Vacuum cleaner recommendations - urgent 😄

For anyone with pets, would also thoroughly recommend a carpet rake. Thought we kept a clean house with our 3 cats. Bought one recently, horrified at the amount of hair it raked up first time! Use it before vacuuming now to extend life of vacuum. Strangely therapeutic, too 😁

I would only ever buy a Sebo or a Miele.

Love Miele vacuum cleaners. I’ve had one upstairs and another one downstairs for decades. I replace them every ten years and donate them to charity

I think I'd like a stick Henry.
I had my other henry for around 35 years, no problems, no repairs, not one ounce of trouble.
It was just so darn heavy!!

I've just ordered a bagged Halo, well recommended by Which.
Loved my bagged Gtech but found the tools very difficult to change and plastic tools broke easily.
Hopefully I'll have better luck with Halo which is much lighter.

Henry (Numatic) have an Anniversary sale on at the moment Grammaretto and also offer a "try it for 30 days" deal where you can return it if it doesn't suit.

www.myhenry.com/machines

Shark definitely.

Neumatic the Henry vacuum company currently have a birthday sale on, and do a stick version

Nothing comes close to a Henry, they are in a different league to any other vacuum. My Henry however is old and I don't think the new ones are as powerful.

Yes I wonder about the longevity of the battery machines. Vintagegirl

I was too busy today to do anything about a new vacuum so I have kept the borrowed Henry for a few days.
It's great. Heavy but great.

I had trouble with my battery lawn mower too and eventually got my electrician to fix it as mower repair people didn't know how.

Thanks to everyone who has suggested vacuums. I feel much better informed now.

So I went back to a simple Miele that I used to have. It is not cordless. Elderly Nilfisk is downstairs workhorse with great motor, the like of which are no longer made.

Following recommendation read here, I got a Gtech from Oxfam who had bought stock from Argos closing down in this country. The battery failed in matter of months and a new one costs nearly as much as what I paid for vacuum given cost of postage. I think batteries cannot go in ordinary post but have to be couriered due the risk being put on passenger planes. So it sits in a corner. I liked it for upstairs and was amazed at how much it collected.

We've just bought a Halo set (comes with wide hard floor, wide carpet, narrow carpet, brush, crevice etc tools). Easy to use, has bags (no dust in face!). Very happy so far but do check for 'deals' as prices vary.

Shark would be my recommendation but not a cordless.

Ivd had dyson which I gave away shark cordless which i use in the car and miele which was good but my favourite is henry . Its so easy wheels around behind me . I realise youve got stairs byt they are the best .

I’ve got a gtech airam cordless hoover . It’s brilliant. Lightweight and deals with dog hair and a variety of surfaces . I’ve got a fairly big house and the battery does the whole house . The downside is the dust box needs emptying after each use as it’s not very big and the filter needs a good bash to get the remaining dust .
I’ve had 2 cordless Dysons and one upright one and they can’t cope with pet hair , even the pet one .

I've got a GTech its cordless and lightweight but it does need emptying more often. It still does a good job.

GTech one up and one downstairs and a handheld for stairs. Lightweight easy battery cleaners.

My friend swears by Electrolux. Very reasonably priced. I’m about to buy one. Thumbs down here for GTech. Mine is absolutely useless. Wish I hadn’t bought it. I have to go over and over something before it picks up.

Friend has the sebo cylinder vac. I had a go. I think it’s cumbersome. The bag takes ages to fill up, so that tells me it doesn’t pick up as well as my Shark cordless which I empty every other day. I’ve no kids or pets.

shoppinggirl

There's a plug-in Henry stick cleaner on sale for £99 which I'm about to buy to replace my Dyson stick cleaner. It has bags which makes emptying better.

Henry for sale in Lidls £139 I don’t know if that cheap or not!

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Look at Sebo.
They are upright vacuum cleaners.
John Lewis stock them.
They have excellent reviews and the one I have is about 12 years old and still going strong and cleaning well with no issues
A bonus is that they have all the additional tools stored on them.
The only downside is that it is rather heavy.

I love Sebo. They haven't evolved in decades (at least 40) as they are so efficient and all the major hotel chains use them as they as so easy to maintain

Had 2 Dyson sticks and they don't seem to last, fed up having to get new batteries. Have a Shark stick now and it nearly lifts the carpet off the floor. Good on hard surfaces too.

I've just had a new (secondhand) robot delivered today.
They're a real boon!

I don't think I have ever been so delighted with a household item in my life as I am with my robot vacuum cleaner. It's transformed my life, as I have a painful back condition. It's so absolutely brilliant. I think I've fallen in love with my robot. 😁