes to cleaning, but if you’ve got thin rugs, as I do, even the auto setting is too strong for them. I had to shake the rugs and vacuum the carpet underneath instead.

Dyson’s latest model is an impressive step up in the cleaning world, with an introduction of a small but useful laser. It’s teamed with a digital display that lets you choose between auto, eco and max power modes and also keeps you aware of the remaining time you have, which is undeniably useful.

For anyone with pets, lots of comings and goings or just lots of stuff, this is sure to be the niftiest, quickest and most user-friendly way to clean your home. It’s a dream to use, and will make cleaning fun for even those who never pick up a vacuum. For those that already love Dyson, you’ll no doubt be a fan of this, too.