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Dyson has died and need to order a replacement tonight.
Have a mixture of carpet and wooden floor and a variety of cat hair deposited around the house.
Original plan was to buy another Dyson with a 5 year warranty. But then had a recommendation for Miele, but with that comes replacement bags and filters.
Then ended up on mumsnet and they were raving about Sebo.
What does the collective recommend? It would seem the world has changed because Europe doesn't let us have big engined vacs anymore - should this be a critical factor in the Brexit discussion?
Anyhow, forget Brexit, choose me a sucker!
Meile.
I hate Dyson the ex-wife was mad keen on them and we had a few, all huge-£££ and all broke
Sebo I know little about
We have a sebo,......
We have destroyed most other machines including a smile.....
Sebo 3 years old and great
I'm still a Dyson fan due to their warranty. The motor packed in a day before it ran out and after a quick call a nice bloke came to my house and put a new one in all free of charge.
Sebo are good - my mum's is still going strong, without any issues, after about 15 years.
I've had mine 3 years, but being a bloke, it gets less use.
Dyson, ours is 15 years old and going strong, I bought new filters for it a few months back made it run like new.
The new cordless vacs from Dyson are quite good. The LiIon battery is a bit lightweight - but given the way they're used, it probably wouldn't want to be [i]too[/i] heavy. However, minus all the faffing around with a cord, it takes a lot less time to actually get the job done. The cylinder emptying process could be designed a bit betterer but on balance, I reckon they're quite good. Anything that makes actually not [i]mind[/i] doing the vacuuming so much is an advance in my world.
Drac yep mine lasted that long as well. But the price of the new top end machines has made me look around at alternatives. The cordless versions look good, but it's run time of 40 mins is never going to be enough to do the house in one go.
run time of 40 mins
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You're having a giraffe aren't you? Make that maybe fifteen in turbo mode...which you kinda need on carpets, not so much on hard floors.
Is this enduro enough?
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ninfan - Member
Is this enduro enough?
Given that it can hoover while upside down, I'd reckon so!
Shop around always a Dyson on offer somewhere or http://stores.ebay.co.uk/Dyson-Outlet/_i.html?_fsub=15237782
Henry Gnarover wins!
Dyson, ours is 15 years old and going strong
I struggle to reconcile your experience of Dysons and mine.
I've only had a *very brief* experience with a Dyson hoover that my brother bought at great expense. I was hoovering the kitchen floor and it suffered the slightest of slight knocks against the counter - broken bits of plastic rained down. I was far less than impressed.
If you considered that Dyson a 1980's Fiat - a Sebo is a Tiger tank.
Ours has fallen down the stairs on more than one occasion. Bugger knows what happened to yours.
I dunno, but his brother has got him doing his hoovering for him. 😆
Ours just looked like it had fallen down the stairs 🙁
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Oh no he didn't - he was living at my mum's place at the time.
Course he was, yeah.
"CRANBERRY...the kitchen needs hoovering. Get on it, wouldn't you?!"
Numatic Henry its industrial sucks shit lives under the stairs i have had them last 15 years of use in a pub they are the best.
You got his tone of voice entirely right, but no, really, absolutely, I was doing what my mummy told me to.
Our previous miele coped for 8 years with a short (wiry) dog hairs and we just replaced it with another. It was one of the easier household appliance purchasing decisions for us.
We have a Miele. 'Tis very good. Bags aren't cheap though.
Parents have a Sebo*. Really impressive. Very light, which is one of the main reasons the chose it
*It's called Simon. Obviously.
We have 2 mieles and a dyson
Miele for each wing and Dyson for the hallway and spiral staircase
Miele here in Gloucestershire, leave the Dysons for Wiltshire
Our dyson gave up finally after 15 years of misuse.
I now almost dance around the house with our new miele.
Wooden floors downstairs and carpets up. 2 settings for either.
Its got a fantastic green rating. More suction settings than you can shake a stick at and is fairly light.
Not had to empty a bag yet but I'm the kind of girl that would re use them.
It was on offer last month, so shop around.
We have Dyson, Miele (cat and dog) and Henry between two properties:
Dyson = I leave it for the ponsy carpet only jobs
Henry = rough and tough for all the manly jobs
Miele = cross between the two (not as good as Henry for clearing up after builders, but waaay better than the Dyson) and if I could only have one vacuum then this would be the it.
I'll not muddy the waters with the fact we've also got an Aquavac for cleaning up the barns which is probably better than the Henry, can also suck up water but doesn't do carpet well.
I now almost dance around the house with our new miele.
Admit it....you're all thinking it!
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Many thanks all. Miele ordered.
How do you make choosing a vacum fun? Ask STW!
Aaw, Henry is superb and would have been a great addition to the family
I may get a Henry for the cellar;-)
Henry
Henry, or Sebo if you want to impress the lady that "does".
Another Dyson fan here - as Drac said, looking after the filters is key.
Got a cordless 'fluffy' one this Christmas from the outlet store on EBay, to spot clean the wood / stone floors. It's so good the other Dyson hasn't been out of the cupboard since - 20 minute or so run time is actually plenty on non turbo as you do more quick cleans as it's so convenient. It'll nearly do the house anyway, as you only run it when you pull the trigger. We have 3 boys, a dog a cat and guinea pigs and it's proven equal to all that and better than the corded one.
Was a sceptic to be honest, but I'm converted. I think the only negative is that it doesn't seem as effective without the motorised heads, which are quite large, so it isn't as good in the car as I'd hoped or it is in the house.
Henry (or George in our house) they're very old fashioned, the tubes are metal and the body is thick plastic and the little fixings and whatnots all look like you'd find them on a shelf in an ironmongers in bags for £1 and not buried on a .PDF on one of the lessor known pages of a manufacturers website for £30 for a t-shaped bit of grey plastic.
They're not clever like a Dyson that uses mini tornadoes, feeding slightly bigger ones to get a lot of suction from a small quiet efficient motor, they use what sounds like a fuggin massive loud one, but if you're concerned about energy consumption I'd bet the house that a lot less goes into the construction of a Henry (or even a George) and goes into a Dyson XL-5, and certainly less than the 3 it will outlive before it dies - saying that, do they die? I've never seen a dead Henry.
Our work one lasted less than a year.
Im on my eighth!
Dyson = toy gun. Henry = Kalashnikov.
I would not want to carry a Dyson into battle.
We've got 2 Henrys.
One for the house, the other for the car. I also use the car one to suck up stray grass clippings from the garden path after mowing the lawn.
The newest of them (the indoors one) is about 5 years old. The other one was given to me by a friend who found it when doing a house clearance and judging by the amount of paint and plaster all over it has had a hard life but it keeps on sucking mud and dog hair like a champ.
the builders left one of these round ours
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For £30 it's a bloody monster!
I also use the car one to suck up stray grass clippings from the garden path after mowing the lawn.
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His n hers vacuums here.
My Henry lives in the garage to deal with garage mess, cars and comes into the house to deal with any major jobs, DIY etc.
Wife has a crappy flimsy plastic Vax thing in the house. Her choice. Next time I'm putting my foot down and she's getting a Sebo.
We always had dysons, right from the DC01. Switched to a sebo a few years ago and its so much better, no gimmicks, it just sucks 🙂
Not had to empty a bag yet but I'm the kind of girl that would re use them.
Re-using original Miele bags would be daft - they are not simple bags but there is strange mesh inner structure in them and emptying them would be really difficult. There are cheap non-name bags available though.
9-year old Miele here, decorated with Race Face stickers - Enjoy the ride 😀
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That Henry's a bad egg if you ask me.
Sebo is pretty good, only weakness is the turbobrush which needs constant cleaning.
I have Sebo and a Charles (amphibious version of Henry).
The Sebo has dealt with a lot of stuff and is still going strong after more than 10 years.
Charles can deal with water and wet stuff which is handy, he does take up a lot of space when not being used mind.
Henry FTW!
mmannerr - thanks for the advice about the Miele bags.
Flashy - Freddie has a better moustache than me but otherwise the resemblance is spot on 🙂
I've got a Henry in my workshop, because quite frankly they're the best at heavy duty 'semi-industrial' type use. Solid and reliable, and can be run for hours on end for dust extraction. Can suck up building rubble and all sorts. It's a pain to move around though, and doesn't store very well.
Bought a Dyson cordless after seeing just how versatile it is at a friend's house.
"The new cordless vacs from Dyson are quite good. The LiIon battery is a bit lightweight - but given the way they're used, it probably wouldn't want to be too heavy. However, minus all the faffing around with a cord, it takes a lot less time to actually get the job done. The cylinder emptying process could be designed a bit betterer but on balance, I reckon they're quite good. Anything that makes actually not mind doing the vacuuming so much is an advance in my world."
The last sentence is exactly what I think. I've gone from hating doing the vacuuming, to not minding it at all. Ask my wife just how important that is for familial cohesion. Plus it is great for the occasional spillage etc, as well as being an absolute boon on stairs. Good for vacuuming in high up and awkward places. Charge holds long enough to do a full basic vacuum up. Charges up in a short time, and stores very neatly and efficiently.
We also have a Dyson ball upright, which rarely gets used. Very powerful indeed, very maneuverable. Gets used for a 'proper' clean. Can't even remember how old it is, possibly 10+ years. Stores away ok.
So far, I've yet to see One Vacuum That Rules Them All.
I have had a Numatic NV 350 since 1980. It has been in my composite workshop until a couple of years ago. I am now rebuilding house and takes all the rubble that will fit the oversize hose. Great on carpets too. If buying new it would be a Henry, as a bit lighter! It's got more suck that LL! 😯