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am seen that's right Chris and I'm standing beside the dyson DC 65 this is an upright vacuum that replaces the DC 41 that I reviewed last year now this cost 599 dollars it's a top-of-the-line expensive vacuum cleaner and for that kind of money you want to know that you're getting really good performance and with Dyson you do you get a vacuum that's going to do a good job of cleaning up just about anything you want to clean with it however if you remember my review of the DC 41 last year you know that I have some problems with the Dyson vacuum design and those problems persist in the DC 65 it still falls down a lot when you try and put it up the hose is still difficult to use and doesn't have a handle it still has little plastic parts that feel a bit delicate and brittle and I just don't like those elements of the design to me those are near deal-breakers that said Dyson did amp the power up from the DC 41 to the DC 65 this one has a 25% stronger motor according to Dyson so that means this brushroll is going to spin a lot faster and we saw that worked well in the carpet test especially this one picks up about four to eight percent more than the DC 41 but for a really clear illustration of the difference between the DC 65 and the DC 41 I want to instead take a look at the hardwood test that we did take a look at this footage we tested both the DC 41 and the DC 65 with the brush roll on and the brush roll off now the DC 41 couldn't pick up enough Cheerios to register on our scales when we have the brush roll off when we turn the brush roll on it picked up about 90% of them but scatter the other 10% now let's take a look at the DC 65 when the brush roll is off it's picking up about 80% of the Cheerios and the DC 41 didn't pick up any of them that's a pretty good result that means it's got a lot more suction and when the brush rolls on it still picks up about 80% but then scatters that remaining 20% quite a bit even more so than the DC 41 that's because those brushes are spinning even faster and that's a lot of data but to sum it up the DC 65 animal has a little bit better suction than the previous generation it also has that faster spinning brush roll that leads to better carpet performance but not necessarily better performance on hardwood floors it also has those same design flaws that to me are a deal-breaker so I'd probably stick with the model the ORAC touch bagless or the Electrolux precision brush roll clean both of those did a great job on our test that cost a little less and they have designs it to me are a little more thoughtful for CNET I'm write crest