Tell me about your vacuum cleaner?

[tiffanny]

I have a Kirby. IT IS THE BOMB! But for $3000 it should be. I personally wouldn't buy a bagless. HEPA filters are a must if you want piece of mind that what you are picking up isn't being blown back out. My vac has an eight layer HEPA filtration bag that just clips off and is thrown away and is totally biodegradable. Yes mine was way expensive ( gotta love paying it off) but my parents have had a Kirby since I was about 7 I am now 28 and they still have the same vacuum cleaner so well worth the investment in the first place.

[feeb]

Dyson upright its awesome!!!!!!!!!!! Love it, Hepa filters I dont clean as often as it says but still works well.

[Bathsheba]

We've been happy with our Vax. It's been going strong for 15 years! It is basic but it shampoos and suck up water if, say, your laundry trough overflows and water runs down the hall... which happens to me embarrassingly often. Really good for spot cleaning baby spew off the carpet too. I don't think I could go back to a vacuum that only sucks up dry stuff.

[tiffanny]

! It is basic but it shampoos and suck up water if, say, your laundry trough overflows and water runs down the hall... which happens to me embarrassingly often.

I'm glad I'm not the only one that has that problem lol

[Snacks]

Thanks, ladies!
Sounds like Dyson is pretty popular. My mum bought one recently but has already had to have it fixed... Sounds like she just got a dodgy one though.
Thanks for the suggestion of Choice, Lenny. Will jump on there for sure.
Haven't heard of vax before. Their website doesn't list any prices. Are they comparable in price to the dyson range, does anyone know?

[LimeSlice]

OOH!! I thought I was the only insane person to spend $4000 on a vacuum cleaner!

I have a Kirby Sentria - fabulous little toy - it even has a massage attachment lol
Probably a bit more exxy than you were interested, but I know people who have older models that are now 25+ years old and still going strong.
It shampoos and cleans upholstry, polishes floorboards, has a HEPA filter, is upright or barrel...

Aside from that though my old vac was a Hoover Silver Streak. A coupl eof hundred dollards I think, fabulous, reliable and sucks up everything. the BEST vacuum cleaner I ever had before the Kirby was hte Silver Streak (and I have had a few

[thepixie]

We have a Dyson upright but I hate it - it's huge and heavy, doesn't have a retractable cord (that drives me nuts) and it looks like the robot out of lost in space (we actually call it B9 which was the robot's name!).
The Bear recently bought a Roomba........ OMG the best gadget EVER. Yes, you do have to clean it after each cycle BUT it does the vacuuming for you. You turn it on and it tootles around the house vacuuming, you can go out and come home to clean floors. Love, love, love it! Great entertainment for the kids too LOL

[grub17]

yep dyson fan here too. i know you said you didn't want to spend lots but the $800 for our dyson was the best money i'd spent since laying out $1400 for a digital slr camera. and if you think about $800 over the ten to 15 years your dyson will last, it's not hat much money for what it does.

If you are only vacuming tiles/lino/wood floors tho, i'm sure just a cheapy sucker woud be good.

but for carpet you can't go past the dyson. it's a very rewarding experience vacuuming these days lol. and i'm sure our home's hygiene standards are much higher! good luck.