Forget the Dyson V16 Piston Animal, the Gen5detect for AU$949 is the better buy

Dyson is, of course, known for making some of the best cordless vacuums. And we all expected the company’s latest release, the silly-named V16 Piston Animal to be its best model yet bar none. With its whopping 315 air watts of suction, it sure is the most powerful Dyson yet but, as you’ll learn from our Dyson V16 Piston Animal review, it’s not the all-star machine it’s hyped up to be.

If you want a new Dyson, then we think your money is going to be much better spent on the Gen5detect, especially now it’s dropped to AU$949 (from AU$1,549).

How are we so confident in our claim that the Gen5detect is the better buy? Partly because we’ve previously found it to be a top performer, but also because we recently conducted some side-by-side tests with both models ...