Yesterday I went to Costco and picked up the DC07 Full Kit for $396.69. (I thought the sign said $412.89, but the receipt has the lower price.) I think this must be a model put together for Costco because it's not on Dyson's web site. It is turquoise and purple. The bare floor tool and turbo tool appear to be more simple than on some other models. But it does come with an extra HEPA filter so you can use the vacuum while you wash/dry the other filter. You are supposed to let the filter dry for 12 hours, so the extra one is a convenience. Although I'm sure I could go 12 hours without vacuuming. :) It is definitely more heavy than my 14yo Oreck. While I don't really like that, I'm hoping it will cause me to vacuum more slowly which would be more effective. And it probably burns more calories, right? The biggest annoyance with that will be lugging it up and down the stairs. Sounds like a good job for my 15yo son. Hey, I'll let him use it whenever he wants! The first room I did was the living room which had been vacuumed the day before. Like others have said, I was surprised (and grossed out) by what got picked up. I have 4 cats, so have lots of excess fur. I'm curious to see how much I get today. Gotta wait until the cats are done sunbathing in there.

I recently bought an Electrolux Nimble and love it. Talk about suction, this baby has it. It swivels and is bagless, too. I looked at it a couple weeks ago at $400, then when I decide to buy it it was marked down to $239.00. The only thing is it is a little heavy but the power of it outways it. The reviews were good, also.. I must say, life is good...

I have owned a kirby G Ultimate for about 8 years and I just sold it and bought a Dyson Animal. So I can give you points about both. I loved my kirby (also had a shampoo attachment), it was over the top expensive (about $1200, bags are about $20 for a pack of 6)), it could do all kinds of things, if you could remember how to hook up the attachments (I never used most of them)...and every time you want to vacuum the baseboards or whatever, you have to take the vacuum head completely off and attach the hose for attachments. This is an absolute PIA! We just recently had a tiny beetle infestation (gross, I know...and in a brand new home, no less) and this week alone, I vacuumed no less than 10 times and had to take off/put on that darned vacuum head at least 20x. I swore this Tuesday that I was going to go get a vacuum with on board attachments. Which leads me to the Dyson Animal (bought on sale at Sears for $460). It is similar in weight to the Kirby, but for some reason feels more agile. The weight does not bother me at all and I can push it with one finger. After all the vacuuming I'd already done with the Kirby, the Dyson picked up about 1/2 a bucket of very fine dust, which I think is impressive. I also vacuumed my stairs. I got about 3/4 of the way up, but the hose is kind of stiff, so I think that if it loosens up, I could do the entire flight of stairs without moving the vac. The suction coming out of the attachments doesn't seem to be as fierce as the Kirby, but it still picked up everything I went over. Next thing is that the Dyson is about 1/2 as loud as the Kirby and doesn't smell when I vacuum. My Kirby always smelled weird while it was on. Maybe dust coming out from the beater bar? I'm not sure, but after vacuuming once with the Dyson, the house actually smelled fresher. The Dyson has a quick release hose. All you do is open a little lid-like valve, pull up on the metal part of the hose and it comes right off so that you can use it by itself or with an attachment. You can also take the long metal piece off of the hose (look for the red "action" tabs) and put the attachments straight onto the hose. That metal piece is a little long and can be awkward, but so far it hasn't been too much of a problem. Perhaps it was permanently attached on older models? Over all, I'm thrilled with the Dyson. I'm hoping the hose loosens up after awhile, but it's so much more convenient than the Kirby and I'm VERY happy about how it's cleaned the carpet. Hope that helps. Good luck.

LOL toni_ne... I had the same reaction when we brought home the Animal Dyson. We live in the sticks, with sandy/gravel roads, near a sandy beach, with firewood being brought in all winter, snow, and all the hair a dog, two cats, and long haired me. The dyson gets it all! In fact,it gets more! It sucked the broken edge of a linoleum tile right off the floor (still have to replace the 1940's flooring, but at least I know that I don't have a beach on my floor every day with the new vacuum). I do find though, that with the Dyson, it takes a while for the cord, and the vacuum hose to stretch out a bit, so they aren't so stiff to use. I felt like I'd made a mistake at first with getting the Dyson, because the hose wouldn't stretch as far as I needed it to. A few weeks later, it started to relax, and now it's wonderful. The attachments are nice to have (especially the one for the floors that you can use under tables, couches, and the smaller areas that the "big" part of the main vac can't reach. We also got the box of cleaning products that are included here, and find the products to be AMAZING. The spray on spot remover has removed several set in stains on a couch arm, and the granular carpet product worked like a charm on a carpet that had gotten musty smelling from a leaky roof. All in all, I would highly recommend the Dysons, even though they are VERY pricey. At Sears, we tried all of the Dysons, and found the purplepeopleeater to be the best for us. Kym.. who now has go vacuum Lake Simcoe off her floors! Yayy!