Another saddo here - needs hoover help!

**squashysu** · 29-06-2008, 10:11 AM

Originally posted by smallblueplanet View Post

Lol! Just kidding squashysu!

Fed up with trying to balance our cheap hoover on the stairs as I try and clean each one, can anyone recommend a good (reasonably priced) vacuum that does stairs easily? What a sad request!

lol lol ! its true i am a hoover saddo!! lol! - my mate says she is gonna put one in my coffin with me, as i hoover too much.

depends SBP, do you have a dog with hairs, i have a dyson and it was only �140 off of amazon, its just the standard yellow DC07 and its great, i have had, hoover, electrolux etc etc, but found either the Dyson or the littel Henry's to be the best and if you get a Henry tell me, as i have about 30 hoover bags i bought and then my husband got rid of it (another story!).

Henry's are still about �100 though. - hope this helps, love

Saddo SS xx

**lynda66** · 29-06-2008, 10:20 AM

i got a morphy richards, purple and silver one, cos it matched my hallway, and it lives under the stairs ...... dead good at cleaning the stairs, cos it has an extra long hose, what i didn't think of, when i was reading the blurb about how good it was for asthma,(which i have) was when you come to empty it, it has one of those concertina white filters in the middle, and you have to bash it to get all the guff out of it, so all the dust rises, and i can't breathe for 3 days. tehn you have to wash the filters, though you do get a spare one, but it's such a faff.

so don't get one with a concertina filter.

i did have a cylinder vax for 20 years, which was wonderful till the hose broke, and i thought it was about time i got a new hoover.

not sure if that's much help lol

Lynda xx

**coomber** · 29-06-2008, 10:33 AM

I'd go with a Dyson every time. we bought a Meile on recommendation a couple of years ago and it was cr@p only lasted about 8 months then had to go and buy another Dyson

**Bren In Pots** · 29-06-2008, 01:29 PM

I gave up trying to hoover the stairs, I find a old fashioned wooden hand brush works just as well.

**zazen999** · 29-06-2008, 03:12 PM

I gave up and got a cleaner in.

**fastlearner** · 29-06-2008, 03:18 PM

I'd buy dyson everytime too - the hose attachment on them will reach from the bottom of the stairs to the top, so no balancing required!

**Polly Fouracre** · 29-06-2008, 03:25 PM

Originally posted by Bren In Pots View Post

I gave up trying to hoover the stairs, I find a old fashioned wooden hand brush works just as well.

Me too,mine has rubber "bristles" and does an excellent job.

**Madasafish** · 29-06-2008, 03:45 PM

I am mandated (volunteered ) to do the cleaning. Dyson DC07 is great for stairs.. the flexi hose stretches to the top...

If a man can do it, should be simple for the stronger sex...:-)

**SarzWix** · 29-06-2008, 03:49 PM

You'd have to pay me to have a Dyson

I hate them!!! "No Loss Of Suction" is because they don't have any to start with!!!! And if you ask any vaccuum repair shop which brand they have to repair most often Dyson tops the list.
I bought a Hoover 'The One' nearly 3 years ago, and wouldn't swap it for anything. I've bought one new set of filters in that time (�20). It has a super long hose which reaches all the way up the stairs with the hoover at the bottom, does hard floors & is great with pet hairs too.

**dexterdoglancashire** · 29-06-2008, 06:16 PM

I've got a dyson too! I borrowed my Sis in laws, and by gum! the amount of dog and cat hairs it got were, um, er, amazing! So I've now got one. It has a very long hose thing with various attachments, including the pet hair wotsit, and is brill and gets all the dog and cat hairs up - when I actually get round to doing the cleaning, of course! Bernie

**dandy** · 30-06-2008, 10:40 AM

I got a Vax TurboForce because it was on offer and I had a �50 voucher for the catalogue. Big mistake! It sounds like a Jumbo Jet taking off and seems to spit more dust out than it sucks up. Either we put it together wrong or it's just rubbish. I tend to go with the latter. Never again - when we buy another I might go back to the Dyson range as we were very happy with them.

**HeyWayne** · 30-06-2008, 11:26 AM

Dyson for me. I worked for Electrolux for a couple of years and heard that they hated the Dyson because it was so good.

Dysons have plenty of suction, we have a little attachment on ours that fits to the end of the hose that has a little "turbo" brush thingy in it. Great for doing the stairs and hardfloors alike.

The little cylinder vacuum cleaner from Dyson is supposed to be pretty good too.

**SarzWix** · 30-06-2008, 11:33 AM

Within six years of purchase 29% of upright Dyson vacuum cleaners and 22% of their cylinder vacuums needed repairing. The Dyson repair rate is also getting worse. A 2002 survey found that 21% of the company's upright vacuums needed repairing within six years, and a 2001 survey revealed that 14% of its cylinder vacuums broke down.

But despite ranking low in reliability, Dyson owners are still relatively likely to recommend the products to a friend. An average of 38% would recommend their Dyson, making it the fifth most popular vacuum cleaner, despite being the least reliable of those surveyed.

Trendy appliances often least reliable | Money | The Guardian

Although they don't say much positive about Hoovers either, they are cheaper to repair than a Dyson

**HeyWayne** · 30-06-2008, 11:44 AM

Originally posted by SarzWix View Post

Trendy appliances often least reliable | Money | The Guardian

Although they don't say much positive about Hoovers either, they are cheaper to repair than a Dyson

Separate tests by Which? have proved the Dyson cleaners to be among the most effective vacuums, despite them breaking down more. "It's a real shame [that Dysons break down]", the magazine says, "because its vacs are the only upright models we've found that clean really well."

Would be interesting to see that same report updated.

I have to say, our has been great, and the only repair needed was that the hose came away from the "handle" bit, but the repair cost me nothing more than a couple of squirts of araldite.

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