Screw-in era batteryDyson V6 / V7 replacement battery
The screw-in packs of the original V6 and V7 (SV11) — match the Dyson part number (967810-23 / 968670) and the screw-in mount before ordering.
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Dyson Batteries & Chargers
There is no single “Dyson battery”. At least five non-interchangeable battery platforms hide under the model names, the V11 exists in two mechanically different versions, and Dyson identifies the right pack by part number, mount and sometimes serial number — because Dyson publishes almost nothing else: no voltages, no capacities and no charger outputs on its parts pages.
Start with the table: find your model, write down the Dyson part number, and check the mount — screw-in or click-in — before you look at a single listing. Where a model splits (the V8 by serial prefix, the V11 by mount, the V12 by year), the split is in the table and explained below it.
Every runtime on this page is Dyson’s own marketing claim for a best-case mode, not a measured figure — and every hard fact here is a Dyson part number, a compatibility statement or a mount style, because that is all Dyson publishes.
Which battery your Dyson takes
The full compatibility table, from Dyson’s own regional stores and support pages. Buy by part number and mount — never by model name alone.
| Model | Dyson battery part number(s) | Mount | Swap / replacement | Dyson’s runtime claim |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dyson V6incl. DC58 / DC59 / DC61 / DC62 / DC72 / DC74 handheld siblings | 967810-23 | Screw-in | Replaceable with a screwdriver; not a quick-swap pack | up to 20 min |
| Dyson V7, original (SV11) | 968670-06 (US) / 968670-02 (UK/EU) | Screw-in | Screwdriver | up to 30 min |
| Dyson V7 Advanced (SV37) | CONFLICT: dyson.com’s US parts page lists the V11/V15 click-in battery 970938-01; Dyson Australia sells 972237-01 for named V7 SKUs | Unresolved — Dyson’s own regional pages disagree | Verify by serial / SKU before buying anything | up to 40 min (Dyson product-page claim; the same page claims a “six-cell” battery and publishes no V/Ah) |
| Dyson V8 (SV10; later SV25) | Battery D 969106-01 / Battery E 967834-07, chosen by serial-number prefix (see the callout below). Also listed: 967834-02 (India); 972237-01 (AU/UAE/HK, listed SKUs only, NOT V8 Slim Fluffy); 974815-01 (US — a third-party report of Dyson’s US parts path, not re-verified on dyson.com) | Screw-in | Screwdriver | up to 40 min |
| Dyson Cyclone V10 (SV12) | 969352-03 (US/CA) / 969352-02 (UK/EU) | Screw-in | Screwdriver — the replacement pack is sold “with screws” | up to 60 min |
| Dyson V11, screw-in version (SV14)incl. early Torque Drive | 970145-06 (Dyson CA/US); Australian third-party references cite 970145-02 for the genuine part. Availability: Dyson Canada listed it out of stock, and a third-party report says Dyson US marked it “We no longer sell this item” — screw-in V11 owners may be pushed to third-party packs | Screw-in | Screwdriver | up to 60 min |
| Dyson V11, click-in version (SV15 and later)incl. later Torque Drive, V11 Advanced, V11 Outsize | 970938-01 (current); earlier Dyson US retail pack 970425-01; battery + charger kits 971447-04 (AU/NZ) / 971447-06 (SG) | Click-in | Tool-free swap via the red release button; charges on or off the machine | up to 60 min |
| Dyson V12 Detect Slim (SV26)incl. V12s Submarine | 965470-01. Kit note: Dyson HK’s battery + charger kit 971450-06 fits only 2022-or-earlier V12s with listed serial prefixes and is explicitly NOT compatible with 2023/2024 V12 or V12s Submarine | Click-in | Tool-free swap via the red release button | up to 60 min |
| Dyson V15 Detectincl. V15s Detect Submarine | 970938-01 | Click-in | Tool-free swap via the red release button | up to 60 min |
| Dyson Gen5detect / Gen5outsize (SV23) | 972382-03 (Iron) / 972382-04 (Prussian blue) — same stated compatibility; colour appears to drive the suffix (Dyson does not say so) | Click-in | Tool-free swap via the red release button | up to 70 min |
| Dyson Omni-glide (SV19) | 971189-01 | Click-in | Tool-free swap via the red release button | up to 20 min |
| Dyson Micro 1.5kg (SV21) | 965363-01 | Screwdriver-fit — NOT click-in (Dyson UK: replaced “using a small Posidrive screwdriver”) | Screwdriver | up to 20 min |
| Dyson Humdinger (HH17) | 965363-01 (the same pack as the Micro 1.5kg) | Screwdriver-fit | Screwdriver | up to 20 min |
| Dyson Digital Slim (SV18) | 970774-01 at Dyson SG retail — BUT Dyson’s own Digital Slim safety document names battery 398857-01. Two Dyson part-number systems disagree; verify against the machine’s own documentation | Click-in | Tool-free swap via the red release button | up to 40 min (Dyson claims up to 80 with two batteries) |
| Legacy handhelds: DC16, DC31, DC34, DC35, DC44, DC45 | Retired by Dyson — Dyson no longer sells these batteries and publishes no data for them | Replacement-market documentation only: packs exist as Type A (button-release) and Type B (screw-in) | The two types do NOT interchange | Not published |
Dyson also sells battery 972237-01 for SELECT V7 and V8 machine SKUs only — check Dyson’s SKU list for your machine; don’t assume fit. Every runtime in this table is Dyson’s own marketing claim for the machine’s best-case mode, not a measured figure.
The V8 serial split (Dyson Singapore). Dyson Singapore states the V8 range “is compatible with two separate batteries”, chosen by the first three characters of the machine’s serial number — found on the bottom of the battery / underneath the machine:
- Battery D — 969106-01: serial prefixes YK6, Y8H, H5G, H5H, U1B.
- Battery E — 967834-07: serial prefixes H9N, H9P, VA3, VA4, VA5, VD6, VE1, RA7, RJ2, RJ3, B8X, ZV7.
Other regions list still more V8 part numbers (see the table above), so the “two batteries” framing is Dyson Singapore’s, not the whole world.
The V11 trap: two batteries, one name
The single most expensive mistake a Dyson owner can make — and Dyson’s own test for avoiding it.
Dyson’s own support pages warn about this in substance: some V11s use a click-in battery, others use a screw-in battery, and the two do not interchange. Worse, the name “Torque Drive” spans both — early Torque Drive machines are the screw-in SV14, while 2020-on Torque Drive machines are click-in. The model name on the box cannot tell you which battery your machine takes.
Dyson’s identification test. Look where the handle meets the battery. If there is a large red button that releases the battery, you need the click-in battery (970938-01). If there isn’t, you need the screw-in battery (970145-06).
Dyson’s parts pages do not date-stamp the change, so the red-button test is the only reliable check — don’t buy by year or by name. The serial number lives in a different place on each version, too: on screw-in machines it is on the back of the battery pack at the base of the handle; on click-in machines it is inside the handle, revealed by removing the battery.
The one big swap win
Exactly one Dyson pack is shared across model names. Everything else is its own battery.
The exception is the click-in battery 970938-01 — in Dyson US’s own words, the replacement battery “for your Dyson V15 Detect™, Dyson Outsize and Dyson V11™ vacuum with click-in battery”. If your machine takes that pack, one spare covers all three nameplates.
Everything else is its own pack. The Cyclone V10’s battery differs from the V11’s even though the two machines share a charger. The V12 Detect Slim’s smaller 965470-01 is not the 970938-01. The Gen5 pack fits Gen5 machines only. Say it plainly: a shared charger does NOT mean a shared battery.
Dyson chargers
Chargers consolidate far better than batteries — four families cover nearly every cordless Dyson. Part numbers and Dyson-stated fit only.
| Charger family | Dyson-stated fit | Regional suffixes |
|---|---|---|
| 967813-xx | V6, V7, V8 | -01 UK/EU · -02 US |
| 967837-xx (in-car charger) | V7 / V8 platform | -05 US · -02 UK |
| 969350-xx | Cyclone V10, V11, V12 Detect Slim, V15 Detect, V15s Detect Submarine, Outsize (per Dyson AU/SG compatibility lists) | -01 UK/EU/SG · -02 US/CA · -05 AU |
| 972408-xx | Gen5detect, Gen5outsize | -01 UK/IE · -02 US/CA |
| 965254-xx | Omni-glide, Micro 1.5kg, Micro, Humdinger, WashG1 | -01 UK/SG · -02 CA · -03 EU · -10 AU |
| 311200 (Digital Slim charger) | Digital Slim — the part number named in Dyson’s own safety document; no current retail listing found | — |
The suffix after the dash is a regional / plug variant sold by Dyson’s regional stores; Dyson nowhere states whether the internals differ. And the honesty line: Dyson publishes charger part numbers and compatibility only — no output voltage or current appears on Dyson’s parts pages, so this table has no output column on purpose.
Genuine vs aftermarket
What Dyson publishes, what it doesn’t, and what to check on any replacement pack — genuine or not.
What Dyson doesn’t publish. Dyson’s parts and product pages publish part numbers and compatibility — and almost no voltage, Ah or Wh for any cordless model, and no charger outputs at all. The figures everyone quotes — 21.6 V for the V6–V8 generation, for example — are read off the physical battery’s own label or come from third parties. They are not Dyson web specs, and this page doesn’t present them as Dyson’s.
What to check on any replacement pack, genuine or not:
- The exact Dyson part number it replaces — from the table above, not just the model name.
- The mount: screw-in vs click-in — and for a V11, which of the two your machine actually has (do the red-button test).
- The serial-prefix rules where they apply: V8 Battery D vs Battery E; the V12 kit year split; Digital Slim’s two numbering systems.
The aftermarket exists: iFixit, Cameron Sino and Hygieia (AU) sell packs for most models — and their specs and fit claims are the sellers’ own, not Dyson’s. Dyson’s counter-position, stated fairly: Dyson warns that imitation parts may invalidate the warranty, and Gen5 machines actively detect and flag a “Non-Dyson battery” (Dyson AU support). And the runtime honesty rule for this whole page: every runtime quoted here — V6 up to 20 minutes through Gen5 up to 70 minutes — is Dyson’s marketing claim for its best mode, not a measured figure.
Shop Dyson replacement batteries & chargers
Search links by platform. Check the exact Dyson part number and mount against the table above before ordering.
The photos on these cards are illustrations only — buy by part number, not by picture.
Screw-in era battery
Serial-split batteryDyson V8 replacement battery
The V8 splits into Battery D and Battery E by serial-number prefix — match the Dyson part number for your prefix and the screw-in mount before ordering.
Screw-in batteryDyson Cyclone V10 replacement battery
The Cyclone V10’s own pack, sold with its screws — match the Dyson part number 969352 and the screw-in mount before ordering.
Screw-in batteryDyson V11 screw-in battery (970145)
For early screw-in V11s only (SV14, incl. early Torque Drive) — match the Dyson part number 970145 and the screw-in mount before ordering.
Click-in batteryDyson V11 / V15 click-in battery (970938-01)
The one pack shared by click-in V11, V15 Detect and Outsize — match the Dyson part number 970938-01 and the click-in mount before ordering.
Click-in batteryDyson V12 Detect Slim battery (965470-01)
The V12’s own smaller click-in pack — it is not the V11/V15 battery — match the Dyson part number 965470-01 and the click-in mount before ordering.
Click-in batteryDyson Gen5 replacement battery
Gen5detect and Gen5outsize take their own click-in pack (972382) — match the Dyson part number and the click-in mount before ordering.
ChargerDyson charger 969350 (V10–V15)
The charger family covering Cyclone V10, V11, V12 Detect Slim, V15 and Outsize — match the Dyson part number 969350 and your regional suffix before ordering.
ChargerDyson charger 967813 (V6–V8)
The charger family for the V6, V7 and V8 screw-in era — match the Dyson part number 967813 and your regional suffix before ordering.
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Care: signs your pack is dying
General lithium-pack guidance — not Dyson documentation — for judging when a pack is at the end of its life.
A healthy lithium pack fades gradually: a little less runtime each season is normal ageing, not failure. End-of-life looks different:
- Runtime has collapsed to a fraction of what the machine managed when new — minutes where it once ran most of the house.
- It won’t hold a charge between uses — full on the dock, flat (or nearly) when you pick it up days later.
- It gets noticeably hot while charging — warm is normal; hot is a stop sign.
At that point, replace it with the correct part number from the table above — not the cheapest listing carrying the right model name. On a split model (V8, V11, V12), the model name is exactly the part that can mislead you.
Make any lithium battery last longer — the 20–80 rule and the settings that enforce itPhoto credits
- A Dyson cordless vacuum in use (the model is not identifiable from the photo): Annushka Ahuja, via Pexels (Pexels License).
- Cordless stick vacuum on a wooden floor (generic — not a Dyson): Liliana Drew, via Pexels (Pexels License).
- Cordless handheld vacuum on a couch (generic — not a Dyson): Helena Lopes, via Pexels (Pexels License).
Sources: compatibility, part numbers and identification tests are Dyson’s own, from Dyson’s regional stores and support pages (dyson.com and its regional sites), researched 2026-11-08. Where Dyson’s own regional pages disagree — the V7 Advanced battery, the Digital Slim’s two numbering systems — this page says so rather than picking one.