Which Hoover for wooden floors

[Rags]

Hi Guys,

From reading the Dyson Appliances thread, it appears a good idea to invest in a new vacuum cleaner and I am swaying towards to the Dyson.

My requirements are for laminate, engineered wood and tiled floors. No pets and no carpets to speak of. In essence, it will just be dust!

What is the ideal model to go for?

I have seen a powerseller on eBay that sells refurbished units in the links below? Worth a gamble?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/DYSON-DC07-ORIGIN-VACUUM-CLE...

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/DYSON-DC04-ABSOLUTE-VACUUM-C...

Many Thanks

[Fatboy]

No better vacuum than a Henry - I've had several different Dyson's and the Henry is leagues ahead (and a damn sight more robust). Yes the Henry doesn't have Dyson's long term repair deal, but it doesn't need it...

[mhill]

Henry!!! Why do you think most offices have them?

[Team 17]

Miele.

The one we purchased came with a parquet brush head which is prefect for wooden floors.

[pdV6]

If you go for a Dyson, pick a model where you can switch off the spinning brush so that it just sucks.

[RichB]

I'm no expert, but my wife researched this because she hates hoovering and wanted the best which one assumes will be the easiest and quickest. She bought a Sebo - no, I'd never heard of them but she swears by it. Much better than any Dyson and the old Henry is in the garage for my cars and sucking up rubble and muck! Take a look at the top end Sebo range.

[miniman]

Our Dyson (DC23 Motorhead) came with a specific hard floor head.

[grumbledoak]

If it is only for wooden (any solid) floor, get a Henry. Cleaners use them because they are cheap and near indestructible, but they aren't as good as a Dyson on carpet.

If you must get a Dyson, remember to get one where you can switch the roller off, or get the right attachment, or it'll mark the surface.

(I've been looking into this recently, I'm not naturally this sad!)

[Bonefish Blues]

Team 17 said:

Miele.

The one we purchased came with a parquet brush head which is prefect for wooden floors.

What T17 said. I think they are horsehair heads IIRC (sadly we have to push ours ourselves, as ours didn't come with a Prefect ).

[Rags]

Bonefish Blues said:

Team 17 said:

Miele.

The one we purchased came with a parquet brush head which is prefect for wooden floors.

What T17 said. I think they are horsehair heads IIRC (sadly we have to push ours ourselves, as ours didn't come with a Prefect ).

[cinque]

RichB said:

I'm no expert, but my wife researched this because she hates hoovering and wanted the best which one assumes will be the easiest and quickest. She bought a Sebo - no, I'd never heard of them but she swears by it. Much better than any Dyson and the old Henry is in the garage for my cars and sucking up rubble and muck! Take a look at the top end Sebo range.

We've got one of these yellow and grey uprights.

Dunno how the computer thing works, but it "senses" the difference between hard flooring and carpets/rugs and adjusts the roller brush accordingly.

We've had ours 4 years and the engineering is first class.

(n.b. had 3 Dysons previously, the last one being the "animal" and they all seemed to suck themselves apart. Forever replacing tubes, belts and filters).

[anonymous-user]

cinque said:

RichB said:

I'm no expert, but my wife researched this because she hates hoovering and wanted the best which one assumes will be the easiest and quickest. She bought a Sebo - no, I'd never heard of them but she swears by it. Much better than any Dyson and the old Henry is in the garage for my cars and sucking up rubble and muck! Take a look at the top end Sebo range.

We've got one of these yellow and grey uprights.

Dunno how the computer thing works, but it "senses" the difference between hard flooring and carpets/rugs and adjusts the roller brush accordingly.

We've had ours 4 years and the engineering is first class.

(n.b. had 3 Dysons previously, the last one being the "animal" and they all seemed to suck themselves apart. Forever replacing tubes, belts and filters).

Yep, Sebo. Our Dysons fell apart, stuff kept breaking off them and they were rubbish at lifting grit and small stones.
Good grief I can't believe I replied to a topic about vacuum cleaners

Mike

[Rags]

Taking some notice from this thread, I have opted for a Dyson DC26!

[juice]

Hoover Floormate (IF you can get them in the UK). Its a vacuum and also scrubs/washes and then dries the floors. They sell two types of cleaning fluid - one for Tiled surfaces and one for wood. We have fully tiled downstairs and wood upstairs - Its amazing to see the colour of the water afterwards !

Ah bugger - you've already chosen - sorry.

Edited by juice on Thursday 5th August 17:32

[Tiggsy]

mhill said:

Henry!!! Why do you think most offices have them?

Because they are cheap and no one lies on the floor of their office.

[RedLeicester]

Sebo.

[GingerWizard]

linky

I have one. Works a treat. JUST. DONT. WATCH. IT.

(I did this for the first month when i got it, following the little bugger about and noticing it missing bits....... but if you press go when you leave the house/flat when you return he will have made the place spotless.)

Takes a couple of hours to hoover but who cares when your at work!

[RedLeicester]

Won't do the stairs too well...

[GingerWizard]

well obviously this is a baby safe version of robot wars!

I might add that i have a much lower spec model and paid about 250 for minw. You can get different filters for it, the HEPA filter works very well on our wood flooring,

dust... what dust!

[M-J-B]

Nobody has mentioned a Bissell.

By a million gazillion miles the best we have ever had. I have never known a cleaner to pick up so much when you think the floor is clean. You do have to keep the filters clean, but it's way ahead of anDyson (IMO )