Others say...

"A great vacuum for wood floors"
This vacuum is everything that I was expecting. I agree with the other reviews that the tool attachment area is useless so I just keep the tools in the closet. I also agree that it does not work well on carpet, but I only have two small area rugs so that isn't a concern for me. With those two negatives said, I have nothing else bad to say about it. It sucks up all the hair (we have a keeshond with long, thick hair, and two long haired cats), and I have found the dirt container to be larger than I was expecting. I am able to vacuum the entire house before I have to empty it. It hasn't overheated, and I think the 20 foot cord is a good length. It is lightweight, and the floor tool is flat enough to fit under the couches. I love that I can adjust the suction with my thumb, and that it's on a continuum. It stores great. I would definitely recommend it.

"Dirt Devil 082700 Vacuum"
Although this vacuum has great suction, I do have some observations to make. First, if you have stairs, I don't recommend this one. It ends up falling down the stairs every time you move. It's too wide to sit on the wheels, and standing up, it is top heavy, so it tips over. The second thing is that the attachments are supposed to attach to the body and handle. If you try to do that, they fall off, or worse, break off. It may be a good concept, but in practice, it just doesn't work. Thirdly, the wand does not attach to the handle, and the attachments do not attach to the handle or wand. They just push on. When they decide to fall apart, watch out. When they hit your feet, it hurts!!! Now, here is the biggie. The fourth problem I found has to do with pet hair. If you use the beater brush attachment, and you have dogs or cats, you will only use it once, as the hair gets tangled around the beater bar and the wheels, rendering it useless, until you take it apart and pull all the hairs out. So you will probably end up using the other wide attachment. The fifth problem is that this attachment swivels in all different directions, but it doesn't return to center. Every time you hit a furniture leg, the attachment swivels. Now it doesn't sit flat on the floor, and you have to straighten it with your hand. If you have a temper, you will be taking this one apart, too, to fix it after you slam it on the floor a couple of times.
Again, I will say that it has great suction. The high pitched squeal seems to be common to this type of vacuum, and if you are close to the cleaner, it probably won't bother you, but other people tend to get very irritated with it.
It is evident to me that Dirt Devil built what they thought was a great vacuum, but they didn't bother to have it tested in the real world. Relying on their reputation, they get your money. Will I buy another Dirt Devil product? Not likely.

"This vaccum looks great"
I'd been looking for a light weight vaccum to pick up small messes and to do the car ect. For these projects it's great but if your looking to purchase a vaccum for everyday use on a carpet then buy something better like an up-right. The attachment for carpets on this vaccum is cheaply made and is not going to hold up to everyday use.

"This model is junk!!"
The first Dirt Devil 082700 Vision Turbo Canister Vacuum we received was defective. The replacement that we received was also defective. Would not recommend this unit at all. Amazon customer service was awful. It took many hours of phone time (7 calls) to get these items returned.

"Good Suction Horrible Cord"
The vacuum boasts an automatic cord retraction. I received this vacuum and plugged it in and was pleasantly surprised with the suction. Then i hit the cord retraction button only to find that it didn't retract. So now I was stuck with 20 feet of cord that wouldn't go back into the system. I contacted amazon and returned this product for the same vacuum, only to find that this cord didn't retract either. Overall I am very disappointed with this vacuum and have contacted dirt devil to find out why neither of these vacuums cords automatically retracted. The funny part about the whole thing is that the instructions tell you to hold the cord to avoid it from whipping back at you.