AIBU to ask how to keep a hoover working for more than two years?

Did your Sebo definitely die or does it just need clearing out / servicing?
Mine gets clogged quite easily but it's a total workhorse that keeps going.
Check the filters / nozzle etc. I'd genuinely be surprised if it's broken.

Are you servicing your vacuum every year? Replacing the filter every 3 months or so?

I have two Mieles, one at least 10yrs old and one over 20yrs old. I’m not a keen housewife but they are used.

My first reaction was are you actually emptying the hoover. The Mieles have high filtration disposable bags which seem to protect the filters. You can’t reuse them so do not see gradual reduction in performance.
We also have a hand held Shark for picking up dog hair in the kitchen, we have a black labrador and a stone coloured floor, and that rapidly fills up unless emptied after each use and in shedding season, two to three times during use.

Many years ago my DF gave my DSis an ancient cylinder hoover for her student house. After 3 months she phoned him m to complain that it was no longer sucking. When he asked her if she’d emptied it she replied “why do you need to empty it”. A house full of uni students were clueless re the inner workings of a hoover. Meanwhile no. 1 daughter could strip down an average hoover to remove blockages, change a car tyre, fit a car battery and cook a full roast dinner. No. 2 daughter had an older sister to do all those things. I often wonder how she has made her way, successfully, through life but then I realise that most of our communications involve at least one “how do I “ question. I realised that when we lost our parents I was the go to. I have introduced her to Google but she still contacts me to check if Google is correct. Fortunately No. 3 daughter was fiercely independent, hated the fact that I knew things and ultimately married a husband who has an amazing man shed that James May would be jealous of. In fact they would get on like a house on fire. No.1 daughter married a dyslexic motorbike fan who has no interest in DIY. No.2 daughter married a graphic designer who decorated like he was painting the Sistine Chapel and took twice as long. They are divorced. Her current DH is very talented in DIY but not a patch on No.3’s DH.

My late DF would always refer to us as No. 1,2 & 3 daughters. Although I think it was only when communicating news about one to the other.

We were given our Henry over 18 years ago, when DS was a baby and cried every time we used the Dyson. It was from DH’s work and was used on building sites, it’s well over 30 years old now. We only have 1 flight of stairs and I put it on the step in front of me and hold it in place with my knees and use the smaller head to vacuum with.

I did buy a Shark as we only have a tiny hallway to keep it in, but even though it was an anti hair wrap it couldn’t cope with 3 people’s long hair and I was fed up within a couple of weeks of having to cut it out of the roller.

I vacuum a few times a week, mostly carpet, but it copes fine with the brush that’s in the head, for tiled and solid wood floors downstairs. No maintenance at all, apart from changing the bag twice a year and a wipe over the outside now and then. I do not have time in my life to maintain a vacuum cleaner every month.

usually mine you get use to the bounce its almost like jason bourne reflex's

Your Henry sounds like an arse.

LTB.

I inherited my dad's Henry hoover. He died in 2013 and he had it for about 3 years before that so going for 15 years now. Worth investing in.

Yours is better behaved than mine. On stairs he just rolls all the way down, ensuring he hits my bare feet on the way down, then lies on his side, grinning.

My Meile cylinder hoovers have lasted 12 years.

or he bounces down the stairs etc and still stands

I find that smile so passive aggressive. He just rolls onto his side if you don't pick him up and carry hm everywhere, being heavy and cumbersome and gurning away. But he does actually pick up dust and is unkillable. And I don't hate him as much a dysons. My mother had a Dyson. It is so clearly designed by some arse who has never done the vacuuming in his life.

So Henry stays. I am trying to be nicer to him. I usually swear at him every time I hoover.

Henry hovers are awful imo. Commercial feeling and don't have brushes on the head.

Shark offer a 5 year warranty and are helpful.

Op you also need to do maintenance on the Hoover

the only issue with henry is when hes being a pickle is that smile he has so to speak

My Henry is around 19-22 years old (I can't remember when I got him, but he's older than my youngest, and maybe my next youngest. He's a big boy, takes up a lot of space and cumbersome. I bought a small cordless vacuum earlier in the year that is easier to move about the house. I did ponder on getting rid of Henry but my children were appalled, like I was chucking out a sibling. A sibling that cleans with a smile on his face and doesn't answer back. I think I'll chuck them out instead. 😁

I love how there's no cleaning of the Hetty/Henry filter. Even if you suck up renovations dust etc you just bang the filter on the floor to get the worst of the dust out and then carry on using it. There's a knack to manoeuvring them, you need to keep dragging them and keep them close to you, ensuring they're clear of the doorframe before entering a room. I worked as a cleaner and happily manoeuvred them around even the most cluttered spaces, it's no problem once you're used to them. The Hetty is the smaller and lighter but not by much. The switch to step on on the head, for switching to brush down for hard floors and brush up for carpet is so easy too. There's just nothing to dislike about them really. I vacuum weekly and change the bag once a year (no pets and small home). The worst I've ever had to do is stick a broom handle up the pipe to clear a blockage once or twice when using it at work.

Happy birthday when it comes Henry! We’ve just welcomed our Henry into the family he’s only 3 days old and I’ve been a bit worried I’d made a mistake but reading all the positivity for him on here has reassured me that I’ve done the right thing and I will soon get used to him.

My last two were actual Hoovers and the first one lasted a long time, the second is still going strong. I do clean the filters regularly.

Was going to suggest sebo as mine is 16 years old and so good but you have tried one.

Get a Henry. He is indestructible

It's you not maintaining them

You need a Henry. They are annoying - very awkward on stairs, keep falling over with stupid grins on their faces but utterly unbreakable. I have only had two in thirty years and the second one is still pretty new. I bought the first when I noticed film crews working in my area always had them and so did my next door neighbour who ran a cleaning company. I reckoned if professionals choose them, they must be the best for the job.

My Dyson is 12 years old and still going strong. I had a Vax for about 35 minutes and it stopped working, a hoover lasted about three months. So I wheeled out the Dyson again.

Another vote for Henry. I dropped it all the way down the stairs once and he’s still alive and kicking.

Another voting Henry. I’ve one of the first ones it’s still going strong. They last forever and are so hardy they use them on building sites even.

Well shark have a 5 year warranty. We have had 2 completely replaced for similar reasons so if I were you, I’d start by going back to shark customer service! We also get ours professionally cleaned every 6-12 months or so which has made a difference.