General Chat

Daniel you should change the title of this thread to "Which vacuum cleaner do you use"? A "Hoover" is a type of vacuum cleaner, which you undoubtedly will know. Just being informative, no malice. Love, Sylvia xxx

i have a dyson DC01 the first one they ever did.it is 8yrs old now and picks up as if its brand new! i wouldnt be without it. i must admit though my friend has a dco7 and says its terrible. susie

Had one of the first Dysons for several years but it started to die and I thought I might prefer a cylinder to an upright this time. Several people recommended a Henry but we have one at school and it stinks, so that put me off lol!! So I've now got a cylinder Dyson and I love it, works very well and really easy to drag around. Not sure what my cleaning lady thinks of it though, perhaps I should ask her?? Mandy :)

Gracious Mandy, a stinking Henry!.. (am giggling here, at the thought!) :))

Mandy Suggest if your school has a henry that smells that when your cleaner is around that you get the airfreshener out and spray. She should by rights get the message,if she don't get the message then ask the supervisor to check the Henry. I use 3 Henry's at 3 different sites and my Henry's don't smell only sweetly cos I put blocks of airfreshener just under the lid. Sue

we have a yellow/grey dyson (uprite) its brilliant much better than any other hoover we have had it does the stairs very well (and we have two flights of stairs !) we clean and wash the filters and bristles luv it

Our's is an ORECK XL, fantastic machine, American, designed for commercial use and a third the weight of a Dyson, had one of those they're crap, had to carry it upstairs for the Wife, had the Oreck for 2 years now no problemo. Len( do I get commision for this?????)

Thanks for your suggestions re whiffy Henry - ye gods no! I want to get out of work alive! In order to plug Henry in last week, my entire school computer network was unplugged ..... nuff said eh? Mandy (lol now but nearly crying last week!)

I've had a Miele Cat & Dog for about 6 years now - works a treat - only negative is that the bags cost a lot - £10 for 5. For Derek who was looking for a C&D vaccum - if you look for this one as recommended it's now Blue :))

i have a kirby ultimate,would be lost without it.

I have a Dyson which Ive had about 10 years(?). After about a year it wasnt working properly so took it to my little man. When I went to collect it he said sternly to me "Have you ever cleaned this thing out?" and showed me the most revolting blue grey sausage of tightly packed muck at least six feet long which was wedged in the hose. Blush blush! I now regularly change filters and prod hose for lurking sausages of muck ( a bent wire coathanger is ideal for this task). I love my Dyson! Had a Miele before that, v good but oh, the cost of the bags! and a replacement hose was going to cost nearly £100 - I ditched it.

Anyone else got a Vorwerk? - not available in the shops. Had mine for about 9 years and I'm too embarrassed to say how much it cost; but it's still FANTASTIC, so obviously worth the money.

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Ann Warren Anne in Kent Many thanks for the feedback, I will get my better half to have a look at the Miele. Do you think she would appreciate one for Christmas - I think not :-) Derek

Meile bags - there are much cheaper versions on sale in markets/hardware shops/supermarkets which work perfectly well and come complete with filters. Usually about £4 - 5 for box of 5. Shop around. Ann

We have a Nilfisk, an okay vacuum. We have had over the years Electrolux and Hoover which weren't very good. John

Another Miele fan. Had one for 16 years which lived through building work,picked up the rubble. I now have a cat and dog Miele,. I have had my Miele washing machine since 1990 and it looks and works like new.

What's a vacuum cleaner? ;-)

Daniel I think you should have a little project over the holiday to do a bar graph or some such and see which vacuum cleaner gets most/least points, and then present us with the results. Why buy Which? when you can get the lowdown here? nell

I have a Vax, it works well but is a bit heavy to lug up and down the stairs. My daughter has had a cylinder Dyson for about 6 years, she bought a new beater attachment for it recently and it works well. Mum has a small Hoover cylinder vac, it is light and picks up very well but a nightmare to change the bags! Heather