Choosing the right hoover?

Florence22

Another Sebo fan here.

Bought mine 15 years ago, my parents got one around the same time and we've not had a moments trouble from either machine.

The bags compress the yuk so they last ages and they never puff dust all over the place when changing them.

Suction is fantastic and they lay flat to the floor when needed for easy access under beds etc. Taking them to bits is a doddle too (changing filters, fishing out random stuck items).

Can't recommend them highly enough!

Lara44

We bought a Miele third hand for £20 around 5 years ago and it is still going strong with no problems whatsoever! If I was replacing it with a new hoover I would definitely look at Miele again.

Kildare

Dyson all the way :j

I used to buy 'cheaper' hoovers when I first moved out of home (e.g. philips etc. around the £80 mark), but I must have gone through 3 before I got a Dyson. All the others all lost suction, the re-usuable bags were a pain etc.

The Dyson is expensive but I think worth every penny - I have the animal (purple) cylinder cleaner and the suction is great and its really easy to clean! The only small bug bear I have is its great that it picks up all the hair out of the carpet, but I scrape my hand everytime I pull the brisels off to clean them!

warwicktiger

Reusable paper bags, how quaint, with a sebo you can get a cloth bag, half a minute to empty, the machine even tells you its nearly full. One cloth bag is over three years old now.

Toto

warwicktiger wrote: »

Reusable paper bags, how quaint, with a sebo you can get a cloth bag, half a minute to empty, the machine even tells you its nearly full. One cloth bag is over three years old now.

Do not start persuading me I need to try yet another hoover, really, my husband would have a hissy fit :rotfl:

cambermam

Another vote for Henry here. A third of the price of Dyson/Miele and suction is amazing, attachments are excellent. You can buy reusable bags too if you don't want to use the disposables. I now don't bother sweeping my laminate downstairs because Henry is so quick and easy to use and now I'm not pushing bits of fluff/dust around. The airobrush is perfect too (for hairs).

My last hoover was a Vax "pet" and the build quality was appalling and it was really impractical for stairs or anything using the hose. And doing hard floors was impossible as it used to kick the all the crap at my feet. The Vax had a high wattage but the Henry is low so i don't think the watts mean that much based on that

Savvy_Sue

Just bought the GTech AirRam, and fairly impressed, although I've had to clear the brush bar twice already!!! Hoping if I use it more regularly it won't be so bad in future.

Found it was OK on the stairs, although I do wish it had dusting attachments!

This_Year

I wasn't looking for a new vacuum but I am seriously tempted now! :rotfl:

Savvy_Sue

Can I just ask those who've got a GTech, is it OK to turn it upside down to do the brush bar before you've emptied it? I'm not getting it full enough to compress properly, so I've been turning it upside down to empty it properly, but if I can leave it full until I've filled it I'm sure that will be easier than doing both jobs at the same time!

cosmomo

Yes fine to do the brush bar without emptying it I have two daughters with long blonde hair so I have to clean the brush bar frequently :rotfl: