We have 4 vacuum cleaners:
1. Dyson – I do like it when it works but the washable “filters for life” really are not washable and at £12 a pop very regularly it gets expensive.
2. Upright VAX – big, noisy, brute force but just keeps on going. It’s a bit battered but keeps on sucking hard despite lots of pet hair and being bagless.
3. Karcher wet and dry – I bought this for doing DIY and it’s been excellent. You just switch it to blow mode and blow the filter out (outside and notinto the wind) and it’s back to new. I do have some bags for when I am cleaning up more irritating dust.
4. Miele – I really like this and our friend left it for us after he lived with us for a year, it sucks the carpet right up off the floor and is quiet and lightweight (the cleaner likes it as it’s easy to handle). I buy the bags from an internet store (not genuine) and we were going to buy one but this one was left for us.
Next time Vax have their online sale we are going to pick up a cheap carpet cleaner. I really wanted to like the dyson but it just seemed to lose it’s suction too quickly and need the filters replacing.