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Need a new vacuum cleaner - are Dysons really the best?

53 replies

BalloonSlayer · 28/08/2009 15:07

Well are they?

I am not sure Dyson was in business when we bought our last hoover.

How do you do the stairs with one of those upright fellas?

What about the things that look like Dysons but aren't? There was a purple Vax effort in Tesco today.

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Speckledeggy · 05/09/2009 17:31

Miele Cat & Dog definitely.

Have had mine for 7 years and it's still going strong. I read all the reviews when I bought it and it came out tops. Dyson's just seem to break all the time.

mamijacacalys · 05/09/2009 17:44

Am on my 2nd Dyson Cylinder. Is about 6 years old and cost about £180.

Sucks bedroom carpet off floor and does great job on hard floors downstairs. Also used it for heavy duty cleaning during building extension 4 years ago.

I clean the filters regularly (approx once a month). Bought a spare filter for about a fiver on ebay so can use whilst washed filter is drying. I think this is the key for ongoing performance and longevity. My MILs blew up after about 3 years - I offered to take a look and she evidently had not cleaned the filter for a very long time...

I notice that the Dysons now come with 5-yr parts warranty so this would probably steer me towards buying this brand again.

Would not touch Henrys with a bargepole. Had to use one to clean Little Chefs and Travelodges when I was a student - hated it as had hardly any suction......

HTH

Toppy · 05/09/2009 22:36

I have decided to buy a Miele cylinder. Which one is the best? Lots of you suggest Cat and Dog. We have neither so is this still the best model to buy ?

seasalt · 05/09/2009 23:51

I have a Dyson DC05 and I want to break so I can get a different make. I hate emptying it and cleaning the filter. However, it refuses to die!

Speckledeggy · 06/09/2009 01:13

I don't have a cat or dog either!

Bought that Miele as it came out tops in Which magazine for cylinder hoovers.

Toppy · 06/09/2009 07:30

Thanks Speckledeggy

plimple · 06/09/2009 07:36

Why push the whole heavy vacuum around when you don't have to? Henry for me.

cluckyagain · 06/09/2009 08:08

Sebo, sebo, sebo - it's swivelled for years!!! (Mr Dyson and your 'we're better than everyone else' advert!!) I have sebo felix pet - fab.

toffeeapple · 06/09/2009 17:02

I've had my Henry 3 years. I LOVE him!! His suction is sooooooooooo strong. You really feel like you're having a proper workout with him.
Really reliable, big dustbag. Great!

melissa1 · 06/10/2009 16:26

I recommend numatic vacuum cleaners Due to how versatile they are. the best carpet cleaner i have found is the George vacuum cleaner GVE370-2.

muddle78 · 06/10/2009 16:45

dyson is rubbish... just check at the dump for proof! best hoovers are mielle or sebo. my preference is sebo.

motheroftwoboys · 07/10/2009 16:59

Just to add - have a look at the Lakeland website. Have just bought the most wonderful little vacuum from them for the stairs. It was about £39 and has very long flex so goes all the way up. I also have a miele cat and dog cylinder but was difficult to do the stairs - even with the attachment and the amount of muck the new little one got out of the stair carpet was scarey! It looks pretty too. Just wish it had a wall mounting for storage.

BulletProofMum · 07/10/2009 17:00

Another vote for Miele. My cleaner made me buy one - she samples them all and says they are by far the best

ByTheSea · 07/10/2009 17:09

I love my Miele Cat and Dog (after a decade of crap Dysons).

ScaredOfGhouls · 07/10/2009 17:21

Further vote for Miele cylinder. Fab.

TwentiethCenturyHeffa · 07/10/2009 17:22

I hate hate hate my Dyson. We have a cylinder one that DH made me buy (he loves the bloody thing). We've had it just over 3 years and loads of bits of it have broken. It doesn't actually do that well on our carpets and it's really cumbersome. It hasn't been used really intensively, so there isn't any excuse for it really. I look forward to it dying so I can buy a Miele or maybe a Henry.

neversaydie · 08/10/2009 18:12

It took me 8 years to break our early-model Dyson. So far as I was concerned this was not a plus point - I hated it. It was awkward and heavy and the flex was not long enough and a bugger to wind up on the back. Suction was OK, but the machine was hopeless on stairs.

We now have a Miele cat and dog (stairs now much easier) which is effective and easy to use and a Roomba, which is so cute I am prepared to cosset it! I do notice that they are complementary, and each will collect muck that the other doesn't.

Freyfreysmum · 08/10/2009 19:23

Cannot recommend enough the Miele Cat & Dog hoover - fab. Is amazing with our 2 terrier hairs and for 2 babies and rugby playing boot wearing husband!

varicoseveined · 26/10/2009 10:15

Re: Miele - I'm leaning towards this brand. Can anyone recommend a good model to tackle dust mites?

nightmareteamgirl · 26/10/2009 14:13

I have the TT500. Dunno about dustmites, but what it took off my reently Dyson'd carpet was gob smacking

shubiedoo · 26/10/2009 14:17

Get a Roomba robotic hoover, then you won't have to do it at all!

Nicola10 · 30/10/2009 12:51

I love my miele cat and dog. However, I do find that it is really expensive for dustbags. Four miele bags cost me £12.99 the other day!

Claire236 · 30/10/2009 13:58

Had a Dyson Animal which was fantastic. Only replaced it as dh had broken a bit on it & it was about 8 years old so bought new rather than replaced part. Bought a Dysonesque Vax which is completely crap & really which we'd repaired the Dyson or bought a new one. Used a Henry once & thought it was rubbish - it was the work one mind you & I don't suppose it had been maintained very well.

tassisssss · 30/10/2009 14:01

I like my Henry

TopSop · 30/10/2009 14:04

Had one of the original Dysons that lasted for years, gave it to my mum when I moved abroad. Bought a newer one when I moved back to the UK and it was never as good. We have two long-haired cats with fluff that goes everywhere because they scrap all the time, and the Dyson just used to spread it across the carpets. Bought a Henry Xtra (with the rotating brush head) and it is fabulous. 9 litre bags MUCH cleaner than the bagless vacuums, half the dust used to end up all over the bin when emptying the Dyson container and it had to be emptied a lot. I've had my Henry for at least 5 months now and have only had to replace the bag once so far! it is brilliant. Does hard floors really well too and comes with a whole raft of attachments.

I wouldn't waste money on another Dyson.