Dyson DC26 City Multi Floor Ultra-lightweigh Cylinder Vacuum Cleaner

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You can carry it in your hand as you clean staircases, upholstery, or simply to suck up naughty little cobwebs that might gather in the corners of the ceiling. There are some other canisters out there that are easier to maintain, have just as good of a filtration system, but are bagged.

The only situation that we found it to be useful for was to clean the vertical section of the staircase on a carpeted stairwell. Some of the highlights of this machine include how well it did with small particles on short pile carpeting. It comes with a turbine head for cleaning carpet along with an articulating brush to clean hard floors.It’s small enough to fit on a stair, and the rotating brush will get a carpeted step much cleaner than the tiny stair brush attachment. We tested the claim that the Dyson City had a HEPA level filtration system with our airborne laser particle scanner. There are two very small tabs that you have to unlock (try using a flat head screwdriver or we used a coin for this step). We liked how well this canister did on rugs, so long as the rugs aren’t thicker pile for the reasons we have stated in the carpeting section.

We did notice, especially when cleaning larger areas, that the width of the turbine brush was pretty narrow. The Dyson patented filtration system works extremely well provided you clean out your filters once a month. You will have to grab the bottom part and lift it up away from the dust bin to totally empty out all the evil things you sucked up. The powerful suction of the small canister gets the debris no matter if you vacuum head on or you pass by the side of the wall with the edge of the brush. There are some instances though where the suction is a bit too strong and the rug, especially if it is a small entryway rug, can get lifted off the ground below.We like that this has powerful suction, but recognize this power can cause it to lift up a rug and make it difficult to clean without some finesse on your part.

You actually don’t want a spinning brush bar, because the turbine head is more likely to kick larger particles away instead of sucking them up on hard floors. You won’t even have to get out the crevice tool to make sure the edges and corners of your floor are clean.It also works very nicely for cleaning those hard to reach areas from stairs to closets, and even the interior of a car. It also has an automatic cord rewind and this is always fun to push to retract the cord when you’re done cleaning. Third, pick the turbine brush if you are cleaning carpet, or the articulating floor tool for hard floors. This means the hot air coming from a Dyson DC26 is cleaner than the air you are breathing right now. Canisters are already much lighter in their operation compared to an upright, but this compact Dyson canister vacuum is a lightweight even in the canister world.