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How to keep my hoover smelling fresh and clean?

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Fiddlefanjango · 05/03/2023 15:04

I have done some research this morning and had no idea that using shake and vac type products can cause your hoover - in my case dyson cordless - to burn out the motor.
I have heard some people use zoflora with similar concerns.

I don’t want to break my hoover but do want it clean and smelling nice. What can I use?

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Season0fTheWitch · 05/03/2023 15:31

Google 'vacuum fresheners' they're little discs or blocks of scented stuff that go in the hoover. Cheap and they do work, i replace mine about 1-2 times a month and i hoover twice a day

kshaw · 05/03/2023 15:31

I put some of the lenor beads in the drum everytime I clean it out. Works

BippityBoppityBoehyBish · 05/03/2023 15:33

Season0fTheWitch · 05/03/2023 15:31

Google 'vacuum fresheners' they're little discs or blocks of scented stuff that go in the hoover. Cheap and they do work, i replace mine about 1-2 times a month and i hoover twice a day

I was just about to say this. You can get some really lovely ones. I buy mine online and their that strong they last around a month.

Alternatively before I found out about the discs, after washing the foam filter thing, I would soak it in fabric conditioner for half an hour, let it dry on the radiator and then pop it back in. It always smelt amazing for ages afterwards

Hooklander · 05/03/2023 15:33

You chuck it out on the pavement and either get another one or never hoover again

Fiddlefanjango · 05/03/2023 16:46

Is essential oil ok to pop in the filter?

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littleducks · 05/03/2023 17:58

What did your Hoover smell of? I don't think mine smells

WildCherryBlossom · 05/03/2023 20:21

??? I never put my nose inside my vacuum cleaner. I guess it probably doesn't smell great as it spends all its time sucking up debris, but that's its job. Why would I add fragrance to it?

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