Dyson DC28 Animal Review

I recently had the chance to review a Dyson DC28 Animal. Â When I say I was excited to do this review, it doesn’t really even cover it. Â I actually NEEDED to do this review. Â Why you ask? Â Right before Christmas a vacuum I received a little over a year ago just quit working. Â With 3 kids (and pet sitting at the moment for my mother in law), you can’t NOT vacuum. Â Do you even know the messes 3 kids alone make on a daily basis? Â In winter they come stomping in with tons of leaves so one trip out of the house and back in and it needs a vacuuming.

The Fed-Ex woman arrives as I was leaving my house and I was ecstatic to see what she was bringing up to my porch. Â After I got my precious cargo tucked safely away in my home I ran and did my errand as fast as I could because I wanted to get back and vacuum! Â I was a bit worried about assembly, if it is more than a few instructions or requires any screws/bolts I am not your person and I did not want to have to wait all day for hubs to get home and assemble.

I returned home and opened the box and peered inside at the contents and instruction book. Â To assemble the Dyson DC 28 Animal all you had to do was click the hose and wand together and then click it onto the already assembled vacuum. Â So easy even yours truly got it done in a matter of a few minutes. Â And the only reason it took me that long is because I had to get all the plastic off everything. Â Okay and maybe I admired the pretty purple for a second or two.

After getting it put together I dug through the attachments which include:

Stair tool (self explanatory)
Combination accessory tool (this is what I call the crevice tool, but it also converts to a brush tool for dusting)
Mini turbine head (removes pet hair and dirt from confined spaces such as car, bed, furniture and attaches to wand or hose)
Flat Outâ„¢ head (perfect for getting under low areas where the vacuum itself can’t go, under furniture, beds, etc)

What makes the Dyson DC28 Animal different from other “animal” vacuums. 2 things in my opinion. Â The root cyclone technology, their patented technology so you don’t lose suction as you vacuum. Â That’s a big thing, no one wants a vacuum that quits cleaning. Though while I am on this point let me tell you about what happened with me. Â While I was cleaning up the billions of leaves, I noticed *gasp* it all the sudden quit sucking up things. Â Now knowing good and well this is not what should happen with a Dyson, I went to searching for the problem.

As mentioned I got a little leaf happy and while it does great at sucking a lot of them up at a time it’s a bit harder for it to seperate them fast enough to get through the rest of the “tunnel”. Â So this was my chance to see how easy it would be to unclear a clog, with other vacuums I have used if it got clogged it was a big fiasco of taking it apart and finding the clog and I did not like that at all. Â So I laid the Dyson down and unhooked the tubing from brusher area and there was the clog, I pulled it right out and voila, it was in perfect condition. Â So instead, I took out the wand the next time I had piles of leaves to suck up.

The next thing that really distinguishes the Dyson from other vacuums in the Air Muscle Technology. What is Air Muscle Technology you ask? It’s three Dyson-engineered components â€“ a pneumatic actuator, a powered cam and a high-torque clutch â€“ that combine for the most thorough clean, without losing suction. Â Not to mention Air Muscle just makes you think “Strong Cleaning” or at least it does me and nothing else would describe a Dyson better.

With fingertip controls the Dyson DC28 Animal makes switching from bare floor to high carpet as easy as the push of a finger. Â It comes with Medium carpet as the default so every time you start to vacuum that is the setting that will light up but to change just click the level you need and it changes for you. Â So no bending over to adjust the vacuum to the level you need and it automatically stops the brush when you click the bare floor.

Some other specifications of the Dyson DC28 Animal (taken from site):

Suction Power: 245 Air Watts. * I don’t do vacuum verbiage but I am willing to bet that is pretty good. Â It’s Dyson right!*
Movement Type: Fixed Wheel, this is not one of the ball Dyson’s. *However it is still very easy to turn and control*
Filtration: Â Lifetime Washable Hepa Filter for the cleanest expelled air. Â *Make sure to wash this every 3 months at the very least.*
Motorized Brushbar is used to clean all floors. *It has picked up every little speck of glitter in my house*
Quick-draw Telescope Reachâ„¢ wand for stairs and hard to reach spaces. Â *This has been great for getting the cobwebs out of the corners*
Bin capacity is 0.61 gallons. Â *The first time I vacuumed I filled this up pretty quick but then again I hadn’t vacuumed in 2 weeks since my old one broke. Â However I have vacuumed several times since then and only had to empty it once, so it holds a lot.*
Dimensions of the Dyson DC28 Animal are 42.1 x 13.5 x 14.3 inches (H x W x D). *It’s not too big for someone small like myself and not too small for my husband, I see vacuuming in his future woo hoo*
The max reach is 52.5 feet with a cord length of 35.2 feet. *This allowed me to make it through my whole house from the central plug*
Weight is 20.61 pounds. Â *It is a bit on the heavy side but with the self propelled feature it feels like nothing, you don’t have to put very much force behind vacuuming at all*

With most of the vacuum’s I have owned in the past they were bagged and the cost of replacing bags when you have 3 kids who make A LOT of messes can add up. Â I love that the Dyson DC28 Animal has a canister that I can empty with the touch of a finger and it snaps right back on just as easy. Â Now let me insert here I have not been a fan of many canister vacuums in the past because when you took them and turned them upside down to empty them it made a lovely dust air-filled mess. Â With the Dyson no upside down turning is required and when the bottom of the canister opened it did not cause a dust air filled mess, it put the dust, dirt and debris into the trash with little going up into the air. Â So two thumbs way way up for that.

All in all, the Dyson DC28 Animal is a great vacuum that I would suggest to anyone who is looking for power to clean up the messiest of messes with ease of use. Â You can purchase one for yourself through Dyson or other retailers such as Wal-Mart, where you can get site to store free shipping and pick up at your local store. Â The Dyson DC28 Animal is definitely Daily Dose Approved!

Product was provided to me free of charge from the manufacturer or the PR company representing the manufacturer. Â Reception of product does not influence my views. Â I will always post my honest opinion of product received. For more on my review policy please see my disclosure.

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