Way Overdue Upgrades to my Dyson Vacuum

[@acelaox6836]

thanks I never realized to use an adapter with my Milwaukee fleet for my Dyson. The run time will be more useful!

[@james.a]

Glad to help!

[@honeyforce996]

Which has better suction? One of the handheld Dysons, or a 18v vacuum from a brand like Milwaukee or DeWalt? I don't mind upgrading the battery on the Dyson. I guess the other concern would be things like weight/size/accessories/noise/cost

[@AustinMichael]

The handheld from Dyson even the ancient V8 will blow the handheld 20v DeWalt cordless vacuum DCV501HB out of the water. It only has 65 air watts. The Dyson V8 on low puts out 28 air watts but on High mode will do 115 air watts. So almost double the power if you need it. The only real downside is that you are going to have to buy an iffy chinese adapter to use the dewalt batteries with the dyson and I would not use anything below 4ah.

[@johnqueen2754]

I cant find what i need for a kobalt one. Type a dyson battery. Wonder if you could get a kobalt to work in that one?

[@Chupabrah]

Wow! Is there one for Rigid with circuit overdischarge protection? Also, can you charge it from the charging point on the Dyson by using the Dyson charger?

[@james.a]

Not sure about Rigid and no you cannot charge it using the Dyson charger.

[@OMGWTFLOLSMH]

Ridgid and Ryobi have battery management built into their 18V batteries. Google's your friend.

[@james.a]

@@OMGWTFLOLSMH Good to know. Wish they all had battery management inside their batteries!

[@txvet7738]

I had bought an adapter off Amazon for my Dyson before watching your video, now after your video I went and bought this adapter..lol. It’s pretty nice and the constant on feature is great as well. It is pricey but no one out there makes an adapter with the battery protection and continuous on switch. Since I don’t have a 3D printer to make the wall mount part, how much would you sell it one for?

[@james.a]

Send me a DM on X (formerly Twitter). My username is @_JamesAlmeida

[@carls.6746]

would you be willing to sell the wall mount adapter?

[@james.a]

Send me a message on Patreon and I’m sure we can figure something out. www.patreon.com/JamesAlmeida

[@TDAPP22]

Hi, I have a Dyson V8 aswell and I’ve tried two different adapters on Amazon and both would work on low suction but only a few seconds on max before shutting down. I’m wondering if I buy this adapter if it will work? Great idea, just want it to work on Max suction.

[@james.a]

Mine works on both Max and Low suction just fine. I’d avoid the Amazon adapters also because they don’t have low voltage protection and will ruin your battery if it runs it them too low. The one I got will auto cut off the battery at a safe low voltage.

[@TDAPP22]

@@james.a Thanks for replying. I’m going to give it a shot then. I was just hoping to hear back from you first. I appreciate it.

[@james.a]

@TDAPP22 no problem. I just bought another adapter from them to use my Milwaukee M18 batteries with a Ryobi 5 gallon bucket vacuum and it also works great. Their adapters are a little pricey but you get what you pay for. They work great and keep the batteries safe.

[@TDAPP22]

@@james.a Good to know. They responded to my message saying it had to be 4ah or above for Max suction. Is this the case for you? I have a few 3ah batteries already and was hoping they would work.

[@james.a]

@@TDAPP22 Unfortunately I don't have any 3ah batteries to try :/

[@Tunaslayer1]

My M18 will not work on max! WTF? It shuts off like too much restriction!

[@james.a]

Hmm. It works with my M18 batteries but maybe because they are the “High Output” XC kind?

[@NicksStuff]

These power tool batteries are 5S, so 18 V nominal (no matter what the marketing says) while the original Dyson is a 6S at 21.6 V. Back-of-the-napkin math says the vacuum cleaner with the power tool battery will deliver over 100 W less...

[@james.a]

Seems to work just fine for me 🤷‍♂️

[@OMGWTFLOLSMH]

Perfect. Less wear on the motor on Max speed, since the run time may be doubled or tripled.

[@AdrianGTDIY]

Do they make this adapter for dyson gen5?

[@james.a]

Looks like they only have it for the v6, v7, and v8.

[@HalmarkCreates]

pretty sure the M18 batteries are more expensive than a replacement dyson

[@james.a]

They might be, but these are batteries I already have on hand for my tools. If you already have any battery powered tools then why not share them with your vacuum too? Also the stock Dyson battery is not easily swappable. You need to remove screws to take it off. The vacuum only lasts about 12-15min on Max and then you'd have to wait hours to recharge it. With this adapter I just pull out the M18 battery and put in a fresh one and continue vacuuming. Being able to put it a larger amp hour battery is also useful sometimes when I know I'm going to be using it for a long time.

[@tjfecteau]

This is very micro thinking… we have batteries on hand … so why not

[@james.a]

Exactly @tjfecteau

[@OMGWTFLOLSMH]

Not sure about M18 but you can buy a pair of Ridgid 4Ah batteries in Canada for $118, so, under $60 each. They go on sale occasionally too. A single Dyson V8 battery in Canada is $143. I already have 4 Ridgid batteries, so it's a no-brainer. Hot swapable is an added bonus.

[@Unduplicatable]

I bought this and discovered you had to take the whole thing apart just to empty the dust. About to return the piece of crap.

[@james.a]

But you don’t. You can empty the dust without taking anything off. Not sure what you’re doing differently. Or maybe you have a different model vacuum?