Can anyone recomend me a new Hoover??

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swee'pea99

Squire
As others have said, don't buy a Dyson. The last time ours was repaired my wife expressed her surprise at its unreliability to our local (independent) hoover man. "Blokes like me love Dyson!" he grinned. "They're rubbish. Dyson is basically my livelihood."
 

Mr Pig

New Member
Shaun said:
unless you're prepared to spend as much time cleaning the vacuum as you do cleaning the carpets, then the suction is rubbish.

The design on the Dyson hoovers is far too intricate, there are too many bends, pipes, valves and seals to block up and go wrong.

Vax's are pretty good too. Like the Henry hoovers they're built to be up to industrial use.
 
Location
Rammy
I'm liking the opinions of henry :smile:

my fiancee's grandmother gave us £90 to get a vacumm cleaner and so my fiancee ordered a hetty (pink henry)

do they cope with dust? just thinking it might be attached to power sanders etc at some stage :sad:
 

Dormouse

New Member
My Miele has just died after 5 years; it was Which magazine's top recommendation at the time and I am not impressed. Previously I had an Electrolux that lasted 22 years.

I have just bought a Dyson roller ball type and it is great on carpet and hard floors but useless for stairs. Hopefully it is more reliable than the Miele.
 

rich p

ridiculous old lush
Location
Brighton
I'd refer you to an old thread of mine titled, "Dysons suck, or rather they don't" but it's lost in the mists of time.

The majority advice to me then was to go for a Henry.
 

Mr Pig

New Member
Remember that you get different versions of Henry, although the basic one will do most things. They're designed for industrial use so you get a stack of attachments for them too, check those out.
 

gbb

Squire
Location
Peterborough
We've had Dysons for years...and although the DC07 (IIRC) with the rocket body was crud, we've had no major problems with them in general. They are a bit fragile looking..perhaps my missus is particually careful. She hoovers once or twice every day, so they've certainly done the work.

Henrys, we have them at work, and they're a fine product...but...as the onsite engineer, i replaced 2 in the last year, repaired the winding mechanism several times on different ones, replaced switches once or twice and threw a not so old one away because the motor went :biggrin: It wasnt much dearer to replace the whole thing as buy a motor.

They're good, but maybe not as good as they used to be.
 

Fab Foodie

hanging-on in quiet desperation ...
Location
Kirton, Devon.
Aperitif said:
I have also got a French model that has a built-in air conditioner and makes a nice drink after finishing the chores - it's called a "Tea Airy Henri" But it doesn't make a Miele of it.

WE'RE NOT WORTHY
WE'RE NOT WORTHY :biggrin:

Any more like that and you're Dyson with death....
 
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