It feels cheap plastic, true, but it's also light and resists a lot of damage.

Mine v10 has 6 years, has seen some important falls, but bears no damage of any of those.

I wouldn't recommend it because price/quality Dyson vacuums feel like you're insanely over paying.

I've bought my grandma a 150$ Levoit LVAC-200-WEU, and I have used it a lot. I swear it lasts more than the v10 and it cleans better. It also feels much higher quality to touch.

It's cons are that it didn't come with a narrow tip to suck odd corners and that it's slightly heavier than the v10. But it costs also less than half and I see no victory at all for the Dyson product.