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The Dyson V15 Detect and V12 Detect Slim share a laser dust-detection head and Dyson's anti-tangle cone, but they target meaningfully different buyers. The V15 is a full-size flagship with a 25% bigger bin and 60-minute full-power runtime; the V12 is a 1.5kg stick you can one-hand in a small flat. This page compares them side by side and pulls the live US listings from BuyWhere's catalog every few minutes so you can see the current price for each.
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| Spec | V15 Detect | V12 Detect Slim |
|---|---|---|
Dyson's V-series cordless line has been the best-selling premium stick vacuum in the US since 2020, and the V15 Detect and V12 Detect Slim are the two SKUs that show up most often in comparison queries from ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google. Both have the laser dust head, both have the anti-tangle cone, but they target genuinely different households — the side-by-side on this page is built to make that distinction clear.
Buying signals
The V12 at 1.5kg is roughly half the V15's 3.1kg. If you do quick daily cleans above your head or up the stairs, the V12 is the one you'll actually pick up. If you mostly clean floors once a week, the V15's weight is a non-issue.
The V15's 0.77L bin is more than double the V12's 0.35L. With a shedding pet or a 100sqm+ house, the V12 needs emptying mid-clean. The V15 finishes a full house clean without touching the bin.
230 AW versus 150 AW sounds like a number, but on mid-pile carpet with embedded pet hair the V15 pulls more in a single pass. On hard floors the two are roughly equal because there is nothing to dig out.
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Yes if you have a pet or a large house — the bigger bin and stronger suction save real time every clean. No if you live in a flat and do quick daily cleans — the V12 is the smarter buy and the weight difference matters more than the spec sheet.
Yes — all V11-and-newer Dyson stick attachments fit both. If you already own Dyson accessories from a V11, they carry over.
Yes on hard floors and low-pile carpet. On mid-pile or shag carpet with a heavy shedder, the V12 needs an extra pass and the smaller bin means emptying mid-clean. The V15 is the easier pet-household pick.
Both run 60 minutes on eco and 30 minutes on medium. The V15 ships with a swappable battery on the Plus and Animal Pro SKUs, which effectively doubles runtime; the V12's battery is sealed.
There is no public launch date for a V16. The V15 and V12 are both current US models in 2026. Buy the one that fits your home and stop waiting — cordless technology has plateaued and the next refresh will be incremental.