Ball Animal Total Clean Upright Vacuum

For the past few years, I've been struggling with my Shark. Even though it was advertised for pets, it constantly clogged and could barely keep up with my one dog. Finally, it broke, and I was relieved because it gave me the excuse to buy this. Oh my... I can't even put into words how much better this Dyson is to my old Shark. Turning it on for the first time, I could just FEEL it's power and I immediately knew I made a good purchase. Pros * Easy to set up and get started * Tons of tools for specific use cases. I've cleaned some areas that haven't been touched in years. * Incredibly powerful suction. This beast will get EVERYTHING up. * Great capacity. The collector holds a lot more than my previous vacuum, so I'm stopping less to empty it. This is great, because it's extra power definitely picks up a lot more hair and dirt, so that extra space is welcome. * Very easy to maneuver. While the ball does make it a bit harder to get deep under couches and stuff, it glides across the floor and turns like a dream. The extra attachments are super easy to swap out, so this is a worthwhile tradeoff. I know these things are expensive. I held off getting one for years because I just didn't see how it would be worth it. But after suffering through a few years with a slightly cheaper but vastly inferior product, I can confidently say this is absolutely worth the money.

Awesome vacuum lots of suction, but too much suction. Very very hard to push. Very simple fix. Just install Orings on tabs of lower plate that seals the head to the carpet to create vacuum leak. It still works perfect on carpet and so much easier to push. check Utube to see short repair video.

What a shame to discover the Dyson brand has fallen so low in quality! I own an early version of this vacuum that's more than 15 years old. THAT vacuum is worthy of 5 stars. I bought THIS vacuum while visiting my son and it's utter garbage. Being supposedly hepa filtered and able to trap microns, every tool has a crevice that collects gray fine dust. This same dust builds in the cannister's gasket and blows out between the hose and cannister. Emptying the cannister is DIRTY! There is no end to the dust that can be shaken out of the filter: nothing is trapped. It's necessary to clean the machine with a Swiffer after use, seriously. Some of the tools build static that attracts hair to the outside; it's necessary to unclip and then vacuum the hair off the tools after use. A lot of tools are included but none can be stored onboard: how stupid! All these dusty, dirty, hairy tools in a bag that you must rummage through. Nothing to clean under the bed or under furniture: the required angle necessary to maintain flat operation is only about 8 inches under the bed and 4-5" under furniture. The vacuum requires many tries to catch in upright position. Other reviewers include their frustration using the hose: indeed, it is a tough fight against it suctioning itself short. The wand is difficult to fit back inside the hose. The wand and hose assembly doesn't have a locking stow cradle and it often falls down and out of upright position. The upholstery tool had a strange effect that it wove the hairs and fibers on a cushion into web-like lines; the lines then had to be picked by hand because the tool couldn't suction it. The plastic is very cheap and thin compared to my older model. I wouldn't recommend this vacuum.

It actually should get 4 1/2 stars. It's an excellent vacuum with some minor drawbacks. It is powerful and versatile. It purchased it as I am a parrot owner. Parrots are the messiest of all pets. Between the dust, feathers, thrown seeds, fruits and everything else, a powerful and versatile vacuum is a must and this vacuum "fills the bill." It also works well for hardwood floors, carpet, stairs, furniture and the like. I wish that the extendable attachment hose was longer as it is not very long and it is stiff making it difficult to reach certain places with the attachments. Also, I would prefer that there be an unlatching button to release the handle down rather than a press down on the handle until it clicks because it sometimes unlatches when you don't want it to. Lastly, the dust bin could be larger. Still, as far as vacuums go, its a great vacuum.

My previous vacuum was an older model Dyson. It worked great. I zoomed around the house without a care. With this vacuum, I can't vacuum rugs. They get sucked partially into the cleaning head. That's whether I have the beater rotation on or off. This thing really sucks!

I have plants, pets, kids, and crafts and let me just say OVER 9000 stars! This vacuum is HANDS DOWN The best investment in terms of vacuums. Clogs are a thing of the past with how this vacuum is built. There are so many places that things get stuck where before it would take a miracle and a coathanger to solve on regular vacuums, not this one. There are main points that have latches and flips for easy clog clean up. The vacuum also picks up dirt SO WELL. I've been telling my husband I'll never regret this purchase, and I wont. I bought this in July 2025 its Jan 2026 and NOTHING is wrong with it, its like its brand new still suction and all. The durability, suction, speed (not needing as many passes), easy to clean, just everything 👌 its perfect. Ive had all kinds of vacuums including the shark ones that were fantastic at first but last about as long as zebra stripe gum due to it being harder to clean than a house of hoarders. Stop wasting time, money, and coat hangers and let this thing save your life.

We are now about 15-16 months into owning this vacuum so it’s time for a review. We retired our previous Dyson vacuum after around 15 years of very solid service. So when we decided to do retire it the choice to go with the updated version seemed like a no-brainer. This version is not anywhere near as good as our original especially considering the $700 (!!!) price tag and we will be searching for a better option. The good: the suction is very powerful. It does an amazing job of getting the dog and human hair off of our floors. It’s highly maneuverable as well which is a plus. The process of emptying the canister was definitely much easier than the previous version. The bad: the suction is so powerful that the brush will get jammed on area rugs. You WILL constantly trip over the cord. I don’t recall getting tangled up with the cord nearly as much with previous version. This vacuum LOVES to get things like drape ends and cables sucked into it. This wouldn’t be so frustrating if it weren’t for the fact that this vacuum is absolutely crap at picking up anything bigger than hair on hard surfaces. Traces of dog kibble or other tiny objects just get pushed around or come back out of the brush mechanism when turning. The extension hose is entirely too stiff and or short so you can expect to have to pick up the entire vacuum while using that feature or wrestle with it bumping into you while using the extension hose. Probably the worst and most frustrating thing about this model is the “self-locking” mechanism when storing it. 2/3 times it doesn’t want to lock upright on the first try and the other 1/3 times it will unlock when rolling back to where you store it. I have never hated a vacuum as much as I hate this vacuum. As far as chores go, vacuuming was one that I actually like doing as there’s something satisfying about it. I now loathe to vacuum because I hate this overpriced plastic cadaver with a passion. I would shop around for either a different model Dyson or a different brand entirely.

Overall, we are happy with this vacuum, but we had to do modification on it because the suction was too strong, and it was too hard to push. My husband googled the issue and found that it was a common problem amongst other buyers. He found where people were making a modification to the vacuum that helped, so he tried it, and it worked for his purposes.