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Dyson’s Outsize Absolute + is a cordless stick vacuum that’s designed to fill the space between light and uberportable cordless vacuums and more powerful, bigger capacity uprights. The Dyson Outsize Absolute + is specifically built for larger and more carpeted North American homes so it’s got a larger dust bin, bigger cleaner head, more powerful suction and an additional battery. I had a the opportunity to try the Dyson V11 Outsize Absolute + in my home for a few weeks: Here’s what happened.

The new Dyson Outsize Absolute + is all about bigger: it has a 150% larger dustbin, 25% bigger cleaning head, and dual batteries to support longer cleaning times, now with up to 120 minutes of runtime, compared to the V11 and V15 models.

There are three main cleaning heads, and several accessories:

High Torque XL cleaner head
You could call this the main vacuum head, and it’s the largest roller head option in the package.With Dyson Dynamic Load Sensor it will automatically adjust power on different floor types, meaning you can deep clean between carpet and hard floor without having to swap accessories.
Laser Slim Fluffy cleaner head
With its Jetsonsmeetsteddy bear name, this cleaning brush head must be something amazing, yes? It sure is. With its padded fluffy brush, it’s made specifically for wood and tile floors, because those fuzzy rollers can trap and inhale fine particles of dust thanks to antistatic fibres. Add in a laser that’s generated when powered on:With green light that emanates horizontally across your floors, it will bounce off particles so you can see them better.

Hair screw tool
The hair screw tool has an antitangle coneshaped brush bar that not only picks up long hair or pet hair, but its shape is made to prevent hair and fibres from wrapping around the roller and creating tangled clogs. With its cone shape, hair should eventually work its way off the brush and into the dustbin.

Cleaning with Dyson Outsize

This vacuum is ultra easy to use and while it is noticeably heavier than the V11 Absolute I reviewed not long ago, it’s still easy to carry around.

The accessories and brush/roller heads snap in an out so easily with no pulling or yanking. The Dyson Outsize Absolute + cleaned all the surfaces of my home really well: it definitely powers dirt out of carpets (like dried dog paw prints) and gets rid of pet hair well; it’s truly surprising to see what ends up in the dustbin, particulalry when you though your floors were already pretty clean. This stick vacuum truly powers dirt out of carpets; it’s surprising what the dustbin fills up with.

It easily pulls up pet hair, crumbs, lint and dust on hardwood floors. To further test it I spilled things like crackers, oatmeal and flour on my kitchen tile too and it does a great job picking up pretty much anything. The cleaner head is also small enough to fit under kick plates in the kitchen and can swoop under things like sofas and beds too.

When it comes to those two new cleaning heads, I was really and truly surprised by the Laser Slim Fluffy cleaner head. To be frank, before my testing, I thought adding lasers to your vacuum was about as relevant as adding lasers to golf carts. I can admit I was wrong.

The laser does an outstanding job of illuminating dirt I truly could not see. My first use, I’d already vacuumed the previous day and thought there’d be nothing for it to light up. Nope. The green laser cuts across the floor’s surface at an oblique angle which is perfect for making dirt and dust bunnies light up like tiny beacons. It truly made hardtospot dirt easy to see, both in low light and bright light.

The Hair Screw tool also worked outstandingly well. After using it on a dog bed, furniture, and then even testing it on carpet, the conical brush has absolutely zero hair wrapped around it.

Overall review:

Overall, The Dyson Outsize is easily the best large format stick vacuum you can buy.

When it comes to the pros: it’s powerful, has automatically adjustable suction, a great array of tools and accessories included. Plus there’s long battery life with two battery packs in use, the bigger cleaning head and larger dustbin for less frequent emptying. And the laser sighting works wonders, plus the new Hair Screw Tool doesn’t tangle
Any downsides? It is heavier than average stick vac, particularly when used as a handheld, the batteries take a while to charge and yes, it is expensive.
Even so, it cleans brilliantly and I can’t make any major complaints about it.
If you need a new vacuum with the power of an upright, amazing new, useful cleaner heads, and without the trailing cords, this stick vacuum has the ability to clean your whole home.