Purchased my Dyson 41C Animal about three months ago. Suction is okay. I have cleaned all the hair and other things from the roller. But, as I vacuum carpets, steaks (lines of indentions) appear as I push and pull the vacuum over the carpet. It seems that everything else is fine. Really not satisfied with the looks of he carpet when completed.

I bought the DC41 about a month ago and have been unhappy with how hard it is to move around. I find the vacuum heavy and awkward to use the attachments. The hose is very stiff and requires alot of energy to use it. I also recently got new carpet in my family room and the beater bar left marks in the carpet that I had trouble getting out. I thought I had ruined my new carpet. On the hardwood floors the ball seems to slip and not roll nicely. All in all I would not recommend this vacuum.

I wanted to love this vacuum and I had high hopes for it. It is the most expensive vacuum I have ever purchased. I had heard a lot about it and saw many commercials that impressed me. I bought the DC 41 about 3 months ago it because I have a Golden Retriever who sheds a lot. Since it was called "The Animal" and has a special attachment for pet hair, I thought my clean-up troubles were over. Frankly, the pet hair attachment is useless. I tried and tried for a long time to sweep up my dog's hair from the car upholstery and it did no good at all, it just pushed the hair around. I have never had this problem with other attachments on prior vacuums- at least they would vacuum up some of the hair. This attachment just did not work. As an upright vacuum, I have found the DC 41 to do a good job on my nylon wall to wall carpets. I still have to go over my wool area rug repeatedly to get up the dog hair, and it never gets it all, but it performs better than my last vacuum in that regard. The dust bin is not large enough and gets jammed up too easily with dog hair. The dog hair gets stuck on a protrusion inside the bin. I vacuum several times a week, and I have to clean the bin more than once while vacuuming each time. I always have to dig the hair out with my hands because of it getting stuck inside. This is not what I was anticipating at all- I do not want to have to touch the dirt with my hands! I thought the dirt was supposed to drop out of the dust bin by itself when you push the discard button. Why not have a mechanism that ejects the dirt and hair, rather than just a trap door? This seems to be a basic design flaw and makes me question whether this vacuum was ever tested with a long-haired dog. When you are finished vacuuming and want to return the handle to the upright position, it never stays there the first time- the latch is finicky. You have to keep trying to get it to stay upright. The cord is positioned badly, I am always tripping over it as I work. Never had this problem with other vacuums. The ball is too big to fit under most furniture, and navigation with the ball takes a little getting used to. It only came with 2 tools besides the worthless pet hair tool, and it does not have a light, which i really miss. Overall, I have not found this to be worth the big investment. It is a disappointment.