I need a new vacuum - what do you recommend / have?

Jennifer_Jane

I've just bought the Miele cylinder S5210, which was recommended by Which. Bought through 24 electric. I think it cost £118 and £3.50 or so from Quidco.

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illmonkey

i just bought a miele cylinder too, as my family have had one since i was little and it never went wrong. i have known a few people to go through a dyson onceIa year and do not seem to be very well built.
I would recommend a meile, I have one of the smaller miele's which are quite lightweight too and really powerfull at the same time.

If I was to buy an upright it would have to be a sebo.

heretohelp

i have a henry thats fell down the stairs a couple of times and sucked up the odd items here and there and its still going strong. A mate of mine had a dyson which lasted 3 months before it broke. Also if anybody goes to car boot sales how many dysons do you see for sale? loads. ive only ever seen 1 henry at a car boot sale and ive been going for years.

illmonkey

http://www.miele.co.uk/Products/Features.aspx?pid=547

louidog

I am a Miele "cat and dog" owner.....I had a Dyson before that after owning another Miele. The Dyson was always having to be dismantled and cleaned and to have hairs dug out of it or was in the menders. I don't think I even owned it a year. In the end I ceremoniously threw it in a skip and got the "cat and dog" and never looked back!

John Lewis do recommend the Sebo so that for me is good enough too!

chrisyklx

i own miele cat and dog and it is the best thing i have ever bought, owning 2 cats, one will long black fur, it has no trouble picking up the pet hair. had a turbo vax upright before that, but was too afraid to use it as everytime i switched it on with my foot i would get static shocks. so buy the miele, you won't regret it....

roses

The Bissell for £50 refurbisehd (http://uk.bisell.com/) is really good but it is heavy.

If you can afford a Sebo then these are supposed to be amazing.

ajwt2

I bought a Hoover vacuum last year, it was pretty rubbish and failed after exactly 366 days. Well designed, 1 day after the warrenty ran out!

Argos do a really good explaination of all things vacuum cleaner related
http://www.argos.co.uk/static/StaticDisplay/includeName/buyvacuumcleaners.htm

I now have a Dyson, its brilliant.