Rob_Impreza99

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Their seems to be all kinds of experts on the forum so i'm calling on the hoover experts to recommend me a new upright hoover, it has to be powerful where you don't have to keep going over the same spot twice like with the current one. Ideally i'd like one around 500bhp with 400lb per foot of torque, that should get the house hoovered quickly.

I had a look at the Dyson range and some reviews, they seem to be getting not the best feedback due to apparent poor build quality and cheap plastic bits.

LSherratt

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My parents have a Kirby Sentria and the new Dyson Animal (not the upstanding one though). The Dyson gets used more simply because it is lighter and easier to change the attachments when the stairs need doing. The Kirby however is in a different league and cleans a lot better. Depends on your budget I guess and I am not an expert!

RA Dunk

You're in luck, Ferrari have just ventured into the hoover business with this new model.

f1_fan

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SJ_Skyline

You need to get one of the women on this board to advise on this thread.

ALi-B

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re: Dyson cheap plastic bits.

Did you know their spare parts and availability is pleantiful and reasonably cheap?

So yeah no good if you can't fix things yourself, as its plastic and well, plastics break...but seeing I purchased a whole backbone/chassis for a DC07 for £20 including postage, I have a screwdriver set with torx bits, I can't grumble as the alternative would be a new cleaner. And if you wonder why it broke: I really should stop dropping it down the stairs.

Classic Dysons are better though; DC04 commercial - if you can find one. Made in Britain, better motor, filter needs less cleaning and quick release replaceable flex.

hux309

Our sebo has been pretty solid, light cleans well, is self propelled and most parts can be changed easily.

Did have a kirby but the thing is a behemoth.

scunnered

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Is it specifically a Hoover you're looking for, or any make of vacuum cleaner?

DYK

excellent .....

craigybaby

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Does it have to be a upright ??? I have a Henry Hoover and think it's fantastic had it 24
Months and has never lost any suction they are pretty cheap aswell

Rob_Impreza99

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That looks perfect, if they do a Red Bull version i'll take one

Does it come with a pit crew to change the dust bag ?

Brun

Love my Dyson. 4 years old and still sucks like a good un! As Ali said, plenty of parts available if required. I 'd have another!

Rich 300

Sebo. Deals with the hair from two dogs and two cats easily enough. We have only had it for a month but seems very sturdy, the only thing is, is that it uses bags not a cartridge thingy but i guess filters should not block

dpb

If you're after a hoover there's only one place you can go really

Hoover

DYK

What was the advert on tv from years ago,the vacuum would suck up a bowling ball.
Can't remember the name...

Matteeboy

+2 on Sebo. Ours is great; the X4 Extra.

The Trooper 1815

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Why not get one of them to do the hoovering?

I am hiding behind the keyboard after that comment.

RA Dunk

Duhh!!

Because they are too busy doing the dishes just now!










Right, so where are you hiding, I might join you.

The Trooper 1815

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Cloaking device enabled, and the boss is not on SN, TF!

Graz

Miele (We've got one, came with 10 year warranty).

jameswrx

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As soon as I saw the title I knew there'd be comments about the Hoover brand, pedantic buggers (beat me to it)

Miele cat & Dog is my favourite. Even if you've not got pets the spinning brush does a very good job on your carpets.

Rob_Impreza99

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Liking the sound of those Miele Cat&Dog ones, we aint gotta a cat tho so do they just do a dog version ?

sprigeteer

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Miele all the way. Had these for the last 15 years or so.

pflowers

We bought a Miele cat and dog upright on recommendation a couple of years ago to replace a five year old Dyson.

Found it really heavy, always blocking up, rubbish at edge cleaning. Final straw was when the hose split in two and Miele wouldn't change it under warranty. A new one was about £80 so we ditched it and bought another Dyson which has been faultless.

To be fair the Miele was great at picking up dog hairs but that's about all.

Matteeboy

We have one of these too and it's brilliant but it's not an upright!

jameswrx

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Mine is not an upright either. Uprights make no sense to me, it's a bit like having a mouse for your desktop PC and instead of using the mouse as normal, sticking it to the bottom of the tower and moving the whole tower over the mouse mat

ALi-B

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The problem is most cylinder vacs don't have motorised brush-heads which means they can't properly clean deep pile carpet. So only suitable for hard floor and flocked flooring/tiles (like flotex). Whereas all uprights have motorised brusheads so obviously ideal for deep pile carpet.

Obviously a cylinder vac without a motorised brush-head on hard floor and short piled carpet/fabrics is ok. And one with a motorised brush-head is ok for a deep pile carpet. So its simply a case of ensuring you have the right tool for the job.

Turbohot

Well, I've been a fan of Dyson since it came out. My 1st one ran for years without any damage to it, only the lip bit got slightly cracked, which I could have replaced, but I didn't. Made no difference to its performance after a bit of duct tape on the crack. Then I got Dyson Animal, which is fantastic! It picks all my cats fur as well as my dropped hair so well that I breathe easy in my house. It's not made of crappy plastic. It's heavy duty plastic, so it's hard core. The purple colour of it is funky as well.

I'd buy Dyson.

Rob_Impreza99

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Turbo, what model animal is yours, is it the ball one or the one without the ball ?

Turbohot

Rob, it's only a cheapo DC19T2 cylinder vacuum cleaner without any ball, but I am perfectly happy with it. I bought it in Feb 2011, and it still performs as brand new. To my experience, even this one has plenty of ***** to say fekk off to dust, dirt, pet hair and my hair.

The only criticism from me is that it wraps my long, dropped hair around on its rotating brush quite tightly, but its performance remains the same. I just cut that trapped hair with Stanley knife, and it's back to clean again.

Before anyone says- "Chop your hair off, then", its not gonna happen. I'll rather get gradually bald than chop my hair.