Dyson V8 Animal vs Craftsman CMCV002B

The stick vacuum is amaaaazing! I can clean the floors in my entire apartment in like 10-15 minutes.

As the title says, poor suction. I suppose that’s to be expected with a battery powered vacuum, but wow.

We've got carpets French wooden floors and travertine limestone type hard flooring. So the VA animal has been given a thorough road test in the last s...

It’s well built and well designed but I would gladly trade runtime for suction. Or have a two speed selector.

The best vacuum for hair (in my experience) is the Dyson V11 Animal (cordless so it's convenient to use...so it actually gets used)

We purchased this because we were already invested into the V20 system and constantly have a need for a vacuum outdoors where cords are difficult. Positives: - Battery powered and feels like high quality materials. - Long and We’ll-constructed suction hose - One-button, easy to operate Negatives: -The vacuum is a box-shape which makes it difficult to hold while vaccuming. You have to place it on the ground and then use it

I would waste 15-20 lint roller sheets every day getting the hair off our bed before and it would never get them all. With this handheld accessory, I am able to get every single hair off in less than a minute of vacuuming. The same goes for the couch - I used to lint roll the couch every day, but now, I just use the vacuum. Because this is cordless and easy handheld, it also makes it easier for quick cleaning and touch up vacuuming

0 AH it is light weight and very convenient not having to deal with a cord, LOL you will find your self cleaning places you would never have thought to have, The hose is i thought really nice to work with soft flexible rubber not the hard plastic hose but I am sure if you step on it, well it will shorten its life.

While the machine is not overly heavy, it gets heavy lifting and holding it (with these tired old arms).

- The hose has nice locking lugs that secure it to the compartment with a twist. Now for the “not as good.” - Battery life on any of these types of cordless vacs is not great. You will be happier with the 4ah battery in this unit as apposed to the smaller 2ah that comes in a lot of the drill/driver combos

This V8 model like other model all have design problem. 1) The exhaust is blow out in wrong position, it blow right in your face especially when vacuum the position is high (ex. vacuum the ceiling or the stairway) 2) Battery life is short, only has 2800mah, it last only 7 minutes ( power mode when is new), can't even finish my stairway. 3) The particle vacuum in the chamber, they all stuck in front where the entrance is, not evenly around the chamber, never can fill to the empty line on the chamber

Has a long nozzle and a flat nozzle. Didn't come with a brush nozzle but an inexpensive universal one fits perfectly. I have always hated vacs but love this one. Like the flat base that doesn't tip over like the silly little Shop Vac (designed by someone who's never used a vac)

And the pieces to take out the filters, clean the brush roll, etc have divots that you're supposed to use a coin to turn (seriously, that's so bootleg for a $250 machine) and of course those get worn down to where you can't even turn them after one go of that. I'm getting a Bissell or Shark today.

I really like the suction, it sucked the dust out of my carpets in my RV. I do not like the fact that Battery was not sold with at that price. However since I have other Craftsman tools and a charger. it isn't a real big inconvenience PROS: Sucks real good Filter keeps the dust inside Good size Solid construction Easy to handle Hose is fairly long and flexible with Protection from tearing where it attaches to vacuum CON: need 1 hard medium length tube Should be sold with Battery & charger Price a bit high for not having Battery