What Is Difference Dyson V11 Torque Head & Animal?

Dyson v11 absolute vs torque drive vs animal

So yous want a Dyson V11 cordless vacuum. They are great machines, but which of the 3 models is the right ane for y'all? The Absolute, the Torque Drive, and the Brute all have differences and you don't desire to purchase a more expensive model only to find you don't demand the added features. In this curt article we walk through all the V11 models, and we highlight which machine is the best fit for your cleaning needs.

THREE MODELS
There are iii pop Dyson V11 models – the Absolute, the Torque Drive, and the Animate being. The Absolute is the premier model and comes with the most attachments/tools. The Torque Drive is similar in many means to the Accented and is currently the well-nigh popular unit. The Brute has the least number of features and tools/attachments. The Fauna, every bit expected, is also the most affordable V11.

What is included with each model?

Absolute

V11 Absolute

- Loftier torque cleaner head
- Soft roller cleaner head
- Mini motorized tool
- Combo tool
- Scissure tool
- Mini soft dusting brush
- Stubborn dirt brush
- Docking station
- Charger
- Wand storage clip
- LCD control console

TORQUE Bulldoze

V11 Torque Drive

- High torque cleaner caput

- Mini motorized tool
- Philharmonic tool
- Crevice tool
- Mini soft dusting castor
- Stubborn dirt brush
- Docking station
- Charger
- Wand storage clip
- LCD control panel

ANIMAL

V11 Animal

- High torque cleaner head
- Mini motorized tool
- Combo tool
- Fissure tool
- Stubborn dirt brush
- Docking station
- Charger
- Wand storage clip
- LED command panel

You lot will notice in the lists to a higher place that the Merely difference between the Absolute and Torque Drive models is that the Absolute includes an boosted cleaner head - the Soft Roller cleaner head. Everything else is the aforementioned. On the other hand, the V11 Animal has less tools/attachments and also has a less sophisticated control panel.

AVAILABILITY
Oddly, the Absolute is very hard to find in the United states. It is not fifty-fifty mentioned on the Dyson USA website and we haven't seen it on Amazon.com. However, you lot can detect information technology in some other countries such as Canada (meet Dysoncanada.ca and Amazon.ca). In the The states y'all will typically discover only the V11 Torque Drive and the V11 Animal.

CLEANER HEADS
The Torque Drive and the Fauna come up with the High Torque cleaner head – shown below.

hight torque cleaner head

The red slider on the cleaner head controls 2 gaps on the front of the cleaner head. The gaps can exist set closed, half closed, or open. Different settings will help with debris pickup depending on the surface, the ability setting, and the debris type. You typically accept to experiment a fleck to find what works all-time. This cleaner head can be used on both carpet and bare floors.

The Absolute model also includes the Soft Roller cleaner caput – shown beneath.

soft roller cleaner head

This is a very soft cleaner head and information technology volition non mar or scratch smoothen floor. Information technology provides top-notch pickup on bare floors and volition outperform the Loftier Torque cleaner caput on blank floors. Information technology is not designed to be used on carpeting.

BATTERY
The 7-prison cell rechargeable lithium-ion battery pack is the aforementioned for all V11 models and it has the post-obit specifications:

- 25.2 V
- 21.6 A
- 3600 mAh
- 91 Wh

Dyson v11 battery pack

The battery pack has 4.five hour recharge fourth dimension - approximately. Nosotros have occasionally managed to practice a full recharge of our V11 Absolute in less than iv.5 hours. Like all Dyson stick vacs this battery pack is not designed to be quickly swapped out while vacuuming (so you cannot purchase a second battery to extend your run time).

CONTROL Panel
The command panel for the V11'southward resides on the dorsum of the handheld unit. The Accented and Torque Drive models have an LCD control panel. This provides remaining battery life in real time (minutes and seconds), troubleshooting videos that walk y'all through fixes for potential problems, the ability to cull power modes, etc. (yous can read and run into videos about this in our full Dyson V11 review).

v11 lcd control panel

The Animal model does not accept an LCD control console. It has an LED control console (image beneath) and it is a bit more rudimentary. You lot can prepare the power, view a more than granular version of bombardment power (1/3 charged, two/three charged, or fully charged), and there are trouble lights that illuminate to highlight potential issues such equally a clog or a muddy filter.

Dyson V11 LED control panel

RUN TIMES
Run times for ALL V11 models are the same. Call up that all V11 models have the aforementioned bombardment and same basic pattern. The only differences are in the tools, attachments and control panel. As such nosotros've added V8 and V10 specifications in the tabular array below to provide some context. Note that the V8 only has two ability modes (Low and Max), the V10 has iii power modes (Depression, Medium, and Max), and the V11 has 3 power modes (Eco, Medium/Motorcar, and Heave). The figures in this tabular array have been provided by the manufacturer.

RUN Fourth dimension - OFFICIAL

Power	Dyson V8	Dyson V10	Dyson V11
Low/Eco	25 min	35 min	lx min
Med/Auto	N/A	20 min	xl min
Max/Boost	seven min	6 min	6 min

Nosotros've too tested each and every run time ourselves on low pile carpet. Our test results tin can be seen in the tabular array beneath.

RUN TIME - TESTED

Power	Dyson V8	Dyson V10	Dyson V11
Low/Eco	27 min 28 sec	40 min 17 sec	55 min 14 sec
Med/Auto	N/A	20 min 23 sec	44 min 17 sec
Max/Boost	7 min 45 sec	seven min xiv sec	12 min 52 sec

SUCTION POWER
Suction power for the V11 Accented, the V11 Torque Drive, and the V11 Animal is the same. We've provided V11, V10, and V8 suction ability information in the table below. These figures have been provided by the manufacturer and are not the result of our testing.

SUCTION Power - OFFICIAL

Ability	Dyson V8	Dyson V10	Dyson V11
Low/Eco	28 Air Watts	fifteen.8 Air Watts	26 Air Watts
Med/Auto	N/A	33.8 Air Watts	38.half-dozen Air Watts
Max/Boost	115 Air Watts	151 Air Watts	185 Air Watts

CLEANING PERFORMANCE
Debris pickup is the same on carpet and blank floors for all V11 versions. It will differ, withal, if y'all are using the Soft Roller cleaner head on a bare floor. The Soft Roller cleaner head is much more effective on a smooth surface than the High Torque cleaner head. For this reason some folks with mostly blank floors like the Accented model. Cleaning tests and comparisons can be plant in our Dyson V11 review and our Dyson V10 vs Dyson V11 article.

Noise LEVEL
Testing showed the V11 to be marginally quieter than its predecessor the V10 – but not by much. On our low pile carpeting we found the V11 generated 63.7 decibels in Depression power mode, 68.iv decibels in Motorcar power mode, and 71.0 decibels in BOOST power mode. The V11's have sound dampening insulation and overall we'd have to say they are reasonably placidity cordless vacuums.

WEIGHT
The V11 models all weigh approximately vi.seven lbs. They are the heaviest of the Dyson cordless stick vacuums to engagement. Much of that additional weight is in the larger battery (the V11 has the largest battery of all the Dyson cordless vacuums).

DUST CANISTER AND FILTRATION
All V11 models have a 0.20 gallon grit canister which is a pretty proficient size for a cordless stick vac. They also come with a HEPA filter and a sealed system. The filter is designed to terminal the lifetime of the vacuum and can be rinsed in water.

V11 handheld unit

WARRANTY
The V11's carry a 2-year parts and labor warranty.

Toll
Costs vary from retail outlet to retail outlet and they also tend to dip over time. That said, we've put together some approximate costs which are the result of perusing a host of online retailers (Nov 2019).

V11 Animal: $575 - $600 (USD)
V11 Torque Bulldoze: $675 - $700 (USD)
V11 Accented: $900 Canadian dollars = $680 (USD)

Note that we found the V11 Absolute prices on Dyson Canada and we converted the Canadian dollars to Usa dollars. Remember that the V11 Absolute is difficult to find in the USA.

BUYING TIPS
If yous have generally blank floors like tile, hardwood, linoleum, etc. then you lot probably want the Absolute model. This is the only model that includes the Soft Roller cleaner head and this detail cleaner head picks upwardly grit/droppings on hard flooring much ameliorate than the Loftier Torque cleaner head.

If yous have mostly rug then yous should consider either the Torque Drive or the Brute. They have the same cleaning performance so information technology is really down to the tools and control panel. The Beast does not include the mini soft dusting brush (image to right) and it has the LED command panel instead of the LCD control panel. As well, consider that the Animal is about $100 less expensive than the Torque Bulldoze.