As usual, hoovering today entails working up a sweat pushing the damn thing - as you do. Then taking the large brush off the hose and then, crawling about on my hands and knees, sucking up every last little bit of fluff, crumb and anything else which sticks to my carpet like velcro, with the pipe itself.
And no ..... the bag doesn't need replacing, nor is there any loss of suction because something is stuck in the hose. It's almost 2 years old, not an ancient model by any means but I am sick to the back teeth of it. A job which should take 20 minutes is a major operation, with more elbow grease involved than hoover suction, and takes up to 2 hours to get it done properly.
Furthermore, every bit of plastic attached to said (Vac) hoover has dropped off or cracked. These include the port into which the hose is supposed to be neatly hooked, the docks on which you are supposed to store attachments, one of the wheels keeps falling off and the foot pedal on the brush (for carpet and hard floors) is broken too.
So I really want to get a new one ...... does anyone own a super-sucky hoover which doesn't require constantly taking the brush on and off to suck up the normal stuff which accumulates on carpets, and if so, what is it ? Is it possible to hoover a normal sized house without sweating buckets with the effort involved ? One which gets cat hairs up relatively easily would be particularly good.