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Dyson V6 In-Depth Review

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  • Build Quality
    3.6 (47)
  • Value for Money
    3.0 (47)
  • Ease of Use
    4.0 (47)
  • Cleaning & Maintenance
    3.5 (47)
  • Product is used
  • Noise Level
    3.6 (45)
  • Pet OwnerYes (26) · No (20)
  • Battery Life
    2.7 (46)
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willamau0

willamau0Greater Melbourne (Metropolitan), VIC

  • 4 reviews
  • 1 like

PREFECT BUT BATTERY IS NOT STRONG

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My wife is very happy with this, its very easy to use. But the bad thing is the battery is not strong, only allow you use around 20 minutes. Recommend.

Paul F

Paul FCentral Queensland, QLD

  • 2 reviews

Amended review

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After being contacted by Dyson after a battery problem with my Stick Vac, I felt I should change my review of an otherwise great product. I would be lost without my Dyson Absolute. It fills in where my large corded Dyson that only my husband and cleaner use. This was bought as a gift for me as I don't like any mess on my floor, as I cannot use my other Dyson vacuum. The one I had prior to this one lasted 10 years so I look forward to its great design and ease of use. Thanks to the Dyson team for their awesome service

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Con L

Con L

  • 4 reviews

Best cordless vacuum

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This is the best cordless vacuum cleaner on the market. I've owned it for 2 years now and haven't had a problem with it. No matter the surface it vacuums exceptionally well. I'm amazed at the power of it especially on max mode. If you give all the filters and accessories a good clean often, then it will work as good as new for as long as you have it.



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kbham

kbhamSydney, NSW

  • 2 reviews
  • 1 like

Good for about 2 years, then dead

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Worked great while it lasted for the 2 and a bit years. Then, stopped charging.
So far Dyson support isnt able to diagnose the root cause.
Perhaps the $699 investment for 2 years, wasnt great after all.
For premium products from Dyson, e.g the new $1000 + v11, Dyson should support with a 5 year warranty

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We do apologise for the delay. While you are welcome to call, we are experiencing higher than normal call volumes, so emailing will be the quicker option.

If you could please email us your details, we will only be happy to help.

Larissa

LarissaMetropolitan Adelaide, SA

  • 5 reviews
  • 1 like

Worth it

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Very very good suction only thing is needing to remove hair that gets caught often and not very handy with car carpets but other than that very easy to use.

Sheik

SheikMaroubra

  • 19 reviews

Worth the price

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It is good. Powerful battery could last bit longer but I guess it’s enough to cover 3 rooms. I have carpet and tiles floor. Works really good on tiles. Motorhead get jammed with hair.

Helenfrances

HelenfrancesIllawarra, NSW

  • 2 reviews

Shonky Product and After Sales Experience

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Purchased Dyson V6 Absolute 3/5/16 from major retailer. Upon the advice of salesperson took out Product Care as they advised to cover ourselves for battery. Battery has failed but surprise, surprise Product Care will not cover a replacement so that means I have a vacuum cleaner in excellent condition (minus battery) that I will have to toss onto landfill. Also am out of pocket for $800.00 which to a pensioner is a lot of money to waste as well as having to purchase a new vacuum cleaner. Would never ever recommend Dyson and taking out Product Care is just throwing money away.

Quality-Check

Quality-CheckGreater Melbourne (Outer), VIC

  • 33 reviews

Doesn't Charge and useless Customer Service

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Shirley S

Shirley SWodonga

  • 8 reviews

Loved this - until it stopped working

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This Vacuum was great for 4 months - then died. Luckily I was able to return it to Catch of the Day where it was purchased and got a full refund.

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Spocker

Spockeradelaide

  • 4 reviews

Was good until it wasn’t!

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I purchased this from Myer in 2015. It was working perfectly up until warranty date. Dyson sent out a new battery and motor in July 2017. 7 months later, the machine has stopped working altogether. Contacted Dyson customer care who are stating that they cannot guarantee a battery will last and not to use it on MAX setting (which I never do). They don’t seem to be interested in helping or interested that their new battery only lasted 7 months. For $85 replacement battery, this is a bit steep. I’m a bit reluctant to buy Dyson again as I have had previous similar encounters.

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Spocker

Correction..Purchased in 2016...

AlyceFranklin

AlyceFranklinSouth East Queensland, QLD

  • 9 reviews
  • 1 like

No need for the animal extra!

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I have a dog who sheds often and the Dyson breezes through it, I considered getting the animal extra version however the sales assistant advised me I wouldn't need it and she was right! It's an absolute treat to use. The only downside is it only last 40 mins battery so have to do in intervals if doing the whole house.

Landfill only

Landfill onlyNorth-West & West coast, TAS

  • 3 reviews
  • 7 likes

Very Disappointed

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Landfill only
Landfill only

I have just sent an email to you and I hope that a satisfactory solution is achieved . It is my opinion that a replacement or purchase refund would be the only just and right thing for Dyson to do.

Look forward to hearing from you.

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Laura

LauraSouth East Queensland, QLD

  • 5 reviews

Perfect ! Loved this vacuum

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My dog sheds lots of hair and this vacuum does the trick! Definitely recommend and will repurchase. My partner has really bad allergies so this helps alot. Absolutely fantastic! Cheers

AliD

AliDGreater Melbourne (Inner), VIC

  • 3 reviews

Absolute back saver

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Great vacuum. Great light, versatile design easy to use. Collection bin needs to be emptied quite often because of relative small size and how much gunk it's able to suck up! Quick to replace optional heads, too. Recharges fast, too. JB HiFi = $299 - V10 around $900 - I couldn't be happier with my 1/4 of the cost purchase.

Pavan

PavanMelbourne

  • 2 reviews

Can't power on after less than 2 months. Bad and unresponsive customer service

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Worst product ever didn't expect this from Dyson. We hardly used for a month and it stopped working and all it does is power on and off after every 2 seconds. It's been more than 3 weeks we gave for repair and it's still we don't hear anything from customer service. Terrible product and even terrible service.

Date PurchasedOct 2018
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Time consuming not time saving

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My stick vacuum has the red handle. Not sure what model to call it. This vacuum can’t even suck up a fine cotton thread on carpet. It is the worst vacuum I have ever owned. It needs to be constantly cleaned and it takes up so much of my time rather than saving me time. If you have problems you can’t go to a local outlet to get it fixed. You have to send it back to Dyson. So therefore I’ve put up with its problems because solving it’s problems is too problematic. First Dyson and last Dyson I will buy

Date PurchasedJan 2018
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caveat_emptor

caveat_emptorAU

  • 30 reviews
  • 1 like

Overrated and Overpriced

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The only positive features of this vacuum cleaner are the convenience of cordless and the excellent storage rack/charger.
Everything else about this vacuum cleaner sucks (pardon the pun).
The negatives are many:
Battery life is too short and it completely dies without warning.
The trigger switch is uncomfortable and doesn't lock on.
The hard floor tool is next to useless, it can't pick up anything larger than a dust particle.
The bin is ridiculously difficult and messy to empty because it is just too small.
Suction on the normal setting is just adequate and on the MAX setting the battery life is about 5 minutes.
Not recommended.

Date PurchasedJan 2016
M&B

M&BBrisbane

  • 7 reviews

Best buy ever

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We purchased this three years ago which I wish I had bought it earlier. I barely use my normal dyson vacuum cleaner as this does the job. It is so easy as you install it to the wall and always charged and ready and so powerful. I sometimes vacuum the whole 160 m2 house with it without any problem (20min battey life which is enough for me). The absolute comes with various headers which are useful.

Date PurchasedJan 2016
Keely S

Keely SGreater Melbourne (Inner), VIC

  • 9 reviews

Great vacuum... when it works

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This is a great vacuum, however after just 12 months we started having major issues with the battery life and suction. It took about 3 months going back and forth with Dyson before they were able to organise it to be fixed and all in all it was a frustrating experience. In summary, the vacuum is great but just be warned if something goes wrong it takes a very long time to fix

Date PurchasedNov 2016
Sharon W

Sharon WSouth East Queensland, QLD

  • 5 reviews

WARNING: Machine flashing 10 red lights?(after holding trigger)

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Date PurchasedMay 2017
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Questions & Answers

Kelsey

Kelseyasked

V6 Absolute

Red light flashes when battery attached to machine and nothing happens, battery taken off of machine but top button pressed down And it’s blue as if it should be working???

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Dyson Team ..Dyson

A red light flashing on your V6 indicates there is something not quite right in the machine.

If the red light is flashing more than 12 times, this often indicates the battery of your machine needs to be replaced. You can find the replacement battery for the Dyson V6 here: https://www.dyson.com.au/dyson-v6-replacement-battery-967810-21 and a video showing how to replace it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gH_CoicD94k

If your light is flashing red less than 12 times or you aren't certain the battery is causing difficulties, please get in touch with our Dyson Experts via [email protected] and we will only be happy to help.

Tyler

Tylerasked

V6 Absolute

I have the V6 absolute. It's been a recurring problem but I only get about a minute of vacuuming before I get either the amber light (which stays on for a few seconds before becoming flashing blue) or flashing blue light. A couple seconds on the charger and it goes back to working for a minute or so.

If I use the power mode I don't even get 10 seconds before it dies. I have tried doing some full charge cycles but that does not seem to affect anything. I noticed this became a probelm after cleaning the filters (as instructed by dyson- and I let dry for over 24 hours).

Would this be a battery problem or soemthing else?

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Dyson Team ..Dyson

So we can best assist, we wuold kindly ask forwarding your details and query to our Dyson Experts via [email protected].

Our team will be happy to take you through some diagnostics to find out what is happening and get a resolution for you.

We look forward to hearing from you and assisting.

Tim jeanveau

Tim jeanveauasked

V6 Absolute

How much is a replacement battery?

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At time of writing (and subject to change), the Dyson V6 Battery is available for $79AUD via this link: https://www.dyson.com.au/dyson-v6-replacement-battery-967810-21

If we can assist further, our Dyson Experts are available via [email protected] and happy to help. That being said, if you are not in Australia, please visit www.dyson.com and search for "V6 Battery" to find this in your area. The Contact page will have our local contact details if we can assist further.

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