Dyson V8 Animal

This is by far the best vacuum i have purchased. So worth the money!
Love that it feels as though it deep cleans carpets and properly sucks up pet hair.
It feels pretty powerful, and is really eash to whip around the house!

Love how effective this vacuum is for a hand held. I have a dog who loses so much hair and two kids and it is amazing how much suction power it has. Couldn’t live without it now.

I have been using my Dyson V8 animal for over 2 years and I started noticing battery run time decreasing a few months back. Now once I start vacuuming it stops in a few mins.
When I put back on charge blue light illuminates but goes off after some time. So basically saying it doesn't hold the charge. So I called Dyson and was advised it is out of warranty and I have to pay $85 for the battery. In the beginning, I thought I will just order it but it didn't feel right as the machine was not cheap, and battery not even to last more than 2 years was a bit disappointing. Then I went to research more about the battery and noticed many people have a similar problem.
I am really disappointed with the Dyson product as they charge a premium price for their products, and in return as a customer, we expect the product to be premium quality.
This is my suggestion to all the new buyer if you planning to buy Dyson cordless vacuum be prepared to buy a new battery every 2 year which is just outside the manufacturer warranty.

The Dyson V8 animal is the first "Dyson vacuum cleaner" my family and I have ever bought and also the very best we have ever used. It is amazing how it is so compact and has better suction power than any of the other vacuum's we have had before where they are actually plugged into the power point.

It has a high suction mode as well that really does a thorough job. No other vacuum compares to how this performs, even though some people might think they are a bit too high priced they really are worth every cent.

Use this vacuum on tiles and carpet, works very well. The battery life is really rather very good, and we consider it to be a good upgrade from our last vacuum.

I use this Dyson on my floor boards as well as the carpet, I have only ever been able to get 15 min max out of the fully charged battery, it has now died, I have been trying to ring Dyson for the last 2 days with no luck time expediency keeps going up today 19 min I am still on the phone it has now been 43.47 min expected wait time is 37 min, then it hangs up on you after 120 min press option 1 for call back does not work Very bad on Dyson’s behalf

I love this piece of machinery. I use it so many times a day. It’s so handy and has strong suction. Easy to clean. Recharges well. I use it on all surfaces.

We use this mostly on timber floors and carpet in the bedrooms - it lasts about 15min on high power or 20mins on lower
Works perfectly just wished I had a powerpoint in the cupboard!!!

This vacuum is brilliant. I vacuumed with my old vacuum then straight away used the dyson. The amount of dirt, dust and dog hair the dyson picked up that my old vacuum didnt suck up was a big surprise. I love that you dont have to lug around a big vacuum that bangs in to walls and gets stuck on furniture. The cordless stick design makes vacuuming so easy!

I just love this product bought last year from Myer. It woth spending money on it . Very handy. I m very impressed with changing. Once you charge it runs for 30 to 40 mins which is more then enough time to clean the entire house. Very easy to clean the bin of vacuum as well. We don’t have any pet animals but still bought this because our own hair keep falling everywhere in the house and sometimes it sticks to the floor u don’t even notice but this vacuum cleaner does the job perfectly.really love this product.

We purchased this item back in January 2017, and had nothing but issues with the battery. cutting out and getting so hot. We received a replacement battery in May 2018, after a few back and forth emails with Dyson customer care, unfortunately the battery has again failed, i.e. it will work for a few minutes before cutting out completely. I contacted Dyson customer care, and have now been told this is a consumable item and they have requested $85 replacement fee. For a product so widely sold, surely the battery should last longer than 12 months? What sort of testing is carried out on this product? Are you only meant to use once per week?
anyway suffice to say, I will steer well clear of Dyson products in the future.

Love this product as I don't need to find a power point. It is lightweight and easy to charge. It has changed my whole vacuuming habits as I don't need to vacuum the whole house in one hit.
I also love the V8 as it has the wooden floor attachment which is soft and fluffy and doesn't hurt my floors.

Good run out model deal. Is great for picking up animal hair. Ease of use has me vacuuming every day now. Only criticism is the colour on the stick scraped off in 2 seconds flat under the divan.

Great stick vacuum. We have a dog that sheds a huge amount of hair and this vacuum is extremely effective at picking it up of all surfaces, including the couches.

More suction from a 1200 watt cheapie vacuum . Short battery life barely 10 min definitely not enough for a whol house clean . Seems to suck up then deposit elsewhere once finger is off the trigger . Canister jams . Ripoff !

The vacuum cleaner only last for 20 mins for every charge. It makes difficult to vacuum a big house. Have to do it in multiple sessions and there is air blowing out from the handle end which makes me feel the dust is actually blowing into my face. I would definitely go back to traditional vacuum cleaner next time.

I have both carpet,tiles & bamboo flooring. This vacuum cleaner adjusts easily across all surfaces.
I use this vacuum everyday to do a quick clean up.
The attachments are all very useful & easily adjusted.

I cannot recommend a Dyson Vacuums and would never buy one again! We've had our Dyson V8 animal for less than 6 months. It hasn't worked for over a month of that time. Dyson are dreadful to deal with, you never get the same person twice. They have sent us this part and that part to replace and still the machine doesn't work. At this point you would think that (with a machine that is less than 6 months old) they would simply do the right thing replace the entire machine through Harvey Norman where we bought it. But not so. We are told we have to package it up and send it off for repair and it will be gone at least two weeks. So now 2 months of 6 months ownership without a vacuum. Then they start texting me on my phone and so I reply but every new text is from a different Dyson person who doesn't know what the last person said. We were told by one person, 'take it to Harvey Norman to replace it,' so we do but then Dyson won't give Harvey Norman the RA number they need to replace the machine and won't believe we were sent text messages and so the poor Harvey Norman girl takes photos and emails the texts to Dyson who still refuse to budge and now the V8 goes off to Sydney. Dreadful dreadful dreadful customer service!!! In fact non existent customer service. Considering you need a 2nd mortgage to buy these machines the customer service should be exemplary. Dyson seriously need to change their corporate culture and attitude towards customers as word will spread. Isn't it against the law in Australia Consumer Law to not replace a faulty product!!!!!

Who would of thought that a small extension hose would make life so much easier. We use it with our V8 animal stick, so the hand held vacuum can now be used in the car and in all nooks and crannies. A must have accessory.

I use the v8 Dyson on carpet rugs, tiles & wooden floors perfect on all conditions, I use it everyday as I have small children always dropping things on the floor & its so easy & convenient to use I literally plug it in to charge & it charges to last for 20 mins