Recommend A Vacuum Cleaner, Please!

[sara3]

all my appliances last and last, except vacuum cleaners!

I bought a Dyson Animal two weeks ago and it's rubbish. it picks up everything except the bloody cat hair! I'm going to take it back.

any recommendations? less than £200 (preferably much less!) and I'd prefer an upright bagless jobbie, but happy to listen to any suggestions..

[Psybbo]

I must ask OH

[pixie373]

My Henry is great. Have 2 long-haired dogs, 1 long-haired cat and 2 short-haired cats. You just put the brushes out, gets all the hair out. Although it does come with bags- i never use them, they're not necessary. We also use one at the stables, for shavings, straw, hay etc. Nothing phases it.

[RATTER15]

pixie373, you use one in the stables for shavings, straw, hay etc.?!!

I use a pitch fork and wheel barrow in my stables!

I clearly must move up in the world!

[pastafreak]

I've seen the Miele cat and dog on Amazon for well under 200...
Do they vary much between models?

[diddlydo]

I absolutely hate cylinder vacs - they do your back in, are really hard work to scrape around and don't have nearly a much suction as an upright.

[rockyracoon]

Absolutely disagree with that Diddly.

[carrust]

The Dyson Ball cleaner could put you in A&E :-)

[jaynethepain]

Sebo. Recommended to us by john lewis, can't fault it. It has a bag but never seems to need emptying. We have a cat with resulting hair & fluffy bits (!) and it does the job beautifully.

[ferlew]

sara3, not had to do anything to mine, had it 3 ish years now.
Maybe you got a "Friday model" ?
I am sad to say, I passed my Miele on to my son.
I also have the Kirby G7, but that does not meet your price criteria.

[phleb]

http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/4065632.htm

This one has power and is great for pet hairs and under £200.

[bednobs]

hi sara, i have recently got unreasonably excited about my dyson, for which i bought a "tangle free turbine head". We have 3 dogs and a cat. It's great (the head that it)

[pixie373]

Lol, ratter. I meant more tack room, rest room , feed barns, caravan. But now you mention it...hmmm...

[EDDIE51]

If you want another Dyson or (' die soon ' as they are better known) just go to your local 'tip' they will have a skip full of them.

[sara3]

blimey, thanks all!

phleb, I've had many a bad experience with the (currently not working again) Vax, and don't want a cylinder model, but thanks.

Jayne, my bestie friend has a Sebo.. it's on my "think about it" list :o)

bednobs, what model do you have?

[mrs_overall]

In my time I've had many vacs. I had a Miele cylinder which was good at its job but it was a cylinder type and I always ended up with backache.
I currently have a bog standard Dyson (my third) and my only complaint about them is that the hose at the back always splits after time. I also have a Henry someone gave me and I am not overly impressed, plus it is a cylinder

[Ratty2E]

I'm currently on my 2nd Dyson in the past 20 odd years and they've had to deal with kids and hairy, messy animals and I think they've done it pretty well. Perhaps the brush isn't working properly or it's not correctly set for the flooring.

[catsrcool]

Henry IMHO

[johnny37]

sara, if you are not familiar with the turbo brush head are you using an upright? I never use them as I think cylinders are more versatile. If yes you could try one. There are offers on the net for under £250.

[masma]

Murphy Richards upright, bagless, £98.. brilliant! I have Mr M and son plus Coco, the dirtiest dog ever!

[sara3]

can maybe just 2 of you agree?!!!