You Can Use Power Tool Batteries on Your Dyson Stick Vacuum
31 October, 2022
Whether you’re tired of how little run time your Dyson stick vacuum has, or you’d prefer not to replace a worn-out battery with an expensive proprietary one, here’s a novel solution: use power tool batteries instead.
Why Use Power Tool Batteries with Your Dyson Stick Vacuum?
We’re big fans of Dyson stick vacuums, but their biggest shortcoming is limited battery life. Limited battery life isn’t a big deal if you’re just taking it off the charger to sweep up some spilled coffee grounds in the kitchen or grab a few dust bunnies off the stairs.
But Dyson stick vacuums are pretty powerful, and it would be nice to use them longer. With longer battery life, you have a great vacuuming option between those quick touch-ups and taking the time to get out a corded vacuum cleaner for extended vacuuming sessions. If the original battery on your Dyson stick vacuum is at the end of its life (and likely well outside the warranty window) it’s a perfect time to upgrade it.
And by an upgrade, we don’t mean dropping $40 on an identical proprietary Dyson vacuum battery to replace the worn one. We mean slap an adapter on there, allowing you to use common power tool batteries for serious run time.
How serious? Depending on the size of the power tool battery you use, you can double or even quadruple the run time of your Dyson stick vacuum.
Are There Any Downsides?
Surely, you might be thinking, there must be a downside. For the most part, there isn’t. It’s a pretty solid all-around upgrade that takes advantage of the power tool batteries you already have on hand. There are two potential downsides to look out for, however.
Some combinations of third-party batteries and Dyson models make the powerhead (the attachment with the beater brush powered by the vacuum battery) stop working because it can’t draw the right voltage. And the majority of the battery and vacuum combinations disable the max-boost power mode for a similar reason.
In my day-to-day use of the Dyson stick vacuum, those things don’t bother me at all because if I want the beater brush, I’ll just use a regular full-size vacuum and I never use the max-boost mode because the regular mode does a fine job vacuuming up everything I throw at it (and it runs the battery down faster).
If either of those things is a deal breaker for you, read the reviews for the particular adapter you are considering carefully, and when in doubt, stick with a first-party Dyson replacement battery instead of an adapter.
Here’s What You Need to Upgrade Your Dyson Stick Vacuum
To upgrade your Dyson vacuum to use power tool batteries you need to know the particular model of your Dyson stick vacuum (such as the Dyson V6, V7 or V8) and the power tool platform you want to use with it.
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Source: www.howtogeek.com