Tineco S12 vs Dyson V15: Let's Pick the Winner!
Naila Syifa
Updated November 2024
A cordless vacuum cleaner is not a small investment, so careful consideration is necessary to ensure you get the best value for your money. If you're torn between the Tineco Pure One S12 and the Dyson V15 Detect, this comparison will help you determine which one is the better choice for your cleaning needs.
Key Takeaways
Tineco S12 outperforms the V15 in its in-app features and manual power mode, but the Dyson V15 is the overall winner, taking the lead in a more user-friendly design and display, versatile cleaner heads, superior suction power, advanced filtration, and longer battery life.
Tineco Pure One S12
Smart & Adaptable Vacuum
✓ LED & Power Slider
✓ iLoop Smart Sensor
✓ 4-Stage Filtration System
✓ Works with Tineco App
Dyson V15 Detect
Powerful & Intelligent Cleaning
✓ LCD with Particle Count
✓ Digital Motorbar & Fluffy Optic Cleaner Heads
✓ 5-Stage Filtration with Root Cyclone
✓ 240 AW Suction
Design & Display
Tineco Pure One S12
Both are cordless, stick vacuums with upright and handheld modes for versatile cleaning, but the Dyson V15 boasts a more sophisticated in-line configuration that places the motor, bin, and cyclones all aligned in a straight line for improved airflow, balance, and suction power.
Meanwhile, the Tineco S12 retains a more traditional layout with the motor and bin positioned perpendicular to each other.
Dyson V15 also has an advantage with a larger bin capacity, offering a 0.77-liter bin compared to the Tineco S12's 0.6-liter bin. It is not a significant difference, but the larger bin on the Dyson V15 may mean fewer trips to empty it during cleaning sessions.
Both cordless vacuums have a digital display for monitoring battery life, modes, and maintenance. The Tineco S12 also adds real-time suction power feedback on its display, as well as a dust monitoring loop to indicate the dirt level on the floor. It turns red when the floor is heavily soiled and turns blue when the floor is clean.
Dyson V15 Detect
Dyson V12, meanwhile, displays the amount of dust particles captured and their size. The colorful bar graphically represents the different particle sizes collected, providing more detailed feedback on cleaning performance.
In short, the Tineco S12 displays what's on the floor while the Dyson V15 displays what's been sucked up by the vacuum. The latter feels more reliable and technologically advanced, especially as it shows a detailed breakdown of the number and size of particles collected.
Dyson V15's LCD also displays the runtime countdown, that is how many minutes of battery life remain. It is more informative and practical than the Tineco S12's battery percentage display.
Winner: Dyson V15
Features
Cleaner Heads
Dyson V15 Detect
The Tineco S12 comes with a single cleaning head, the Direct Drive LED Multi-Tasker Power Brush. This brush has a powerful built-in motor that enables effective cleaning on both hard floors and carpets. Additionally, it is equipped with LED headlights that illuminate the floor for better visibility during cleaning.
Dyson V15 offers two cleaner heads — the Fluffy Optic and the Digital Motorbar — which you can switch between depending on the cleaning task at hand.
The Fluffy Optic cleaner head illuminates the floor with laser light, similar to the Tineco S12's LED headlights, to reveal microscopic dust particles. However, the Fluffy Optic only works on hard floors.
If you want to clean other surfaces like carpets, you'll need to switch to the Digital Motorbar cleaner head. The Digital Motorbar not only works on all floor types but it also automatically adapts the suction power automatically, increasing it when detecting carpets, thanks to the Dynamic Load Sensor (DLS) technology.
The Digital Motorbar also features de-tangling vanes optimized to prevent hair from wrapping around the brush bar, making the Dyson V15 more suitable for cleaning up pet hair than the Tineco S12.
Winner: Dyson V15
Cleaning Modes
Dyson V15 Detect
Tineco S12 offers Manual, Auto, and Max modes, while the Dyson V15 has Eco, Auto/Medium, and Boost modes.
Max and Boost modes on both vacuums use maximum suction power for deep cleaning tasks, but the Dyson V15 has much more powerful suction. At 240 AW maximum suction power, it offers 65% higher power than the Tineco S12's 145 W maximum suction. That makes the Dyson V15 more effective for deep cleaning and tackling heavy-duty messes.
Auto modes on both vacuums automatically adjust the suction power, but the basis for adjustment is different. Tineco S12 adjusts it based on the dirt level that the iLoop sensor detects on the floor, while the Dyson V15 adjusts it based on the dust volumes that the piezo sensor counts to be sucked up by the vacuum. So, dirt on the floor versus dirt inside the vacuum.
When using the Digital Motorbar cleaner head, Auto mode on the Dyson V15 also means automatic suction power adjustment based on the type of floor surface detected, whether hard floors or carpets. When non-powered attachments are used, like a crevice tool, Medium mode will be displayed instead of Auto.
Eco mode on the Dyson V15 uses a minimum suction power and extends battery life, making it suitable for lighter cleaning tasks.
Manual mode on the Tineco S12 allows you to manually adjust the suction power to your preference. This is what mainly gives the Tineco S12 an edge over the Dyson V15 in terms of cleaning flexibility and control. By swiping the power slider near the handle, we can fine-tune the suction power on the Tineco S12 to suit different cleaning needs instead of just using the preset modes on the Dyson V15.
In conclusion, the Dyson V15 has a more powerful Max mode and more advanced Auto mode, but the Tineco S12's exclusive Auto mode gives it a significant advantage of providing more manual control over the suction power.
Winner: Tie
Filtration
Tineco Pure One S12
While both vacuums offer a filtration system that effectively captures particles down to 0.3 microns, the Dyson V15 has a more advanced 5-stage filtration system. It consists of a bin cyclone, metal mesh, 14 Root Cyclones, a pre-motor filter, and a post-motor filter. A HEPA filter is included in the Dyson V15 Absolute version.
Tineco S12 uses a less sophisticated 4-stage filtration with a cyclone, a HEPA filter, a pre-motor filter, and a mesh filter. A 5-stage filtration similar to that of Dyson V15 is offered by the higher-end Tineco S15 series models.
Winner: Dyson V15
Read also: Tineco S15 vs Dyson V15
In-App Features
Tineco Pure One S12
Both vacuums offer a companion app, the Tineco app for Tineco S12 and the MyDyson app for Dyson V15. However, the Tineco S12 can connect to the app while the Dyson V15 cannot, resulting in different in-app capabilities between the two.
The Tineco app allows us to monitor real-time cleaning performance, see cleaning reports, adjust settings, receive maintenance reminders, and more.
Meanwhile, the MyDyson app is limited to accessing guides, how-to content, and product support.
Winner: Tineco S12
Battery
Dyson V15 Detect
Dyson V15 boasts a longer runtime of 60 minutes as compared to the Tineco S12 with 50 minutes battery life, but it also takes longer to charge at 4.5 hours versus the Tineco S12's 4 hours.
The good news is that both vacuums have a removable battery, which means you can purchase an extra battery to extend the runtime if needed.
Winner: Dyson V15
Tineco S12 vs Dyson V15
Final Thoughts
Tineco Pure One S12
Dyson V15 emerges as the overall winner, boasting superiority in its more user-friendly design and display, versatile cleaner heads, higher suction power, more advanced filtration, and longer battery life.
The only aspects that the Tineco S12 is better at are the in-app features and manual power mode, which may appeal to users seeking more granular control over their cleaning. However, for most users, the Dyson V15 is the more well-rounded and higher-performing cordless vacuum cleaner.
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Author
Naila Syifa
Content Manager at Synced. She crafts insightful content on the latest trends in technology, consumer electronics, and smart home gadgets.
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