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best hoover for wood floors...

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NappiesGalore · 29/09/2007 13:36

we have mainly wood, some stone and some carpet floors.

bought a rubbish hoover recent(ish)ly and have learned that they are not all much of a muchness, and that half price hoovers are prob crap.

will just get bog standard henry unless anyone knows of a better idea...

(am just off to search messages to see if the answer lurks in archives)

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Anna8888 · 29/09/2007 14:24

Thanks Nappies.

belgo · 29/09/2007 14:24

what do you mean dust moudlings?

Anna8888 · 29/09/2007 14:28

Can you dust the mouldings (moulures) on the walls and ceilings with it? I have one of those very Parisian apartments with lots of decorative geometric mouldings and at the moment I (or someone else) has to climb up a stepladder and dust them with an e-cloth. I dream of a long vacuum attachment so that I can just dust them standing on the ground [sad housewife emoticon]

belgo · 29/09/2007 14:32

I don't think the attachment is that long, I have to stand on a chair to get to the cob webs on the ceiling (we have loads of spiders). It does seem to have very strong suction.

Maybe you can get a long attachment.

Anna8888 · 29/09/2007 15:59

Yes, that's what I want - a long hard attachment with small brush on the end

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NappiesGalore · 29/09/2007 16:36

emaile miele and ask them if theyll sell you and extender arm, anna.
i do crap like that all the time. rarely pays off, but worth a try, eh?

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Anna8888 · 29/09/2007 16:52

Nappies - thanks

[obsessive housewife emoticon]

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NappiesGalore · 29/09/2007 17:54

on the meile .co.uk site they have a search thingy... when you click suitable for wood floors it narrows it down to three, and from there you can compare the ins and outs of all 3.
i think, from this, that i want the HEPA 5280.
now, i just have to find one and see what they cost...

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NappiesGalore · 29/09/2007 17:56

whoa... £210.
hmmmm... i suppose if it lasts for eons and actually works and is quiet etc its worth it.

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Bouquets · 29/09/2007 18:05

Can confirm my bog standard Dyson is rubbish on hard floors, the plastic base is knackered.
Am fantasising about Anna's Parisian appartment now ...

belgo · 29/09/2007 18:08

oh yes the dyson I had was hopeless on our floors.

Wish I lived in Paris..

Cappuccino · 29/09/2007 18:20

what's wrong with a broom?

I have wood floors

far less hassle than dragging a hoover round imo

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NappiesGalore · 29/09/2007 19:00

good grief no capp. youre just shifting the dirt about and sending it up into the air, only to settle again as soon as youre finished.

also thinking wistful thought of parisian apartment with mouldings.

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Bouquets · 29/09/2007 19:03

Broom doesn't get into the cracks between the floorboards. Don't know why I'm even commenting on this thread actually, I tend to leave it all until DH gets fed up and hoovers/sweeps .

themildmanneredjanitor · 29/09/2007 19:04

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Cappuccino · 29/09/2007 21:55

no you are not nappies good grief

how do you think I sweep like some kind of mad flailing air guitar movement?

slow controlled and into dustpan

I know what I'm doing I am that you consider my lovely house full of dust

and I don't have no cracks in my floorboards thanks vaaary much

prufrock · 29/09/2007 22:06

For anyone with lots of wooden/stome floors can I recommend robomop. It really does work and saves me so much time - I put it on in the family room whilst the kids are in the bath and then in the hallway whislt I'm making/having dinner and then in kitchen when I've tidied up. It really is brilliant

kbaby · 29/09/2007 22:09

I have a dyson and it is awful on hard floors, ive resoted to brushing with a big pad type thingy, never gets the floor as dust free as a hoover though.

SoMuchToBits · 29/09/2007 22:11

I have a dyson which is great on our hard floors (mostly laminate). The best way to dust intricate stuff is with the brush attachment on the end of the long bit of attachment (IYSWIM). I have used it a lot while doing my spring cleaning recently (yes, I know it's autumn, but that's another story).

SoMuchToBits · 29/09/2007 22:13

My Dyson is much better than previous Electrolux on hard floors. If I wipe floor with damp cloth after vacuuming, I hardly get any fluff/dirt after vacuuming with the Dyson.

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NappiesGalore · 30/09/2007 08:07

lol capp - i did mean 'you' in a more general way than you specifically. well, i prob meant me more than anyone else... i do not for one minute imagine your house full of dirrty cracks and dust oh no. i am a slattern and i forget sometimes that we cannot all be tarred with my own filthy lazy brush

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NappiesGalore · 30/09/2007 08:15

prufrock, that robotmop is only 25 quid! n

the roomba things ( i am also verrrry tempted califrau) are crazily expensive...

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Bouquets · 30/09/2007 09:37

Not convinced about the robomop, surely you have to sweep first? Actual cleaning is very low on my list!

prufrock · 30/09/2007 10:03

Nope, robomop does work, honest. I have a moulting labrador at the moment and it even copes well with his hairs. You still need to wet mop as it doesn't clean spilt apple juice and teh like, but it sweeps brilliantly. The reason it's so much cheaper is that it hasn't got the vacuuming function of a roomba, it just collects all the dust/sand/hairs on it's cloth, and so is only good for hard floors, wheras roomba can eb used on carpet.