Vacuum/Hoover/Dyson?

[Headtime]

Desperately need to replace our ageing, and possibly life-threatening vacuum cleaner. Are Dysons worth the extra dosh? They're at least �100 more than other makes. Are they the business and is the see-thru dust chamber unsightly after a few vacuum's???

[5029]

They do vacuum well and have good extra suction, but the upright ones are bulky and hard to squeeze into corners. They also damage your skirting boards because they are heavy and more difficult to control. I would advise you to get the cylindrical shape (such as the one shown here: www.argos.co.uk/webapp/commerce/command/ExecMacro/ols_prod_detl.d2w/report?prrfnbr=4051725&prmenbr=6970&type=big&thisMode=ols&cgrfnbr=774879), which has the same suction power but is easier to control

[kellster]

My parents have bought about 3 Dysons in the past, and it's true, they DO clean extremely well, but don't seem to last. Various bits have gone wrong on theirs after a short while, so they have now bought a Bosch one (which they say is alot better). Maybe it's just all hype about the Dysons, but seeing as i've inherited their dodgy old one, I'd agree with the previous response that they're extremely bulky and heavy. I'd shop around...... but I'm sure lots of people would disagree!

[treaclefight]

100% honest i swear by the hoover called HENRY. i have three children and henry can handle anything they leave on the floor, i often have to retrieve dirty wahing from inside him but thats just my laziness, i should have picked it up first. the point being henry can handle anything, i've had many hoovers including two dysons that were the best of the rest but they quit within a year and i too did not wish to see what had been on my carpets. dyson, nice idea, but overrated. i started looking to see what cleaners use in hotels etc and it's invariably a henry. they do the allergy level dust filtration and all that stuff and they're (so far...4 years) indestructible. i really should go get a job with the makers, i cant believe im talking like this about a hoover, but i honestly do think they're the best.

[cucumbers]

forget dyson and the rest. Dysons, as already said, are bulky and a pain in the butt to use. The only one worth buying is a SEBO. Pop down to your local branch of John Lewis and ask the staff. My current wife bought us one when our daughter was born because they have some kind of hospital grade filter that stops the dust getting back into the air thus preventing any related breathing problems. It was not cheap, possibly on par with a Dyson , and you have to keep buying the bags and little air freshener tablets that stop the stale stink you get with cleaners but god does this machine work !!! Buy one. Honest you will not buy better. And i do not sell them or work for J. L . I am a joiner and have used hundreds of cleaners over the years and this is the best.

[woodpam]

Almost any vacuum cleaner is brilliant when it's new. My Dyson lasted about 10 months and was going to cost about �60 to repair when it broke. Rather than pay out (having seen my sister go through 2 Dysons in 18 months) I bought a �29.99p little yellow cylinder cleaner from Tesco which was so good it practically unlaid the carpets. That lasted a year and I threw it away when it broke with no regrets. That's my strategy now, buy cheap and be prepared to replace them frequently. My current one came from Comet with a "replace it with a new one if it breaks down" type cover which cost �16. It gave me enormous pleasure to get a brand new one after 5 months when the original one packed up.

[cucumbers]

Why not buy one for a bit more then that does not break down. A SEBO for instance. Sory to go on but its is blXXdy good. As good as a Kirby almost.

[Headtime]

Thank you-all! Thank-you also, Treaclefight. I have heard Henry's were very good. But is their a professional and a consumer variant? Because I remember them being metal, but the one's in John Lewis are plastic? On your top advice I'm going to check out both the Henry and Sebo.... And No, Treacle I don't think it's sad you enthusing so wildly. I'm getting quite excited, as for the first time in my entire 32 years on this mortal coil, I will own a fully- functioning hoover - not a sh*tty asthmatic leftover from the 50's. Never had one before. I know I'm sad.

[treaclefight]

no all the henrys are plastic, even the industrial ones, so is mine, i am even told now that you can get different colours that have other names (and its the same hoover) i'm going to have to go lie down in a darkened room now, it's all got too much for me

[cucumbers]

Bet you buy a SEBO ! Na na na na na !

[drochit]

Treacle, just to let you know that the Henry is available in both metal and plastic. And in a range of colours.

[WendyW]

I had always had a Hoover and then changed to a Dyson. It was heavy and I didn't like it at all ... I changed to the Hoover Turbo and I much prefer it. I haven't had any problems with the Hoovers I have had but I did with the Dyson.