*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)

I need a Hoover too and from this thread I looked up a Miele. £579!

Do they ever a half price sale??

I've had too many refurbished things be fine for a year then drop dead to be willing to buy refurbished, especially when it's something that to me is quite expensive

Shark Liftaway pet= fantastic.

Don't get anything cordless, they don't hold enough charge and they don't have enough suction

Shark liftaway pet - brilliant, so easy to do the stairs and it gets right under things, mine was 199 off their website pay in 4 installments x

@06Nochristmasbreak exactly I have £250 at a big stretch not nearly £600! That's more than double the very very top end of my budget (if I spend £250 we will be eating a lot of beans on toast until payday)

Every dyson I’ve owned (3) has been shit. I’ll be getting a shark.

I hate the Dyson cordless. Runs out of charge after 10 mins, filter blocks all the time.

A tough as old boots red Henry is difficult to beat IME.

The first time I used my Shark lift away pet was like a religious experience. Even DP loves it and he has ridiculously high standards of cleaning/cleaning products. You just have to be careful it doesn’t lift carpet or suck up power cables.

Got mine on an Amazon Black Friday deal half price. Worth all of the pennies.

And a Henry would be kind to your budget.

I've had similar to the Vax one linked above, it was fine.

I'm sure Which? had one at about £50 that they said was a very good basic vacuum.

Do not get a dyson or a cordless. Miele every single time.

I'll repeat I am not getting a Henry (or a hetty) . I know lots of people rave over them but I can't stand them.

Dyson is style over substance. Friend spent a lot of money on one and said it’s rubbish. I’ve been told that Miele is good though.

Roomba!

I've got a Shark for the stairs and an Airam plus an old Dyson for the decking (it's a thing ok!)

all are fine - they pick stuff up off the carpet - manage with 5 cats 3 kids - I can't bring myself to get worked up over any of them but they do the job

My mum has a Henry - I hate it - it's pants

Henry Henry Henry.

I've had Gtech (great, but batteries dodgy and tiny reservoir), Shark (just shit), Miele (good but not worth the extra £££)

The shark has changed my life.

I got the GTec for Christmas (I know but nothing else I wanted) and it’s great. We have all wood floors, one rug and also got the handheld thing which is brilliant.

Watching with interest. I was so excited to get my very first Dyson (cordless) - it’s shit, I’ll never get another one. I need something decent for stairs and getting cat hair from upholstery.

I have the grey, commercial version of a Henry, it has a more powerful motor than red Henry but no cord windy thingit. It’s brilliant.

Weight not an issue but I will admit to having arms like a docker