Dyson V8

We've had the really big and heavy Dyson upright replaced with a smaller and lighter Dyson upright, and now we've replaced our long dead Dyson stick vacuum with a new Dyson V8.

The plastics have inconsistent colours, to the point that it looks like a reject.

The main issue is that it is purchased as a wall mount vacuum. The wall mount has oblong holes for securing it to the wall, but Dyson have failed to provide rubber grommets. The Dyson Service Center said "you have to go to your local hardware store and work out how to mount it" That's ridiculous.

I understand different wall types, but there are a couple of common types and supplying the grommets at a minimum seems like the only reasonable level of quality product.

Bought this three months ago. Has worked fine and done a great job until today. I switch it on and the engine ‘pulses’ before stopping indicating a blockage. I clean the dus bucket after every use and have washed the filters every month everything is clean so where is the blockage? Phone Dyson ‘support’ every time I try I’m on hold for 10-15 minutes before getting cut off without speaking to anyone. Finally after the third call I get through to someone. She is quite helpful and starts trying to solve the problem only to be cut off again halfway...

This Vacuum has great power and is easy to charge and has a few useful tools. The 2 things I would like to be changed in a new model is the button that you have to press for it to stay on, it's exhausting holding that button continuously while vacuuming, it should have been hold down and it would get pressed and then you can vacuum and when you are done, you should be able to release the button. Also another battery would have been super useful to increase cleaning time.

I can never finish the whole house because the battery dies. Always returning to old vacuum cleaner to finish the job. After leaving the Dyson on charge overnight, you would think that it could last at least 1 whole hour.

Initially the Dyson worked well then for no reason it would only last a couple of minutes on high but will last 20 minutes on low speed.
Changing filters did not help.

The animal Dyson I have has been back to the store I purchased it from and back to Dyson. It has been returned for two reasons the head was sticking and still dose and cleaning it is very difficult

I like the fact that it's light weight and very manoeuvrable and is great for using in the car BUT when you use it on Max mode for awesome suction the battery drains ridiculously quickly. The regular suction mode is very ordinary. Not worth the $ I paid.

We use our V8 cordless as a quick tidy up vacuum in addition to a weekly vacuum with our more powerful corded vacuum.We live in an apartment and find the convenience of the Dyson to vacuum crumbs from around dining area and kitchen great.The down side is battery only lasts 2/3 years and replacement around $150 is something that you need to factor in as the Dyson is reasonably expensive to start with.This is our 2nd Dyson cordless replacing a v7 motor head same problem 3 year battery failure! Probably look at a cheaper alternative next time! So overall very pleased with performance not so much with the value!!

Paid $799 early 2019 (HN bonus gift card got the deal). Was pretty exciting and lots of grunt. We have polished timber floors with a few rugs. Used to clean the car a few times too. Pretty comfortable for me but a bit heavy if youre getting spiders webs etc out of cornices etc. After 8-9 months the battery barely gave us 8 minutes (on normal mode - about 3-4mins on ultra power or with the powered head). Usage was about 3 or 4 times a week so maybe the constantly taking it off and putting it back on the charger affected it but after payin...

The Dyson V8 Animal with interchangeable accessories is a handy, cordless stick vacuum cleaner for many home jobs. The transparent canister shows how much dust has been collected. It can be emptied without a bag replacement being needed. The brush in the larger of the two motorised rotating-brush heads is now usefully near full-width for close-to-the-wall vacuuming on both sides, having a direct-drive motor built into the brush core rather than working via a belt. Swapping fittings is easy.

The unit comes with a wall-mounted docking stat...

We have owned our V8 Absolute for 4 years and use it daily on soft and hard floors - the absolute comes with a changeable hard floor head and pet hair head. It sucks great on all surfaces but we are now on our third Dyson battery as they keep failing after about 14- 16 months of use. A new battery run time is about 15 minutes on high suction and 30 minutes on low - during 12 months of use battery life slowly reduces to about 10 minutes on high and 20 minutes - at the 16 months we only get 1 minute on high or 2 minutes on low. New original Dyson batteries cost $109 each. Pretty frustrating for such an expensive vacuum.

So disappointed with the V8 Dyson Stick, had a V6 Animal for a few years as I had two dogs. One of the small wheels broke on the head, and this couldn’t be fix. So I brought buy a new head, with a few months after that the battery stopped charging. I decided to up grade and buy the V8 after spending money on the old one to have it not work. When I first got the V8 it was great, better suction, more power and could get most of the house done. A few years on and now can only vacuum half of the house as the battery goes flat very quickly. Only thing to do is buy another battery, so over spending so much money on the Vacuum & to have to true around a few year later and buy parts.

Battery does not last long. It died in less than 2 years. I can't find my receipt so I end up calling them after 2 years which is out of warranty already. I have to pay for battery. I am not happy to pay so I refused. I will never buy Dyson anymore unless they fix the issue with battery.

Works well however battery stopped charging after 2yrs10 months. Dyson said I hadn’t ‘looked after’ the battery properly..all I have done is vacuum. New battery only has 1 year warranty. Should be better for $800

I bought a very well recommended product and after 3 and half years of use, the battery does not last more than 5 mins on max mode, the small motorised head has fallen apart and I can't use it and the carpet floor cleaner has bits of plastic breaking off. I have a small house at 14 sqaures and most of it is tiles and floor boards. At $800 I was expecting this to last a bit longer. I have had other brands of cleaners and have never had issues like this. I originally bought this to make vacuuming easier with a cordless product. Not sure if I will buy another one if I can get cheaper cleaners out there with same specifications.