A new take on "what car"... what hoover!
Discussion
For the past 5 years I've had a dyson-rip-off made by electrolux. Kinda noisy. Now doesn't really suck any more, and the cleaner is getting pissed off 
So, budget of £100, what vacuum cleaner should I get?
Was thinking about a "henry", as they often are spotted in professional cleaning scenarios, but have not opinion or experience of them other than that. Anyone got one?
Or any other suggestions?
So, budget of £100, what vacuum cleaner should I get?
Was thinking about a "henry", as they often are spotted in professional cleaning scenarios, but have not opinion or experience of them other than that. Anyone got one?
Or any other suggestions?
kambites said:
We have a Miele one which seems to work. If you put it on full power, it does pick up rugs and things and it's impressively quiet.
Find the guy a Miele for his budget of £100 and I'll take half a dozen off your hands!!! (but another vote for the Miele Cat & Dog if you double your budget! (and I've owned Dysons and would rate the Miele over it)NewNameNeeded said:
kambites said:
We have a Miele one which seems to work. If you put it on full power, it does pick up rugs and things and it's impressively quiet.
Find the guy a Miele for his budget of £100 and I'll take half a dozen off your hands!!! (but another vote for the Miele Cat & Dog if you double your budget! (and I've owned Dysons and would rate the Miele over it)Amusing hoover story... Shared house with two mates and at the time we all liked to smoke weed on quite a regular basis. Cleaning was done on a rota basis and worked fairly well.
One Saturday, one of the guys decides to run the hoover round only to find it virtually useless, barely picking up anything at all. Emptied the bag/container bit but no change.
It was only a few months old so "f
k this" he declared and off he went back to Comet or whereever he bought it from.
Stated his issue to the shop monkey who offered to take a look at it. Shop monkey got a metre rule out and started to ram it up the hoover pipe. Out fell about 15 packets of rizla, zip seal bags and general dirt/dust.
I have never seen the poor fker so embarrased as he picked up his hoover and walked back out of Comet.
One Saturday, one of the guys decides to run the hoover round only to find it virtually useless, barely picking up anything at all. Emptied the bag/container bit but no change.
It was only a few months old so "f
k this" he declared and off he went back to Comet or whereever he bought it from. Stated his issue to the shop monkey who offered to take a look at it. Shop monkey got a metre rule out and started to ram it up the hoover pipe. Out fell about 15 packets of rizla, zip seal bags and general dirt/dust.
I have never seen the poor f
ker so embarrased as he picked up his hoover and walked back out of Comet.Miele. It'll cost you double now, but you won't ever have to buy another one.
Our little cylinder one has picked up all the crap from major house renovations - including walls and lathe and plaster ceilings coming down - without blinking. I'd still have been happy with it if it had died after what we put it through, but it just keeps on sucking
Our little cylinder one has picked up all the crap from major house renovations - including walls and lathe and plaster ceilings coming down - without blinking. I'd still have been happy with it if it had died after what we put it through, but it just keeps on sucking
miele- just go on for ever and ever and ever and ever
all my family own one and touch wood i've never known one go wrong- we've broken them by stepping on them etc, but i think my mum replaced her last one when it was 17 years old to get a more powerful model.
Same with dishwashers and other white goods- they do washing machines with a 10 year warranty, and they clean blooming well. Oddly their commercial kit is developed FROM their retail stuff- thats how good the retail stuff is (and the commercial kit is bloody goood too- but you don't half pay for it!)
all my family own one and touch wood i've never known one go wrong- we've broken them by stepping on them etc, but i think my mum replaced her last one when it was 17 years old to get a more powerful model.
Same with dishwashers and other white goods- they do washing machines with a 10 year warranty, and they clean blooming well. Oddly their commercial kit is developed FROM their retail stuff- thats how good the retail stuff is (and the commercial kit is bloody goood too- but you don't half pay for it!)
WorAl said:
I can't believe this has ran so long without the pedants on here pouncing on it, I'm ashamed and shocked.
It's a vacuum cleaner, Hoover is a brand name.
Aye, but the modern lexicon allows people to subsititute the brand name for the item as it is a proprietary eponym- similarly with BiC. A complaint wouldn't be pedantry, it would be incorrect.It's a vacuum cleaner, Hoover is a brand name.
defblade said:
Miele. It'll cost you double now, but you won't ever have to buy another one.
Our little cylinder one has picked up all the crap from major house renovations - including walls and lathe and plaster ceilings coming down - without blinking. I'd still have been happy with it if it had died after what we put it through, but it just keeps on sucking
^^^This^^^Our little cylinder one has picked up all the crap from major house renovations - including walls and lathe and plaster ceilings coming down - without blinking. I'd still have been happy with it if it had died after what we put it through, but it just keeps on sucking
We love them so much in our house we're on our third.
Wife940 swears by the Sebo Felix. Have 2, one for home and one for her cleaning business. One did eventually lose its vac ( Business one) but after a 50quid return service to Sebo is like new again.
Got an old Hoover Aqua thing for doing the cars, been through hell and still goes alright!
Got an old Hoover Aqua thing for doing the cars, been through hell and still goes alright!
pugwash4x4 said:
WorAl said:
I can't believe this has ran so long without the pedants on here pouncing on it, I'm ashamed and shocked.
It's a vacuum cleaner, Hoover is a brand name.
Aye, but the modern lexicon allows people to subsititute the brand name for the item as it is a proprietary eponymIt's a vacuum cleaner, Hoover is a brand name.
It's as wrong as saying thnx says thanks.
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