Cuddly, loveable and downright… messy. These are just some of the best ways to describe the animal companion (or companions) in your life. It's no secret that owning a pet comes with its fair share of challenges, including cleaning up after them in more ways than one.
Pets can bring out the best in us, and there's never a dull moment when you've got a furry four-legged friend. But they can also bring microscopic surprises into your home without you realising.
As a mother of four — that's three cats and a dog, to clarify — I can attest more than most that pet parents need to own a good vacuum. Bonus points if you also invest in an air purification system, especially with the extra dirt, dust and dander that comes from having furkids.
Dyson, a brand synonymous with engineered solutions for almost every room in your house, has multiple products in its repertoire for pet owners, making it easier to live and breathe cleaner.
The science behind pet dander
According to Dyson's Global Dust Study conducted in 2023, as many as one in two pet owners allow their pets to sleep on their beds. And if you ever find yourself feeling a bit itchy after a night cuddled up next to your pup or kitty, it's not their hair or fur that's to blame. When pets groom themselves, they can transfer tiny allergy-triggering protein particles from their saliva onto their hair and skin. These particles create skin cells that naturally dry and flake off over time, resulting in pet dander.
Pet dander is particularly problematic for those who suffer from airborne allergies. Due to its microscopic size, dander can easily become airborne and settle on surfaces around your home, like floors, furniture and bed sheets.
Air purifiers with medical-grade High-Efficiency Particulate Arrestance (HEPA) filters – such as the Dyson Purifier Big+Quiet Formaldehyde – can help remove dander and other allergens in pet-owning households, providing cleaner air throughout the home.
The Dyson Purifier Big+Quiet Formaldehyde is the brand's most powerful air purifier, integrating the most advanced filtration technology yet. Inside, the device houses three-stage HEPA H13-grade, K-Carbon and selective catalytic oxidation filters. Now, unless you're a full-time atmospheric scientist, you’re forgiven if you don’t immediately know what these filters do.
A quick summary is that, when combined, they capture up to 99.9% of dander, viruses and allergens – and in the Purifier Big+Quiet Formaldehyde, that filtering is carried out with almost no audible noise, even at full power. The unit’s heavy-duty filters don't need replacing often either, with the HEPA H-13 filter rated to last up to 11 years and the K-Carbon filter up to 2 years.
As the name suggests, this flagship air purifier can detect formaldehyde – a toxic chemical that can harm you and your pets – and destroy it instantly. It can purify spaces up to 100m², making it ideal for even larger rooms, and help neutralise any lingering pet odours in its wake.
The Purifier Big+Quiet Formaldehyde can be easily maneuvered around your home thanks to its discreet, hidden wheels. With these, if you find unwanted pet odours (like those from a litter box) in other areas of your house, you can move the purifier closer to the culprit and absorb the smell faster. The purifier will capture and eliminate any harmful odours and bacteria that come with having pets, without recirculating them or any pollutants. Its scratch-proof design also helps ensure it doesn’t pick up marks while being manoeuvred around – or after a rough run-in with one of your fluffier family members!
Not only that, it can deliver over 80 litres of purified air per second, and its powerful airflow projection can help rooms stay cooler during warmer days. You can adjust the airflow angle between three different degrees (0°, 25° or 50°) or replicate the feeling of fresh air indoors using Breeze mode.
When paired with the MyDyson app, the purifier can also alert you when invisible pollutants invade your home. If carbon dioxide levels reach levels that are harmful to you or your pets, the purifier will notify you via the app. The built-in sensors also cross-check pollution data every second and provide air quality updates on the device's screen or the app. Put simply, the Purifier Big+Quiet Formaldehyde can make living in a home with pets healthier, less aggravating for those with allergies, and even smell fresher.
What about removing pet hair?
I want to take a moment to reach out to owners of shedding pets (if yours doesn't, count yourself lucky). No matter how many times I clean, I always find my dog's fur on my clothing, furniture and hard floors every day (he’s very fortunate that he’s so darn cute). Thankfully, Dyson has the answer to reducing visible pet fur and dander, too, via its handsticks and other vacuums, and the Dyson V12s Detect Slim Submarine Complete HEPA is basically tailor-made for households with pets.
Ranking as Singapore's number one wet and dry vacuum, the V12s Detect Slim Submarine has a plethora of attachments that help suck up any debris, including pet hair and fur, and can even help reveal invisible pet dander with its special Fluffy Optic cleaner head. This cleaner head has a precisely angled blade of light that illuminates the floor while you vacuum. Whether it's bedroom carpets or hardwood floors in a living area, the light can help reveal twice the amount of invisible dust in your home, and even make clean-up more fun and satisfying because you can see more of what’s being picked up.
The V12s also comes with Dyson's Motorbar cleaner head, which goes unmatched when it comes to cleaning pet hair, particularly from carpets. With specifically designed hair-removal vanes, the Motorbar automatically detangles hair and fur of any kind. And if you're cleaning out pet beds, you can switch to the Hair Screw tool, which helps remove fur in harder-to-reach upholstery crevices, in-between cushions, or around bed frames and mattresses.
If your new puppy isn't quite housetrained yet, fear not, as the V12s can help out with that, too. Making wet mess cleanups a breeze, the V12s' Submarine wet roller head tackles any accidental spills and washes your hard floors at the same time. The roller head has one water tank and a waste tray that keeps the mess separate, both of which can be removed to clean and refill when needed.
Other highlights of the V12s Detect Slim Submarine that shouldn't go unnoticed include the single-button power control, making it easier to swap hands while navigating obstacles (read: your immovable, sleeping dog) without needing to hold a trigger. And the powerful lithium-ion battery provides up to 60 minutes of fade-free suction, so you can clean every nook and cranny without worrying. The vacuum also comes with easy-to-remove washable parts for hygienic maintenance.
Making life with pets effortless
If you're after better cleaning solutions without sacrificing the love you have for your pets, then Dyson’s Purifier Big+Quiet Formaldehyde and V12s Detect Slim Submarine are a practically unbeatable combo. With unrivalled technological advancements, Dyson's range of air purifiers and vacuum cleaners are equipped to tackle the good, the bad and the mess that comes with having pets.
You can find out more about air purifiers and vacuum cleaners at Dyson Singapore.
