to be stupidly pleased with new vacuum cleaner?

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That's it. That's the post.

After two decades of absolute shite vacs - always purchased by the other resident adult -, now I have an amazing one (and a much, much cleaner house).

This has spurred me on to de-clutter some more and I am really happier about this than I ought to be.

It really does seem to be about the little things these days

Yes! I have a similar one - the C2 maybe, or C4. People rave about their Dysons and their Sharks and whatever, and I smugly revel in my small, easy, efficient cylinder vac. I inherited one from my gran and used it for years myself - probably 20yrs old when it died. I replaced it with almost exactly the same after weeks of research persuaded me out of the fancypants vacs everyone was encouraging me towards. That was 10 years ago. Still brilliant!

If you are interested, I also have a cordless handheld/stick/multi thing by Tineco (maybe called Hero or similar?) also bought after intense research, and I'm just as pleased with it. It doesn't have the suction of the Miele, but it does exactly the job I want it to very well. Bit indulgent to have 2 vacs, but there were reasons and I waited till it was on an Amazon Prime deal. So 2 brilliant vacs for significantly under £400. :smugface:

Miele lover here too but longing for a little lightweight stick one for a quick whip round.

Miele do stick ones now, that's why they don't do the cat and dog uprights.

www.miele.co.uk/e/cordless-stick-vacuum-cleaners-triflex-hx2-cat-and-dog-obsidian-black-11819180-p

Miele are the biz. Mine is almost 20 years old and still going strong, although the lid hinge is a bit knackered on one side. When it packs up and dies I shall give it a bloody good send off, and purchase a new one which will probably outlive me.

@BrioNotBiro now that IS a thing of beauty but £600!

Also you can get knock off spare bags on homespares.co.uk for loads less than the branded bags (search for 'Miele type' or 'Bosch type' etc

I’ve had a Miele for 12 years and I still love it. It’s survived two babies/ toddler/ children and an extension build.

Maytag made a modern version called satellite exactly the same

we had one when we were kids used to play air soccer with it

I have a mile blizzard c1 bought during lockdown as we were all home with nothing much to do.
Paid £249 from Amazon now also double in price

Fab hoover so powerful easy to empty but it is quite heavy to use

On a similar theme, I am unreasonably happy with a new iron I bought recently!
I feel so old!🤣

We have a new Miele - the allergy version. It is replacing our old Miele (Cat and Dog) killed by our builders (I hid it but they found it anyway).

I luffs it. So much better than anything else (especially anything cordless) I've tried.

I think the tide is turning :-)

Hey?? You can literally buy every part possible for sharks!!! You can buy the bloody thing piece by piece if you want to!!

I know, it was odd because the repair guy was usually very good but he didn't seem to think it was fixable. As I said, they made it bloody hard when you did get the parts though!

Hoover must hate that everyone calls all vaccum cleaners hoovers, ha!

Nope Miele shop definitely still in Bluewater and it was open.

My dh owned a Miele cat&dog when I met him in 2006. It’s been in its last legs a while now. He uses it to hoover without its head now 🙄 but, 17 years isn’t bad —needs the tip now—

I've had a Miele cat and dog for about 10 years. They are fantastic.

Got the same as you it’s great isn’t it op

I've got the exact same one - bagless version (should I start an AMA? 🤔)

It's sheer magic, with no worries about replacing bags. Emptying it is a breeze and the dirt falls in a single climb straight into the bin.

It's all good, nothing to complain about.

@ChilliBandit I have a Blizzard bagless Miele. Really happy with it, light, easy to manoeuvre and easy to empty. Previously I had a Miele vaccum (with bags) that lasted over a decade and on 3rd and 4th dogs. Wasn't sure about bagless but we got a great deal and now glad we did. Old attachments fit the new vacuum.

I am sharing your vacuum joy! We also recently bought the Miele Cat & Dog one, it's bloody brilliant. Bought it to replace a Shark corded vacuum which was only a year old but was hands down the worst vacuum I've ever had the misfortune to purchase. I bought that one after reading lots of reviews saying how great Shark hoovers were - ha! So I was a bit nervous about buying the Miele in case we had a similar experience but it's really good.

I get that.

Mentioned we've got a Sebo at work one day. A colleague said 'yes, we're a Sebo family too'. It's like a secret club!

You might be able to have it brought back to health if you're so inclined: we sent our then-15yo Miele off to be fixed and serviced a few years ago. It returned with a new mis-coloured lid, because it was damaged and it was the only part they had left for it as it's no longer made, but was otherwise it was returned to 'early middle age' from 'at death's door'. 5 years later, it is still merrily chugging along, although I must admit I wish it would finally die soon so I can justify a new, more compact, whizzier one.

Oh I know the feeling! When I purchased my current dyson, it was to replace a crappy no-brand vacuum that I'd bought when I moved into my first ever adult place!
The first time I ran the dyson round was in equal parts disgusting and fascinating! My living room rug practically changed colour!

I'm on my second Miele, the first was only about 5 years old but it got a bit knocked about when we moved house and sucked up a large amout of brick dust and plaster. I expect this one to go for years.

Always buy the Miele bags, the generic ones arent as good and seem to hidder tte suction power.

@fivepies thank you although I was kind of hoping someone would tell me they were crap so I’d move on to something cheaper! I went and had a look in John Lewis earlier and they do look great and well made.