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 enlarge | Brand: Dyson
Category: Kitchen
List Price: $549.00
Buy New: $399.99
You Save: $149.01 (27%)
New (1) Refurbished (2) from $399.99
Rating:  100 reviews
Sales Rank: 3082
Color: Steel
Shipping Weight (lbs): 32.6
Dimensions (in): 13.5 x 26.7 x 43.5
MPN: 11643-02
Model: DC17A
UPC: 879957001350
EAN: 0879957001350
ASIN: B0012XMT2G
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 it SUCKS in more than one way August 11, 2008
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
The first way it SUCKS is on carpet - it can suck anything out of your carpet. Really pulls out all the dirt and picks up all the dog hair. You have plenty of cord but I've had my vacuum for 2 months and my cord is still so kinked it's a constant hassle the entire time I'm using the vacuum. I still don't understand, either, why the release is on the front of the vacuum. So you have to turn on the vacuum and then walk around to the front to release it so you can get to work. Nothing wrong with the way every other vacuum releases from the back of the vacuum!
Unfortunately, the second way it SUCKS is in the attachments. It is so poorly designed and so difficult to use the attachments. Everytime I use the vacuum I wind up cussing because of the attachments (I just finished using the vacuum so I'm ready to write a blistering review!). The pull out wand is cumbersome and hard for me to pull out since I have a bad shoulder. Plus it's not an adjustable length wand so the only way to dust tables is to just use the hose by pulling it out. Again because I have a bad shoulder I suffer a lot of pain trying to pull the hose and keep it out to dust. The hose is not long enough to dust with so you have to pull it out quite a bit and it is under a lot of tension. Then there are 3 other attachments which I havne't even figured out how to use or what they're for since there is no instruction manual, only a diagram.
I think the British? inventor should have studied American vacuums a little closer so that he could have incorporated better attachments. Newer is not always better if it's not backed up with common sense and good research. He should have had his mother give it a test drive!
Definitely not recommended for seniors or anyone with a disability except for carpet cleaning only.
I'm on my way to Walmart to buy another vacuum that I can use for dusting,upholestory cleaning, and everyday carpet cleaning. I think this vacuum will wind up in the back of the closet and only get used a few times a year for deep carpet cleaning.
 Remanufactured Dyson DC17 August 8, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Great product - works as described - this is a remanufactured machine but we couldnt tell when it came out of the package. Looks/functions brand new. Also came with a pile of attachments/ carpet cleaner / carpet refresher. Great purchase
Great vacuum August 3, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Something that does what it says it will do. I vacuumed with our old vacuum and then with our Dyson 17 Animal and could not believe how much dirt and hair our other vacuum left behind. My dyson sucks, I mean really sucks (up the dirt) and I wouldn't trade it for any other vacuum.
 DONT BUY!!! July 28, 2008
9 out of 17 found this review helpful
If i could give this zero stars i would. This vacuum BURNT a HOLE in my rug. I contacted Dyson repeatedly and experienced THE WORST customer service in my LIFE. They asked me to take pictures of the rug and send it to them which I did. It then took them 2 more moths to get back to me (after repeated phone calls) Finally they asked me to send them the vacuum. I asked for a new one and for them to replace my area rug. I specifically said I did not want the same vacuum back as i was afraid it would burn MORE holes in my rugs. WELL they sent me back the SAME vacuum and on top of it they didnt even send back the whole vacuum it was minus the handle part!!! so basically they sent me back half of my old vacuum AND it was broken due to poor packing. when we just called them they said they couldnt find anything wrong with it so they just sent it back.... are you kidding me? We just contacted our Lawyer, this is negligence. Do yourself a favor and stay away from Dyson and their rotten customer service!
A Vacuum Technology Revolution 100 Years in the Making July 16, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Barley uttering jumbled words and not yet two years old, a "vacuum cleaner" was my first request from Santa. Growing up in a house where clean was priority #1, Kirby Vacuums were the backbone of the institution; there was simply no substitute.
Naturally, when Dyson came along, I shrugged off the notion that they were superior, as Kirby would always be king. Recently, while in Best Buy, I tried out a display model and was in shock at the monstrous suction and "form-following function" design mentality Sir Richard Dyson employed while engineering the benchmark for vacuums of the 21st century.
Because of this amazingly low price, I bought one from Amazon the same day. The unit arrived looking brand new, without a scratch.
Needless to say, I cleaned the brushroll and put a new belt on my $1500 Kirby Sentria and went to work vacuuming my entire house, very slowly, over and over and as thoroughly as I thought possible. I followed over my "clean" floors with the DC17, not believing how much PURE DIRT, dust and HAIR HAIR HAIR!!! I do not have any pets and I'm a single guy! That crud had probably been embedded in my carpet for years!
The true test of the DC17's suction power, is to attach the pet hair tool to your current vacuum when this Dyson arrives. Since the tool's brushroll is turbine powered it requires powerful suction to activate the brush. My Kirby would not even make the brush budge. Attaching it to the Dyson, it sounds like a 747 taking flight.
Bottom line, if you truly care about the cleanliness of your home's air, floors and ridding all other surfaces of the scum that accumulates in your living environment, you can not call your home clean until you own the DC17. This $300 will be the most value-filled purchase of your lifetime; guaranteed.
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