Dyson V8 Cordless Vacuum

Total waste of money. I should have paid attention to the 1-star reviews and given it a thorough workout before the return window of ONLY ONE MONTH expired. And my call to Dyson was fruitless. The "40 minute run time" is a joke, if not a flat-out lie. I'm lucky to get 15 minutes of run time out of it. And then it takes HOURS to charge. But hey, one benefit of the short run time is that my trigger finger can recover — you have to depress the trigger the whole time you are using it, which is painful — it doesn't just click on and off like MOST VACUUMS. The dust canister is a nightmare to remove from the handle/battery assembly, and right now I can't even get it back together. And it works well only on floors or very low-pile carpets. Forget about it if you have a deeper pile carpet. It just gets stuck in place to the carpet. Powerful suction, but otherwise useless, and in my opinion a piece of plastic garbage. I am stunned that a Dyson vacuum is THIS BAD, especially one that cost so much. I purchased this to replace another brand that was recalled. I have no idea why it was recalled, but my older cordless vacuum worked much better, the battery lasted much longer, took much less time to charge, and clicked on and off, so I did not have to hold the trigger in the whole time I was using it. Also, my previous vacuum had a battery that removed from the unit for charging. This Dyson battery is built into the handle/canister unit, so I can't even try ordering a replacement battery. Absolute waste of my money.