Dyson DC35 Digital Slim

Writing reviews on products we use day-to-day has become my full time job over these past few years.  I have a schedule and it helps me stay on track for the most part.  Once in awhile, we receive a product for review that becomes so useful in our daily routine that I sometimes forget it’s a review!  This was the case with our new Dyson DC35 Digital Slim multi-floor.

I’ve been a fan of Dyson vacuums for a few years now.  In my opinion, nothing compares to the cleaning power of a Dyson vacuum.  When I learned that Dyson had a cordless vacuum available in Canada this March, I knew it would be great, but was curious to see how well a Dyson motor could perform on a battery charge.

The sleek design of the Dyson DC35 makes it easy to hang the recharging station on my kitchen wall – what better way to show off charge my Dyson than in the corner of my kitchen so it’s always accessible.  The fade-free lithium ion battery charges 3x faster than other batteries and releases the charge evenly so that the suction does not get weaker as you clean – it gives it all it’s got from beginning to end.

This isn’t a vaccum that is used to clean your house from top to bottom over the course of an hour but rather a tool that’s useful to clean the kitchen floor after dinner, tidy up the living room and hallway, or vacuum the bedrooms.  One charge will give you 15 minutes suction (13 with the motorized floor tool attached which is how I use it 90% of the time), or 6 minutes on MAX.

I don’t need to use the MAX function all that often, because the Dyson digital motor with Root Cyclone Technology performs like all Dyson products – it does the job like I expected from a Dyson yet on the power of a battery.

The top level of our bi-level house is all hard flooring with a few area rugs, and the cordless Dyson DC35 Digital Slim can handle it all.

I use MAX power on the area rugs to get a deep clean but if I’m cleaning the entire living room, for example, and don’t have the battery power to use MAX on the rug, it can clean well on regular power too.

The motorized floor tool features ultra-fine anti-static carbon fiber brushes to clean hard floors and rotating nylon brushes to remove dirt from area rugs and carpet.

While the detachable long-reach wand is awesome for getting into high places (think of cobwebs on the ceiling and dust bunnies in the corners behind your coffee table), the attachments (Combination Tool for brush-dusting and Crevice Tool for getting into tight spots) make furniture cleaning a breeze too.

At 4.90 pounds, the Dyson DC35 Digital Slim is light enough for even my (almost) 7 year old to use which is great because he loves being able to help mom out with a quick vacuum of the kitchen floor or his bedroom.  The bin capacity is 0.35 liters which is more than enough for basic cleaning around the house (in other words, it holds all the dust bunnies and dirt you can find).

The Dyson DC35 Digital Slim is listed on the Dyson.ca site for $349.99 which I realize is substantially more than a cheap Swiffer-style vacuum for quick kitchen clean-ups.

When I first learned about this new Dyson product, I thought that is what it would ultimately replace.  What I’ve learned in the 8 or so weeks that we’ve had it is that the Dyson DC35 Digital Slim actually replaces our vacuum, at least for our upper level.

There’s no need to use another vaccum on our hard flooring and the DC35 has enough power to handle the 4 area rugs we have upstairs as well.

So, the Dyson DC35 Digital Slim, at $349.99 is a vacuum with Dyson’s Root Cyclone Technology that handles basic kitchen clean-up (replacing our cheap kitchen vac we had) as well as complete floor and furniture cleaning for all our upstairs rooms (replacing our vacuum cleaner for these areas).  With that kind of performance, the price does seem to be more sensible.

You can see, now, why I forgot that the Dyson DC35 Digital Slim was in our household as a product review – I loved it the first time I used it and have not found any faults within the product to note.  I have my sister convinced it’s a must-have item and have no doubt that it will make it’s way onto lists this holiday season (wow, did I just say holiday season…I’m sorry, go enjoy the sun!)

Check out the Dyson DC35 Digital Slim in a store near you to see for yourself the capabilities of this cordless vacuum.  Stores that carry Dyson vaccums in Canada include Sears, Canadian Tire, Costco, Future Shop and Home Depot among others.