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Vacuum cleaner recommendations please!

7 replies

varicoseveined · 10/06/2011 21:55

Am fed up with el cheapo vacuum cleaner that isn't doing much of a good job. DH is shampooing the carpet as we speak Grin and the water is so mucky Blush. Any recommendations? I prefer cylinder types to upright.

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pramsgalore4 · 10/06/2011 22:44

hi, i have a henry and it is fab, best vacuum i have owned

Honneybunny · 11/06/2011 19:01

Another vote for Henry here!

We replaced our (very) old dyson with a vaxx about1/2 year ago. Trouble from the word go. Whatever you do, don't buy one of them! It is a "good-looking" machine, and light, but alarm bells should have gone off when the sales rep in the shop could not tell us why it said it was not suitable for homes with pets. This did not bother us very much, as we do not have pets anyway, but had we known that it also has trouble with dust and hairs, we would have never bought it... It gets blocked up somewhere inside the machine and then heats up, after which the fuse blows. You can then not use the machine ofr an hour, adn need to unblock it, or else it will overheat again the moment you turn it on. Utter frustration. as you can actually not unblcok it without the help of another vacuum cleaner. We were therefore using our old dyson to unblcok the vaxx. Grin

Fortunately my ds1 had seen the cleaner in his school use a Henry and he managed to convince dh (and me) that Henrys are great. We now own one and are going to throw out the vaxx.

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hobnob · 18/06/2011 23:07

Henry! I've had mine for over 20 years and it's still going strong.

dikkertjedap · 18/06/2011 23:13

Dyson is brilliant for carpets/rugs. Can scratch wooden floors. Nightmare to vacuum under beds etc.

beatrixkitto · 20/06/2011 21:55

as a cleaner i would say a henry is the best. i have used vax/dyson/bissell and none are as good as me ol' mate henry!

varicoseveined · 12/10/2011 12:45

I got the Henry and am very happy with it indeed Grin

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