GENUINE Dyson DC-25 Lifetime Washable & Reusable HEPA Filter dc25

May not a verifiably genuine Dyson filter, will update my review as this is worked out
MOST LIKELY NOT A DYSON PRODUCT (final review at end)

Review as of 3-March-12 (8-Mar update at end):

The product is described as a genuind Dyson filter, but what was received was of unknown source. Genuine Dyson filters come tagged and bagged as Dyson, and are (in every case I have found), blue/purplish as I show in the picture comparison I uploaded to Amazon. If you go to the Dyson website, it shows an example of the product and the grey Dyson sticker which is placed on the bag.

The product B&M Housewares shipped me was in a clear sealed bag, but did not have a Dyson sticker on it. Moreover it in no way looked like a Dyson product. When compared to a genuine Dyson filter, the product I was shipped is thinner in filter material (by about half), telling me there's fewer filter layers. The product does fit the vacuum, and it does filter, but there's no easy way to determine if its filtration is of the same quality level as the Dyson filter, or better or...

Not what title says
My filter is not a genuine dyson filter. It is not the same as the one that came with my vacuum. It is one made by some other company for my vacuum.. I am very disapointed in this product and the misleading title. The picture also does not match what I recieved

BUY FROM DYSON DIRECTLY!!!
I'm not sure how some of you recieved a "genuine" Dyson filter, but what was mailed to me was clearly not! I have an "Animal DC25" and the filter that came with it was PURPLE with MANY white "faucet" prints on it, just like the photo indicates. However, I noticed when I recieved it.. IT DID NOT LOOK ANYTHING LIKE I WAS REPLACING AND CLEARLY A KNOCKOFF. (the rubber part was black, not purple, fit a bit smaller, and the fabric part had ONE "blue" faucet printed on it) It was cheaply made, but decided to use it anyway, since I had already thrown out my original. It seemed to work ok, and after about half dozen uses the cloth started to "pull away" from the rubber and just fall apart. If they had advertised a "knock off" with a "knock off" price, I still may have purchased it, however since it had advertised "genuine" and was still priced the same as the Dyson site, I thought it was what it advertised! They must randomly mail out fakes if some are getting genuine, or....they are...

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