Vacuum cleaner recommendations

nicRob · 22 Oct 2015 at 18:42

Sebo, not cheap but very good and will last forever..

uvarvu · 22 Oct 2015 at 18:43

Another vote for G-tech Airram. I ran round the house with dyson as a test after using the airram and it didn't pick anything up that the airram missed.

NVP · 22 Oct 2015 at 19:03

Blackjack Davy said:
Commerical vacuums like James or NVP 180 are much better.

I'm named after a hoover?

Jim99 · 22 Oct 2015 at 19:04

Don't worry, you the real NVP

Mr Jones · 22 Oct 2015 at 19:11

My family is still using the Henry we got 14 years ago!

Since moving out, I've used a variety of cheapos and finally suck it up and went back with a Henry, granted it was post 1600watt era of Vacuum, so it's energy saving ones, it's still does the job!

Dragging the brush over the carpet and pulling out the hairs to be sucked back in beats having to use a pair of scissors to cut through the rotating brushes - I have 1 women in the house and I already get hairballs the size of several hamsters every fortnight. Last thing I want is to have them stuck in a rotating brush!

alx · 22 Oct 2015 at 19:12

Bought a Miele c1 junior recently, for £100 it seems like very good value. Has some serious suction!

dowie · 22 Oct 2015 at 19:16

NVP said:
People really still use Henrys?? But... they are inefficient, old worldy, pointlessly terrible bits of equipment.

plenty of professional cleaners use them

deano-5 · 22 Oct 2015 at 21:22

Blackjack Davy said:
The head is clunky and the shaft is much too heavy. And the suction is no better.

Fixed

lurkio · 22 Oct 2015 at 21:45

Dyson , had one for 13 years still rocking strong

Mark3h · 22 Oct 2015 at 23:14

Blackjack Davy said:
Henry's aren't great and they fall over too easily.

Had a Henry for over two years now. Not once has it fallen over. Were you trying to drag it down some stairs?

Sone · 22 Oct 2015 at 23:18

I do like my Henry, my old version is better than the parents few years old one though imho

Pudney · 22 Oct 2015 at 23:20

Jim99 said:
I'm really sceptical of that. My experience of using Dysons and Miele, the Miele wins hands down.

Aye, had Dyson, Vax, Henry and Miele. Miele is best by far.

K.C. Leblanc · 22 Oct 2015 at 23:32

Sorry, but Dysons and Mieles don't know how to have a good time.

EDIT: In all seriousness, in both the places I work with have Henrys and I have a Miele at home. They're both great machines, the Miele is the better machine but it's also more expensive. The Henry however is a very robust and competent machine.

Pudney · 22 Oct 2015 at 23:49

K.C. Leblanc said:
Sorry, but Dysons and Mieles don't know how to have a good time.

But at least the Miele gets all my missus' and the cats' hair out of the carpets with no fuss

bainbridge · 23 Oct 2015 at 00:00

Just get the butler to order something for the cleaners to use.

Rofflay · 23 Oct 2015 at 00:13

I have a thing for hoovers, No not like Doofy but asmr hoover and my old 1200w Henry would suck brass of a doorknob no joke. It got so much use it broke in 1.5mnths. So i got the 620w Henry of Amazon and with the brush i notice no difference tbh.

For £99 i duno if i would want anything else than the 620w Henry now, Considering i have to pay for an hour+ of daily usage and feet warming time.

gEd · 23 Oct 2015 at 00:37

had an upright dyson many years ago and it was fantastic. problem was (after many years of use, including being connected to power tools...) it got really noisy with I think bearing whine in the motor.

So I bought a new all singing dyson upright about 5 years ago and we absolutely hate it.
It is fantastic as a push pull vac but trying to use the hose and extension is like trying to wrestle an octopus. It's really really terrible, a joke in fact. We keep meaning to flog it and get something else.

As a result I would recommend that you go and play with one in a store before buying "blind" online to get a feel for what they are really like to use when in your hands.

Stretch · 23 Oct 2015 at 00:44

tres said:
Henry. Just can't beat them for the combination of reliability and power

The last henry I bought was a bit down on power. Also, they're not great for carpets.

I have a henry for the really messy jobs, outside etc, and a dyson upright for inside.

Lycosa · 23 Oct 2015 at 01:07

Just aquired a Miele after the old dyson broke. Only used it twice so far but i'm rather impressed.

Rofflay · 23 Oct 2015 at 01:17

Stretch said:
The last henry I bought was a bit down on power. Also, they're not great for carpets.

I have a henry for the really messy jobs, outside etc, and a dyson upright for inside.

People using hoovers for carpets are doing it wrong, Henry and small brush dominates every surface and nooks and crannys inc my laptops and screens. Yet it does not touch the £300 cream carpet in the living room.

For that i use a jumbo sticky roller that lifts out everything. The carpet is still pristine 3 years on and never been touched by anything but the jumbo sticky roller. You get smaller ones for pet hair but shop around or online and you get massive ones for floors.