Appliances · Dyson · 2021
Dyson V15 Detect
The performance ceiling of the category, with a laser that will change how you feel about your floors.
Overall
7.8
out of 10
Axis scores
Appliances is scored on these 5 axes. The total is their plain average — nothing is weighted.
Average of 5 axes
7.8/10
- Performance
- 9.4
- Value
- 6.4
- Durability
- 8.2
- Ease of use
- 8.8
- Quietness
- 6.2
- Performance — How well it does the core job
- Value — What the same money buys elsewhere
- Durability — Failure and fade reports past the one-year mark
- Ease of use — Setup, daily operation, cleaning, maintenance
- Quietness — Operating noise — a higher score means quieter
Specs
- Filtration
- Whole-machine sealed HEPA
- Head
- Laser-illuminated fluffy head
- Display
- Particle count by size
As published by the manufacturer. We didn't measure these ourselves.
Is it for you
Buy it if
- Hard floors, where the laser reveals what other vacuums leave behind
- Allergies, where sealed filtration matters more than suction figures
- You want the strongest cordless suction available
Skip it if
- Consumables and batteries priced entirely at Dyson's discretion
- Noise matters — this is the loudest machine on the list
- Boost mode runtime measured in single-digit minutes
The laser head is not marketing. Angled across a hard floor it lights dust that is genuinely invisible otherwise, and the particle counter on the screen turns cleaning into something you can verify. Sealed filtration puts it ahead for allergy households.
Then the ownership costs arrive. Replacement batteries and heads cost what Dyson decides, boost mode drains in minutes, and on carpet at full power it is loud enough to be a problem in a small flat.
Last updated . The scoring method is on how we rank.