The Dyson V10 Konical is a cordless stick vacuum that sits in the middle of Dyson's lineup. Despite the name, it isn't an update to the older Dyson Cyclone V10. It shares its motor and compact body with the Dyson V8 Cyclone and sits a step above that model, with a floorhead based on the one from the flagship Dyson V16 Piston Animal Submarine. The head uses two cone-shaped brushes that are designed to keep long hair from wrapping around the roller, and it has a light that illuminates fine dust on hard floors. You can switch between three power modes with a single button and swap in a spare battery as needed. It comes with a wall dock, a crevice tool, and a small motorized upholstery tool, and it also works as a handheld. You can pair it with Dyson's self-emptying dock, which is sold separately.
Our Verdict
The Dyson V10 Konical is an okay vacuum for cleaning a whole house, but it falls short in a few key areas. The cordless stick design makes it easy to grab for quick cleanups, and it's great at keeping fine dust out of the air as you clean, which helps if anyone in your home has allergies. It also handles pet hair well, so it's a good choice if you have shedding pets. That said, its short runtime may prevent you from cleaning an entire house on a single charge. The lowest power mode lasts well over an hour, but the strongest mode drains the battery in just a few minutes. Pickup on bare floors and carpet is mediocre, as the head leaves debris behind and drags some of it backward, and the build quality doesn't align with the price point. Like most bagless vacuums, it's messy to empty, so it's best to do it outside if possible.
Keeps allergens out of the air as you clean.
Lifts most pet hair from carpeting in a single pass.
Features a swappable battery.
Cordless design makes it easy to grab and go.
Battery drains quickly in high-power mode.
Underwhelming build quality for the price.
Leaves debris behind on both hard floors and carpets.
Emptying the bin releases a cloud of dust.
The Dyson V10 Konical is a great fit for a small apartment. It keeps fine dust out of your air in a tight space, and the wall dock gives you an easy spot to store and charge it. It's also cordless, so it's convenient to grab for spot cleaning. It handles pet hair well but struggles to thoroughly pick up debris on both hard floors and carpets, so you'll need a second pass to ensure no dirt is left behind. Because it's bagless, you'll release a cloud of dust when you empty the bin, so it's best to do so on your balcony if you have one.
Lifts most pet hair from carpeting in a single pass.
Cordless design makes it easy to grab and go.
Wall dock makes for easy storage.
Leaves debris behind on both hard floors and carpets.
Emptying the bin releases a cloud of dust.
The Dyson V10 Konical is a great vacuum for stairs. It's light enough to carry up and down, and the cordless design means you won't have to look for an outlet. It also keeps fine dust out of your air as you clean, which matters in a narrow stairwell, and it picks up pet hair from carpeted stairs well. Its weak spot is general debris; it leaves dirt behind on both bare and carpeted steps, so you'll often need to go over a step twice.
Keeps allergens out of the air as you clean.
Lifts most pet hair from carpeting in a single pass.
No cord to manage.
Lightweight and easy to maneuver.
Leaves debris behind on both hard floors and carpets.
The Dyson V10 Konical is a good choice for cleaning a car. It’s lightweight in its handheld configuration, and the mini motorized head cleans upholstery well. The crevice tool lets you reach into the gaps along the console and between seats. Since it's cordless, you don't need an outlet or an extension cord. While suction is weak when using the floorhead, it's quite strong when using accessories, so you should be able to lift both large and small debris from upholstery and floor mats.
No cord to manage.
Lightweight and easy to maneuver.
Converts into a handheld.
Includes tools for cleaning upholstery and reaching into tight areas.
Underwhelming build quality for the price.
Leaves fine debris behind.
The Dyson V10 Konical does an okay job on bare floors. It handles larger debris well, but the floorhead drags debris backward as you clean, so you'll often go over the same area twice. You'll also notice some smaller debris left behind, and baseboards and corners need extra attention. It cleans shallow cracks, like grout lines, with little trouble, but you'll need to switch to the highest power setting to clear debris from deeper cracks between old floorboards.
Handles large debris well.
Lifts debris from shallow cracks.
You'll need Boost mode for deeper cracks.
The floorhead pulls back some dirt rather than picking it up.
Leaves fine debris behind.
Leaves dirt behind along baseboards and in corners.
The Dyson V10 Konical is a mediocre vacuum for carpet. It picks up large debris well and doesn't scatter much while working, but fine and medium-sized debris tends to stay in the fibers. Some debris also gets left along baseboards and in corners, and the head drags a little of it backward as you clean. Plan to do more than one pass on both low- and high-pile carpets for a thorough clean.
Handles large debris well.
The floorhead pulls back some dirt rather than picking it up.
Leaves dirt behind along baseboards and in corners.
The Dyson V10 Konical is a very good choice for tackling pet hair. It's particularly effective on furniture; the mini motorized head clears most of the hair from upholstery in a single pass, and a second pass picks up nearly everything that's left. Unlike most tools like this, the head also tilts, so it follows the slopes of a cushion easily. It also does a good job removing pet hair from carpets, though you'll notice some hair left behind.
Lifts most pet hair from carpeting in a single pass.
Removes most pet hair from upholstery in a single pass.
The Dyson V10 Konical offers outstanding filtration as you vacuum, but like most bagless models, you'll create a cloud of dust when you empty the bin. It's equipped with a HEPA filter that prevents allergens and fine particles from being reintroduced into the air when the motor is running, which is great if anyone in your home suffers from allergies. That said, it's best to empty the bin outdoors if you can, so you don't let all that dust escape back into the air.
Keeps allergens out of the air as you clean.
Emptying the bin releases a cloud of dust.
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Differences Between Sizes And Variants
There's only a single variant of the Dyson V10 Konical, and it's available in a Black/Blue colorway. Here's a photo of our label.
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The Dyson V10 Konical sits in the middle of Dyson's range of cordless stick vacuums. Its name is somewhat misleading, since it isn't a direct update of the older Dyson Cyclone V10. It's really the entry-level Dyson V8 Cyclone with a newer floorhead and an extra tool in the box. It lacks the advanced features found on higher-end models like the Dyson V15 Detect and Dyson V16 Piston Animal Submarine: there's no automatic suction adjustment and no onboard LED display. In practice, the Konical doesn't clean much better than the cheaper V8 Cyclone, and its bare-floor and carpet pickup is mediocre, so it's hard to recommend for most people. It makes the most sense if you want a Dyson with a replaceable battery, a good tool for couches and stairs, and room to add Dyson's automatic emptying station later. Outside of the Dyson lineup, the Shark Stratos Cordless IZ862H offers better all-around cleaning performance.
For more alternatives, check out our recommendations for the best cordless vacuums overall, the best cordless vacuums for pet hair if shedding is your main concern, or the best cordless vacuums for hardwood if you have mostly bare floors.
The Dyson V10 Konical and the Dyson V8 Cyclone are both cordless vacuums from the lower end of Dyson's range, but they have different strengths. If you have pets that shed on carpets, the V8 Cyclone is the better pick. It clears hair from carpet almost completely, while the Konical often needs a second pass, and its floorhead allows for stronger suction, which helps on low-pile rugs. The Konical is better for furniture and cars, since its mini motorized head cleans couch cushions well, while the V8 Cyclone only comes with a crevice tool that struggles to clean a whole sofa. The Konical also has headlights that illuminate fine dirt on hard floors.
The Dyson V15 Detect and the Dyson V10 Konical are both cordless stick vacuums, but the higher-end V15 unsurprisingly performs better across the board. It picks up more debris on bare floors and carpet in a single pass, with its bristled floorhead doing a better job than the dual roller on the V10 Konical. It also adjusts power automatically depending on the surface you're cleaning. The Dyson V10 Konical is a little lighter and recharges much faster, which helps if you drain the battery often.
Despite the shared name, the Dyson V10 Konical isn’t an update to the Dyson Cyclone V10, and the two vacuums are built quite differently. The Cyclone V10 is the better choice for bare floors if you get a version with the soft roller head, since it clears fine and larger debris more thoroughly. It also has a bigger dustbin. The V10 Konical is the better pick for pet hair, especially on furniture, because its mini motorized head cleans couch cushions more thoroughly. You can also swap out its battery, so having a spare doubles your cleaning time. The V10 Konical also has a light on the floorhead that shows dust, runs a bit longer on its lowest setting, and works with Dyson's self-emptying dock.
The Shark Stratos Cordless IZ862H is a better choice for most homes than the Dyson V10 Konical. The Shark clears bare floors much more reliably, handles cracks better, and edges out the Dyson on carpet. Its automatic power adjustment boosts suction when it hits a messy spot, the folding wand lets you reach under furniture without crouching, and the larger bin means fewer trips to the trash. It also feels sturdier. The Dyson does have some advantages, though. It's much lighter, so it's easier to carry up stairs. Its mini motorized head cleans couch cushions far better than the Shark's narrow crevice tool. It also recharges faster, its brushroll comes out for easier hair removal, and its wall dock gives you a simple place to store it.
Test Results
This vacuum leaves a fair amount of debris behind on hard floors, mostly because the floorhead drags it backward instead of picking it up. You often need a second pass in Medium mode to clear it. The Dyson V16 Piston Animal Submarine uses a similar floorhead, but it has an adjustable opening that lets larger debris through. The Dyson V10 Konical's floorhead doesn't have that feature, which likely explains why it pushes so much debris around compared to others.
This vacuum doesn't lift all debris from high-pile carpet in a single pass, and you'll often notice fine and medium-sized debris left behind, even in Boost mode. The floorhead also drags some debris backward as you push, so a second pass helps.
The Dyson V10 Konical leaves fine and medium-sized debris behind on low-pile rugs, even in Boost mode. You'll likely notice some dirt left behind, particularly along baseboards.
This vacuum does a good job lifting pet hair from carpets in Boost mode, but you'll still see some hair left behind after a single pass, so plan to go over the same spot twice.
The Dyson V10 Konical does an excellent job of cleaning upholstery in Boost mode. The mini motorized tool picks up most of the hair on the first pass and nearly all of the remaining hair on the second pass. The head tilts to follow the sofa's slopes and curves, making it comfortable and easy to use. A few stray hairs fly off as you work, but the second pass should catch them.
The Dyson V10 Konical does a good job of clearing debris from cracks when using Medium suction. That said, it does better with shallow cracks than deeper ones. Boost mode lifts noticeably more debris, so it's worth switching the setting if you're dealing with deeper cracks.
Like most Dyson stick vacuums, this one's build quality only feels okay. You'll hear some creaking when the plastic flexes, and the joints all wiggle a little. The wheels wobble, the dustbin feels thin, and the metal wand feels like it could dent if you drop or bang it.
- User guides
- Vacuum
- Wand
- Crevice tool
- Battery
- Pre-motor filter
- Post-motor filter
- Dual cone cleaner head
- Mini motorized head
- Brushroll
- Dock station
- Charger
The vacuum has no onboard tool storage, though the docking station has two spots for tools.
The dustbin is fairly small, so you'll have to empty it often. It's even smaller than the advertised size because the max fill line is below the top of the bin.
The battery lasts over an hour on its lowest power setting, but drains much more quickly on its highest power setting.
A full recharge takes under three hours, and a battery life indicator shows how much charge is left, so you won't get caught off guard if the battery dies in the middle of a cleaning session. You can also remove the battery to swap in a second one mid-clean, which is convenient in larger homes. This also means you can replace the battery yourself when it wears out.
This vacuum is pretty simple to maintain because you can easily remove and clean most parts. You can remove hair from the brushroll by hand, but the mini motorized head is a little trickier to deal with. You need something flat, like a coin, to open it, and you'll need to use scissors to cut the hair away. Reassembling the body for the first time can feel a little difficult, but it gets easier once you've done it before.
This vacuum has no recurring costs because the filters are washable, so you don't have to replace them. However, Dyson does sell replacement filters if you ever need new ones.
This vacuum comes with a pretty basic feature set compared with Dyson's more premium models, but its floorhead includes lights to illuminate dust on hard floors.
This vacuum is pretty lightweight and easy to carry from room to room and up the stairs.
This vacuum is easy to maneuver around your home because its head swivels. You can get it under low furniture, but you have to crouch or bend to do it. Cords aren't a problem, since the head pushes them aside without catching. The mini motorized head cleans cushions well, and the crevice tool lets you clean hard-to-reach spots. One thing to note is that the floorhead can snag on fringed rugs.
This vacuum is cordless, so its range is only limited by its remaining battery life and the space left in its dirt compartment.
This vacuum has a HEPA filter and does an incredible job of containing fine particles as you clean, making it a great choice if anyone in your home suffers from allergies.
As with most bagless vacuums, you'll release a cloud of dust into the air when you empty the dustbin. It's best to empty it outdoors if possible.
This vacuum offers disappointing suction at the floorhead, which contributes to its lackluster debris pickup. The motor isn't the problem; it's strong enough, but the dual-cone head holds it back and prevents much of that suction from reaching your floor.
The Dyson V10 Konical offers decent airflow, but it isn't as powerful as higher-end models like the Dyson V15 Detect, so it will struggle to lift heavier debris.