To ask for a hoover that actually WORKS and will not SHOWER the floor with FILTH !

Ive tried just about every make of vacumn going and about 4 years ago bought a standard Henry! Can't praise it enough. I also have a cordless Henry Pet for quick clean ups. Yes, the pods aren't cheap so I don't use it for a major clean through. However, having the pods inside means it works so much better than a bagless vacumn

My Shark must've been waiting for today to play up , I vacuumed the hall and it spat cat hair back.
Calmly unplugged it and took the roller bit out , lots of stuck fluff , checked all the hoses were clear .
Feel smug now

I hate my Dyson with a passion! It clogs, stops, spits and when I empty it I end up with dust covered hands.
I will eventually replace it but it was so expensive. I can't believe I fell for the hype.

I hate cordless for this reason. I love my trusty Henry hoover, I’ve had it over 20 years and it is fab.

We have a Miele C3 cat and dog and it's been infinitely better than the previous useless Dyson.

I do need to cut hair off the roller regularly though (the pets and I shed a tonne). It also requires buying bags. But the suction is great.

I wish there was a laugh react because that made me proper chuckle!

Mine’s a Miele C3 and it’s lovely.

Have you washed the filters and sponges? Mine did that only last week and that fixed it.

My shark drops bits when I turn it off - bits of grit and any tiny hard bits. This is since new and definitely not associated with filters needing cleaning etc.
I just keep it running with head down on the floor and then when I’m by the bin, i turn it upside down before I turn it off so mess is dumped in the bin!

Its about 5 years old

I have a shark and agree they’re lacking in power, even in wooden floors I don’t rate it! But it only spits dirt back out when it’s either blocked or there’s fluff clogging the rollers.

My Shark only spews if there's a blockage.
I've got corded/cordless definitely prefer the corded; the cordless is good for a quick nip round but if I could only keep one it would be the corded one.

You have to go with bags if you don't want a mess. I feel your pain. I swapped my bag-based miele for a bagless one last year and it's a nightmare trying to empty it without getting black dust on the floor.

Snap! I find Henries so cumbersome and awkward, constantly getting stuck on furniture and doors. Find the suction awful and hard work with the stick.
We recently got a shark and love it!

Cordless never has the power of corded so the two aren't really comparable. What on earth are you hoovering that's so grisly?!

I have two sharks and find them far better than Dyson. Mine are corded though. They have really good customer service though, if you think it's a dud you should contact them.

I don't think any cordless hoover can match up to a corded hoover. Miele are very good.

My shark anti hair wrap always clogs in the flexi pipe from the head to the rigid pipe. Always clogged with hair. We are a hair shedding family, hence the anti hair wrap purchase as we were cutting hair off the old vacuums rollers every day. However it doesn't do what it says and as soon as that bit gets clogged it's throwing bits everywhere.

I've tried lots of different vacuum cleaners, because NONE of them work. I've tried a couple of the expensive ones (including Dyson - both Dysons I got had chunks of plastic literally falling off them from very early on). I think that the technology isn't there yet.

Miele all day long. We have a M1, hated my Shark.

Get a bagged Miele. Best vacuum by far.

Old Henry’s are great the new ones not so much now a days

I’ve a cordless shark that is only used on the stairs but it’s the bloody button right in the middle that pisses me off only cos I keep switching it bloody off

Ive a corded shark though works wonders but I do miss my old pre 2014 Dyson but the ex took it in the split the wanker.

my aunt has a carpet sweeper she will not part with think it’s a 1965 model or might be 1970. I love the thing too cos it’s a simple little beast

I’m a cleaner and I agree that you can’t beat a Henry.

I have got a cunt of a Dyson, a poor snivelling twat of a machine.

One word...HENRY! Every hotel corridor I have stayed in has them on every floor. Says it all. Buy 2. One for upstairs one for down. I've had 3 in 45 years. One of them got used by ex to clear builders rubble so I ditched it on principle but it was still going!

my aunt has a corded shark and that is shite too. Don't think any hoover is as good anymore since they made them less powerful under the new EU regulations a few years ago. thats why I went out and bought a corded Dyson while they still had the older more efficient models in stock at the time.
from what I remember people were going out and buying hoovers to get a decent strong one before they started selling the shite ones.

My shark does this when it's sucked up something it shouldn't. Highly frustrating - take the thing apart and see if you can unblock it.

I won't buy another one. I miss my Miele C3.