Which vacuum cleaner should I buy?

lil.smartie

Hetty here (well my 4yr old has claimed it so that's a bonus!) and my sister has just been bought one too as a replacement for a don't even want to guess (at least 18yrs) old Dyson pull along thing!

Oh and a Roomba for quick cleaning on tiles & laminate downstairs

Kate

Salz

Dyson fan here. I had one when they first came out, and am on my second now as my son managed to snap the top off the last one in some sort of action man assault course type game!
We also have a Black & Decker Dustbuster which is brilliant - great for a quick once over when my 5 year old has been eating, and surprisingly strong suction.

Dustykitten

Great thread. We are on our second miele and suction is good. Don't know how old ours is circa 10. problem is lots of the bits, hoover cover, telescopic pipe etc are past their best. Just been looking to replace these parts and would be not far off the cost of a new machine. Was thinking of going bagless, bags work out costly over time, but not sure if I will find that less efficient, messy etc

Debran

"Which?" have tested 8 Numatic models, including 1 Hetty, 6 Henry models and 1 James.
None of them were best buys.

p0lly

Vote from me for argos value brand. Had it for a year its brilliant. In the past have spent a fortune on dysons, vax, hoovers, electrolux and I prefer this one. Works on hard floors and carpets too P0lly x

Marmaduke123

We would never have another Dyson, absolutely terrible in my opinion.

We have a Henry for cleaning the car and sucking up debris after decorating and DIY. Very reliable and robust, but I wouldn't want to vacuum all the carpets with it.

Never had a Miele, but we have a Sebo, best vacuum ever, going on for 10 years old now and still like new. Very expensive, but well worth it. It has a bag, but very easy to change with no mess, unlike the Dyson with dust and dirt everywhere. Also german of course!

Ben84

Dustykitten wrote: »

Was thinking of going bagless, bags work out costly over time, but not sure if I will find that less efficient, messy etc

Bagless was just way too dirty for me. I like the dust bagged for me and ready to throw out without it going everywhere when I open the vacuum cleaner and having to shake and scrape it out.

As for costs, paper bags aren't that bad if you mail order a few packets at the same time. I pay about 50p for a bag and use a couple a month. The other filters last a long time as the paper bags do most the work, unlike a bagless where I found the filters expensive and short lived. Anyway, a quick calculation of total cost to vacuum my house for bags, filters and electricity is just below £20 a year. This idea that paper bag cleaners cost a lot to use is exaggerated in the advertising for bagless models.

mmmsnow

I switched from a rubbish Vax to a Miele a couple of years ago. What a difference - hoovering takes less than half the time because the Miele picks up first time, no to-ing and fro-ing for ages. The review (on Amazon) that convinced me to buy it said that it "could suck the underlay out through the carpet" . It was £160 but well worth it.

My father has a Henry for his machine shop (it was an office hoover then the office was closed down so we're not really sure how old it is) and it's still going strong. It's as light and manoeuvrable as the Miele.

Dustykitten

Decided to stick with what we have got and have ordered this Miele on special purchase from John Lewis. £149 for a Miele (and we get staff discount too) seems like a good deal :money:

It is the same as we have I think, different colour, so our hard floor brush head will fit still and we will keep the old one for hoovering cars, after workmen have been, the garage etc.

penrhyn

You'd have done better with the Cat and Dog as you get the full sized turbo head.
http://www.johnlewis.com/231379743/Product.aspx