The third and final Mini Motorised tool is like a mini version of the Torque Drive. This is the one to reach for when doing stairs, dog beds and sofas, and it’s perhaps the only time you’ll ever need to use Boost mode. Although it’s not as efficient as Dyson’s similarly sized Tangle-Free Turbine Tool – as supplied with the corded Big Ball Animal 2 – the Mini Motorised tool still made a fair fist of removing most hair from the dog bed. Dyson v11 Absolute review: Filtering For both hard floors and carpets there’s the absolutely excellent Torque Drive Motorhead which is comprised of a single high-RPM revolving brush with loads of space around it to prevent clogging. On the front there’s a three-way switch that raises or lowers two little gates for different suction levels. When open, larger items like cereals are also more easily collected. This is the brush head to use for both carpets and floors and definitely the one to choose if you have pets around. In Auto mode it collected more dog and cat hair than we thought possible and even Eco mode performed exceptionally well when used on a hard floor. The big deal about this high torque cleaner head is that it can detect differences in floor surface and automatically change the suction power when appropriate, saving overall run time. This system, called the Dynamic Load Sensor (DLS) and unique to the V11, senses resistance at the cleaner head's brush bar — say, for example, when you run the vacuum from a hard floor onto a carpet — and adjusts accordingly.

The fully sealed filtration system captures more than 99.9% of particles as small as 0.3 microns (a human hair is around 70 microns) and keeps them in the 0.2-gallon bin, which is then easy to empty. Because it empties straight down when you push on the side lever, you don't have to struggle with a lid, flip anything over, or otherwise risk dropping an entire bin of dust and dirt onto the ground.To say the Dyson V11 Torque Drive merely "cuts it" would be an understatement — it provided the easiest, most efficient cleaning experience I've had in a long time, maybe ever. I've used the vacuum for one year and it's made a big difference in the tidiness of my apartment. Allergy sufferers in particular will be glad to know that the v11 Absolute’s advanced filtering 'captures 99.97% of particles as small as 0.3 microns', making this a valuable addition to Dyson's suite of wellness products, which also includes the Dyson Pure Cool Me air purifier. According to Dyson, the Torque Drive Motorhead’s Dynamic Load Sensor (DLS) 'intelligently detects brush bar resistance up to 360 times a second and automatically communicates with the motor and battery’s microprocessors to change the suction power between carpets and hard floors.’ We can vouch that it works like a dream; you can actually hear the sound of the motor change as you switch from rug to hard floor.If your home has mostly smooth wooden, vinyl, stone or tiled floors, then grab the equally impressive revolving fluffy head. This soft, velvety number is perfect for ingesting larger items like spilt dry cereals along with any dust and hair. It not only cleans right to the edge but it also gives the floor a gentle buff at the same time.

For the past three years, I've lived with three other people and one cat. Accordingly, the floor is always covered in hair of all types and textures, dirt and dust from wearing shoes indoors, food bits, and other mysterious particles. It's as fun and appealing to clean as you'd expect it to be. While traditional brooms and Swiffers are fine for small day-to-day cleaning necessities as they come up, I've found they just don't cut it for the larger cleaning tasks required by my apartment.

Tweet feed