Which vacuum cleaner?

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Brinyan

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382 posts

93 months

Saturday 4th July 2020
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Got an old Sebo, which has been great, but the cord no longer retracts, attachments are broken & it gets very hot when used. Just had a mix of new carpets & wooden floors elsewhere. Need a new cleaner. What’s good? Do cordless ones loose their charge quickly? Cheers

Trustmeimadoctor

12,597 posts

155 months

Saturday 4th July 2020
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We have a sebo d4 and tineco a11 master cordless

Since we got the cordless the sebo hasn't been out In total it's about £800 hoovers

Simpo Two

85,404 posts

265 months

Saturday 4th July 2020
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After buying a Shark a few years ago (I'd never heard of them but the sales assistant threw some soil on the floor and said 'have a go') that would be the brand I'd look at first.

alabbasi

2,511 posts

87 months

Saturday 4th July 2020
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After a succession of fancy bag-less cleaners. I bought a used KIrby and never looked back. I never have to worry about blocked filters and it just works well all the time.

Radec

3,833 posts

47 months

Saturday 4th July 2020
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Good old Henry, had mine over 15 years and doesn't miss a beat.
So powerful that it actually pulls up carpet in some places.
I don't think it will ever breakdown even after having a room skimmed and then sanded it picked up about 97 % of the dust in one pass and still going strong.

alfabeat

1,113 posts

112 months

Sunday 5th July 2020
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I'm another Henry fan. Brilliant things. Can use them for EVERYTHING! Good value, basic, reliable and powerful!

Brinyan

Original Poster:

382 posts

93 months

Sunday 5th July 2020
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Thanks all. My mother had a Henry, which worked really well. Was thinking cordless perhaps easier on stairs etc. Cheers

Jaguar steve

9,232 posts

210 months

Sunday 5th July 2020
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alfabeat said:
I'm another Henry fan. Brilliant things. Can use them for EVERYTHING! Good value, basic, reliable and powerful!
Yup me too.

Mine was secondhand to me 20 years ago and has survived decades of abuse on building sites, catching fire and falling off a scaffold tower. He's covered in paint, the hose has been Gaffa taped up and it still sucks like a Crack we gagging for her next hit.

sherman

13,226 posts

215 months

Sunday 5th July 2020
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I have a Henry. Its brilliant. As for stairs the hose reaches half way with henry sitting at the top or bottom. Virtually every part is replaceable.

Cpl nobby nobbs

360 posts

137 months

Sunday 5th July 2020
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I have a Shark duoclean lift away NZ801UKT

Very quiet, the dual roller head is great for caret and hard floors, the anti hair wrap realy works, both my daughter and wife have realy long hair, this is the only vack that never has hair wrapped up in it.

The lift away function is great for the stairs.

About £250.


MrThomo

245 posts

169 months

Sunday 5th July 2020
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Cpl nobby nobbs said:
I have a Shark duoclean lift away NZ801UKT

Very quiet, the dual roller head is great for caret and hard floors, the anti hair wrap realy works, both my daughter and wife have realy long hair, this is the only vack that never has hair wrapped up in it.

The lift away function is great for the stairs.

About £250.
This is what we use. It’s really good on carpets, less so on hard floors where it feels a bit weighty. Positives far outweigh the negatives though and would recommend. We will be getting a shark handheld when the Dyson gives up the ghost

98elise

26,547 posts

161 months

Sunday 5th July 2020
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We have a Shark cordless and a Dyson cordless.

The Dyson is well designed, but poorly implemented. It's made of very cheap plastics and we're on our 3rd power head due to the well known pulsing problem.

The Shark feels less well designed, but actually works very well. My wife hasn't used the Dyson since buying the Shark.

anonymous-user

54 months

Sunday 5th July 2020
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We’ve got a Shark, don’t know which one but it was about £300.

It’s brilliant, we’ve had Dyson / Miele, etc, don’t bother, buy a Shark.

MrThomo

245 posts

169 months

Sunday 5th July 2020
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98elise said:
We have a Shark cordless and a Dyson cordless.

The Dyson is well designed, but poorly implemented. It's made of very cheap plastics and we're on our 3rd power head due to the well known pulsing problem.

The Shark feels less well designed, but actually works very well. My wife hasn't used the Dyson since buying the Shark.
+1 - good explanation

markcoznottz

7,155 posts

224 months

Sunday 5th July 2020
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Jaguar steve said:
alfabeat said:
I'm another Henry fan. Brilliant things. Can use them for EVERYTHING! Good value, basic, reliable and powerful!
Yup me too.

Mine was secondhand to me 20 years ago and has survived decades of abuse on building sites, catching fire and falling off a scaffold tower. He's covered in paint, the hose has been Gaffa taped up and it still sucks like a Crack we gagging for her next hit.
The old ones have a more powerful motor than the new eu friendly ones. Good on a build as they will chew through brick rubble like candy .

dhutch

14,388 posts

197 months

Monday 6th July 2020
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Dyson DC04.....? What was the question again?

tris88

81 posts

146 months

Monday 6th July 2020
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A couple of months back purchased the Shark cordless that comes with 2 batteries. To be honest we could have done the whole 3 bed semi on one battery as we have more hard floors than carpet and it just seems to keep going. Miles better than the corded Vac that's now been relegated to shed duties.

Rich_Bee

50 posts

57 months

Monday 6th July 2020
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Keep the old one for the stairs and buy a robot vac. We’ve had a Roborock S5 Max for about a fortnight. Does a great job of vacuuming carpet and mopping the hardwood floor. Great piece of kit, that makes life easier.

Edited by Rich_Bee on Monday 6th July 14:05

PushedDover

5,650 posts

53 months

Monday 6th July 2020
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As above - get over to the Robovac thread on PH......

https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

KingNothing

3,168 posts

153 months

Monday 6th July 2020
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Have a Dyson V6 which we've suplimented with a corded Shark, because the battery wasn't lasting long enough on the Dyson. The Shark is great.