Dyson V7 Motorhead Cordless Handheld Vacuum Cleaner

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While she's happiest with a camera in her hand, she's also an avid reader and has become a passionate proponent of ereaders, having appeared on Singaporean radio to talk about the convenience of these underrated devices. If you’re used to a vacuum cleaner you switch on and off at the beginning and end of cleaning, the V7’s trigger system will take some getting used to.

Indeed, the V7 looks near-identical to the V8, although the latter is slightly chunkier and weighs 2. And pretty much everything inside drops out immediately, with only a very thin layer of dust sticking to the interior (which can easily be wiped out if you're particularly finicky). Unlike the V6, which had a trapdoor that needed gravity to empty the bin (and thus leaving dust bunnies stuck inside), the V7 employs a hygienic slide mechanism that pushes the debris downward. It didn’t suck them up directly and pushed them around in front of it at first, the same as on the hard floor.It’s not just hair and dust the V7 can suck up – if you’ve spilt cereal in the kitchen, got mud, small pebbles, or dried grass and straw in the car, the V7 can manage it all.

The Dyson V7 was launched in 2017 as the ‘lite’ version of the Dyson V8 (which, somewhat confusingly, arrived a year earlier). Also in the box are the combination, crevice and soft dusting brush, all of which will be useful but none of which are particularly good at picking up animal hair. Released in 2017, a year after the V8 and two years after the V6, it aims to bridge the gap between portability and performance.Joe, our wireless vacuum expert on the Smart Home Fox team, has spent over half a decade meticulously testing every model that has landed with us. The color scheme on each Dyson model follows what we’ve seen in the company’s other products – while the purple and fuschia combination on some V7 models may not be to everyone’s tastes, the grey, purple and red combos are very pleasing. None of these three cordless vacuum cleaners can compete with larger, corded alternatives, though and you’ll have to empty them fairly regularly. Crank the cordless vacuum cleaners to “Max” mode and the V7 will last you a mere 6mins, the same as the V6 and a little behind the V8, which lasts a minute longer at seven minutes.

litre bin is extremely easy to empty, too: by simply pulling the lever at the top, the bin door flips open and the main body of the V7 motor unit slides up, pushing out dust and debris. Unlike the V10 and V11, there’s no real indication of how much battery life is left on the V7 – the only way you’ll know it needs to be plugged in is when the motor dies, which it does without any reduction in suction at all, in keeping with Dyson’s fade-free promise.The 21 “Airwatts” of power suffices for light cleaning and the 30 minutes of battery life is just about enough time for a thorough sweep of a small two-bedroom flat with hard flooring. This doesn’t mean that the performance of this device is bad, but keep in mind that it’s an older model and not as advanced. Not only the cyclone technology developed by Dyson UK ( more details here) determines the cleaning performance. Despite having an older V7 motor, the Dyson V7 generates plenty of power, which in combination with the 15-cyclone array generates a good amount of centrifugal force – enough to do a really good clean, even of carpets. With these standard tests, we aim to compare different vacuum cleaners and offer you the best possible advice.

chances are you’ll need to be emptying it out after every one or two sessions, depending on how big the job is. The battery indicator is a single light on one side of the V7’s handle (as opposed to the three-bar light found on the V8). She's also the Australian Managing Editor of Digital Camera World and, if that wasn't enough, she contributes to T3 and Tom's Guide, while also working on two of Future's photography print magazines Down Under. Each of these tools snap on and off the main handheld unit very easily, including the telescopic tube that’s perfect for general cleaning as well as getting to those high corners in the ceiling.The battery indicator lights on either side of the handle begin to flash (denoting the battery needs a top-up) only after the motor has switched off. That's why over 5 million readers visit us every year and are grateful for the helpful information we provide. In any case, you have much more possibilities of application so you can’t really accuse Dyson of a lack of creativity. However, the Dyson V7 models are significantly cheaper, and there is enough suction power to tackle most jobs. It might be the most affordable Dyson handstick, but it still carries a bit of the 'Dyson premium' compared to other options on the market.