Only ONE negative about mine. For some reason it will make a HORRIFIC noise every once in a while. I can't figure it out for the life of me. Once you turn it off and start it back up the noise is gone. It seems as if you have sucked something up and it is clogging it but YOU ARE NOT. I don't know what the issue is but have heard that others machines do it as well.
Mine does this also, but it is with just one area rug, and only if I vacuum in one direction on that rug, the opposite direction no noise. It always scare the heck out of me when it does it
cuz it will do it every once in awhile on something else for just a split second and then stop.
I've got the DC14 Animal and wouldn't trade it for anything in the world. I know the extra attachments and the Zorb is the only thing really different between the Animal and the others but I use my attachments ALL the time, and the Zorb stuff, OMG you thing just the Dyson pulls things out, try adding a little of that, we put it on the carpet of our apartment when we moved, I thought I had done a good job vacuuming LOL