New hoover needed

[gun12b]

My old hoover has now gone to the tip
What do people recommend for house work nowadays?

[BoRED S2upid]

Shark.

[cliffords]

Shark

[philv]

Henry.
Lasts forever.
Had mine 16 years now.

[Djtemeka]

If you don't mind corded then Henry is hard to beat for the price. There is a reason most contractors and cleaners use them.

[Turtle Shed]

Henry.

[colin_p]

Henry XL

[cml24]

We have a miele that is very compact, but very good. I would recommend it.

We also have a henry that sucks up mostly rubble and plaster dust, but ten years later is absolutely fine.

[ARHarh]

Henry as well may not be flash and have loads of functions and stuff you never really need, but it still works after 10 years use. Had one in my workshop (when I worked for a living) and it managed 20 years of abuse. You can always get parts if you wear something out.

[cobra kid]

Shark or Henry. Sorted.

[thepritch]

Meile.

Ours, after 18 years of heavy use, diy etc. started playing up with a speed control failure. We just bought a secondhand one last week for £65 off eBay which came in close to perfect condition.

Or a Henry as others have said. When I did cleaning jobs many years ago in my teens they were all that were used at work. Very robust.

We ‘‘inherited’ a Dyson when we moved to a new house. Hate it with an absolute passion, just horrible to use. They’re extremely overrated.

[Orchid1]

I just replaced our hoover and got a barely used SEBO Felix pet on eBay for £170. The Miele C3 gets recommend alot on here and it's good from what I've read but I didn't want a cylinder hoover bashing into skirting boards and walls all the time. The SEBO replaced a shark bagless that we had but I got so sick of having to open it up and clear out blocked filters etc after every use. The SEBO is bagged which is an ongoing extra cost but I just used it recently to clean up after some home DIY and it handled it all no problem.

[grumbledoak]

OP - carpets or hard floors?

Henry is great in the garage, but people usually want their carpets cleaner than that.
- if you want carpets clean you want a rotating brush,
- if you don't want the dust left hanging in the air and returning over the next couple of days you want filters.

Miele too rich for me, I liked my Sebo upright when I had carpets. On hard floors now I love my Eufy robot.

[snuffy]

Hoover.

[Countdown]

We've had a Miele C3 for the last 7 years and Mrs C is very happy with it.

prior to this we had several Vax which broke down fairly regularly due to the cheap build quality. To be fair vax Customer Services were pretty good but the quality wasn't a patch on the Miele.

[smn159]

Don't get a Shark if you have a dog. Needs emptying after every use, clogs easily, filters don't last long.

Sebo is miles better.

[Whoozit]

Henry x lots.

My first Henry lasted 20 something years through two sets of brushes, a couple of switches, new hose. Eventually the motor went phut and it wasn't cost effective to replace. Maintaining them is easy even for a numpty like me. IIRC the design and components haven't changed in decades. All you need to open it up is a couple of screwdrivers. That one is now in the garage as a source for spare parts.

It's super strong, long cord, easy to manoeuvre.The only issue with them is doing stairs.

[8bit]

Shark.

We have a Henry (actually his cousin Charles, the wet and dry model) which I now only use for cleaning the cars. Charles didn't come with any really decent attachment for cleaning carpets, he was fine for hard floors but we have about half our house carpeted so he got relegated quickly.

We have a Shark upright vacuum cleaner which is light years ahead of Charles/Henry IMHO.

[ChevronB19]

Sebo for household duties, Henry for garage and diy.

[ARHarh]

For those who need a rotating brush for Henry. https://www.myhenry.com/airobrush