Dyson V10 Absolute Review

What is the Dyson Cyclone V10 Absolute?

As corded cleaners get power-capped by legislation, and battery models get better and better, there will be a tipping point when cordless is best. That time is right now says Dyson with the launch of its Cyclone V10 cordless. And, the company is so confident that it will no longer be developing any new full-size plug-in vacuum cleaners.

Buy now: Dyson Cyclone V10 Absolute from Dyson for £449.99

Cleaning performance on any surface is amazing, the ergonomics are excellent, the tools outstanding and run times formidable on any setting. Yes, we would still like to see a swappable battery, but Dyson’s V10 bests many mains powered models for sheer cleaning performance, usability and convenience.

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Dyson Cyclone V10 Absolute – design and features

In a radical departure from previous V-series cordless cleaners, the Cyclone V10 has received a major design overhaul. Key changes are the orientation of the cyclone and bin, a new motor, new battery and redesigned impeller for improved air-flow through the machine.

The new cyclone and bin assembly has been flipped around from its vertical, underslung position. It is now horizontal and in-line with the motor. It bigger than previous V-series bins too, some 40% larger than the Dyson V8, for example. That gives it superb dust capacity for a cordless cleaner.

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The visual effect is striking too. Am I the only one thinking that the V10 looks like a fantasy blaster pistol from a Sci-Fi computer game? Jackie took a more pragmatic view to the industrial design. She immediately asked if putting the bin further out front would make the cleaner feel more nose heavy in the hand?

Certainly, the V10 won’t stand up on its own to charge. Place it on the flat battery pack beneath the pistol grip and it falls forward. All previous V-series incarnations would stand up. If you keep your cleaner on a shelf rather than in the wall dock, that will mean it needs leaning over and will take up marginally more space.

There is one improvement over previous V-series cleaners, though: a rubber pad on the bottom of the cleaner. With Cyclone V10, you can now stand the vacuum up vertically, leaning it on a wall, without danger that the whole thing will slip over.

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In the hand, the increased nose-weight effect was marginal and the weight is low. It looks larger and slightly unwieldy but, naked of tools, the V10 is almost the same weight as a V8 at 1.65kg. Fully fitted with tube and the Direct Drive head it weighs in at a feather-weigh 2.6kg. Even overhead cobweb busting is not a physical chore.

The big change you can’t see is the new motor. Building on Dyson’s innovative digital motor, the new V10 engine is 20% lighter and 20% more powerful than the unit fitted to the V8. At full gas, it spins at an incredible 125,000rpm. Combined with a redesigned fan impeller and new straight-through air path, the result is a whole lot more suck.
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