Spec me a hoover!

Caporegime
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My current hoover isn't cutting it anymore; specifically it can't get the cat hair out of the carpet. Now, OCUK, I know how you love telling ignorant fools about the fascinating household appliances, so spec me a vacuum cleaner?

What's good and reliable for picking up pet hair? Cylinder preferred.
 
I bought a 2200W Vax from Morissons. £60 and works brilliantly. 2 year warranty. Im v happy with it.

Also it was fun dumping the vac on the checkouts conveyor belt just in front of the onions, tomaotes, lettuce, milk, cottage cheese etc :D
 
N00b alert but what's wrong with a Dyson? (other than being marketed by a mad old mad)

I like the Dyson we have, it works really well....
 
Have a Miele 'Cat & Dog' which I find works very well. It isn't bagless so that's something to consider and I currently need to order some for ours.
 
Another vote for the Dyson animal. Picks up cat and dog hair better than any other vac I've used. Vax are rubbish btw, they break easily and the filters (which you won't replace), need replacing if the motor is to survive. Miele do make great machines, but I think the Dyson wins for performance and design.
 
If you are going to buy a Vax, ensure that you get one that uses multi cyclonic technology. If you don't then you'll find that the filters clog extremely easily and you lose a huge amount of performance.

My old Vax I was forever stripping and cleaning filters. The new one I have is a huge, huge improvement

This is the one I've got at the moment

http://www.vax.co.uk/air-pet-cylinder
 
We have an irobot roomba that we have on an automatic schedule to vacuum the house for us.

Every now and then I'll then wet vac the carpets with our Vax that we bought.

Buy your irobot roomba from Lakeland, lifetime guarantee included for free
 
I had a roomba but my cat was so scared of it I ended up giving it to a friend. I haven't had great experiences with Dysons - they seem good while they last but woefully unreliable.
 
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