Dyson DC 30

When you hear the word Dyson most people instantly think of a vacuum cleaner with the suction power than never dies, and you’d be right in thinking that.
Dyson have done it again, this time in a hand held vacuum cleaner for those jobs that are a little too far from that plug socket, or for that quick clean up. This particular hand held vacuum cleaner which I bought a few months back, is called the Dyson DC30... What a name eh..?

Anyway, as I said, I have been the proud owner of this Dyson handheld, although when I say proud I’m going over the top a little there to be honest, and have used it so many times I feel like I can now safely give my honest opinion about it.So, the Dyson DC30 is, as I said, a hand held vacuum cleaner with the power of a sturdy electric upright.

** SPECS…

• 40 airwatts
• full charge gives around 6 minutes of use
• 133W motor
• 14.8 volts
• Low battery indicator
• 0.35 litre dust container
• Lifetime filtration
• Washable filter
• 205(H) x 322(W) x 116mm(D)
• 1.25 kg in weight
• Comes with a crevice tool, brush and a debris nozzle

Well that’s the specs out of the way with…. Although I will add that it uses what Dyson call ‘Unique Root cyclone technology’ giving no loss of suction unlike the standard filter vacuum cleaners.
And with Dysons new digital motor it gives as good a suction as ever in a much lighter unit.

** MY OPINION…

It may look like some kind of deadly weapon from a Star Trek movie, especially when the cleaning attachments are on. The cleaning attachments protrude from the front, strutting out from the dust container, just below the infamous Dyson cyclone system.
There is a lovely ‘Dyson’ yellow plastic casing covering the ‘cyclone’ system, curving around the top of the dust container. The ‘trigger’, or on/off switch, is house behind the ‘yellow’ case, just below the 14.8 watt motor.
In fact the entire unit reminds me of an industrial sized drill, albeit a bit of a yellow one at that.
It stands up on its own due to the flat base below the ‘trigger’ section, the dust container stopping it from tipping over forwards, although the weight of the motor keeps it steady.

This unit is a little heavier than many handheld models on the market but the slight weight almost compensates for the great suction power, even if the power lasts as long as a politicians promise.
The charging unit itself is neat and tidy with a good sized cable, being almost 2 metres long.

Emptying the dust container is easy, being just a matter of pressing the blue button on the top, the one which stands out from the yellow ‘cyclone’ cover. This then allows the dust container base to drop open, emptying the contents into the waiting bin, but do remember to hold the unit over a bin before pressing the blue button.
Then there’s the easy matter of changing the cleaning attachments, simply by pressing the button on the front of the protruding attached nozzle, slipping the detachable nozzles in place.

It’s not all good though, possibly due to the fact that to have something which is so powerful it will take some power to perform. In other words it may have some great suction power but even after a full charge, which can take up to 3 and a half hours, the battery is surprisingly bad, lasting maybe five minutes, making this Dyson handheld a bit of a let down for those longer cleaning jobs due to the low battery life.
Although holding the Dyson aloft for that length of time does tend to have a bit of a drain on ones wrist, in fact, after several minutes of use I found that my wrist felt like it does when I’ve being having a watering can in my hand for a while, (and I mean watering can and nothing else).

In all, Dyson has created a sort of miniature version of there very famous and remarkably powerful vacuum cleaner, although it can weigh your wrist down a little.
It does clean better than any other hand held vacuum but for the price, which does come in at around the £110.00 mark, I do feel a little disgruntled at what I have for the price I paid.

Would I recommend this unit to you?
Well…yes and no… I’m sort of standing in the middle, sitting on the fence so to speak.
On the scores out of ten I would give it 10 out of 10 for the power, but I would have to knock off at least 3 for the weight, then drop another 2 for the price, so in the end I would have to go mid way and give this unit 5 out of 10.
If the price came below the £100.00 mark, maybe of they didn’t charge so much for the Dyson logo, then I would say get this vacuum for those sudden spills that need that deeper clean.