DC 17 Asthma & Allergy

I am so unimpressed by the Dyson DC 17 Asthma & Allergy that I don't even know where to begin.

When you take it out of the box, there are no directions on how to assemble, only pictures which you get to decipher. On the vacuum itself there is no place to put the attachments, which is extremely annoying if you need to quickly use the wand.

This machine is too bulky to go under my coffee table, doesn't maneuver easily, and pushes crumbs/whatever, around. You have to get into a technique on how to make it actually pick things up.

Then to make matters worse, you have to purchase, additionally, the mini turbine head if you want to do your stairs ($70). Don't bother! It is as troublesome as the rest of the vacuum.

The head doesn't lock on, or I couldn't figure how to make it by their drawings, and once you place it on carpeted stairs, if you push down, the brushes stop spinning, so you have to gently apply it to the stairs. Completely useless!