Spec me a new vacuum cleaner, please!

[Illuminist]

Bought a Philips animal jet battery style hoover, it's absolutely crap.
It doesn't even hoover up hot chocolate dust.

Need something around £100 that is actually good?

Anyone recommend?

 

[Illuminist]

Refurbished Dyson.

Shark

Are they reasonable prices?

hundred and actually good is probably asking a lot for a hoover.

don't go batteries at that price.

Henry HVR 160-11 Bagged Cylinder Vacuum Cleaner

£99 was 140 (actually 120 elsewhere)

Rating 4.863194714341236 out of 5
2573 reviews
98%
Recommended this product

for 2573 ratings 4.8 seems pretty high

After years of bagless hoovers that don't do the job got a Henry Xtra bagged recently.

Does a great job loads of good attachments, the hard floor works really well. There's good reasons why many in the cleaning and building professions use them, mainly cheap and get the job done. British made too.

My wife wants only a cordless, i did try and say that maybe we should get a normal one but she is set on cordless...

 

[Illuminist]

Ok serious answer time. Did you buy the Philips new? If so, send it back.

If it's used, then pull it apart and clean it out. These things always get clogged up and will revert back to their original suckyness with a bloody good clean (which I do on both our Dysons every few months). You can even fling all the plastic bits in the dishwasher.

I swear by Dyson, we've got a big plug in jobbie which I use once a week and it's fantastic, an we have a little battery one which is also pretty damn good.

I bought a VAX once, during vacuuming on day I picked it up by the handle and halfway up to waist height, the handle let go with the thing crashing to the ground and the plastic cracking all over the place. That was the last Vax product I've ever bought.

Yes it was new but a while ago now, after a good clean it works but only for couple of weeks, if that...
Surely there are ones that work and are designed well enough to not clog at the slightest sight of cheerio?

 

[Illuminist]

You guys are legends!

I will try and persuade her to get a corded one as I'm spending 300 plus to have to clean the thing every week for half an hour.

The house is a mixture of carpet and hard flooring so it needs to just be an excellent all rounder, will search for Henry or vax I guess, thanks you lot!

 

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I have sworn by Henrys for decades, mine from 1981 still works (just about). 2 years ago I caved in and bought a Shark, the difference is night and day. The Shark is so much easier for carpets as the brush nips at the carpet pile and easier to push round as they have a motor in the head that assists with forward movement. They are very logically designed and easy to use.

So my advice is just up your budget a bit and get a Shark, they always come up in Black Friday deals.

Very happy with my shark lift away, can just take the cylinder bit outside to vac car out or take off to get under sofas
Also love the fact it strips down without screws and the little hair removal tool ect.
Pretty powerful as well of course

Thank you guys, are there particular models that are decent? Any that are poo In the shark range?

 

[Illuminist]

I'd spend a bit more and get a Dyson v11 personally, but then I'm biased.



I always keep mine on Auto, I love the way it adjusts itself once it senses what floor type it's going over.

Its a steep price for a vacuum, is there nothing we powerful but cheaper?

 

[Illuminist]

Okay so it's the one @Vince linked which looks awesome for the price.
The shark and the v11, or just a good old Henry.

Okay So we've all seen the advert...
What about the g tech air ram?

 

[Illuminist]

Well this thread took an unexpected turn lol