After many years of use my Dyson animal quit working. I decided it was time to buy a new one instead of fixing the old one. That turned out to be a good decision.The new Dyson animal vacuum has much more suction and picks up fur and dirt much better. The ball does make it easier to navigate around furniture.

It has good suction but they must improve the length of the hose so that the adapters have better handling. The person who uses it must be used to using a vacuum cleaner with a strong suction power and requires strength to pull in some of its positions.In general, does a good job.

The Dyson Ball Animal 3 Vacuum is amazing! The assembly directions were easy and simple to complete. The operation was good. I did have some difficulty releasing the handle to start vacuuming, I was afraid I was going to break it. The vacuum has a very generous electrical cord. I have a cat and it did great removing cat hair from the carpet. The bin was easy to empty. The utility tools are great. Dyson makes a great product!

Good: tons of suction and is good on carpet, digging out a ton of carpet fuzz. Bad: Much heavier and takes more effort to turn than you'd think. Plastics are very thin, where you wrap the cord on handle and the hose atta hment point. I hate the hose attachment so much that I almost returned the vacuum. Its over complicated and the springiness of it wanting to return makes it fight you. Flimsy cannister. Only keeping it since we have carpet upstairs and dogs and we ran out of time to return. Glad I have my old one for the wood floors. Wife won't use it due to weight.

Got this machine to replace a 12 year old unit that finally died. Sitting them next to each other the first thing I notice is the build quality feels much cheaper on this unit. The power head keeps falling off. The brush roller has seized a few times because soil has gotten into the bearing side. The unit has very little stability when upright, certainly not enough to use the extension hose without knocking the machine over. When leaning the unit back to clean the wheel release makes me think I am going to break them. We love Dyson products but this one badly missed the mark and is going back.

Suction works great that’s about it. Plastic is thin and cheap. Will likely break/crack after a short time. Motor gets very warm when running! Puts off a lot of heat. Handheld wand is awkward and not user friendly. Don’t recommend except for hair on the carpet and there are cheaper vacuums that will do that.

Love this vacuum, has great suction. My prior vacuum was a dyson, still works well (about 14 yrs old), or so I thought until I used this one. I could not believe the amount of dirt it picked up. I do not have a dog but do watch my daughter's dog quite frequently. I would definitely recommend this vacuum.

This vacuum works very well, even picking up the micro dust from our floor. The only surprising thing is that the plastics of the handle and rollers are very thin. It feels like it will break easily. As for the performance, the vacuum is wonderful! I just expected more from the quality of the materials for such an expensive machine.

Don't buy! The tool holder is not included. They (Dyson)ask you to purchase separately. When you complain about that (by calling) they say they will send it to you, but it's out of stock and can't tell you when it will be sent! Save yourself to trouble….

Beware of the implied advertising. While the images and manual clearly display a holder and a staircase / upholstery attachment the vacuum comes without them. Sam's should have at least had the honest courtesy to mention that these attachments are not included in the special price on offer, which is definitely a good deal but not without these attachments in my opinion.