Dyson would not keep on with chronological order when naming its stick vacuum fashions. Sometimes it skips numbers, and generally it’s going to introduce a decrease quantity as a later mannequin than a better quantity. For instance, Dyson launched the V15 instantly after the V11, and then the V12 after the V15. In the broadest sense, the numbers appear to loosely develop bigger with every passing launch—the V11 is newer than the V10, and the V10 is newer than the V8. But Dyson’s naming system is cryptic sufficient that even we won’t predict what the following mannequin will probably be.
Dyson additionally has a whole lot of sub-models, as a result of its naming scheme is not complicated sufficient. Each one has a unique variety of included device attachments and equipment. Every mannequin (V7, V8, V10, V11, V15, and so forth.) appears to introduce new sub-models, so the listing simply retains rising, and then there are discontinued sub-models that present up as outdated inventory on web sites, sometimes on sale.
Detect is not precisely a sub-model, however somewhat a part of the title of the V15 Detect and V12 Detect Slim. It refers back to the laser detection system that measures particle dimension and rely to customise suction energy.
Absolute is normally the king-of-the-hill model with essentially the most attachments. We cannot listing all of them, as a result of they differ primarily based on father or mother mannequin, however count on a wide range of brush nozzles, crevice attachments, and motorized curler heads to clean powerful grit off laborious flooring and out of deep-pile carpets.
Allergy used to imply that it got here with an upgraded filter that traps 99.99 p.c of micro organism and mud so it expels cleaner air than common fashions, however after the V7 all Dyson stick vacs began together with the upgraded filters. It’s largely a legacy designation now, and it hasn’t been used on newer fashions.
Motorhead sounds fancy, however it’s the low-end sub-model that comes with a motorized head, a few primary brush and crevice instruments, and that is about it. It’s principally a holdover from the V7 days. Dyson has discovered different names for primary sub-models.
Origin, Fluffy, and Animal include comparatively few attachments. The Fluffy and Animal would not include any distinctive attachments specific to usefulness in cleansing up after pets; it is simply turn out to be shorthand for “base mannequin with fewer attachments.” The similar is true for the Origin, though its title makes extra sense.
Dyson is not above combining sub-model names too. Basically, the extra names Dyson slaps onto a mannequin, the extra attachments it comes with. For instance, the V8 Animal Pro comes with extra stuff than the Animal, however the Animal Pro+ comes with much more than that.