Shark v Dyson??

[ILoveBray]

Posting for traffic, sorry! Please help me choose a new hoover.....

My Henry has finally packed up and I have up to £350 to spend on a new vacuum.

I have a townhouse with 4 floors so it needs to be cordless and light, and can deal with multiple surfaces.

It seems that Shark or Dyson is the way to go, but which one? And which model is the best?

Thanks!

[jenthehen]

I have the g tech (although perhaps the previous version) and due to the speed my hair sheds its actually forced a screw out of the side of the machine.

[Jins]

I have the basic shark liftaway and long hair that sheds everywhere. It’s the best vacuum I’ve used. I’ve not seen any hair wrapped round the brush at all so far but I have wrapped a stray charger cable round it.

Press the buttons on the front plate, lift the flap, remove the brush to clean it then replace. It’s revolutionary

I’ve now sold my dyson (they fetch nothing second hand) and the sebo isn’t getting much use.

In the last week I’ve bought a cordless shark. (Massive reduction on the offer section of their website). It’s good, much better than my friends dyson cordless stick, but not a patch on the corded liftaway.

[goodfornothinggnome]

I've got a Dyson and a shark.

Shark hands down wins imo

[CuriousaboutSamphire]

Wird isn't it? MN seems to be very pro SHark, other forums differ. I wonder how that sort of 'hive mind' starts? It can't be deliberate. Could it be something to do with similar households, maybe?

No kids here, 1 dog. I tried a Shark DuoClean and really didn't get on with it. My Dyson v10 has been great though!

That and a Bissell Crosswave, which is pretty good at picking up dog hairs anyway, and we are all sorted!

[jenthehen]

Thanks Jins that’s useful info. The cleaning of the brush sounds easy. I will have a look to see if it’s worth getting the more expensive lift away.

[Backseatonthebus]

We've inherited several vacuums to add to our collection so now have a Shark, Dyson, GTech ram and Sebo. The Sebo beats them all easily and I'll never have anything else now.

[hoochymamgu]

I have both long story. A dyson animal and a shark lift away. Both excellent. Just hoovered the garage with the shark and it coped amazingly. Shark is really tough and the dyson a bit of a delicate flower but easier to just zap around with no leads.

[Jins]

@jenthehen the more expensive liftaway is the duo clean I think. It’s a bit more versatile as you can put the big head on the wand so the unit works more like a cylinder vac. With mine I can only use smaller upholstery tools or the pet brush but that’s all I need. The duo clean has a sort of Velvet roller at the front which works well on hard surfaces.

I just needed something that would get cat hair out of my carpet. The amount that it picked up that had been left behind by my dyson was staggering. The sebo felix left much less behind.

I alternate the sebo and the shark. They seem to work differently. If I had to pick one it would be the shark but before we got this cat I was really happy with the sebo.