Dyson Root Vacuum Battery Life Stinks
I bought my wife a Dyson Root vacuum last year and the battery on this handheld doesn’t last at all. Is everyone else having this problem? I called the Dyson company and told them that the battery runs down after about 3-6 minutes and stops operating and that told me that was “normal”. I was blown away. I would expect a lot more from Dyson.
I am not going to go into a full review here, but I will say that we love the vacuum otherwise. Powerful, compact, and incredibly easy to empty/clean. This is everything you would want in a handheld vacuum… except for the short life of the battery. We have a good amount of hardwood and it barely makes it around the perimeter and under the kitchen cabinets.
Is the battery life really that poor?
Dyson Root Vacuum = short battery life
Is there anything that can be done? I haven’t looked into a replacement battery for the root yet, but I will have to. We are 1 year in and the performance has gotten worse. It hardly holds a charge for 30 seconds.
Dyson Handheld Vac. I agree 100%. I’ve had Dyson Root for a little over one year. The battery life was barely 5 minutes when it was new. Now I’m lucky if it last 1 to 2 minutes. No pun intended – as a result of the crappy battery life, the Dyson Root Vacuum SUCKS!
If I had known of this weak aspect of the Dyson Root, I WOULD HAVE NEVER PURCHASED IT.
Unless Dyson can retro-fix this issue – AT NO CHARGE FOR CONSUMERS THAT ALREADY OWN THE ROOT – I will be left with no choice but to replace my handheld Vacuum with some other brand. Period. And I will NOT RECOMMEND THE DYSON ROOT TO ANYONE.
J Evans
Mesa, AZ
The Dyson Root 6 DC16 handheld vac is a piece of junk! Do not buy it. The battery will last you less than a year!!! I tried to get my money back but they refused. They are a company of scammers.
Joe
I agree – DO NOT BUY THE DYSON HANDHELD VAC. The battery lasted about 7 months and is now completely dead.
Totatlly agree. For a company that prides itself on engineering, Dyson has made a severe engineering error with this product and is, in my opinion, in a severely self destructive denial mode. I have owned it for 2 years and now the battery is down to 2 or 3 SECONDS. This product is a class action suit waiting to happen. They should at least offer spare batteries (hopefully improved) at cost or an adapter to fit into the battery receptacle to turn it to a corded model. I would even pay for this to be able to recoup usage for the unit. It, after all, not a cheap vacuum considering that it is a portable. I would not recommend this product.
Same problem here. Bought at a local Super Target and always, from day one, thought the battery was short on charge rentention. Soon after, the charge bars were only showing a capability of two green lights at a full charge and remains so today. Now, months later, it is so completely worthless. I have tried to contact Dyson, got an email response and phone number to contact that keeps calleron terminal hold. Not a good sign.
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