Tell me about your vacuum cleaner?

[~clover~]

I'd love a good vac. The one I have now is ok. Sucks better than mum & dad's Vax (don't tell dad that ), but the head cracked around the pipe with in the first few weeks, so it comes off as it pleases, & the extender bit on the pipe stuffed up & wouldn't hold not long after that.
IME as long as you clean out all the filters regularly they will go forever (something MIL taught me, I notice the difference every time!). I probably do mine every month or two. When ever I notice the suction isn't so great.

[*EJ*]

I have a dyson (not an upright though) and it's great. Bagless and supposedly doesn't loose suction as the comparment fills with 'muck' (as other vacumes with bags do). Horrible site to see how much 'muck' is actually removed each time you vacume. Reccommended for allergy suffers and people with animals inside. Also reccommends to clean the filter every 6 months and it's as simple as removing this circle pad and giving it a good rinse and then letting it dry out. They are pricey but we got ours on interest free

[~ Zarava Flutterby ~]

I also have a dyson bagless, it's not the upright but is very light and easy to move around.
They can cost a bit and i always said i had NO IDEA why people would spend that much on a vac but it really is worth it,especially as our DD gets eczema and chances are might end up with Asthma.

If you keep an eye out on e-bay or even goodguys etc sometimes you can get the basic model for a decent price.

The proof is in the testing though, when DP bought it for me (how nice of him ) i did a run over of the lounge with our old vac, everything LOOKED clean, then i went over it with the dyson.. i nearly threw up... the stuff this thing picked out of the ALREADY VAC'd carpet made me sick!

It's coming up to x-mas, if anyone asks what you want maybe just say some cash to put towards a nice shiny new powerful sucker! lol... maybe explain you want a new vac! the oldies might have a heart attack!

HTH.. good luck, in my experience now the amount of cheapies i have bought over the years have probably added up to the cost of my dyson which i will have for many more years to come.

[helle]

The proof is in the testing though, when DP bought it for me (how nice of him ) i did a run over of the lounge with our old vac, everything LOOKED clean, then i went over it with the dyson.. i nearly threw up... the stuff this thing picked out of the ALREADY VAC'd carpet made me sick!

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We did this too! We have one of those shaggy rugs in our loungeroom... the amount of dog hair it got out that we couldn't even see... DH almost evicted poor puppy ^^;
You gotta love how it all swirls around in there too, yum yum XD

[miamunchkin]

I recommend a Dyson too! I've got one now, which is superb (an upright) and had one back home in the UK. My mum has 2 (one for upstairs and one for downstairs) and wouldn't consider anything else.

Like the others have said - it's amazing what they pick up, and creeps you out a little bit when you see what's in the cylinder.

We got ours from Harvey Norman for about $450 as it was an ex-demonstrator. Came with a lot of demo extras too!

Another point to add is that Dyson Customer Service are THE BEST!!! I was vacuuming one day and managed to knock the "wand cap" off - searched high and low for about 2 months and couldn't find it anywhere! Called Dyson and they sent me a whole replacement wand for free. As soon as it arrived, I put on my dressing gown and found the cap in the pocket - It had flipped off into there!

[hj1981]

Definatly recommend a DYSON!!!!

[Nai]

We have had our Dyson for 8 years and nothing has ever gone wrong with it. It is fantastic as we have a dog and it picks up all of his hair. They are expensive but worth it!