dyson DC16 animal handheld vacuumby Natalie Bahadur |
Back in August, I got a cat. I love cats and had one (three actually, at one point) for years while I was in university and in the years after that. I won’t bore you with the details concerning why I no longer had a cat (don’t worry; no animals were harmed in the story) but let’s just fast forward to the summer, when I got a new one. He’s the cutest little guy you’ve ever seen. Incredibly obedient and when he looks at me, I melt. He’s got the sweetest little face and he just loves to cuddle. All sounds great, right? Well, it was until I discovered that the cuddly little creature sheds like a … well, whatever sheds a lot. Seriously, it’s nearly impossible to stay on top of the cleaning because he sheds so much. My once spotless condo is often covered in a thin layer of fur despite my most diligent efforts. Enter The Animal! The Dyson DC16 Animal is the answer to all my cleaning needs. This thing is a lifesaver and has restored my furniture back to its pre-cat glory. I was amazed by the suction power and by how thoroughly it sucked up pet hair that had gotten trapped in the fibres of my couch. I’d tried other handhelds before, lint brushes, those sticky roll-y brushes, even tried cleaning it by hand but nothing produced such staggering results – and that’s not even mentioning how quick and effortless it is to use The Animal. It takes three hours of charging to give you six minutes of use, which I initially thought was nuts – but since it’s a handheld, you probably wouldn’t use it for much longer than that in one go anyway. It hasn’t turned out to be a problem for me and for this kind of suction power, trust me – it’s worth the wait!
Interested in winning one of these beautiful beasts? Enter the Dyson Next Top Animal contest for your chance to win great Dyson products, plus cool stuff from Pedigree, Whiskas and Bark & Fitz.
Price: $229.99
Tags: cleaning, dyson, pets, spring cleaning, vacuum
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would love one but till I have money to by my dreams I
use my handy dandy dollar store bristle brush
on the carpets…lots of exercise and results but man
‘animal’ would be nice.;-)
Heidi12
Hi Heidi,
Thanks for all your comments — I love hearing from readers! I know what you mean about the Animal — maybe you should enter this contest for your chance to win one: http://www.dysonanimal.ca/contest/
(not sure if you have a pet; if not, maybe you can borrow someone’s?)
right that would add up to three? (cats)yicks!
family is big on pets…
Heidi12 I’ll try it wouldn’t hurt…contest I mean..
not too contest minded. to frugle…darned.
Ha! I used to have three cats with my roommate when I was in school. That was probably one too many but they were so cute!
My friend and colleague Lauren McPhillips just wrote about the Dyson Animal as well. You can check out her blog entry here: http://www.styleathome.com/blogs/techstyle/2009/03/24/dyson-dc25-animal/
We’ll be running a contest shortly too!