I'm sure this has been done a million times before (pls humour me) ... which is the best upright Dyson?

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Dyson is dying and we have heard some of the newer dysons have very small cylinders. We need it to be:

• upright
• anti allergy
• good for carpet and hard floors.

Can anyone help please?

Personally, I would buy a Mile.
Sorry I'm not much help.

Miele

I have a dyson animal, the ball one. Very good. Never had a miele so can't comment.

Eclectic - have heard the ball ones have tiny cylinders that need constant emptying - is this so?

Thanks all.

I don't have a problem with that and they are very quick and simple to empty.

A Sebo X4 Extra. Really, Dysons are mostly hype. And they always lose suction.

I love my dyson I have DC o7 and it has never lost suction. It did delelope a mechanical fault last week and it was picked up , repaired nd returned within the week .

Still wistfully looking at the new gtech air ram..

I second the Sebo.

An absolute doddle to empty. And really efficient.

Looking at g tech air ram for MIL house as it so light . John Lewis are only stockists tho and I would like to actually see one and handle it before spending over £200 on it .

Sebo cannot be beaten. I have had 3 dysons and all lost suction........just after the guarantee expired!

We had a Dyson upright which died after 13 years. Got a Sebo X4 and although it is ok for large expanses of carpet it is useless for nooks and crannies and stairs because I find the hose too short and there is only one tool attached to the machine (rest are stored separately).

Miele are much better in my opinion. Had a Dyson once and it kept going wrong - repair shop that it was repairing Dysons that kept them in business !!

I replaced our Dyson with at Miele a few months ago and it is miles better.

Same as TheScottishPlayer. My dyson was rubbish and was only a couple of years old. Now have Miele and it actually picks stuff up

I do love Miele BUT the new ones are nowhere near as good as the old Miele, I replaced my old Miele which was about 10 years old last year and my new one is much flimsier in comparison, I don't think it'll last as long as my old one. Saying that I still think Miele are miles better than Dyson.

conversely i went the other way - dyson upright to miele cylinder and i hate it. it is great at hoovering, I have to admit, but it is the most unwieldy, awkward, cumbersome thing I have ever had to use - I actually broke it once in frustration.