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How often do you empty your vacuum cleaner

20 replies

NoNameNowAgain · 04/11/2022 15:11

In a three-bed house it is full before I get down the stairs. Should we be using it more often or is this normal? It’s a Dyson.

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SunshineAndFizz · 04/11/2022 15:13

How often do you vacuum?

SunshineAndFizz · 04/11/2022 15:14

How often do you vacuum?

Is it full from just doing the stairs, or cleaning all of one floor first?

vodkaredbullgirl · 04/11/2022 15:14

About 4x, thanks to the dogs

PinkButtercups · 04/11/2022 15:15

Every-time it's used. How often are you hoovering?

NoNameNowAgain · 04/11/2022 15:26

SunshineAndFizz · 04/11/2022 15:14

How often do you vacuum?

Is it full from just doing the stairs, or cleaning all of one floor first?

All the upstairs then do the stairs and it’s full. I use a carpet sweeper a couple of times a week, but don’t vacuum upstairs very often - maybe once a month. I might wipe the bathroom floor occasionally in between.

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NoNameNowAgain · 04/11/2022 15:28

vodkaredbullgirl · 04/11/2022 15:14

About 4x, thanks to the dogs

A week?

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abw94 · 04/11/2022 15:29

I empty it probably once every 10 days. I hoover every 3 days upstairs and down.

gwenneh · 04/11/2022 15:30

Usually 2-3x. Depends on if we've gone longer than a day or not between cleaning!

Bestcatmum · 04/11/2022 15:30

Everytime I use the hoover thanks to cat hair.

vodkaredbullgirl · 04/11/2022 15:30

NoNameNowAgain · 04/11/2022 15:28

A week?

Every time I hoover I empty it 4x

PeekAtYou · 04/11/2022 15:30

My Dyson is clear so I can see when it's at the MAX mark.

PauliString · 04/11/2022 15:38

When it contains most of a cat.

SalviaOfficinalis · 04/11/2022 15:39

PeekAtYou · 04/11/2022 15:30

My Dyson is clear so I can see when it's at the MAX mark.

Same. Can be after one hoover if I do the whole house.

NoNameNowAgain · 04/11/2022 15:39

vodkaredbullgirl · 04/11/2022 15:30

Every time I hoover I empty it 4x

Thanks, I’m probably more or less normal then.

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NoNameNowAgain · 04/11/2022 17:59

Thanks for so many speedy replies.

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thepurplewhisperer · 04/11/2022 18:44

I empty it after 20 mins as it sucks hard and fills to capacity with 20 mins vacuuming.

dudsville · 04/11/2022 18:50

Whoa, you guys have some powerful machines! I have a dyson downstairs and vacuum 2 to 3 times a week but empty it about every 2 to 3 weeks. I have a miele cannister upstairs and vacuum 3 or 4 times a month and the bag gets full after several months.

healthadvice123 · 04/11/2022 19:16

We have a small vax chargeable one so small canister, probably empty after every one or two uses but we have a dog and hoover most days and upstairs 1/2 times a week at least
Just hoover a little more than once a month

NoNameNowAgain · 04/11/2022 20:02

dudsville · 04/11/2022 18:50

Whoa, you guys have some powerful machines! I have a dyson downstairs and vacuum 2 to 3 times a week but empty it about every 2 to 3 weeks. I have a miele cannister upstairs and vacuum 3 or 4 times a month and the bag gets full after several months.

Interesting! Yes that’s more the sort of timetable I would expect.

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Cynderella · 04/11/2022 20:43

Shark, so canister is small. Three bed house, all carpets upstairs apart from bathroom. Stairs are carpeted. That would fill vacuum cleaner and it'd need emptying. Once a week thoroughly (under beds etc) and once or twice a week for traffic areas.

Downstairs is hard floor and rugs. Vacuumed every day or two and emptied once or twice a week. Cats and dogs in the house and we (four adults) all WFH, so home all day.

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