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Support for your Dyson V15s Detect Submarine™ wet and dry vacuum cleaner

Here you can find helpful tips and advice, how-to videos, your user manual and more.

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Replace your wet roller head

Help your vacuum to keep achieving the best cleaning results by replacing the Dyson Submarine™ wet roller every six months.

Getting started

How to set up your Dyson vacuum

User manual

User manual

Download the user manual for your Dyson V15s Detect Submarine™ wet and dry vacuum cleaner.

Charging your battery

It's important to charge the battery before using your vacuum for the first time. This helps the battery monitoring system's algorithm more accurately calculate remaining run time.

Watch the video to learn how charge the battery.

Dock set up and charging

You will receive one of the following docking stations with your machine.

Fitting the Wall Dok™

Before setting up the wall dok™, please download your user manual and read the instructions carefully. Or watch our video guide.

User's hands attaching dock to the wall fitting.

Features

Get to know your LCD screen and power modes

Power modes

Getting to know your power modes for vacuuming

Your vacuum has three power modes for dry vacuum-cleaning tasks: Auto/Med mode, Eco mode, Boost mode. Change mode by tapping the selection button.

Auto/Med mode, Eco mode, Boost mode and Submarine wet roller head icons.

Getting to know your power modes for wet cleaning

When you attach the Dyson Submarine™ wet roller head, a water droplet icon appears on screen, indicating automatic switch to wet cleaning.

LCD screen

Getting to know your LCD screen

Your Dyson vacuum cleaner has a user screen displaying helpful cleaning information. Colour-coded bars rise and fall as you clean, indicating how many particles are being removed. So you know when to carry on cleaning – and when the surface is clear.

The Dyson LCD screen displaying the particle count.

Cleaner heads

Cleanerheads

Getting to know your cleaner heads

Dyson Submarine™ wet roller head

Washes hard floors – tile, stone, wood, ceramic, vinyl, linoleum and laminate. The motorised wet roller picks up liquids, debris and tough stains. For best results, it's important to wash the Submarine™ wet roller head after every use.

Submarine wet roller head removing a dirty spill from a hard floor.

Fluffy Optic™ cleaner head

Cleans hard floors. Dyson illumination makes invisible dust visible on hard floors, showing you where to clean. Anti-static black carbon fibre filaments pick up fine particles from hard floors and crevices.

Green illumination emitting from the Fluffy Optic cleaner head.

Digital Motorbar™ cleaner head

Deep cleans carpets and rugs. The motorised brush bar drives stiff nylon bristles into carpet to remove deep-down dust. Polycarbonate hair removal vanes automatically de-tangle hair from the brush bar as you clean.

The Dyson Digital Motorbar cleaner head.

Replacement roller

To maintain the optimum performance of your machine, every 6 months replace the roller on your Dyson Submarine's wet roller cleaner head.

Maintenance

Essential maintenance

Watch our video guides on how to keep your machine performing at its best.

  • A user cleans the vacuum cleaner's bin with a duster.

    Emptying and cleaning the bin

    You can help to maintain suction by emptying the bin before the debris reaches the MAX line. Remove the bin from the machine to clean thoroughly.

  • A user clearing a blockage from a dismantled machine.

    Checking for blockages

    If your machine detects a blockage, the motor will pulse six times to alert you – and you won't be able to continue until the blockage is cleared. Remove the wand, bin and cleaner head to find and clear the blockage.

  • User's hands washing the brush bar under a tap.

    Washing your brush bar

    To maintain performance, clean your machines washable brush bar. Simply detach, wash with cold water, leave to dry and then reattach.

Washing the wet roller head

To maintain performance, it's important to wash the wet roller head after every clean. Simply detach, wash with cold water, leave to dry and reattach. Watch the maintenance video here.

User's hands washing the wet roller head under a tap.

Battery

Changing the battery

If you have an additional battery, you can switch batteries to achieve longer cleans. Simply press the red battery release button, and slide the battery off your machine. Your extra battery clicks into place. Watch the video.

The user attaching a replacement Dyson battery.

Washing the filter

Your Dyson V15s Detect Submarine™ wet and dry vacuum cleaner has a washable filter. We recommend washing it once a month to maintain optimum suction power.

User's hands washing the filter under a tap.
  • User tapping the filter to remove loose dust and debris.

    2. Remove dust and debris

    Tap your filter unit lightly on the side of the sink or bin, to remove loose dust and debris.

  • User twisting the filter counter clockwise to remove it from the body.

    1. Turn off the power

    Remove your vacuum from the docking station and twist the filter counterclockwise to remove it from the body.

  • User washing the filter under a tap.

    3. Wash the filter

    Wash the filter with cold tap water, gently squeezing the water out with your hands. Avoid using detergent or washing in a dishwasher or washing machine.

  • 4. Gently shake

    Fill the inside with water, cover both sides with your hands, and shake lightly. Wash until the water is clear.

  • Filter being placed in a well-ventilated area.

    5. Dry for at least 24 hours

    Allow the filter to air dry in a well-ventilated area for at least 24 hours, with the wide mouth facing down.

  • Filter left to dry completely for 24 hours.

    6. Let it dry completely

    Your filter must be completely dry before you return it to your machine, or it could damage the motor. Do NOT dry in a tumble dryer, microwave or near a naked flame.

Accessories

Dyson V15s Detect Submarine™ accessories

Dyson-engineered accessories are ergonomically designed for cleaning up high, down low – and everywhere around your home.

  • Awkward gap tool cleaning the space between a floor and a wall.

    Awkward gap tool

    Long and narrow, with a 22° twist to clean car storage compartments, tight gaps and hard-to-reach places.

  • Extension hose being used to reach down low in a kitchen.

    Extension hose

    Adds up to 61cm of flexible reach to any non-powered tool attachment, to clean up high or down low in your home or car.

  • Scratch-free dusting brush cleaning a delicate mirror frame.

    Scratch-free dusting brush

    Gentle on delicate surfaces. Self-cleaning – a rotating cuff keeps the soft bristles clear of dust.

  • User detaching the wand to use the Built-in dusting and crevice tool.

    Built-in dusting and crevice tool

    Wand detaches in a click to reveal a ready-to-go crevice tool stored inside for on-the-spot cleans.

  • Hair screw tool cleaning a mattress.

    Hair screw tool

    Anti-tangle conical brush bar picks up long hair and pet hair – and spirals it straight into the bin. Fast.

  • Crevice tool reaching into a tricky space.

    Crevice tool

    Engineered for precise cleaning around tricky edges and into hard-to-reach narrow spaces.

  • The wide nozzle and brush shown cleaning a skirting board, and debris on a sofa.

    Combination

    Two tools in one – wide nozzle and brush, for quick switching between cleaning and dusting tasks around your home or car.

FAQs

The wet roller can be washed with a common household anti-bacterial detergent, diluted according to the manufacturer's recommended ratio. We recommend doing this after each clean to maintain hygiene.

Only the Dyson Submarine™ wet roller head should be used to pick up wet debris and liquid spills. Engineered with intelligent power diversion and mode detection, all aspects of wet cleaning are contained within the wet roller head. Water and debris is extracted from the roller into the waste tray, which sits directly behind the wet roller using Dyson’s new wet technologies.

The Dyson Submarine™ wet roller head is not compatible with any of our other vacuums, including pre-purchased V15. To intelligently switch between wet and dry cleaning, this version of the machine has been reprogrammed. Our previous software is not compatible with wet floor cleaning.

The Dyson Submarine™ wet roller head has been engineered for hard floors.

We recommend replacing the wet roller every six months, depending on how often you use your machine, to help maintain optimum performance.