As far as its inner workings are concerned Dyson's done an admirable job of building a powerful vacuum, and it's a good-looking piece of hardware, too. With other vacuums like the Oreck Touch and the Electrolux Precision Brushroll Clean offering similar cleaning power along with vastly superior designs and substantial cost savings (in the case of the $309 Electrolux, it's less than half the price of the DC41), there's just no way I can recommend the DC41 for anybody but the most devoted of Dyson loyalists.Īt first glance, the Dyson looks futuristic and high-tech, and it is.
If you cleaned your house with it, you'd probably be very happy with the results - but only after putting up with lackluster user experience.
The real shame is that, as I said, the DC41 vacuums so well. I'm not sure I'd accept them in a vacuum that cost half as much. This is a $649 vacuum, the best and most expensive model Dyson has to offer, and for that kind of money, I just don't think that flaws like these are acceptable. Like all Dyson vacuums, the DC41 looks amazing, but looks can be deceiving.
