Despite a hardwood-focused vacuum head, the Dyson v6 Absolute struggles to justify its $600 price point. Dyson's new stick vac, the v6 Absolute, gets back to business as usual after Dyson's new series pushed upright boundaries by removing the filter. The Absolute has new features of its own, including a soft brush roll for hardwood floors and a HEPA filter -- the first Dyson stick to include one. But the story of the v6 Absolute is a familiar one for the high-end vacuum maker -- it's a very good stick vacuum cleaner that'll get the job done, but it costs too much as it's not significantly

Complete with a reasonable new price, the Dyson v6 stands tall as one of the better stick vacs we've tested. Editors' Note, February 12, 2015: Dyson It's now called the Dyson v6, and sits at the low end of the rebranded v6 line of stick vacs. The price dropped from $500 to $300, increasing the value significantly while only losing a couple of included attachments. We've updated the review accordingly.A newcomer to reasonably priced machines, Dyson makes its old Animal look pretty good now that it doesn't cost an arm and a leg. Formerly called the Dyson DC59 Animal, the Dyson v6 got a fre