The online reviews are in:
 
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/customer-reviews/B000I5REVA/ref=cm_cr_dp_pt/002-0693223-1128846?ie=UTF8&n=284507&s=kitchen

Dyson says that the DC-17 outcleans ALL repeat ALL other vacuums. Yet The Dyson suction reduced from 270 airwatts to 240 to 220 and now 200 airwatts power. Dyson even claims airwatts power is telling you the performance of the cleaner.
They have yet to name makes and models tested.  
ALso their claim on approval by British allery sufferers group is not tht Allergy and Asthma foundation in the U.S. I have found testing in Europe to be different than the U.S.
  All the claims I have seen are done under Eoropean standards and not U.S. How do they stack up under U.S. standards.

Quote from Dyson_Chris on 12/02/06 at 12:00pm:

 
The 3rd generation of dyson Owner Manuals is more user friendly: Easier and quicker to read.  And still in both English and Spanish. But I think dyson went from one extreme (too much info) to the other extreme (too little info).
 
I noticed the new DC17 Absolute Animal User Manual no longer shows both ways to dump the dirt bin: One specifically for allergy and/or asthma sufferers and the normal way for all others.  I think that is an example of important information that should have remained in the dyson User Manual.
 
The 3rd generation of product literature (DC16 and DC17) also includes both English and Spanish vice the first and second generation dyson product material which was only English.
 
The addition of Spanish to the dyson product literature that accompanies the store displays is a smart marketing touch by dyson.  And no doubt it will result in additional sales by dyson to Hispanic big box store vacuum buyers.
 
Carmine D.
 

Quote from tiger21 on 01/18/07 at 11:58pm:

 
From Unique Carpets Limited (which has been in business for 20 years) web site:
 
"Tufted Wool Collection Broadloom
 
Unique Carpets Ltd. is the nations leading importer of quality wool carpets. We work with some of the finest mills in the world to bring an array of textures and styles to our tufted wool collection. We offer a wide variety of fashionable styles for your floor and we stock this entire collection in our Riverside California warehouse. From small loops to large loops, traditional berbers to sophisticated contemporary textures. As synthetic prices continue to increase, 100% wool carpets offer exceptional value and an affordable and fashionable alternative to an everyday carpet."  
 
 
7360 Jurupa Avenue | Riverside, CA 92504 | (951) 352-8125 | Fax: (951) 352-8140 | e-mail us
 
 
I have Mohawk wool carpets in my new house and encountered the excess fuzz problem (mostly around the brush bar) among others, with the dyson DC07 pink.  I reported my problems to dyson by telephone and email.  I shared pictures of the dyson brush bar and the email, including dyson's response, with a member of WTBV Forum.  I subsequently gifted the dyson away.
 
Mohawk is one of many name brands carried and sold by Unique Carpets Ltd.  I use a HOOVER WT Supreme daily on my wool carpets.  It's excellent.  I've also used a 20+ year old Eureka upright and 10+ year old RICCAR upright (both with metal brush rolls and beater bars).  Both of these vacuums worked well too, but not as good as the HOOVER WT Supreme.  
 
The rug dealer who sells the Mohawk wool carpet in my house, the builder (who is No. 1 in sales and satisfaction in Nevada in 2006), and the builder's rug and floor contractor warned against dyson vacuums on my wool carpets in Sept 2006, less than one month after I moved in.  All 3 recommended the HOOVER Tempo and Windtunnel by name.  Not just to me but to about 30 other residents attending the closed session sponsored by the builder on the care of the homes' floor coverings.
 
Carmine D.