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Dyson Ball Animal 3 Upright Vacuum
4.8 feature score
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Dyson Ball Animal 2 Upright Vacuum Cleaner
4.7 feature score
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Dyson Ball Animal 3 Extra Upright Vacuum
7 supporting reviews
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Across reviews and lab-style tests, the Animal 3 is consistently described as extremely powerful, often cited around 290 air watts. That strength shows up as strong deep cleaning, but it...
Pros: Carpet — Medium-Pile Pickup, Crevice / Groove Pickup (Hard Floors)
Cons: Under-Furniture Pickup, Stair Cleaning
Repeated testing and reviews describe extremely strong suction and airflow, including top crevice and embedded-dirt results. The upside is deep cleaning; the downside is that the power can make it...
Pros: Carpet — Medium-Pile Pickup, Crevice / Groove Pickup (Hard Floors)
Cons: Noise level, Weight
Reviews consistently describe class-leading suction that deep-cleans carpets and pulls embedded debris, but the strength can make the vacuum feel grabby on plush carpet and some rugs.
Pros: Suction &, Airflow
Cons: Headlight &, LED lights