Dyson Vacuum for animal owners...

[rugbywife]

For anyone who has one or knows about them...

Do they work well on hardwood? We are moving in a little over a month and our new place has mostly hardwood, with some cork and a tiny bit of carpet. I decided today that our crappy vacuum is, well, too crappy. We have two cats, one long haired, and they make a bloody mess. I don't want to invest in a Dyson if it really only works on carpets when we barely have any carpets...thoughts?

TIA!

[sratsey]

I loved my Dyson on the hardwood, but my friend swears it scratched the hell out of hers.

[lmdbww]

I use the hose/wand w/a Hard Floor tool on our wood floors w/the Dyson and it works wonderfully (the hard floor tool is also nice and low and small so it really gets under furniture and stuff too).

[emoflamingo]

My ILs use theirs on the floors. You can't use the brush on any hard surface. I'm not sure why further than I recall reading it in the manual and when I forget to turn it off, it just flings the small stuff around instead of picking it up. Which hurts when it's a small rock.

[kaylie]

We have it and it scratched the laminate in our old apartment. We're also a bit disappointed with it's performance given the price tag. It doesn't have enough suction IMO.

[zoemay06]

I have one and use it on my hardwood all the time. It does a great job and I haven't noticed any scratches.

[annadala]

We have one. We had all carpet up until last month. It's done fine on the new laminate, though I usually just sweep. Do make sure you're turning off the brush, though!

We have 2 cats and a dog and the cat hair is RIDICULOUS around here and we've loved the Dyson. I love my dad's Rainbow more but that's a LOT more expensive.