Vacuum cleaner

[CaptainMorgan]

Yes, only the most exciting of topics for the PH massive.

I've got a crappy Dyson thing that you drag about behind you while it gets stuck round corners or rolls over onto it's side, plus it doesnt actually pick much up these days. I feel it's time I upgraded to something cordless. I dont live in a mansion, in fact the majority is wood floor so it's only a few rooms that get hoovered.

Any suggestions? I've looked at the Dyson offerings, they look good and are well reviewed but I've not really been blown over with the current one and there's a Vax or Hoover models on sale for under half the price of the Dyson. Still getting decent reviews and I could potentially get one for the house, one for the car and still have change!

I await your responses (once you've asked the mrs )

[Simpo Two]

Shark would be worth a google. If their cordless offerings are like their corded ones you'll be happy.

[Bobley]

Aren't all vacs pants now? I had to buy one a few weeks ago and the locals store had about 20 new 800W machines and one last 2200W Bosch jobbie which they were discounting. You dont need to think too hard which one I grabbed!

[dazwalsh]

Bobley said:

Aren't all vacs pants now? I had to buy one a few weeks ago and the locals store had about 20 new 800W machines and one last 2200W Bosch jobbie which they were discounting. You dont need to think too hard which one I grabbed!

I may have dreamed this but isnt that the pesky EU reducing the power consumption of our vacuums and kettles?

[soad]

dazwalsh said:

I maybhave dreamed this but isnt that the pesky EU reducing the power consumption of our vacuums and kettles?

Happened last year.
https://www.which.co.uk/news/2017/08/eu-vacuum-cle...

[Jag_NE]

I have a shark cordless and it’s brilliant. You can use it on both your wood floors and carpets. Plenty charge to do lots of room in one go on regular power setting. I think mine was about 170 but I would recommend paying a bit more for the dual battery pack if it’s your only vac. I wouldn’t go back to corded.

[Simpo Two]

dazwalsh said:

I may have dreamed this but isnt that the pesky EU reducing the power consumption of our vacuums and kettles?

Believe so. Along with solvent-free paint so zebra crossing and road markings disappear. Need to get rid of them.

[rodericb]

Cordless? The hot thing right now is the LG Cordzero. You know it's good as Dyson tried to stop them marketing it.

[Funk]

I have the Dyson V8 Absolute (which replaced an ageing DC04) and it's been great, had it about 18 months now and can't fault it. The convenience of being able to spot-clean instantly or turn it into a portable 'dust-buster'-style device is great.

[J8 SVG]

Girlfriend's mum bought us a GTECH Ram Air jobby and it's really quite impressive (after buying one for herself when she got fed up with the dyson cordless not being good enough)

Still got a big Titan worksite one from screw fix if needed though

[anonymous-user]

In reality how good are these cordless hoovers compared to a decent (i.e non dyson) hoover before the power rules were changed?

I am struggling to see how it is possible that one of these can be anywhere near as good as a 2KW mains powered hoover.

[Gad-Westy]

We've got a Miele Cat and Dog Cylinder vac for full on cleaning and a Dyson V6 cordless for spills and quick zaps. The Miele is great but rarely sees light of day now as Dyson is almost as good with none of the hassle.

[Toltec]

soad said:

dazwalsh said:

I maybhave dreamed this but isnt that the pesky EU reducing the power consumption of our vacuums and kettles?

Happened last year.
https://www.which.co.uk/news/2017/08/eu-vacuum-cle...

There is an argument that this forces manufacturers to actually design cleaners to work efficiently and sell on capability rather than just marketing on power consumption. Years ago domestic cleaners were in the hundreds of watts the multi kW stuff was in serious industrial wet vac models.

The kettle thing is just stupid as basic physics tells us you need a certain amount of energy to heat a volume of water by a given amount, less power means it takes longer and losses to the surrounding environment means taking longer will use more energy. I thought that had been dropped.

[wjwren]

Bosch Athlet. Been through 3 in the warranty period. Very poor. Avoid.

[Countdown]

After numerous Vax models which would break down on a regular basis we bought a Miele c3 from John Lewis. It’s great. Lasted over 3 years and still sucks like <insert pornstart reference here>.

[LordHaveMurci]

Miele cat & dog replaced 2 Dysons & a Henry several years ago, bloody marvellous thing.

[wjwren]

Also have the upright meile - cant think of model but still in shops now and that is very good though a bit heavy

[Muncher]

Joey Deacon said:

In reality how good are these cordless hoovers compared to a decent (i.e non dyson) hoover before the power rules were changed?

I am struggling to see how it is possible that one of these can be anywhere near as good as a 2KW mains powered hoover.

We've got a Dyson V10 absolute and I would say it's suck at max power is just as good as the corded dyson and the Henry we also have.

[Fonzey]

Neato Robovac, do it!

[CaptainMorgan]

Thanks for the replies, who'd have thought vacuums would be such a hot topic.

The Shark is looking good, I like that you can get 2 batteries with them (extra £100 granted) but if I developed a vacuuming fetish I could go for a good 40 min or so before needing to charge the thing. I might swing by Costco, I'm sure they had some in last time I was there.

Thanks again