Dyson DC16 Root 6 Handheld Vacuum Cleaner
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Tools and Hardware Reviews of Dyson DC16 Root 6 Handheld Vacuum Cleaner
Customer Review: Awesome power for 5 mins is better than a limp vacuum for 20
Summary: 5 Stars
Having owned probably a half-dozen handheld vacuums, the Dyson Root is by far the best. Simple reason: It provides massive suction at 100% power time and time again. I'd rather have a vacuum that sucks powerfully and consistently for 5 minutes than one that limps along at 30% power for 20 minutes.
When you see some crumbs on the floor, or have a spill, you want something you can reach for, make ONE pass over the mess, and be done with it. To me it is much more frustrating to have to brush over things 3-4 times than to know that I can't do my whole house with it. It is NOT a replacement for an upright vacuum, a Shop-Vac, a lint brush, etc.
It recharges in 3 hours and has a clear set of LEDs showing power level. If you need to more than 5 minutes of cleaning every 3 hours, then you've got an environment this wasn't designed for. The Dyson Root also has some neat design concepts: e.g., two attachments cleverly combined into one, so less to carry/lose.
(We also have fallen in love with the Dyson upright vacuums which also beat all other vacuums we've owned hands-down, again due to consistent power and clever design.)
Customer Review: Best cleaning device I've purchased since the Dyson Ball upright.
Summary: 5 Stars
Seriously people - if the 6 minute battery life is an issue you probably need to start cleaning the house a little more frequently.
This item is purely for small, quick jobs: taking care of the leaves or blades of grass you track into the entry way after checking your mail, cleaning up the little foam and cardboard remnants after opening a large package, cleaning dust off of ceiling fans, baseboards, and cupboards; sucking up the crumbs after the toddler's snack; sucking up cobwebs or the random bug; giving the dryer's lint trap an extra cleaning -- you get the idea.
If you purchased this to use it for anything more you're going to be as just as disappointed as the people leaving the one and two star reviews. This device is about convenience. It saves you from having to break out the big vacuum for for jobs that don't require the big vacuum, period.
I wish I'd have purchased this years ago. This is a great compliment to the Dyson upright or any upright for that matter. Plan on getting my parents one for Christmas.
If your expectations are realistic going into this purchase you'll be pleasantly surprised.
Customer Review: AWESOME!
Summary: 5 Stars
OK, first... for everyone giving this a bad review due to battery life READ THE BOX. In Yellow writing on the front... it says "For Quick Pick-Ups". So say you accidentally spill some cheerios on the counter (and it was when the box was almost empty so you get all the cheerio dust too)... Grab the Root 6, in a few seconds it's all cleaned up. It's not meant to clean your stairs or clean your ENTIRE car. That being said, this thing is GREAT! It's awesome for cleaning up the counter in our bathroom (hair and whatnot), behind the toilet, and pretty much anything else small enough to not merit plugging in the big Dyson. It is very easy to empty and charges in 3 hours. I love how it mounts to the wall. It comes with an adapter that will allow you to also use the Asthma and Allergy tools. The only thing I wish they would have added was a clip on the wall mount to hold the crevice and multi-function tools it comes with. When I'm not using the crevice tool I have to throw it in the drawer.
Great hand vac! Don't listen to the battery complainers... if you use this for what it was designed to do you will be very very happy!
Customer Review: It really sucks.
Summary: 5 Stars
If you want a portable, dust-buster type vac for quick clean up, you can't beat this. I almost didn't buy it due to all the negative reviews about battery life and lack of suction, but I'm glad I did anyway. It's not a replacement for a regular vac -- you can't vacuum your entire house with it before the battery dies. It doesn't have the suction and volume intake of a shop vac. But, it's not supposed to do either of those things. It is much better than the Dirt Devil and Dust Busters that I've had in the past. Battery life is a function of the size of the battery and the current draw. If other vacs have longer life, the very likely have lower current draw and correspondingly lower suction. Yes, it's a bit pricely, but in this case I think you get what you pay for. And, just for the record, I just vacuumed both sets of stairs in my house and it took me, like, three minutes -- plenty of battery life for that. I'm not sure how many stairs these people have who are complaining, or how big each step must be if they can only do five steps in six minutes. Perhaps a gym membership would help.Customer Review: Dyson Root 6
Summary: 5 Stars
I believe this product was supposed to be used for small clean ups!!!!
For that, it's GREAT!!!!!
Now, if you want a portable, cordless vac, for something longer than 10 minutes, with continuous power, for the entire time it's ON.....buy a plug in vac!!!!
For what this vac does, in the short amount of time it does it, I don't understand why people complain about the short battery life!!!
It's supposed to be a high powered vac for small jobs!!!
I use it to vac my car, which takes 5 miniutes and what "I" purchased this unit for!!!!!!
If you're looking for a portable vac, that lasts longer than 10 for something else!!!!!
Even the 12 volt plug in vacs do "NOT" have the power this vac has!
Their advantage....you get continuos power, but no where near the suction/cleaning capabilities of this unit!
It works as advertised!!!
No more ...no less!
If you do enough research, before spending what this puppy costs, you'll understand what you're buying and why it costs what it does!