Rating  - For $550, I expect a little better quality
I have cats, two domestic longhairs and a Siamese. When they started shedding the the spring of last year ( 2007) I bought my "animal" It does have great suction IF you keep the filter clean. After you empty the dust container be sure the rubber collar makes a good seal with the bottom of the dust container, otherwise the filter will clog in only a few minutes. The cyclones do fill with dust and there isn't an easy way to clean them. I have soaked it in water and Is seems to have done some good, but it would be nice if you could disassemble it for cleaning.
The beater brush housing is cheap plastic and broke when I hit the fringe on my oriental rug. Should the belt ever break it will be near impossible to replace. The little channel the belt runs in stays full of dust.
It will go under only the highest furniture.
Rating  - Good product for the money
This product surpassed our expectations. The amount of dog hair and dirt that it picks up is incredible.We had heard good things from people that owned one and they were right about everything. The only negative would be that the extension wand is a little bulky and somewhat hard to get used to. But overall a well put together product.
Rating  - I have only had it about 5 weeks, but so far it works wonderfully.
Ok, I really like this vacuum. I have had it about 5 weeks, and it works very well. I own a Siberian Husky, and a Shepherd mix, both long hair. I also live in Texas, so summers are warm, and that means lot of shedding, I mean a lot. Vacuuming my house I pick up 7-8 canisters worth of dog hair, weekly. I have no doubt that at some point the Dyson will need some maintenance to keep working so well, but other vacuums I have owned were absolutely unrepairable after cleaning my house for a few months. The Dyson will last me for years, I hope. If it breaks I will amend this review. But so far so good. It is a little heavier than most vacuums, but not much. Also it does not clean close to wall very well, I mean about 0.5 inches(use an attachment), other wise it picks up great, and the Hepa filter even makes the air smell cleaner. The Dyson does make noise, but it much quieter than other vacuums.
Rating - Un-shielded belt WILL cause problems
We bought this vacuum as a replacement for our Kirby. The first thing I noticed was that this vacuum has MUCH better suction than our previous Kirby, and it was quickly able to pick up pet hair from our carpet that the Kirby would leave behind. HOWEVER -- after about 10 minutes of use, the vacuum started making a very loud, high pitched noise. We called Dyson, and their support team had us remove the spindle and clean all the pet hair off of the belt. We started vacuuming, and the noise went away -- for about 10 minutes. I flipped the vacuum over and looked, and again the vacuum had sucked pet hair into the belt. Investigating further on the Internet, we found that many other people have had this same problem. Bottom line -- this vacuum is NOT for anyone with long haired pets (ours is a Golden) since it has an UNSHIELDED belt. Dyson made a mistake in the design of this vacuum, especially since it is being marketed to pet owners. Dyson makes other models that have shielded belts, and we returned the DC17 for the DC25 -- it is a better choice if you have long haired pets.
Rating - great vacuum - and a couple of things that could be better
I have 3 Shetland sheepdogs that shed continuously, so I was desperate for a vacuum cleaner that could handle all that fur. I didn't want to spend this much, but my old Dirt Devil was just not making it.
This vacuum is just amazing - it handles the hair with no problem. The brushes are easy to clean and the canister is easy to empty. The retractable cleaning wand stores in the handle and is very convenient to use.
There are 3 things that I think could be improved. First - the instructions are just terrible. They are mostly in symbols rather than explained in words and are almost impossible to figure out. I still don't understand some of the attachments. If it weren't for the photos on the carton I probably would still be trying to assemble it - and there isn't that much to assemble! In my opinion the terrible instructions are a major pain. Second - it doesn't have a light, which is only a minor inconvenience and third the attachments don't lock on to the hose wand - they are a friction fit and can fall off if you use them to vigorously.
Overall, I am extremely happy with this vacuum. You get what you pay for - and the Dyson DC17 Absolute Animal is worth every penny.
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