...to ask if you regret buying a Dyson?

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I AM being unreasonable posting here for traffic but I'm half an hour away from buying a Dyson Animal and want to be sure it's worth the extra £100 on Henry!

We have a 3 bed house, a Labrador,10 year old and a baby so need something fairly reliable- last vacuum lasted just over 7 months as couldn't cope with the fucking ridiculous amount of dog hair

Tell me... are Dysons worth it?!

I love my Henry but have lost my husband to Dyson. He does most the hoovering, so Dyson wins in our house.

I have a dyson and a very hairy Labrador, it's brilliant picks up dog hair really well I empty it after every use because it's so easy and the best thing is when the filters start to smell a bit doggy you can take them out and wash them so it always smells fresh unlike a Henry which I find can get a bit whiffy mainly I think because it has a bag dirt tends to sit in them longer before you empty/change the bag. Buy a dyson!

Had a Henry, which my DP talked me into 'upgrading' to a Dyson. I chucked the Henry in the shed with the intention of selling it.
After so many problems with the Dyson, the Dyson is in the shed and the Henry is back as our faithful hoover !
I would also add that from what I'v seen most cleaning co's tend to use Henry's.

No

I've had two dysons, one lasted for ten years before I upgraded and passed it on to someone else (No idea if it's still going or not), the other has been going about nine years now and is going strong. Well worth the money

I hated our Dyson. It was heavy and clunky and full of sharp edges. I always managed to pinch/cut my fingers when moving the bits around, and I somehow bruised my ankles or calves when using it. The way you emptied it was particularly gross and I had to pick bits out with my fingers. It did not perform better than other vacuums.

We gave it away and bought a Henry. We have used it throughout various messy building projects and it never lets us down. It is heavy, that's the only thing I can think of that I don't love. We've now bought another for our holiday home. They are very robust, suck up all and everything from dog hair to building rubble, don't smell of plastic like an interim supermarket vacuum we tried, and the hose and various extending bits are solid (some parts made of metal not just plastic) and don't fall off.

I used to use Henrys when I worked as a chambermaid in a hotel. They're commonly used in commercial settings because they're reliable and effective.

And Henrys are actually British-made (Chard, Somerset) and not just 'British designed' (made in Malaysia since 2002).

My vax is better than the MILs Dyson.
I am thinking about switching to a Shark though - seems to be the Labrador-owners vacuum of choice as it picks up EVERYTHING.

I have a DC55 and regretted it from the word go. Ok suction, but much better vacuums available. Had it less than 2 years and have had to replace the hose twice as it keep developing large holes.

Dysond used to perform better and be more robust. Not anymore.

Dyson are unreliable in my experience. They also require a lot of faffing, what with cleaning out stuck dust and washing filters. They are heavy, noisy, and overpriced. Personally I hate them. Miele cat and dog is brilliant - I don't want to spend time doing maintenance on a vacuum cleaner, and with a Miele you don't have to. My only criticism is the bags are rather small. I also have a Henry, and it is fine and very robust. Both vacuums are over 10 years old and have never broken down, and you can't say that for Dyson, which look for any excuse to pack up!

I have a Dyson and a Bosch, both cordless. The Dyson is easier to manhandle than the Bosch, but the Bosch is much better power-wise.

Wouldn't touch Dyson just because of James Dyson - blathering on about British industry when actually he's outsourced it all to Malaysia.

I hated my Dyson. Even the electrical shop said dont buy one these days as the quality is so much worse than it used to be. Sebo X4 pet is the thing to have with children and moulting Labs.

We had a Dyson 10 years ago. It was really heavy. Then it stopped picking up properly. We followed all the self-diagnostic guides online, ordered new parts etc. No joy. They didn't have service engineers back then, mind. Got so fed up of it, we took it to the tip & bought a nice light Sebo. Dyson's are not worth IMO.

PS.Someone I knew who was a cleaner said the best vacuum she had used was a £20 one from Tesco, but we've had mixed results with those. Bought one on her recommendation and it's good (lightweight, robust and effective), then bought another for second home and it's rubbish. The plastic bits keep levering out of each other so every four or five strokes you need to bend down and pick up the attachment, replace it and start again. It stinks of hot plastic within minutes of turning it on and never fails to give me a headache. So it's also a mixed bag with cheap hoovers, not that anyone asked.

It's the best vacuum I've had but I've never had a Henry. I have two dogs. I bought an attachment for it from amazon for walls (those spiderweb dust things) and curtains.

I'd been loyal to dyson for years. I think they were a bit of a game changer with vacuum cleaners in general. There are much better vacuum cleaners in the same price bracket, though. Bought a sebo X4 and I'd rather lug that upstairs rather than use the annoying, rattly dc24 we have up there because it is just so much better. And quieter.

I love our dyson cordless.

I like the fact that i can grab it off the wall and whizz round every morning...... when we had a corded hoover I would only bother to get it out once a week.
DH was v keen in a henry but i can't understand the henry love they are bulky to store a a right pain to use on stairs etc. I guess if you needed something heavy duty for building work or something it would be better than the dyson.

Hulder thank you! That annoys me so much! And it takes business away from genuine British industry like Henry (who really need to up their PR game imo).

And wherever you stand on Brexit he annoyed me by weighing in as a high profile Leave campaigner when he has no business having an opinion if his factories are abroad!

Had a Henry, separated from ex and he had custody of Henry so I bought a Dyson. Had it a month or so before I put it in the garage and bought myself a Henry.
The Dyson was so heavy and really didn't pick up as well as Henry.

My V6 cordless animal kept breaking. Dyson were very good and sent an engineer out after it'd had to parts replaced. Turns out it wasn't sutible for long haired cats as the hair wrapped round the brush.they gave my a good deal on a model with a fatter brush so happy with that. I absolutely love my Dyson.

My mum had a Henry. I hated it.

We've got an old type Dyson that weighs a ton and is so heavy and awkward to lug about, but it is second to none for cleaning. I've just recently got an AEG cordless one, that to be fair is more of an electric carpet sweeper but I've barely touched the Dyson since as it's so much easier to use.

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I've got a Henry and a cordless Dyson Animal V6. The Henry is uncomplicated and does what it says on the tin. You can roll it down a flight of stairs and it will work perfectly and not have a scratch on it.

The Dyson is meh. Suction is good when it works. But the filter is a fucking pest because it has to be kept really clean or the suction doesn't work properly. The dust bucket clogs all the time - which is really annoying when the thing is supposed to be designed for pet hair. It's pretty grim to have to get a kitchen knife and prise all the clogged hair out of the side walls where it gets trapped - it's such a design flaw. The rotating brush only works intermittently, and this is a known fault as there are lots of workarounds online. Again I find this really annoying; I don't want 'fixes' I want the thing that I paid £300 for to properly work!

I'll keep using it until it conks out, but when it does I am replacing it with a Sebo. They are very well reviewed and apparently last really well and have brilliant suction.

I have a cordless Dyson and it barely picks up Cheerios so I can't work out what the fuss is.

I much prefer our Miele, it's excellent.