Your best vacuum cleaner?

[Richard Acland]

Reminds me of when I was in the Army and taking over a married quarter in Germany In the 1970's, One of the items on my inventory was a "Goblin Housemaid" The Army catered for all your needs in those days.

Edited By Richard Acland on 31/10/2019 18:00:20

[Stuphedd]

I am a fan of Dysons, the old DC versions , as spares are usually free from the tip, and reco ones are only £35,off the market , But they are heavy ,hence very cheap from old people who have stairs , I live in a bungalow .

I resisted to "pressure" and we got a G tec , ! super light , quality cheap as chips , but its used every day, batteries failed after 10 months ! , BUT once a month out comes the Dyson to get to the parts that G Tec misses , mainly getting dust out of the carpets because the G tec just does not have all those Kws .

The German Verwork used to be very good , it had 2 motors !

[Don Fry]

Lads, petrol head speaking.

Can't you design a shielded dirt big 200 mm EDF unit, 18 s battery, quick change on the battery, and a pipe out of the window. Suck anything smaller than a whippet, let alone dust. Might be a two person hold on the pipe.

Project for a wet Sunday.

Beloved has a Masters in vacuum cleaners, mostly academic. She has bought a whole string over the years. The Dyson is the only reliable sucker. It's purple. She hates it.

Edit, imagine the brownie points. Imagine the kudos, on tele, flogging yer inv ention, BMFA hat on. 

Edited By Don Fry on 31/10/2019 19:20:24

[Broken Prop]

I notice that I contributed to this thread in 2014, extolling the virtues of a Vorverk. It is still going strong and I expect it to last for many more years. (The last one went on for 24 years before finally giving up).

OK they are very expensive, but you get an enormous range of accessories and they are very efficient. How many Henrys or Dysons would you buy in 24 years?

Pete

[Bruce Collinson]

There's a deal on the last model Dyson cordless via martin Lewis' site (Moneysavingexpert.etc). Very good machine, light, sucks well, powered beater head (which is where pure cylinder vacs like Henry and Miele lose out, if you have a wife with a long haired Jack Russell), second best to the 10 yr old Dyson corded which pulls like a pulling thing if the filters are clean. Build quality iffy, all plastic, but the local man keeps cannibalising swappers so not an issue. Cheap filters from the usual sources.

Panasonic never really did clean very well.

Screwfix £40 for garage/car/mancave.

henry for longevity.

BTC

[john stones 1 - Moderator]

Posted by Broken Prop on 01/11/2019 13:52:39:

I notice that I contributed to this thread in 2014, extolling the virtues of a Vorverk. It is still going strong and I expect it to last for many more years. (The last one went on for 24 years before finally giving up).

OK they are very expensive, but you get an enormous range of accessories and they are very efficient. How many Henrys or Dysons would you buy in 24 years?

Pete

Just the one, (Dyson) it still sucks.

[Broken Prop]

John I suppose they do if you only vacuum once a year!

[Mike Etheridge 1]

Yes we have a Vorwerk vacuum cleaner sold to us for about £400 when we moved into our current house in 1987. We were told it would last a life time as the motors were brushless and would not wear out. A year or two ago Vorwerk phoned me with an offer of a new cleaner in exchange for the old unit for a reduced price of £900. I reminded the woman on the phone that my life had not expired so I would keep the original cleaner.

To date the power head 'motor's stopped' warning light remains on all the time as does 'the bag's full' warning light, and the cleaner is somewhat noisy if you lift it up whilst it is still running. The combined power of the two motors is somewhat less than most vacuum cleaner's single motors, but I have to say that the cleaner is well made to last as long as it has and the dry carpet cleaner attachment is very useful.

Edited By Mike Etheridge 1 on 01/11/2019 20:05:18

[john stones 1 - Moderator]

Posted by Broken Prop on 01/11/2019 19:05:04:

John I suppose they do if you only vacuum once a year!

Cheeky, 3 German Shepherds, 1 Dyson, you do the maths/hoovering.

[Stuphedd]

My Vorwerks were "excused" domicile duties years ago , and were given a second life in the garage , where one hangs up over the lathe to suck up the swarf and the second is used to provide the "suck " for vacuum forming .As they have a suck pipe at one end and a blow one at the other ,they are very versatile hobbyist equipment .

then there are probably some left for spares but never needed them .

[Don Fry]

I have a Marriele. Very efficient. 

[Paul De Tourtoulon]

Mine is 'Mauricette ' noisy but she does the job.

[Engine Doctor]

I know its an old thread but as its been revived i thought id share my experience of our vac bought around the time of original post. G- Tech does the job very well. Battery lasts long enough to do all of the house a couple of times with capacity to spare and  compared to the Dyson we had its so easy to use, a lot lighter and stores away easily as it not as bulky. We also have the G-Tech hand held vac that a brilliant bit of kit and used constantly . Batteries still seem fine . Hand held is a couple of years newer than the upright but considering the use it gets its doing well.

As already said in earlier post the customer service is second to none.

Edited September 23, 2022 by Engine Doctor

[Phil Green]

To add to the thread revival we used Dysons for many years but now use a Shark, the principle is identical to Dyson but they have a much more sensible construction, no hidden corners to clog up, easy brush removal for cleaning, lighter, but a smaller capacity collector.  Where Dysons route the airflow all around the machine and can block at each twist or turn, the Shark hose connects directly into the collector - theres no routing to get blocked. With the Dyson I was forever dismantling it to clear it - I have an essential specialist Dyson toolkit - plus I fitted two new motors, whereas the Shark is a few years old, works very hard and has yet to need any attention.   We have lots of dogs and de-clagging a Dyson brush is a real pain compared to the simple clip-in-&-out Shark brush.  Mr Dyson had a great idea but others have massively improved on it 🙂

 

Edited September 25, 2022 by Phil Green

[Nick Somerville]

3 pages to suck up and no chat about model making!
 For the model workshop I swear by my old Henry. I don’t bother with a bag and once the nylon cloth filter gets a coating of balsa dust it seems to do a better job of catching the fines, but still sucks like the proverbial. Most  of the time it’s attached to a mdf shroud I made up for my Proxon disc sander.

[Paul De Tourtoulon]

11 minutes ago, Nick Somerville said:

3 pages to suck up and no chat about model making!
 For the model workshop I swear by my old Henry. I don’t bother with a bag and once the nylon cloth filter gets a coating of balsa dust it seems to do a better job of catching the fines, but still sucks like the proverbial. Most  of the time it’s attached to a mdf shroud I made up for my Proxon disc sander.

I use my Dyson 37c to suck up Balsa dust, is that better Nick ?.😅

[Alex Ferguson 2]

An Electrolux ergorapido (yes, lower case name) had a problem with the rotating horizontal brush not rotating. No voltage to the brush's motor. The problem was bad design as the tilting head had managed to break all 3 wires going to it.

I rerouted them in the top of the sweeper unit and we'll see how the owner gets on with it. Not very neat but the wires certainly can't get broken the way I've done it.

[RedBaron]

Hear. Hear for Henry! Brilliant in model hangar and also the rest of the house.

Particularly good at getting cat and dog hair out of carpets

[EvilC57]

Electrolux 350 cylinder bought in 1983 and still going strong. Mainly used for cleaning out the car these days.

[J D 8]

  A G Tech for every day use [ second previous comment of " good vac but poor quality "] But when the going gets tough a Miele cat and dog that has been used and abused for donkey's [ at least 15 ]