Which Vacuum Cleaner To Buy

flo22

Vacuum collector here.  What sort of flooring do you have is the most important question when considering a new vacuum, do you have carpets or hard floors or a mixture? 

Miele are very reliable and it would be worth looking to have your existing Miele services, with the burning smell it may need a motor replacement but a new motor and a service should be cheaper than a new Miele.

Going to bagless means you will have to do more maintenance, bagged is always better.  do you want to remain with a cylinder of go upright?

ThisIsWeird

subjecttocontract said:

Professional cleaners, probably the vast majority use Henry vac cleaners. The reason is the price, the reliability, durability, availability, longevity. Large 9 litres dust bag, long, long hose, long, long power lead, easy to store, easy to use. There are no downsides to a HENRY vac cleaner and thousands of professionals would use something else if there were something better......there isnt !

Well, the downside that it's messy to clean*, and it's a literal drag in a house. I honestly couldn't ever see me hauling such as thing around a house.

But I totally accept it works very well for HD use.

* unless they've changed the design?

ThisIsWeird

Bigphil1474 said:

So, we (currently) have 4 vacuum cleaners : -

- we have our work horse which is a Vax Air Stretch.

The rest aren't worth talking about.

Just corrected your post, thankoooverymush. :-)

Do you find, with the Vax, that the filters don't actually get dusty/dirty, certainly not as quickly or as much as the Dyson's?

Albermarle

We have a medium priced Shark upright bagless for about 3 years. Does the job with no issues so far. Suction still strong. I do not think the previous Dyson even lasted that long.

DullGreyGuy

subjecttocontract said:

Professional cleaners, probably the vast majority use Henry vac cleaners. The reason is the price, the reliability, durability, availability, longevity. Large 9 litres dust bag, long, long hose, long, long power lead, easy to store, easy to use. There are no downsides to a HENRY vac cleaner and thousands of professionals would use something else if there were something better......there isnt !

Many "professional" cleaners are self employed supplying their own tools or is a tiny company and as such a cheap and reliable solution is preferred than something much more expensive, technically a better cleaning tool but a much shorter lifespan or other impracticalities. 

Professionals often spend many hours a day vacuuming, many homes will spend less time a week doing it than a pro does in a day and as such a standard machine will last many years that would die much quicker under a professional workload. Time is also of the essence so having a wide range from a single plug socket is beneficial whereas non-professionals who are only cleaning one house/room may be perfectly happy with a cordless option for even less faff but clearly the 70 minute run time/ 4 hour recharge wouldn't work for someone doing 5 hours of vacing a day. 

In a similar vein many professional firms use rotary iron/roller presses but most people own an ironing board and iron; its different needs for pros than the average home.

In the last 2 of 3 offices the cleaners have actually used backpack based vacuums rather than Henrys; the third one I didnt ever see the cleaners doing the floors so dont know what they used. 

Emmia

ThisIsWeird said:

subjecttocontract said:

Professional cleaners, probably the vast majority use Henry vac cleaners. The reason is the price, the reliability, durability, availability, longevity. Large 9 litres dust bag, long, long hose, long, long power lead, easy to store, easy to use. There are no downsides to a HENRY vac cleaner and thousands of professionals would use something else if there were something better......there isnt !

Well, the downside that it's messy to clean*, and it's a literal drag in a house. I honestly couldn't ever see me hauling such as thing around a house.

But I totally accept it works very well for HD use.

* unless they've changed the design?

The cleaners at work use backpack Numatic (Henry manufacturer) battery powered vacuums. No cables or dragging - but you do have to wear the backpack.

The entry level model seems to be around £350

https://www.express-cleaning-supplies.co.uk/products/Cleaning+Machines/Vacuum+Cleaners/Back+Pack+Vacs/Numatic+RSB150NX+RucSac+Battery+Vacuum+(No+Battery+or+Charger)/4168848137

ThisIsWeird

Emmia said:

ThisIsWeird said:

subjecttocontract said:

Professional cleaners, probably the vast majority use Henry vac cleaners. The reason is the price, the reliability, durability, availability, longevity. Large 9 litres dust bag, long, long hose, long, long power lead, easy to store, easy to use. There are no downsides to a HENRY vac cleaner and thousands of professionals would use something else if there were something better......there isnt !

Well, the downside that it's messy to clean*, and it's a literal drag in a house. I honestly couldn't ever see me hauling such as thing around a house.

But I totally accept it works very well for HD use.

* unless they've changed the design?

The cleaners at work use backpack Numatic (Henry manufacturer) battery powered vacuums. No cables or dragging - but you do have to wear the backpack.

The entry level model seems to be around £350

https://www.express-cleaning-supplies.co.uk/products/Cleaning+Machines/Vacuum+Cleaners/Back+Pack+Vacs/Numatic+RSB150NX+RucSac+Battery+Vacuum+(No+Battery+or+Charger)/4168848137

That makes sense for pro cleaning.
Do they still just have a large cloth filter, with all the debris collecting in the tank?

Emmia

ThisIsWeird said:

Emmia said:

ThisIsWeird said:

subjecttocontract said:

Professional cleaners, probably the vast majority use Henry vac cleaners. The reason is the price, the reliability, durability, availability, longevity. Large 9 litres dust bag, long, long hose, long, long power lead, easy to store, easy to use. There are no downsides to a HENRY vac cleaner and thousands of professionals would use something else if there were something better......there isnt !

Well, the downside that it's messy to clean*, and it's a literal drag in a house. I honestly couldn't ever see me hauling such as thing around a house.

But I totally accept it works very well for HD use.

* unless they've changed the design?

The cleaners at work use backpack Numatic (Henry manufacturer) battery powered vacuums. No cables or dragging - but you do have to wear the backpack.

The entry level model seems to be around £350

https://www.express-cleaning-supplies.co.uk/products/Cleaning+Machines/Vacuum+Cleaners/Back+Pack+Vacs/Numatic+RSB150NX+RucSac+Battery+Vacuum+(No+Battery+or+Charger)/4168848137

That makes sense for pro cleaning.
Do they still just have a large cloth filter, with all the debris collecting in the tank?

I've no idea, just seen them being used at work.

subjecttocontract

We had a property once with a built in vacuum cleaner. The motor & equipment was centrally located in the house with a socket in each room which the hose plugged into. It worked very well, no need for electrical lead, nothing to pull of push around, just a long hose with the usual vacuum cleaner tools that could be attached as required. Our housekeeper loved it.

MysteryMe

That sounds brilliant. Never heard of that before.