These rigs are set-up to replicate the average person vacuuming. We use it to perform industry-standard tests where a specific amount of dust is scattered on a specific test carpet that is made only on one loom in the world to ensure consistency in testing.

We also perform numerous other tests with different debris on different floor types to ensure our machines perform in different situations. One such test is a footprint roller with embedded dust to replicate debris people may track into their home, and how effective our machines are at removing these. 

Different homes have different floor types; Asian homes typically feature more hard floors while Western homes are usually equipped with carpets. We test extensively on different floor types from tiles to wood, carpets of different pile lengths, and even tatami that is unique to Japan. 

We test with over 60 types of debris to assess how effective our vacuums are at picking up real world debris. We source these from all over the world to ensure we test as representatively as possible, including rice and cat biscuits from Japan, sugar from Germany, and Cheerios from the UK and USA which are different in size. 

Hair tangling around vacuums’ brush bars was a common user frustration that inspired the development of Dyson’s anti-tangle Hair screw tool.

We test with vast amounts of hair, particularly with Type 1 hair which is the straightest hair that requires the most force to break, to understand how hair fibres will interact with our machines.