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4 hours ago, snowball said:

what he said 👍had a miele loved it powerful as fuck but like a tank and missus couldnt pull it round house or upstairs so had to go.

Our cat and dog lies on its belly, and slides effortlessly around on its wheels.

Self re-winding cord too that's a bit vicious if you get in the way of the plug! :)

The cordless Dyson is frankly useless on the dog hairsand dust they bring in. The filter blocks quickly on the dust, and hairs can build up around the inlet on the head, so it slows/stops.

No such hassle with the Miele. Turbo brush eats pet hair.

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    Her indoors been asking for a new hoover.  There's something on WWays I say, let me have look as she's stood behind me looking over my shoulder. Novice mistake.  

  • Henry hoover arrived this afternoon Could suck planes out of the sky this fucker

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Henry for the win.

gtech is very handy to have also for a quick hoover without having to mess about with henrys bits and pieces.

I've not been in a house and thought, hmm you've cleaned that carpet with a £600 appliance. A hoover is a hoover.  Some folk treat household appliances as a fashion accessorys. They are not. Any vacume around the £80 mark should do you. Now stop asking stupid questions 😉

 

50 minutes ago, Underpants said:

I've not been in a house and thought, hmm you've cleaned that carpet with a £600 appliance. A hoover is a hoover.  Some folk treat household appliances as a fashion accessorys. They are not. Any vacume around the £80 mark should do you. Now stop asking stupid questions 😉

 

Sorry, but it's not true.. 

Decent vacuum prolongs the life of your carpet. 

FWIW Henry's are decent and about 125.. last you years. 

17 minutes ago, only1swanny said:

Sorry, but it's not true.. 

Decent vacuum prolongs the life of your carpet. 

FWIW Henry's are decent and about 125.. last you years. 

Maybe. But I've had my carpet for over a decade now. OK it's past its best, and Im thinking of getting it replaced, but it's in good nick because I look after it. And it's outlasted 2 vacumes. Are you saying if I got an expensive hoover I could get another 10 years out of it before it starts looking liks it does now?

And they say this site has gone to the dogs....

Well fucking BOOM!

6 minutes ago, Underpants said:

Maybe. But I've had my carpet for over a decade now. OK it's past its best, and Im thinking of getting it replaced, but it's in good nick because I look after it. And it's outlasted 2 vacumes. Are you saying if I got an expensive hoover I could get another 10 years out of it before it starts looking liks it does now?

If you had got a decent vacuum, you wouldn't have had to buy 3 of them 😛

Decent vacuum makes a huge difference to how clean it is, which then makes it last longer. 

I've cleaned carpets that are 40 years old, and they use a hoover junior. Fantastic machines!

5 minutes ago, only1swanny said:

If you had got a decent vacuum, you wouldn't have had to buy 3 of them 😛

Decent vacuum makes a huge difference to how clean it is, which then makes it last longer. 

I've cleaned carpets that are 40 years old, and they use a hoover junior. Fantastic machines!

Yep.

If there were no benefits of more expensive machines (in whatever industry) we all be using the  cheapest/shittiest things possible.

Once had someone round trying to sell me a Kirby Vacuum with the pretence of offering a free carpet clean. 

A scouser too. He was told right from the off that I wasn't in the hunt for a £500+ Hoover.  He wasn't bothered at all and explained that he got paid whether he sold anything or not. He asked if I had any salt as he had a blood pressure disorder. 

I brought a box of Saxa Salt out and he tipped some on the floor so he could show me how clean he could get it. Look,  no salt! I pointed out that if he hadn't put the salt on the carpet that would also result in me not having salt on the floor and added that if he didn't pack his gear up I'd throw him out and keep the kirby. He packed up and left but what a cock.

Note to all - don't invite a kirby Vacuum salesman into your house. 

2 minutes ago, MickyD said:

Once had someone round trying to sell me a Kirby Vacuum with the pretence of offering a free carpet clean. 

A scouser too. He was told right from the off that I wasn't in the hunt for a £500+ Hoover.  He wasn't bothered at all and explained that he got paid whether he sold anything or not. He asked if I had any salt as he had a blood pressure disorder. 

I brought a box of Saxa Salt out and he tipped some on the floor so he could show me how clean he could get it. Look,  no salt! I pointed out that if he hadn't put the salt on the carpet that would also result in me not having salt on the floor and added that if he didn't pack his gear up I'd throw him out and keep the kirby. He packed up and left but what a cock.

Note to all - don't invite a scouser into your house. 

EFA

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Ok so we agree that I should buy a Henry/shark/gtech/Miele and undies reckons I shouldn’t  spend over £80 brilliant. Now here’s some tits

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I bought a Shark, unreal. Dyson, even though it’s in working order with new filter, is going to the tip.

best hoover ive seen is Danny G

there’s a German bloke on twitter films himself shagging them. 

Got a Charlie but it does my head in as it's so cumbersome

Got a Dyson animal which is more flexible but either doesn't pick as much Up and the main head scratches hard wood floors

So which is the best shark?

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17 minutes ago, gonzo said:

there’s a German bloke on twitter films himself shagging them. 

Was it you who posted that pic of his guy with his cock up a car exhaust

9 hours ago, Rudy’s Message said:

Need a new one, had a Vax and it was alright, got told Dysons were crap and always break but don’t know how true that is, seen adverts for these G-Techs and shark vacuums but seem a bit QVC esque 

Get a G tech, we've had Dyson's and they fall apart, the Gtech is great, so light so ideal for the Mrs, my other half is obsessed with hoovering up and she loves it.

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2 minutes ago, Blondi said:

Get a G tech, we've had Dyson's and they fall apart, the Gtech is great, so light so ideal for the Mrs, my other half is obsessed with hoovering up and she loves it.

Think that’s what we’re going with, she’s been banging on about one for ages and I said yeah. So she said what’s my budget £300? I nearly choked. £200 for a tech then 20% off happy days 

Just now, Rudy’s Message said:

Think that’s what we’re going with, she’s been banging on about one for ages and I said yeah. So she said what’s my budget £300? I nearly choked. £200 for a tech then 20% off happy days 

My Mrs has OCD about cleaning up and even myself doesn't mind hoovering up with the G Tech, you can pick it up with one finger, its so easy.

54 minutes ago, Rudy’s Message said:

Think that’s what we’re going with, she’s been banging on about one for ages and I said yeah. So she said what’s my budget £300? I nearly choked. £200 for a tech then 20% off happy days 

Used one once, an older lady customer had one ..having used the Sebo, Meile, Henry, Dyson, Shark and Vax Pet, it's the worst of the lot..

Certainly wouldn't recommend it with pets.'

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1 minute ago, only1swanny said:

Used one once, an older lady customer had one ..having used the Sebo, Meile, Henry, Dyson, Shark and Vax Pet, it's the worst of the lot..

Certainly wouldn't recommend it with pets.'

FFS! 
I’m letting her decide and if it’s shit I’ll just pull my smug face 

1 minute ago, Rudy’s Message said:

FFS! 
I’m letting her decide and if it’s shit I’ll just pull my smug face 

Sorry, small compartment for dust etc, bit of an git to empty.. They are aimed at older people who struggle with heavy vacuums.. Pretty sure my gran had one and got rid for one of Undies £80 ones.. 

We've got a dyson v6 animal.. I hate it, lasts about 5 mins before it dies, and it's a pain to empty too, end up dragging dog hairs out of the chamber with a pen.. That gets used once a day. Wife wanted that one.. 

The Henry gets used once a week for a deep clean, the Sebo bs36 (big heavy thing), get's used occasionally but it's too heavy for a small house, its industrial grade. 

Best one i had was a vax pet upright, but it broke after 6 months. Got a friend who has been through 4 sharks in 2 years, takes them back each time under warranty. 

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Just now, only1swanny said:

Sorry, small compartment for dust etc, bit of an git to empty.. They are aimed at older people who struggle with heavy vacuums.. Pretty sure my gran had one and got rid for one of Undies £80 ones.. 

We've got a dyson v6 animal.. I hate it, lasts about 5 mins before it dies, and it's a pain to empty too, end up dragging dog hairs out of the chamber with a pen.. That gets used once a day. Wife wanted that one.. 

The Henry gets used once a week for a deep clean, the Sebo bs36 (big heavy thing), get's used occasionally but it's too heavy for a small house, its industrial grade. 

Best one i had was a vax pet upright, but it broke after 6 months. Got a friend who has been through 4 sharks in 2 years, takes them back each time under warranty. 

So basically they’re all shite. 
We have a vax pet one for the dog it started off good probably had two years out of it but I’m forever taking the fucker apart to clean it and strip it out.

Just now, Rudy’s Message said:

So basically they’re all shite. 
We have a vax pet one for the dog it started off good probably had two years out of it but I’m forever taking the fucker apart to clean it and strip it out.

There is a cylindrical pyramid shaped part.. runs down the middle of the waste bucket. wire brush to the outside of that, take it off and blow it off with some air.. good as new.. 

The handle is telescopic and that breaks really easy. 

They're not all shite.. you just tend to find as Undies rightly said.. the more of a fashion thing, the less functional they are. 

Get a hoover junior.. last you years.

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