I want to treat myself to a cordless vac its a toss up between the Shark and the Dyson, has anyone used either of these, and If yes what were they like.
We inherited a Dyson CV9 (?) last year.
I loved it; light, easy to manoeuvre and sucked the carpet like a demon. Unfortunately, it developed a fault and died.
We think it might have needed a new battery (we had no idea how long M-i-L had owned it) but at over £60 we were reluctant to buy one only to find that the fault was elsewhere in the appliance.
I am still debating over whether to just bite the bullet and buy a brand new one....
After getting frustrated with my gTech, I bought a Shark. Not cordless. I found that while it is excellent for cleaning...getting up copious amounts of pet hair...it was was too heavy and cumbersome for me. It doesn't stand on its own and needs to lean on something. Whose bright design idea was that??
I've gone back to the gTech plus a hand held.
i don't find the dyson hand held part that much use, i tried getting the sofa dust up, round the back and top part where it gets dusty the most, but instead it made it worse. i eventually stuck the whole dyson round and it did the trick. not sure that makes sense but hey ho.
pastafreak, we have a corded Shark and it stands on it's own with no problem as do most corded vacs. Not used a Shark cordless but we have a Dyson cordless and find it works fine on picking up most things but battery doesn't last long enough.
That's interesting theshedman. When I got my Shark, I'm quite positive I'd seen comments that it didn't stand on its own...not sure where though...here or Amazon.
I’ve used Dyson and Shark. I bought the Shark “Anti Hair Clog”because the Dyson kept getting clogged with my hair. But, the Shark is also getting clogged with my hair. I have to get me scissors and screwdriver out every time I vacuum.
Jackdaw, Dyson offer full servicing for many of their machines. Its dearer than just buying a battery but they guarantee to fix the machine includng all parts, labour and shipping to them and back to you.