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From a tech standpoint, Dyson makes some pretty innovative devices. I've bought 2 of their vacuums, and gifted one to my parents because the cheapo WalMart one they had didn't work that well. There's definitely cheaper alternatives out there, though! If you're in the US, I've seen Shark recommended as a good alternative for a much lower cost with equal performance.

I got a Miele after years of Dyson and Shark vaccums. They are old school canister style and use bags, but I have no complaints about it.

They’re very good but there are cheaper alternatives. I watched a video where a guy did a teardown and he was remarking that a lot of the tech wasn’t particularly unique but it was exceptionally well made. We had a vacuum cleaner and it lasted 10 years without missing a beat but it certainly became less effective.

They may be, or rather used to be, very innovative, but i feel like you pay a lot for the name these days.

If you are willing to stay a few generations behind, you still get very good vacuums, and for a tiny fraction of the price. Personally i've had their V8 for ages, but recently had to replace it because it wouldn't charge. I bought some brand called "Anyson", believe it or not. Besides the meme style name, it is an awesome vacuum that performs a lot better than my v8 ever did, and costs enough for me to consider giving it away if it hadn't done well.

We are very happy for it though, and use it very often. It ocassionally will clogg, but that is more down to the amount of dirt in our house, having alot of pets

Overpriced plastic crap that's beaten by literally any bag vacuum.

The other answers are all good. Dyson are top of the line. But "worth" it is a question you can only answer with "it depends". I love our dyson products. They are solid, effective, quiet and you can get something almost as good for a third of the price. But the operational word here is "almost".

I got a Dyson Animal to replace a tiny shark handheld and the Dyson is such a heavy plasticky piece of shit. I feel like such a jackass that I paid so much for it. It’s got crazy suction and that’s the only positive I can give, everything else, and I mean everything, is utterly awful. And even with that, it’s still shit because the head/brush design doesn’t allow anything to actually be sucked in. It also doesn’t even have a light on the front for fucks sake. Actually 0/10 do not buy a Dyson animal.

I tried the one with the light that shows how much dust there is, the "Detect" models come with that attachment I think.

Amazing. I thought about getting a cheaper one but my brother said those get refunded all the time (he handles package returns as a part of his job), but Dysons much less so.

But it is expensive.

Gonna get myself one asap though.

My wife bought an upright dyson back in 2014, 11 years later and it still has great suction with only minor maintenance. I think the hardest repair I had to do was replacing a hard plastic part I broke, the replacement part was pretty cheap on Amazon and it was simple to install.

Definitely made me think about the number of cheap vacuums I went through before it.

We have had a dyson animal vac for 14 years; still goes extremely well. Had to replace the turbine head a year or two back. Otherwise works great.

Dyson spheres are ridiculously wasteful and nearly impossible to build, even if you do need a sun-sized fusion reactor