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*&%$£% Dyson [angry] Can someone recommend me a machine that works?

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HereWeGoRoundTheMulberryBag · 01/04/2008 14:11

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ScoobyDoo · 01/04/2008 14:12

A Dyson fits that discription

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HereWeGoRoundTheMulberryBag · 01/04/2008 14:23

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brookeslay · 01/04/2008 14:30

VAX is good

laundrylover · 01/04/2008 14:35

We've just got a VAX - it is a pull along but I'm sure they do uprights. It's fab. Has brushes so it gets carpets really clean and also has a hard floor attachment for wood etc.

Love it so much I even hoover nearly every week instead of every month!!

choccypig · 01/04/2008 14:37

But how do you get the dirt OUT of the bagless jobs?

I'd like a hoover that doesn't fall over when I stretch out the hose.

And one that pushes itself around of course.

helpmaboab · 01/04/2008 14:42

I am sooo with you on Dyson! I hate mine with an absolute passion - its build quality is terrible and it just doesn't hoover very well... I'm stuck with mine for the time being but my next hoover will be a miele I think - not sure if any of them meet all of your speicfiations but they always seem to get excellent write ups/'Which' reviews etc

laundrylover · 01/04/2008 14:43

I tip it into the wheelie bin...but I do have to poke around with a twig for some bits as have a new carpet that is shedding like mad!

FluffyMummy123 · 01/04/2008 14:43

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mellowma · 01/04/2008 14:45

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Dropdeadfred · 01/04/2008 14:46

miele are supposed to be brill - I have a dyson at the mo and have never really had any major trouble with it....

LarryVeestAdamAntSpawnChorus · 01/04/2008 14:49

Why do you need it to be bagless? If you can get round that, go for a Miele - they are the best.

Dysons really are crap, aren't they.

LarryVeestAdamAntSpawnChorus · 01/04/2008 14:50

x-posts with Fred. Do they have bagless Miele's nowadays?

pedilia · 01/04/2008 14:51

I have a dyson and also think it is rubbish, it is always losing suction which I'm sure they claim they never do

dylsmum1998 · 01/04/2008 14:52

i have a vax at the mo and its very good, mine was a cheap one £55 or there abouts, so doesnt have all the fetures you are after, but i'm sure they have one that does

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HereWeGoRoundTheMulberryBag · 01/04/2008 14:58

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laundrylover · 01/04/2008 14:58

My VAX was half price in Tesco. Nice colour too if taht matters!

Used to have Dysons but like this better.

iloatheironing · 01/04/2008 15:10

I too have a vax.. I think probably same one as laundrylover. After 2 dysons.. had a cylinder type first which caught fire so tried an upright which the belt kept coming off a least twice per use and was an absolute pig to get back on... On top of that my vax is twice as good for half the price... Best cleaner I had was a very cheap hitatchi that I only stopped using cause I couldn't find bags for it anywhere.

mellowma · 01/04/2008 15:13

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HereWeGoRoundTheMulberryBag · 01/04/2008 16:25

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ScoobyDoo · 01/04/2008 16:30

I have had a VAX upright one, it was the noisest hoover i have had, ds was petrified of it, after a while it lost it's suction.

I have a Dyson (thanks to the comp) & quite honestly you won't get one with any better suction!

Have you spoken to camila from Dyson she is fab maybe she can help with your problems?

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HereWeGoRoundTheMulberryBag · 01/04/2008 16:36

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LarryVeestAdamAntSpawnChorus · 01/04/2008 17:29

I'm not sure who Camilla is, but I suspect she should be first up against the wall when the revolution comes.

weasle · 01/04/2008 20:47

I love my Henry, but that is a pull along, not upright. It was a revelation after 2 rubbish Dysons. I thought that was as good as vacuum cleaners got. DS1 loves the henry too - we've had to buy him a toy one.

ScoobyDoo · 01/04/2008 20:48

Camilla from Dyson is the lady who ran the competition from Dyson HQ

pattymc · 01/04/2008 20:55

Miele is brilliant.have had 2 dysons, one inherited and then bought another when that broke, I don't know why but I did. anyway they were both crap.
my miele is brilliant

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