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Dealmonger: Dyson Root 6 Hand Vacuum For $120

Wednesday, December 5th, 2007

Dyson Root 6 Hand Vacuum

While they can indeed clog up (as we demonstrated), Dyson’s line of vacuums are definitely has the coolest looking ones on the market today. They’re also among the priciest.  However, the Root 6 is available at Linens N’ Things for $120 right now. Just enter the code “NOV2907″ to get the 20% discount. 

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Test to Failure: The Dyson Root 6

Tuesday, November 21st, 2006
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Dyson makes great uprights — just ask Sean.  He says that nothing (at least nothing legal for sale over-the-counter) gets dog hair out of carpet better.  Now Dyson’s entered the handheld arena with their new Root 6, described as “the only handheld that doesn’t lose suction.” 

But when a friend described the Root 6 to us as a “mini shop vacuum,” we knew we had to find out what it’d really do — or not do — even if it meant a sacrifice.   

A note to readers: Don’t do this to your Root 6.  Really.

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Finds: The Dyson Root 6

Friday, October 13th, 2006
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A friend of mine who recently tested one of these described it as “a big-ass shop vacuum that you can hold in your hand.”  As you can imagine, that caught my attention.  We use the crap out of our shop vacuum here — it’s a huge, rolling-cannister type that I’m sure you’re familiar with — and the idea of a small version that’s powerfull enough to actually use as a shop vaccuum sounds pretty incredible.

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