Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

This is an excerpt of my review from another board I frequent: This is compared to the DC14 that I purchased on the 3rd of Oct 2006. Now I realize there are many Dyson haters, Hoover haters, Electrolux haters ect. I have NOTHING to gain by sharing my results. I am a Midwest housewife that likes a clean house and this includes clean carpets. Our carpets are professionally steam cleaned every 4 months- get a great deal because we own rentals and use this service alot. Additionally, the steam kills any dust mites in the rug. For the last 4 years I have had a Hoover windtunnel that didn't seem to be picking up after the two Chihuahuas Long and Short hair, (NOW I know it sucked) and was THRILLED to get the DC14 a Linen's and Things for about $[...] including tax. I used the DC14 EVERYDAY since my purchase and was pleasantly surprised and disgusted at the stuff that ended up in the bin. Husband and sons just shook their collective heads at my delight and constant running of the Dyson. But eventually there was no more dirt to be had from my carpets. Just alittle fine powder- I smiled smugly! LOL! The ranch house we were about to move from will be clean for our tenants- so I thought! Anyhow, since the DC17 was available I wanted one for the upstairs of the new house (which is in the process of being built). Why two you ask? The house is 5,500 square feet so I didn't want to lug one up and down the stairs. So yesterday I did some googling for Best Buy coupons (since that is the only place I have seen them) and found that I could get the DC17 for $[...] online and schedule an in store pickup. The store price was $[...] so I saved about 5%-not much but it helped. Within 90 minutes of ordering it I was home vacuuming. I was truely speechless at what the DC17 pulled out of the carpets with ONLY 12 minutes of vacuuming. (The Steelers were about to play and I didn't want to miss any of the game.) It was soon obvious the DC14's brush was not up to snuff because of the dog hair that was pullled from the berber weave by the DC17. Add to that the grit and fine, fine powder in the bin. The DC14 is a bit difficult to push on my bedroom carpet but the DC17 feels more self propelled than my Hoover. It really moves itself! Another great feature is the bare floor/carpet button- it is now located by the on/off switch. Additonally the wand set up is GREAT and easy to use. The noise of the DC17 is clearly quieter than my DC14- not so shrill. All in all- I would trade my DC14 for another DC17 anyday. BTW- The really long red hair in the bin is mine (the short red/buff hair is my LH chi's)- NONE got caught in the roller- much to my amazement! NOTE: I posted photos with this review. Not sure if I can post them here so I will leave them out so the review will show up.