So it turns out if you actually clean your vacuum cleaner properly it performs WAY better. Who'da thunk it? I had to pull it apart because it was saying airways blocked yesterday, which is apparently the level of cleaning I'm meant to be doing on this thing regularly anyway so I learned that too.

Also I just learned yesterday that you're meant to replace the HEPA filters on Dyson stick vacuums once a year so I bought 2 aftermarket filters which arrive today. I've cleaned the existing one a few times, yesterday giving it a more thorough cleaning which was the cause of the "airways blocked" message, but apparently replacing them will make the vacuum perform even better.

It's actually crazy how much dust/dirt this thing lifts off what I thought were pretty clean carpets. It must have been doing a pretty piss-poor job before I cleaned it.