Best vacuum cleaner for animal hair?
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Miele cat & dog gets my vote. Ours has been going strong for nearly 10 years, which is longer than 2 Dysons which preceded it, combined. The dysons had to go back for multiple repairs too but this has only had replacement hepa filters & one new main carpet brush/head. The hinges on the tool cover snapped yonks ago but the thing's so well made it holds itself in place perfectly anyway. Aside from that all of the attachments, clips & hoses are in perfect condition: genuinely feels like it could keep going for another 10 years. High purchase price, but definitely a case of buy cheap, pay twice in my experience. Chs, CF
CardinalFang said:
Miele cat & dog gets my vote. Ours has been going strong for nearly 10 years, which is longer than 2 Dysons which preceded it, combined. The dysons had to go back for multiple repairs too but this has only had replacement hepa filters & one new main carpet brush/head. The hinges on the tool cover snapped yonks ago but the thing's so well made it holds itself in place perfectly anyway. Aside from that all of the attachments, clips & hoses are in perfect condition: genuinely feels like it could keep going for another 10 years. High purchase price, but definitely a case of buy cheap, pay twice in my experience. Chs, CF
Yep we had one when we had cats and a dog that shed hair at an alarming rate, it took everything with ease and never let us down, we only got shot of it as it started to lose suction, it was battered as fk with tape holding the front storage down, and the wife found it a bit too bulky to just do a quick hoover, we had it about 10 years. We got a cordless Dyson to do the quick stuff and found increasingly that we just weren't using the Miele anymore as the cordless did everything we needed, also we don't have cats now and our dogs don't shed hair, so the Miele was eventually consigned to the dump, however I would recommend one.
We have a long haired german shepardand two cats so plenty of hair to hoover upand have had several dysons over the years, I wouldnt buy another, massively overated.
We had a vax something or other, was great, really strong suction, was a bit heavy but did the job great. was then given a almost new dyson from my mother, was nice and light, and the attachments were good but it just wasnt as good as the vax that had been relegated to the garage. We now have a Shark lift away hoover, fantastic bit of kit, as powerful as the vax and as light and manouverable as the dyson! Well worth a look.
We had a vax something or other, was great, really strong suction, was a bit heavy but did the job great. was then given a almost new dyson from my mother, was nice and light, and the attachments were good but it just wasnt as good as the vax that had been relegated to the garage. We now have a Shark lift away hoover, fantastic bit of kit, as powerful as the vax and as light and manouverable as the dyson! Well worth a look.
Sorry I should have added, it's for carpets. This is the one I'm considering...
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B074P7X6MP/ref=asc_df_...
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B074P7X6MP/ref=asc_df_...
coffeebreath said:
Vax. All day.
+1They give a 6 year warranty and they do honour it. We bought one 5 years ago for about £120 and its been changed for a completely new one twice for really trivial failures like brush belt / spinner because if they don't have the part in stock they give you a complete new machine. The suction is amazing, we have two cats and vacuum the whole house at least twice a week and it fills the chamber completely with fur. When we had a cleaner she complained the suction was so strong it was virtually impossible to push (we have carpets). I've never been impressed with Dysons and consider them completely over priced and over hyped. Never used a Miele but I'd be hard pressed to be convinced that £20 / year for Vax upkeep can be beaten and I don't see how the performance could possibly be improved.
I prefer an upright. You can do a lot worse than a secondhand DC04 even these days.
Paid £45 for mine and it's taken 6years hard beating doing the house and cars of a three bloke shared house. Parents have had theirs nearly years now, large house, sole vacuum, with dogs, reliable as an ox.
Daniel
Paid £45 for mine and it's taken 6years hard beating doing the house and cars of a three bloke shared house. Parents have had theirs nearly years now, large house, sole vacuum, with dogs, reliable as an ox.
Daniel
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