Eight stars out of five (adjusted for price).

It’s a fundamental law of cheapskate economics: starred reviews and prices have an inverse relationship. A lousy one-star mistake at $20 becomes a fantastic four-star bargain at $5. And something - like, oh, let’s say the most acclaimed vacuum cleaner of our time - that’s pretty good at $600 becomes a jaw-dropping, irresistible steal at $200.

It’s an objective fact that the Dyson DC41 is one burly bad-ass of a vacuum, whether in base-model form, with the Animal Complete add-on kit of extra brushes and carpet powder, or with our custom-curated Animal Frankenstein selection of accessories. (Check the specs in the forum for the details about what’s included in each.) The only credible quibble you might hear is that at its list price of $599, or even its current widely available price hovering around $450, it’s just way too much money to spend on a vacuum.

We get it. Hell, we agree. We can’t imagine any vacuum worth that much that didn’t include, we dunno, alchemical lead-into-gold powers. Or the secret of immortality. Or $300 stashed inside the bagless debris bin.

At press time, this Dyson rates a solid 4.0 on Amazon’s five-star scale. None of those reviewers paid less than $400, and many paid considerably more. We’re selling it for half that price. So the math says you should double the stars, for eight stars out of five. It sounds impossible. But you’re not going to argue with math, are you?