Can anyone recommend a hoover that actually works ?

[witchscatsmother]

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.

Henry, without question. I bought one after researching the area and it is superb.

I use to have a Dyson - utterly disappointing performance. Its efficiency decreased exponentially with age and use. I will never, ever buy a Dyson (or another bagless vacuum cleaner for that matter) again.

I could do with some advice too. We had a basic Dyson that was very good lasted best part of ten years-we knocked out a wall in our last house and I practically vacumned up the wall with it.When it died husband bought a Miele.Fantastic suction but the bag was a nightmare to empty -only opening is the small hole in which the hose goes into - had to pull all the crap out of bag through the hole, 'twas horrid.I can only assume you are meant to change the bag each time but are very pricey and aupair often vacumned up small toys which need removing.Bought very cheap second hand dyson which is a bit rubbish tbh .Suction is bad and it keeps blocking up. I want a bagless cleaner which is easy to empty that does hard floors and carpet and works.Any suggestions?

Really like the sound of Henry -have seen it used in my office - whats the bag like to empty - I really do have to be able to check the contents as aupair very slap happy with what she vacumns - I have found underwear socks etc in the bag before now.

I'd take her off vacuuming

Henry here too - the only one thats lasted more than 8 months in this house.

I love my Henry too. Best of all is that ds1 used to be terrified of the hoover, both of them think it's their pet now

Henry is the man! (well, Hoover!)
Other pluses: he can't answer back, doesn't expect his tea on the table at a certain time, doesn't ogle other women, doesn't demand ownership of the remote control, doesn't care if you're having a fat day.

Every woman should have a Henry