Are Dysons worth it?

greensalad

Me and my boyfriend have considered getting a Dyson. We have a two bed flat which is carpeted. No pets or kids.

We have a Hoover hoover but we don't feel it picks up enough and sometimes I have to crawl around on the floor to get the hairs out which is very annoying! All of our carpet is cream!

I was shocked at the prices of Dysons, we thought they would be much cheaper. But it is something we could afford if it's worth thee cost.

Does anyone think they're worth it? We'd ideally want one of the slim/cordless ones as it means we could hang it easily in our cupboard. Our current hoover just kinda hangs around the place because we don't have any space for it (it's a compact, not an upright).

What are your thoughts? Any other lightweight ones you can think of that are good?

woodworm001

I guess there are better for the price (Miele?) but we've had our Dyson for around 6 years and it copes well with our 5 cats. Certainly much better than anything we'd had previously and I'd be very happy to buy one again.

Henry's are around half the price and are decent. We had a builder in a couple of years ago doing a lot of renovation work and they had one (the industrial version you can get from B&Q for an extra £20 or so) and it was excellent.

Plumber90

Henry's aren't very good on carpet, brilliant for laminate and tiled floors but that's it

Johnandabby

Older Dyson models are brilliant, newer models much less so, more cheaply made and more tempermental

I_luv_cats

pros:

Quick to grab n go (comes with a great wall bracket)
Great at dusting
2 Motorised brush bar heads
Battery retains charge until depleted through use
Washable Filter and no bags

cons:

20 mins normal & 8 mins boost + 5:30 hrs to charge-up from empty
Doesn't pick up everything (boost does help though)
Expensive


Handy tool as don't need to give it a second thought. (unlike with dragging a big vac out!) £300 is a bit steep though.

imho

Have a look at upright Sebo vacuum cleaners.Had mine years and never gone wrong and friends have bought Sebo as well after buying Dyson .The bags i get from Ebay but i open them bag up and empty and staple back up.
http://www.offeroftheday.co.uk/search.asp?search=sebo

jenfa

I'm with imho, we have an upright Sebo bought about 8 years ago and love it, just changed the brush head because it had got too short easy enough to do. At the time we bought ours Miele were the best for drag along and Sebo for uprights. We have a small Dyson for the downstairs so I don't have to carry the Sebo down but I don't think it works as well plus has a really short cable so I don't use it much. We bought the Sebo when our previous Dyson failed.

Sagz_2

We've got a DC35 and love it!
4 bed semi, with laminate, vinyl and carpet; 2 dogs and 3 cats and it does the job brilliantly. It's about a year old now and still as good as when we got it.
On offer at argos too

ian103

First dyson was fantastic, second one robust but not the bestfor dog hsirs, third good but very flimsy, wont be buying another dyson as there are better cleaners out there.

greensalad

I_luv_cats wrote: »

pros:

Quick to grab n go (comes with a great wall bracket)
Great at dusting
2 Motorised brush bar heads
Battery retains charge until depleted through use
Washable Filter and no bags

cons:

20 mins normal & 8 mins boost + 5:30 hrs to charge-up from empty
Doesn't pick up everything (boost does help though)
Expensive


Handy tool as don't need to give it a second thought. (unlike with dragging a big vac out!) £300 is a bit steep though.

The one I've found is £209 at John Lewis. Probably cheaper elsewhere but they have extended warranty.

The power I don't think would be an issue for us as it takes about that long to do the flat for me... if anything it'd be a race to get it done quicker!

I did think about a Henry but they are so bulky. We would have nowhere to put it. It would have to be out in the living room and we're already pressed for space.

I_luv_cats

greensalad wrote: »

The one I've found is £209 at John Lewis. Probably cheaper elsewhere but they have extended warranty.

The power I don't think would be an issue for us as it takes about that long to do the flat for me... if anything it'd be a race to get it done quicker!

I did think about a Henry but they are so bulky. We would have nowhere to put it. It would have to be out in the living room and we're already pressed for space.

As they are on offer @ JL - you'd better pay £20 more and get the DC44 as more powerful, mini motor brush and longer run time. (JL red one)


Dyson already give a 2yr guarantee