Dyson Ball Animal 3

Dyson Ball Animal 3 Upright Vacuum Cleaner Review

What We Loved

• Attachment variety & compatibility
  they just snap on
• Cleaning performance on carpet
  I do feel like it got everything out of that carpet
• Convertible handheld design
  I can have this be my wand if I'd like
• Debris pickup performance
  it's getting everything sucked up
• Dust-bin emptying
  everything's going to come out
• Edge-cleaning effectiveness
  does a good job against the edges also
• Hair-wrap prevention / anti-tangle tech
  removes all the hair off the roller
• Hose length
  it is a super super long hose
• Maneuverability & swivel steering
  moves easy
• Onboard tool storage
  you do want to store the extension inside here
• Suction power (air watts)
  it had really really powerful suction
• Weight
  it is pretty lightweight

Needs Improvement

• Hose handling & flexibility
  this can be a little trickyit does kind of stick together a little bit
• Latch mechanism slider ease
  this gets a little tricky getting this thing to slide this red thing needs to slide all the way down
• Threshold crossing ability
  sometimes it would catch on something and then it pops down

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What We Loved

• Airflow (CFM)
  had almost identical suction and airflow numbers in our tests.
• Cleaning path width
  smaller cleaning path width, which I actually prefer since it gives you more options when maneuvering in tight spaces.
• Cleaning performance on carpet
  got a perfect score.
• Cleaning performance on hard floors
  it was much better with hard floor pickup
• Dust-bin emptying
  same hygienic bin emptying design
• Extension-wand reach & adjustability
  15-foot hose and wand design
• Filtration quality (HEPA rating, multi-stage)
  filtering particles down to 0.3 microns, which is just about as good as it gets in the vacuum world.
• Hair-wrap prevention / anti-tangle tech
  had virtually no tangles
• Large-debris pick-up
  makes it so much better for larger debris pickup on both hard floors and carpets.
• Maneuverability & swivel steering
  really accurate swivel system, which generally makes it easy to maneuver.
• Power-cord length & auto-retract (corded)
  longer cord at 35 feet
• Suction power (air watts)
  had almost identical suction and airflow numbers in our tests.

Just Okay

• Attachment variety & compatibility
  comes with a crevice tool/dusting brush and a stair tool

Needs Improvement

• Weight
  kind of heavy.

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What We Loved

• Attachment variety & compatibility
  few accessories stored on vacuum
• Cleaning performance on carpet
  removed 99.4% of debris across all floor types
• Cleaning performance on hard floors
  removed 99.4% of debris across all floor types
• Crevice‑cleaning effectiveness
  all debris removed during crevice test
• Dust-bin capacity
  0.45-gallon dust bin
• Dust-bin sealing (to prevent dust escape)
  dust bin completely sealed
• Edge-cleaning effectiveness
  all debris removed during edge test
• Hair-wrap prevention / anti-tangle tech
  long hair proved little challenge
• Maneuverability & swivel steering
  easy tight turns compared with Navigator
• Pet-hair pickup efficiency
  pet hair proved little challenge
• Power-cord length & auto-retract (corded)
  35-ft cord provides broad reach
• Value-for-money
  asking price justified; hard recommendation