Hepa vacuum cleaner recommendations?

pineapple

My Miele Cat and Dog vacuum is showing signs of age and could probably do with replacing. It has a good reputation but I just wondered if there was anything better out there? I need to keep down dust etc as my dog has chronic allergic bronchitis.
Cheers

southcoastrgi

dyson animal

pineapple

southcoastrgi wrote: »

dyson animal

I did a search and it seems there are a lot of dissatisfied customers out there. Plus to me, Dysons just look tacky. If I am going to spend a fortune on a cleaner I want it to be durable and look less chavvy. :rotfl:
At the mo it seems the choice is between Miele and Sebo.

macman

Dysons may look gimmicky but they are extremely durable, the plastics used are very high grade, and they come with a 5 year warranty.
Dyson dominate the UK market, so you'd expect to see proportionally more complaints about them.

CKdesigner

Hi Pineapple

You have asked for a recommendation for a Hepa grade vacuum cleaner. Whilst most makes of vacuum cleaners produce/supply Hepa grade filters, it is only Miele that produce a Hepa grade vacuum cleaner.

In my opinion Miele are vastly superior to all others. In fact Miele vacuum cleaners should cost at least double what they actually do, this is because Miele treat vacuum cleaners as effectively 'a loss leader'. They have always had the philosophy that generally the first experience a consumer has of Miele is with a vacuum cleaner, so if they produce a high quality product vastly superior to the competition at a very competitive price, when it comes to replacing other bigger ticket domestic appliances then the consumer will probably give serious consideration to purchasing Miele again.

CK

NewtoDIY

Dyson vacs are cumbersome and offer the biggest sin of all - being bagless. If hygiene and preventing allergy symptoms is important then you must get a vac with a disposable bag.

I agree that Miele vacs are excellent. I personally went for the Sebo D2 Total because apart from great performance, it has the longest power cord and probably the best sealed bags I could find. The last thing you want is to get a face full of dust as you empty the vac (i.e. dyson).

macman

Why 'a face full of dust' on a Dyson? All you do is unclip the cyclone and bin assembly, carry it to your dustbin, lower it in and release the catch. The dust will be exiting the cyclone bin no nearer than about 5-6ft from your face. Lift the bin lid to close it, job done.

pineapple

macman wrote: »

Why 'a face full of dust' on a Dyson? All you do is unclip the cyclone and bin assembly, carry it to your dustbin, lower it in and release the catch. The dust will be exiting the cyclone bin no nearer than about 5-6ft from your face. Lift the bin lid to close it, job done.

But we don't all have personal dustbins. My 'dustbin' is shared use of a row of wheelie bins a couple of minutes walk away. By which time the wind we get in these parts would surely have whipped up a dust storm around me :eek:. Apart from which I would have to bag it first. And if the experience is anything like emptying my ash carrier into a big refuse bag (before carrying it to said wheelie bins), it simply can't be done dust free.
Plus if for some reason one is tipping it straight into a bin and that bin is already quite full the landing spot for the dust is a lot closer than 5-6ft - unless you have unusually long arms! And much of it will fly up into the air anyway...

NewtoDIY

macman wrote: »

Why 'a face full of dust' on a Dyson?.

If you vac up fine particles of anything on a dyson, by design everything is compressed into the cylinder you then have to empty. Depending on what you have sucked-up, when you turn it upside down to empty, the dust goes everywhere and back up into your face (such is the nature of dust). Additionally, shaking out the container never fully empties it and so you have to get a brush and scrape it out - once again defeating the object of a good vacuum.

This is why you'll never find a commercial vac that is bagless - it's just not hygienic. I would suggest that anyone who considers purchasing a dyson first try emptying a bag of flour into a dustbin as that will give them an idea of what I'm talking about.

One other point, the OP mentioned that he/she has a dog. If you ever need to hoover up fleas, you should not do it with a bagless vac for obvious reasons...unless you potentially want a face full of them at emptying time!

pineapple

macman wrote: »

Dyson dominate the UK market, so you'd expect to see proportionally more complaints about them.

Which seems to be the case - according to Mr Google

andycrichton

What is the extraction efficiency of the Miele? It would be interesting to see how well it compares to say a Henry with hepa-flo bags. From experience it is a bit of a mine field peeling through the Hepa vac story

My understanding is that a true HEPA vac with triple filtration is over 99.95% efficient, grade H (hazardous) They need a certificate and cost a fair few pounds more than the lesser hepa vacs (G) which are 99.5% efficient.

Until March last year I believe, Festools were G, not H rated because they didnt have the certificate. Same machines same spec, now have the piece of paper. Go figure.