*boring thread alert* MN please recommend me a vacuum cleaner

[BillywigSting]

Posting here for traffic.

Ours has finally given up the ghost having survived ten years, a house move and cleaning up the detritus after a full replaster (which was the death knell for it really).

Have a mid sized three bedroom terraced house so not a shoebox but not exactly a big house. Mostly laminate flooring, with tiles in the kitchen and bathroom, a few rugs and stairs carpet.

I have tried multiple online quizzes and am honestly still none the wiser.

Budget isn't huge around £150-£200. Could maybe stretch to £250 but that would be pushing it (I'm on nmw and dp was made redundant in December so a bit skint but still need a half decent vacuum and there is a bit in the savings pot for such things)

Well I bought a decent hoover for the first time in my life a few months ago. It's a Miele and it's incredible. I can't believe how I was washing my time with all my shit hoovers before. (I did used to get very cheap ones)

It's at the top end of your budget and you might be able to get it in a sale etc. Failing that that people say sharks are very good as well.

*wasting my time

I have a shark, it's shit. I miss my g tech.

If I had an easy access store cupboard, I'd go back to a corded vac.

My mum swears by her miele.

I have a small under stairs cupboard where our current (cylinder) vacuum lives. The hose gets on my nerves but I also don't want to be lugging a big heavy upright up the stairs when that's the only carpeted area of the house.

I have a Miele too, in fact I've had a couple. A cylinder vac and an upright. Both fab.

Another good one I've had access to was a Sebo upright. Great for allergies and good all round hoover.

Miele definitely, they have a factory shop in Abingdon, Oxfordshire if you’re on a budget. You might be able to purchase from there online.

Henry!

We've got a Dyson upright and a lightweight Vax upright. The Vax would be fine for hard floors, the Dyson is fab with carpets. We've mostly carpets, 2 cats and a bigish 4 bed house. I can carry the Vax anywhere even with some neck/shoulder probs.

Vax is similar model to this (sorry for the enormous clicky link):
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I am absolutely not getting a Henry having wrestled with the little bastard in the past, far too bloody heavy and bulky. Very overrated.

Oh yeah, sebo are good too.

My mum has one of those too (huge 4 bed house, dog and 4 kids) which is her upstairs vac.

I help my DH clean sometimes, the place he does has a Henry, absolute rubbish and also a due on which is also rubbish.

Due on = Dyson

Buy an eufy c30 (about £160) and small handheld hoover for the stairs.

Billy I also bought one for my elderly parents as they couldn't manage anything big, carrying it on their stannah

Miele again, as we have a dog that sheds. It's expensive, but mine is getting on for 12 years old.

I love my shark lift away pet.

Having had an extremely unsatisfactory experience with Sebo’s customer service team today I would not recommend.

Miele cat and dog, it is wonderful

That £250 upper limit really is the very upper limit. I certainly can't afford £300

Shark lift away duo. Pet version.

Mine is over 2 years old now and I still can't get over how good it is. (Had a Dyson pet before)

I do have a Hetty I can't part with as that thing can vacuum up rocks and survive. So she comes out when the car or garage or need a Hoover.

I bought a shark after seeing people raving about them online and I hate it, I might as well suck up the dirt myself with a straw, it’s rubbish.

Fair play to Sharks marketing department, they have done a very good job of using influencers to pull off a modern day emperors new clothes (see also Charlotte Tilbury). It’ll be a Miele for us next time I think or back to dyson.

Miele C5 though I believe shark is better but more expensive again might be promotional.
My miele is brilliant.

Came on to say Miele too!

Check out refurbished dysons on their eBay shop.

I’m impressed with my shark lift away, I paid £150 on amazon on Black Friday. Shark cordless are rubbish apparently.

Miele c3 is around £170. Mine is 5 years old now still perfect DP works in electrical sales he thinks the mini C1 is just as good it is easier to carry.
I love the different settings for furniture etc.

Henry.

We just bought one to replace our Dyson which hasn't worked properly for a year