Dyson V8 vs Dyson V10 - Detailed Tests and Comparison

Dyson V10 Absolute on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Dyson-Cyclone-Absolute-Lightweight-Cordless/dp/B0798FVV6V/ref=as_li_ss_tl?s=vacuums&ie=UTF8&qid=1529116122&sr=1-1-spons&keywords=Dyson+V10+Absolute&psc=1&linkCode=ll1&tag=cewhitebooks-20&linkId=4c4a92f7d1b1b76957b711b2d194b1aa Dyson V8 Absolute on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=as_li_ss_tl?url=search-alias=garden&field-keywords=Dyson+V8+Absolute&linkCode=ll2&tag=cewhitebooks-20&linkId=18a496352b092617f87e2050c9baab05 Cleaner Heads and Pickup: 0:20 Airflow and Suction: 1:50 Crevice Pickup Test 2:46 Battery Life 3:47 Weight and ease of use 4:39 Dust Bin: 4:59 Noise Level 5:16 Final thoughts: 5:28 Follow Vacuum Wars on: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/vacuumwars/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/vacuumwars Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vacuumwars/?hl=en We have the Absolute version of both vacuums which means that they both came with the soft brush, in addition to the standard cleaner head. The standard cleaner head has been upgraded quite a bit from the v8 to the v10, its now called a torque drive cleaner head and Dyson says has 25% more brush roll agitation power than the V8s standard cleaner head. The new design also has 2 small adjustable gates on the front which are crucial for picking up larger debris on hard floors. the V8s standard cleaner head does not have these gates, so we tested if it made a difference. The V10 with its gates all the way open did great on both low and high power, I originally was a little hard on the V10 until I realized how much these gates it affect its hard floor performance. The V8 was unable to pick up any of the larger debris on hard floors without similar gates. Interestingly the same head on the V8 had no trouble with larger debris on carpet, in fact it was just a little bit better than the V10’s torque head as far as large debris on carpet even with the gates on the torque drive wide open. Both the V8 and V10 had no trouble with large debris on hard floors with the soft brush. We tested this in low and high power and though it was better on high power, the low power settings did the job fine. We tested the airflow at 3 places, the cleaner head, the wand opening, and directly on the base. Here are all the airflow numbers and I will explain what they mean. So the V10s airflow didn’t change much no matter where we measured it. It had the highest airflow at 2027 fpm, measured at the wand. On medium power it measured about 1220, and it was 925 fpm on low power. The V8, was just a hair more powerful than the v10 on low power at 964 fpm Its highest airflow measurement was 1752. Moving on to battery life. The battery life on both the v8 and v10 are dramatically different depending on what power mode your using and which attachments you have attached. For example on low power with no attachments the V8 went for 42:48 and the V10 went for 61 minutes. On high power with the cleaner head attached the v8 went for 9 minutes and the V10 for 6:30 seconds which is actually pretty good for that much power. The V10, which is the only one with a medium power setting went 26:57 on medium power with the cleaner head attached. So medium power on the V10 really seems like the best of both worlds that is airflow and battery life. If you are wondering if low power is enough to clean your floors I would say that it really is. I had my doubts before these tests but low power is still better than 90 percent of the upright vacuums out there. They are both very close to the same weight with the base of the V10 being just a 3 ounces heavier. Both of these units are much better than any cordless I have used in terms of weight and comfort. They preform pretty much identically in terms of handling and smoothness, the extra airflow can really be felt on carpet with the v10 on high power but not enough to really matter. The dirt bin is about 8 ounces or 1 cup bigger on the v10 than on the v8 which is pretty significant. The v10 also has a new way of emptying the bin where you can point the barrel inside the trash can to reduce mess, I didn’t really find this all that helpfull I find that the older style v8 bin emptying is just as good The v10 is quieter on low power (low 82.1 med 85.2 high 94.9) but the v8 is quieter on high power (decibels low 74.8 high 85.4). But there were no extremes in ither case as far as the noise level. We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites.