Dyson DC16 Animal DC16 User Manual

Product codes
DC16
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Dyson vacuum cleaners are made using the 
strongest materials available – in fact the same 
materials as used in crash helmets and riot 
shields. They have to be tough and durable 
to endure over 550 tests during development. 
One of them – called the tumble test – shakes 
and rattles components in a steel box for days. 
Another repeatedly slams cleaner heads into 
a steel table leg at 30km/h. And a robot arm 
pushes machines back and forth, back and 
forth for the equivalent of 21 years.
It’s why a Dyson vacuum cleaner works properly. 
It’s also why all uprights and cylinders come 
with a 5 year parts and labour guarantee.
Dyson machines endure  
550 different physical tests.
Switched on/off 20,000 times. 
Pushed 1,357,168 metres.
Hoses kinked 7,280 times. 
Bin opened 1,560 times.
1.  This test turns the switch 
on and off and on and 
off 20,000 times. 
2.  The turntable rig pushes 
Dyson vacuum cleaners  
over 1,357,168 metres.
3.  The hose collapse rig 
squashes and kinks  
Dyson hoses 7,280 
times. 
4.  The bin test rig opens 
and shuts the bin  
1,560 times.
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