[Closed] Need a new Hoover.. what does STW recommend

Give yourself more options, buy a vacuum cleaner instead. 😉

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baby Shark

Here's a quick summary of how the tread will go, thank me later 🙂

Miele
Dyson (you either love them or hate them)
Henry

We replaced a Dyson Animal Corded with a Shark Cordless (after endless recomendations on here). I was pretty sceptical at first, but it picks up more cat hair than the Dyson (we have four cats). Very impressed by it. We've given the Dyson away now, as it has been surpassed.

It's like people when they say Tannoy when they mean public address system. Tannoy is a brand name.

Sebo FTW.

Sebo for an upright. Not bagless but tremendous pick up and fills the bag like a cushion, so doesn't require emptying frequently. Very well thought out features e.g. tool free quick removal of brush so that you can remove long hairs easily, dust free bag changes.

Many people will be along to slate them shortly but our Dyson DC25-animal refuses to die its 6 years old. Gets abused, has been through the renovation of two houses so far, chewing through plaster dust, rats nest clean ups and the daily clean up after our two long haired dogs. Its easy to strip down and clear any blockages. Filters are quick and easy to wash or replace.

Apparently it depends on carpet type, who knew?
We got loop pile for stairs, landing, plus 1 room and were told we shouldn't use a powered spinny head, which is annoying as you can't get a decent non spinny head for the Dyson cordless V8 (unless anyone knows differently).
To do with breaking fibres and wear on carpet.
I know the answer is Henry but I like cordless and as stairs attest the spinny heads are better a getting mud out.

Must be something in the air as we are also in the market for a new (cordless) vacuum, watching with interest. Flaps, which Shark you go for?

it is a sad thing to be impressed by, but the Shark is ace. The cordless one, with two batteries, and animal tech (we don't have animals, but the females of the house have long hair. Same thing!)

And the [free] car attachments are more useful than I thought they would be.

not to come over all middle class, before we had it we had a Dyson. And the cleaner would bring her own Henry over. Since we've got the Shark, the Henry has not been back.

Miele and forget cordless 🙂

Vax cylinder for pets with the hepa filter, very powerful, almost too powerful.

We decided to get a cordless to keep upsstairs after my Mrs was ill & couldn't haul the upright Dyson around so well. I didn't want a Dyson for obvious reasons but she liked the colour so that's what we got.
It's actually pretty good.

Flaps, which Shark you go for?

This one...

https://www.johnlewis.com/shark-iz201ukt-anti-hair-wrap-pet-cordless-vacuum-cleaner/p4907911#product

We can clean the whole house on one charge. It also comes with an impressive selection of attachments for different surfaces.

Anything but Dyson.
personally we went with a henry for 100squids.

Sebo. Bagged, upright and powerful. After years of farting about with bagless Dyson, Hoover and Panasonic (to be fair the Panasonic was o.k but they don't make vacuums any more) Decided to go old school and get a bagged upright, was considering a Miele but couldn't find an upright by them so plumped for a Sebo. Can't fault it.

All very sad, but very impressed by the under bed feature....

There was a lot of hair and fluff under ours, I possibly removed an entire eco system with its own civilisation....

owned several dysons, corded, cordless, upright, pull along. all have suffered reduced suction after about 6 months of use and no amount of cleaning, refurbing etc solves it.

had a vax industrial hoover which had so much power you could hardly move the head along the carpet.

had a hoover, which was good, but motor died.

Have had a shark corded upright for about a year. It just keeps going. pet hair, no problem. long human hair, no problem. cleaning out the ash from the fire, no problem (maybe just a filter clean afterwards). Overzealous hoover roulette (you know, lets see what objects it can vacuum up as I can't be arsed bending over to pick it up), yep, no problem.

best vacuum we've bought.

As someone who hates vacuuming I can recommend Shark liftaway. It's very adaptable and it's a satisfying to see how much dirt it picks up. Might be worth waiting til Black Friday as I saved 50% in this week's Amazon Prime deals so hopefully similar deals next month.

Just to give you another option check out the Vax Blade, like many others sceptical but actually really impressed and not a million quid like the Dysons :/

James

We bought a Shark corded vacuum at the start of lockdown to replace a very old Henry and an asthmatic Vax. It's excellent

They've usually got some offers too

https://sharkclean.co.uk/shark-catalog/shark-offers/

as cheap as possible, spend the money on something fun

We bought a Shark during lockdown as they were on offer and extra off with a Blue Light Card. The Mrs wanted something easier to use then our trusty Dyson. It’s excellent so much easier to use very light we got the cordless pet one. It doesn’t like picking up larger stuff that the Dyson would swallow but I think that’s to do guards for the hair.

So yes Shark if like me you have 3 people with long hair in the house get anti hair one.

Just to give you another option check out the Vax Blade

I went off Vax after I ordered a carpet cleaner and they sent me a faulty one. It even had faulty writton on the box and the exact fault on the label. I naively assumed they'd repaired it, but no it was broken exactly as the box clearly stated....

Shark upright lift away pet model,first time using it, nearly filled it up with dog hair & 2x long haired female castoffs.Had been hoovered the same day, with the outgoing Dyson(5 year old)

Very impressed and great to use the anti hair snag works well too.And the best thing its got fricken full LED headlights👍🏼

Isn't the dust thingy on the Shark tiny though? Having a dog and vac'ing our house once a week leaves our Dyson (old one, DC14 maybe?) dust thingy absolutely rammed, and it's miles bigger than the one on the Shark looks.

We picked up a Dyson V10 from their refurb store in April 2020 and so far so good. It replaced a Henry hoover, it is a lot more convenient to use being able to blast round the house quickly and easily, but that could just be the benefit of being lighter and cordless.

Have kept the Henry for car hoovering duties as the Dyson isnt great in the tight footwells.

If you want a hoover, buy a hoover.
If you want a vacuum, buy a Sebo.

Sebo, at least have a look.

When the previous Dyson gave up the cleaners asked if we could just get a Henry.

They just work.

Every-so-often we need to buy bags.

We have two cats.

We have the G-tech AirRam and the handheld one for stairs etc..

Very good vacuum cleaners.

Really really don't get a Miele. They are ****ing awful. So much friction that you can't actually run the damn thing across the floor without straining your back. loathe the damn thing

Isn’t the dust thingy on the Shark tiny though? Having a dog and vac’ing our house once a week leaves our Dyson

Yeah it’s small but can do a couple of rooms or a whole house depending on how often you clean, it takes seconds to empty.

refuses to die its 6 years old

I should hope not

How big is the hand held bit of the shark vs the cordless dyson?  Ours is in need of replacement and I’m looking at the shark to replace the handheld  and possibly the upright too.

S E B O

Isn’t the dust thingy on the Shark tiny though?

Yep, but it packs a lot in - dust and hair compress pretty well. I can do the whole house on it (ok its completely rammed by that point, but still works).

Miele Cat and Dog. I have no idea whether that fits in your budget, but the amount of shite it gets out of my carpet is prodigious.

Random Miele recommendation here, ours has been great

11years old now (bought with vouchers from our wedding) and it died at the weekend, motor appears to have gone, with 4 kids this is a disaster!

rang them today about a repair, they said would be £125 to refurb it, which sounded OK

but they offered me a 50% discount off a new one, got a c3 cat & dog for £150 delivered, wasnt expecting that so very pleased

Here’s a quick summary of how the tread will go, thank me later 🙂

Miele
Dyson (you either love them or hate them)
Henry

OH has a Dyson, it's crap..... nightmare to clean out
I have a Henry my mum gave me because it was too heavy for he and a little mini shark thing ....
Henry sucked up countless bags of plaster/rubble and assorted rubbish.... and its dead easy to clean.

This is not a recommendation at all but we have a Dyson cordless which is marginally flimsy but has worked well for the last 3 years and is great for quick work.

Had a Miele Cat and Dog which was good but died during building work.

Bought a Henry for £50 and it's fab for the tough jobs but not as good for standard carpet cleaning.

A good friend (who's very house proud) swears by Sebo uprights for carpet stuff.

Our Shark corded is about 6 year sold and has been brilliant. Its started making some dodgy noises recently and that is now supplemented by a burning smell. It owes me nothing though as its been used most days for 6 years, including months of builders debris.

I'll definitely be buying another Shark, will go cordless this time.

My vote goes for a Henry, cheap, pretty much indestructible (a mate had a super expensive one for their cleaner and a Henry they let the builders use 😂). You can easily buy spares for the Henrys as well.

Also a spinning brush attachment is available that does a great job on carpets.

I would prefer corded as it should last longer than cordless, also trying to avoid buying more kit with non-standard or proprietary internal batteries.

You can buy Dyson spares very easily too. I just replaced two lost tools for about a tenner together on a 17 year old Dyson DC20 (which by the way works perfectly still and has zero issues).

If you are interested in Cordless, go to Currys where they'll have all their cordless options lined up in order of cost. When I went in they were all pretty asthmatic (inc Shark and Dyson V8) next to the Dyson V10 which was in another league. According to their 'air watts' numbers it has nearly double the suction power.

Bosch do a cordless that's got even more suction than the v11 I think too.

Ideally baglesss due to the amaount of crap

the amount of shite it gets out of my carpet is prodigious.

These issues are probably better addressed through training your pets better...

Our Henry must be 15 years old now and its been faultless. Plus it has a smiley face.

Miele. Just so much better made than most.

Something robotic. We have a Roomba and it's bloody awesome. Yes, it doesn't get into every nook and cranny, but getting the tight corners takes all of 5 mins.

make sure the floor is clear of the rest of the kids crap and hit the button. An hour later and the whole downstairs is done and it parks itself back on charge, plays a little song and sends you an App message to say it's done and if it needs anything from you. Brilliant.

Robot steam mop next.

I killed the motor in my Henry after using it to suck up plaster rubble without a bag (****ing stupid I know, even stupider was listening to my Dad who recommended not using a bag). It was 13 years old though I think.

I bought a Screwfix Titan fake Henry which has been equally good since.

You can buy Sebos off eBay for buttons if you are patient. I bought one for £16 which just needed unclogging and a new cable. I bought another for £20 which had just had a new cable, they are easily rebuildable and I’ve got spares for years now....

If you are going to be using it frequently then I'd recomend a cordless one. We've been very pleased with our Dyson but appreciate that others don't like them. Wouldn't go back to a corded one again....

I killed the motor in my Henry after using it to suck up plaster rubble without a bag (****ing stupid I know, even stupider was listening to my Dad who recommended not using a bag). It was 13 years old though I think.

I bought a Screwfix Titan fake Henry which has been equally good since.

Weirdly we bought ours on the reccommendation of a builder friend who did exactly the same as you and never had an issue in years and years of not using a bag to clean up after himself!

If you are interested in Cordless, go to Currys where they’ll have all their cordless options lined up in order of cost. When I went in they were all pretty asthmatic (inc Shark and Dyson V8) next to the Dyson V10 which was in another league. According to their ‘air watts’ numbers it has nearly double the suction power.

It's not just about air watts though, I gave away our corded Dyson Animal after we got a Shark Cordless. The Dyson has a far bigger motor and probably 10x the Air Watts but the Shark gets more cat hair out of our carpets - just a better designed brush head.

If it's just dust / hair on a hard floor then they both have enough suck to get it all up.

Skimmed the thread so forgive me if going over old ground.
We have always had a Henry in the house, brilliant for DIY but not an ergonomic everyday tool, years (or is that decades ago?) we had an original Dyson, never liked it, it was quite frankly shit, heavy & cumbersome with poor performance so I bought a Sebo which is good, so good I think we had had it for about 10 years before the better half wanted a new cordless & bagless model. I was totally against it & completely dismantled & cleaned out the Sebo, fitted it back up with all new filters & a new bag to make a point, vacuumed the house (we have one Boarder terrier) & went out & bought a Shark cordless with 3 (yes 3) batteries with a 14 day money back guarantee, came home & filled the container up within a few rooms, one nil to the wife! The downsides to the Shark are a much reduced cleaning head which means more time per room, but on the flip side the cordless means less time switching sockets & avoiding the cord, we'll call that one even then. So get the the Shark, it's a no brainer unless your better half uses all 3 (yes 3) batteries without charging any of the depleted ones, in which case you can't vacuum at all, & I'm calling that 2-1 win to me as the Sebo always worked, even if the bag was full it still made a good enough job of the house, convenience is the new to our old of that reliable just works.
Still, that was £350 well spent as she loves it.

Weirdly my trusty shark caught fire today. Loads of electrical smoke. I’m happy that is due to my continued abuse of it after months of cleaning up builders dust rather than any sort of manufacturing fault. New cordless shark ordered including Blue Light Card discount. Will report back.

completely dismantled & cleaned out the Sebo, fitted it back up with all new filters & a new bag to make a point,

It probably needed a new brush bar which is swapped in a few seconds. Most vacuums suffer from the bristles wearing down and not touching the carpet deeply enough, but most vacuums you can’t buy spares for as easily.

Went for a Miele Blizzard CX1.. Seems to work very nicely according to mrs cloudnine.
Im still unqualified to use such complicated high powered machinery so i'll be leaving it to the experts for now.

Weirdly we bought ours on the reccommendation of a builder friend who did exactly the same as you and never had an issue in years and years of not using a bag to clean up after himself!

😀 ! Well - I hope you have better luck with yours (or just use bags...).

Horsey/dog people generally all have a Shark, for a reason. 4 horses and 2 dogs here. We have a corded Shark. They're great.

4 horses and 2 dogs here

Do they all live in the house?

I’ve been thinking about buying a Henry. Use lots of vacuums at work, my faves are Henry/Miele.

Somebody told me to buy an old second hand one if possible. Something to do with them not being as powerful as they used to be due to EU regulation. Any truth in that?