Highly recommend this vacuum, it is lighter in weight than the other models but yet still performs totally awesome on our tile floors along with our custom new long pile area rug in our living room.
I did research and found out that the DC35 is lighter in weight than the other models. For use within our home it was totally surprising. I was against buying a Dyson because of the cost so I went on Great Offer Stock found one with the coupon refurbished and then I got the 3-year extended warranty just in case. When you do the math in comparison to other cordless vacuum cleaners or handheld tools that have a vacuum like a 18 volt battery pack I doesn't even come close to the cycle time for running in comparison to the Dyson.
Kind of funny is the fact that I use the vacuum just as much if not more than my wife because it is so quick and easy to clean up around the kitchen or where we go in and outside the most. It was the best money spent I avoided buying one for the longest time but I can say with confidence that it was the best financial business decision in a cordless vacuum cleaner purchase I could have ever done.
We both are totally pleased. It was our friends up the road from us that have a Dyson, because they had dogs so that made me look into it along w/ my wife really wanting a lil portable vacuum.
Best decision for the house, highly recommend a Dyson vacuum