SAVE $330: As of Oct. 14, the Dyson V12 Detect Slim cordless stick vacuum is on sale for $399.99 at Walmart. That matches its Black Friday price from 2024 and also beats the $429.99 sale price seen at Walmart's anti-Prime Big Deal Days sale last week.
After an October Prime Day filled with less-than-thrilling Dyson deals, Walmart is quietly going Black Friday mode — with the best Dyson vacuum for most people, at least. As of Oct. 14, the Dyson V12 Detect Slim is on sale for $399.99 at Walmart (and Dyson's website), matching record-low pricing from Black Friday 2024. Last week, during Walmart's anti-Prime Big Deal Days sale, this same vacuum was $429.99. Hey, $30 is $30.
The V12 Detect Slim's $399.99 sale price looks even sweeter when plopped next to the $349.99 sale price seen on the Dyson V8. Everyone thinks of the V8 as the go-to budget Dyson vac, but I'd argue that such a title is more deserved by the V12 Detect Slim when that negligible extra $50 gets you 150 Air Watts of suction power versus the V8's 115 AW, and of course, the laser. Dyson's green laser lights up more than the path ahead, like the LED bulb on a Shark stick vacuum does. The laser also lights up all of the invisible dust, pet dander, kitty litter, and hair that have accumulate without you noticing. I test new robot vacuums every single month, and use my V12 Detect Slim laser to check their work on every hard floor my apartment.
Once you get over how quickly your floors get gross in between vacuum days, using the V12 Detect Slim legitimately turns into some weird adult version of a game — "just two more minutes," you say to the rest of your household who is begging you to stop vacuuming at 11 p.m. If any cordless vacuum cleaner is going to convince someone to buy a manual vacuum over a robot vacuum, it's this one.
The Dyson V12 Detect Slim is a joy to use past the laser. Weighing just over five pounds, it's the most lightweight stick vacuum I've ever tried, and is super easy to grab and zip around. It won't be the slimmest Dyson vacuum anymore when the new Dyson PencilVac comes out in 2026, but you can definitely expect the PencilVac to cost considerably more than this $399.99 sale price.