What Vacuum cleaner to buy???

lisaloo

I need to get 2 vacuum cleaners, 1 for myself and 1 for my mother. Can anyone recommend where to buy, budget of 350 for both? thanks

littlecbear

lisaloo wrote: »

I need to get 2 vacuum cleaners, 1 for myself and 1 for my mother. Can anyone recommend where to buy, budget of 350 for both? thanks

Just looking at another thread on this earlier - powercity are selling a dyson dc19 animal for 225€ which is by all accounts a great machine.

Very good value http://www.powercity.ie/?par=40-50-19ANI

Sleipnir

Bah - Miele are the best. Dyson are good but don't do too well in the reliabililty stakes.
Miele are Which? magazines No. 1 choice usually.

chiefwiggum

henry by far the best ..have one now with special head for pet hair(badly needed due to basset hound) the suction is great..sister and mother had a dyson each ,they said never again!!!

Banrion

I've also heard it say that miele is the only man when it comes to vaccuming. That said, I dont have one cos they too expensive and I rarely hoover. My sis has a henry and its grand.

maxwell smart

I've two Dysons, one for 9 years the other for seven. Never a problem with either and never had to buy a bag or a filter. I just wash my filters out every 6 months

magconn

anyone recommend a quiet-ish hoover, nice and light. pet hair not an issue! to suit Hard floor and carpet

Cheers:)

Kaku

have a dyson for the past 3 years, no complaints so far....runs well on both hard floor & carpet

magconn

Thanks Kaku but looking for something a bit or alot cheaper!!

Heineken Helen

Yeh, don't get a dyson... I've got one (had one in the last house too) and it cuts out after about every minute of hoovering... which obviously isn't very practical :rolleyes: it takes all day to hoover the house. AND it's about as practical as wheeling a lawnmower through the house... really bad for stairs or any areas that aren't straight and flat. If I had excess money right now, I'd be buying a henry hoover... never a problem with them.

Lobsterlady

I just bought a Miele, this Saturday at Harvey Normans, for 179! They have a special on, reduced from 240. It's absolutely brilliant, compact too, so easy to manouver around the place. It's a bargain at that price. Had many a different hoover, but this is the best by a long run.

blue banana

Definetly henry, have my one 11 years and has never given any bother. When it does give up, no competition it will be another henry. My mom has a dyson and she's sorry she didn't get a henry.

Lobsterlady

blue banana wrote: »

Definetly henry, have my one 11 years and has never given any bother. When it does give up, no competition it will be another henry. My mom has a dyson and she's sorry she didn't get a henry.

Had something similar to a Henry, the bigger one, Charles?? It was very very noisy for a hoover. Perhaps Henry is the quieter one?

dlambirl

+1 for a Henry.

The mother in law has one nearly 15 years or so and it hasnt given her any bother and its no problem getting parts..

bills

you can get a good deal on a dyson at the moment in currys. I think its been reduced to about 229€.

cashe1

My Henry Hoover died this morning after 11 faithfull years of service. Never had any issues with it. Anyone have any idea of where to get a replacement in Cork City. Not going near Argos.