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Smallholding => Equipment => Topic started by: Bionic on June 13, 2014, 04:48:35 pm

Title: Best vacume cleaner please
Post by: Bionic on June 13, 2014, 04:48:35 pm
I want a cylinder cleaner and I don't want it to cost an arm and a leg. Anyone got something they can recommend?
Title: Re: Best vacume cleaner please
Post by: shygirl on June 13, 2014, 05:01:13 pm
dont get a cheap vax exclusive to argos as ours never lasted.
we have gone through many, mostly vax, many bagless cylinders, but wouldnt be without my hetty now.
Title: Re: Best vacume cleaner please
Post by: Treud na Mara on June 13, 2014, 05:12:59 pm
Worth looking on eBay for re-conditioned Dyson. Needs a bit of care and digging around in the sellers feedback history but definitely worth a go.
Title: Re: Best vacume cleaner please
Post by: Louise Gaunt on June 13, 2014, 05:39:06 pm
We have a dyson, not cheap to buy but so efficient. In fact, it is quite scary how much dirt it lifts from the carpets! Also good at removing copious amounts of rabbit hair from my daughters carpets!
Title: Re: Best vacume cleaner please
Post by: Trixie on June 13, 2014, 06:49:04 pm
I have had different ones over the years, had a dyson years ago which was ok but the cables are too short and would not buy 1(I inherited that when I met OH), I had a vax black pet one not the orange and that was brill had it for years and got it for half price still going well never lost suction but use it for the vehicles now as fancied a change, so last year I bought a Hetty, fantastic got two suction settings really powerful my daughter has had a Henry for years and wouldn't have anything else! You can always get them in a sale if you check all the shops out online before you go to buy one.
Title: Re: Best vacume cleaner please
Post by: shep53 on June 13, 2014, 07:42:30 pm
35yr old vax wet and dry still use to clean ours and friends carpets , bought a vax 1700 turbo force 10 yrs ago to update still going strong .  Most businesses seem to use henrys .
Title: Re: Best vacume cleaner please
Post by: shygirl on June 13, 2014, 07:46:31 pm
  Most businesses seem to use henrys .

and schools.
Title: Re: Best vacume cleaner please
Post by: Steph Hen on June 13, 2014, 07:59:27 pm
Like my Dyson. Also like the guarantee it came with - DH used it to clear up after we had some internal walls knocked down. (It was those thin strips of wood and thick plaster rather than cut sheets). There was a cm of plaster dust on every surface and this got threw the filters and clogged the motor and broke it.
Dyson replaced the motor, something else, noticed the front bar had wear on it and replaced that also free of charge.
Title: Re: Best vacume cleaner please
Post by: doganjo on June 13, 2014, 08:18:08 pm
I've just bought a Hoover that looks like a Dyson (Pet and allergy one), except that the hose and tools are a heck of a lot easier to use!  And it's about a third of the price - £90   :excited:
Title: Re: Best vacume cleaner please
Post by: Bionic on June 13, 2014, 08:35:48 pm
I've just bought a Hoover that looks like a Dyson (Pet and allergy one), except that the hose and tools are a heck of a lot easier to use!  And it's about a third of the price - £90   :excited:
Annie, I thinks that's the one I was looking at too
Title: Re: Best vacume cleaner please
Post by: Clarebelle on June 14, 2014, 06:58:43 am
We spent years buying cheap Hoover's, including a vax and they just didn't cut it. They didn't cope with the pet hair and within a couple of months the difference in performance was clear.

So I saved for a year to buy the Dyson dc41 which is the large capacity animal one and it is amazing. Well worth the money I think, so glad I got one.
Title: Re: Best vacume cleaner please
Post by: Bionic on June 14, 2014, 08:01:24 am
Well, OH has managed to breath some life into my old cylinder Dyson so it looks like I won't be buying another one just yet  :fc:
Title: Re: Best vacume cleaner please
Post by: waterbuffalofarmer on June 14, 2014, 11:38:19 am
I always go for dyson. I had a vax once and it was so noisy am surprised I didn't go deaf. :roflanim:
Title: Re: Best vacume cleaner please
Post by: doganjo on June 14, 2014, 12:08:22 pm
I've just bought a Hoover that looks like a Dyson (Pet and allergy one), except that the hose and tools are a heck of a lot easier to use!  And it's about a third of the price - £90   :excited:
Annie, I thinks that's the one I was looking at too
This one is an upright.  Nice and lightweight, goes like the clappers on just about anything (except papers torn up by pup, but nothing would suck them up!)  Half price at Argos just now too.  I ahve adyson too, but this is so much lighter, so my back and arms don't suffer
Title: Re: Best vacume cleaner please
Post by: ZaktheLad on June 14, 2014, 08:50:36 pm
I have had my Miele Cat & Dog hoover for the past 14 years and it is the best hoover ever - i LOVE it!  It has been used daily in all that time and the suction is as good as the day I got it.  I have never had to have it repaired and it has never once broken down.  When this one does finally give up the ghost I will certainly get another one. 
Title: Re: Best vacume cleaner please
Post by: HappyHippy on June 15, 2014, 02:53:18 am
I'd be lost without my Henry  ;) Love him!
He copes with carpet, hard floors, hay, straw, muck, half eaten mice and all that my 4 kids throw at him  :innocent:
The addition of a 'turbo head' makes tackling pet hair a doddle and it's easy to move, empty, repair and replacement parts and accessories are easily and cheaply available (gaffa tape works too  ;D )
Just my tuppenceworth  ;)