[Closed] What vacuum cleaner? Preferably one less plastic and shoddy that Dyson

Miele vacs are excellent. Much more robust than a Dyson.

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Seriously, nothing tougher - theres a reason contract cleaners use them!

As said many times the reason contractors use Henrys is that they're very cheap so replaced when they break.

I've owned 2 Panasonics since 1996. only got rid of the first one because it was a 110v and wouldn't have worked in the UK when I moved home. They just keep on working.

+1 for a Henry

Henrys aren't especially cheap (£80 ish), and they don't really break. That said, the standard Henry works alright on office style nylon contract carpet, but you want one of the powered or turbo brush heads for home use.

Miele are OK until they break. Then they are chuffing expensive for spare parts

Miele, they are built very well, usually weigh a lot (surely a good sign?) and last for donkies with no maintaince.

I've had loads of different dyson & vax (used to be good as you could get spare parts from anywhere for about 50p, but not really any more as they are now solid state + chinese) and after hearing good things about my mates pet miele not succumbing to his dogs long hair I got one.

2 years of removing well ingrained dog hair from carpet and it still runs like new, and I've never had to dismantle the rotor brush head and rake out the matted hair, it just doesn't jam up, unlike every other pet hair vacuum rotor brush ever made (the dyson one spent more time in pieces as I picked out clums of hair that it ever did actually working).

Miele are OK until they break. Then they are chuffing expensive for spare parts

No they aren't - we sent ours back for a fault and they have a fixed fee, used to be £69. For that they refurbished everything, replaced all the tools and put a new cover on it.

My family all used to have Dysons. We went with Miele. They all now have Miele.

My band jam room/warehouse is kind of like a downmarket Darfur.
Imagine a room that has metalheads jamming in there 24/7. These people are disgusting.
Imagine a building with no bathroom.

The Henry in there has been hoovering up old food, fag ends, guitar strings and **** knows what else for nearly 5 years without the bag being changed or any kind of maintenance.

I bought one for the house.

I've owned 2 Panasonics since 1996. only got rid of the first one because it was a 110v and wouldn't have worked in the UK when I moved home. They just keep on working.

Same here with Dysons except the 110v bit, never broken one yet despite using them for clearing building rubble, ash and they've both fell down the stairs a couple of times. I upgraded to the pet version as a wedding present.

Henrys aren't especially cheap (£80 ish)

Yeah that's cheap.

I looked into this a couple of months ago and ended up with a bissell.
It was heavily discounted because it was over the new eu power limit, but I've been impressed with it so far.
It replaced a dc07.

TIRed, how old was yours? Still in warranty or out of warranty?

During our married life spent restoring houses we have wrecked a couple of vacs but so far only the Henry is standing up to the abuse and that's been going for around ten years now. Tough as anything with very little to go wrong.

vorwerk.

can't afford a vorwerk? - sebo.

If you want tough then Henry is good but pick up is pretty average and the filtration is rubbish.

Out of warranty. Miele in Abingdon courier a box and collect and return. We used to live nearby and I asked them about the cost. They said if it was more then they just absorbed the extra.

[url= http://www.miele.co.uk/support/serviceandrepair/#tab-valet ]It's now £90 [/url]

Henry. Ive been renovating a house and it has had a lot of abuse and its still going strong.

Oreck, they really are phenomenally powerful and amazingly light.

Vorwerk are ludicrously expensive but they do last forever compared to most. My folks bought one sometime in the 15 to 20 year ago range. They replaced it late last year (with a new one) only because the locking clasp for the bag finally gave up some years after someone gorillad it into cracking.

I now have it, it's taped together and while a pain to change the bag as a result, it's still better than most!

Another vote for Sebo,

Thanks TiRed

Ours has a couple of teeth missing from the brush bar assembly, the part is best part of £300! Might go them a try

I bought a Samsung for £25 from Tesco to replace a second broken Dyson within 24 months. That was about 6 years ago and its still working perfectly.

I use our Dyson for the house and building work, very robust things.

Fine powders (such as ash eg vacuuming the wood burner out and cleaning up spilt cement powder) do clog up the washable filter, but after a quick rinse and dry it's back to 100%.

We had dysons from the very start, the DC01, got fed up with them not lasting very long and replaced the latest broken one with a sebo. I wouldn't go back to dyson.

Henry's are no use for a carpeted house, fine for offices with no pile carpet tiles and hard floors, which is why contract cleaners use them.

Henry's are no use for a carpeted house, fine for offices with no pile carpet tiles and hard floors, which is why contract cleaners use them.

We bought one of these:

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in June this year. It's seen little use yet yesterday, there were sparks leaping out of the circular grills near the groaning motor and that horrible smell of burnt electricals.

We are about to sample Vax's after-sales performance....

We've had a Dyson DC03 for over 10 years. When the motor died I changed it with a replacement from manchestervacs and it is still going strong.
Really easy to fix and the parts aren't expensive. It's taken a fair bit of abuse over the years and it does the job.
For every bad experience there are loads of (admittedly quiet) good experiences.

It was pretty exciting to connect up the old motor, when free from the body and start it up. 1ft horizontal flames 😯 In the living room 😕 I may have been in a bit of bother afterwards with my wife 😀

I've got a fairly low range Miele that has been faultless for the last 10 years and is consistent - unlike the fickle Dyson it replaced.

Miele for me, or if on a budget and need to hoover up all kinds then a Henry.

Miele +1

Got one for about £150. Amazing suction, light & robust. Uses bags though, but it works very well and very hygienic as you change the bags and filter together.

Dyson do seem to be a Marmite brand. Are their various models not created equally or something?

I have, from memory, a DC04. Bought on impulse when ASDA were knocking them out at half price when I'd gone in for a pint of milk maybe fifteen years ago. Granted it doesn't exactly get daily use, but it gets knocked about and it's still going strong. The only thing I've had to replace on it in that time is the brush roller drive belt, and the roller itself which had warped out of shape. That aside, it's as good as the day I bought it.

I can't fathom how people are reporting that theirs "keep breaking" unless there are good and bad models within the range?

(EDIT: Google would suggest I have a DC07, not a DC04.)

My first Dyson stopped working because the motor kept overheating (possibly due to poor filter cleaning by me after doing a major renovation). Now on my second (a Ball one this time) and it has worked perfectly since new. So that's two vacuums in 19 years and counting...

I got a DC07 after builders trashed my Panasonic 12 years ago. It sucks.

I had a DC07 (I think) that didn't fare too well when used for clearing up during a house renovation. Dust blocked the filter (washable so not the end of the world) and all the plastic parts became less well fitted together so the whole thing was rather loose and had to be held at just the right angle to actually suck anything off the carpet.

Now replaced by a Sebo which is far better in my opinion. I also have a Henry for the rubble etc as they are tough and reliable but far from the best at vacuuming carpets.

We have a Dyson something or other, bought as a managers special when the last (panasonic perhaps?) hoover died. I reckon we've had it 10 years now and it's still going strong. We're having an extension done at the moment and it's coping well with cleaning up after the builders.

VACUUM (OR PANASONIC IF YOU LIKE) BUT NOT HOOVER!!!!!!!

Pedant. You knew what I meant.

Me? Pedantic?

Yup.

Sorry.

VACUUM (OR PANASONIC IF YOU LIKE) BUT NOT HOOVER!!!!!!!

No need to shout. I assume you buy transparent-adhesive-cellulose tape rather than sellotape?

No need to shout. I assume you buy transparent-adhesive-cellulose tape rather than sellotape?

Bosch vacuum cleaners are highly regarded, always near the top of the Which? tests.

I've had mine of 3 years, works just as good as the day I got it. Even after abusing it lots by making it suck up mud and stones that I've dragged in after a muddy bike ride still works great

I thought the Henry was really poor .I have met girls who suck harder

Miele, they are built very well, usually weigh a lot (surely a good sign?) and last for donkies with no maintaince.

I've had loads of different dyson & vax (used to be good as you could get spare parts from anywhere for about 50p, but not really any more as they are now solid state + chinese) and after hearing good things about my mates pet miele not succumbing to his dogs long hair I got one.

2 years of removing well ingrained dog hair from carpet and it still runs like new, and I've never had to dismantle the rotor brush head and rake out the matted hair, it just doesn't jam up, unlike every other pet hair vacuum rotor brush ever made (the dyson one spent more time in pieces as I picked out clums of hair that it ever did actually working).

Same experience here with a Miele pet vac. Except ours is now about 3 or 4 years old and still like new.
We had a Henry (2 actually) and they were reliable but pretty useless for picking stuff up. The Miele is on another level entirely.

We have a Dyson hand held too, which is handy but it's made out of airfix quality plastic and the brushes clog up after every use.

Get a Miele. They are no more expensive than a top end Dyson and miles better quality. Also be quick before you get caught by the new power restrictions on all new vacs.

I thought the Henry was really poor .I have met girls who suck harder

Well at least you gave the Henry a go.

Get a Hoover, after all they invented them.
(Waits to be proved wrong, this is STW after all)

Tobst24 - does it pick up Spam well?