I am looking at buying a handheld vacuum.
Has any one got a Dyson, or an equivalent.
Has any one got a Dyson, or an equivalent.
Yeah. It's shit now. I use Henry Hoover mostly.
Yeah, we've had one for a couple of years now, just had to change the battery in it. Definitely get the one with the redesigned thing for emptying it because on ours there's no way to do it without either getting your fingers in there or releasing the whole thing and getting a face full of dust. But that's a minor gripe really, it's an excellent thing to have around.
To be fair, I kinda killed mine with brick dust. A new filter helped it get a bit better though.
You should be chucking your filter in the washing machine every 3 months really.
Our plug-in Dyson was never the same after I used it for clearing up after DIY, don't know if it was the plaster dust or what that did it but new filters didn't fix it.
Satsuma wrote:
You should be chucking your filter in the washing machine every 3 months really.
Not on the cordless ones, the only filter is a sort of conical thing in a plastic frame that you shove in from the top.
markg wrote:
Yeah, we've had one for a couple of years now, just had to change the battery in it. Definitely get the one with the redesigned thing for emptying it because on ours there's no way to do it without either getting your fingers in there or releasing the whole thing and getting a face full of dust. But that's a minor gripe really, it's an excellent thing to have around.
Is it suitable for giving the kitchen floor a daily once over to gather child-powered, food-based detritus?
Findus Fop wrote:
markg wrote:
Yeah, we've had one for a couple of years now, just had to change the battery in it. Definitely get the one with the redesigned thing for emptying it because on ours there's no way to do it without either getting your fingers in there or releasing the whole thing and getting a face full of dust. But that's a minor gripe really, it's an excellent thing to have around.
Is it suitable for giving the kitchen floor a daily once over to gather child-powered, food-based detritus?
You'd be better off with a dog really.
And WD40 for the smell.
Satsuma wrote:
You should be chucking your filter in the washing machine every 3 months really.
And vacuuming your washing machine filter every 6 months.
Findus Fop wrote:
markg wrote:
Yeah, we've had one for a couple of years now, just had to change the battery in it. Definitely get the one with the redesigned thing for emptying it because on ours there's no way to do it without either getting your fingers in there or releasing the whole thing and getting a face full of dust. But that's a minor gripe really, it's an excellent thing to have around.
Is it suitable for giving the kitchen floor a daily once over to gather child-powered, food-based detritus?
Performance wise in terms of dust pickup it's v8>v7>v6. Battery run time is a reasonable jump up from v6 and v7 to v8. V8 is also best for bin emptying.
You HAVE to wash the filters in line with instructions, if you don't wash it it'll lose performance. Btw do NOT do it in washing machine.
If you're nice I could give you a code for 50% off.
You HAVE to wash the filters in line with instructions, if you don't wash it it'll lose performance. Btw do NOT do it in washing machine.
If you're nice I could give you a code for 50% off.
That makes it sound rubbish but we use it all the time, you just sometimes need to pick up bigger bits. I'll tell you what are absolute bollocks, though. Steam cleaners. We got a karcher one and I have yet to find one single thing for which it is more effective or easier to use than either a mop or a cloth.
Zardoz wrote:
Findus Fop wrote:
markg wrote:
Yeah, we've had one for a couple of years now, just had to change the battery in it. Definitely get the one with the redesigned thing for emptying it because on ours there's no way to do it without either getting your fingers in there or releasing the whole thing and getting a face full of dust. But that's a minor gripe really, it's an excellent thing to have around.
Is it suitable for giving the kitchen floor a daily once over to gather child-powered, food-based detritus?
You'd be better off with a dog really.
And WD40 for the smell.
Good idea. Though I might just switch the kids to a WD40-only diet.
markg wrote:
Not really ideal for that, no. Perhaps the newer ones are better but ours struggles to get e.g. a raisin all the way up the tube and into the tub thing. Just doesn't work that well for big stuff. Also I'd avoid using it for anything a bit wet/sticky.
Thanks, think I'll avoid. I'd end up knacking my back crawling round the floor on a daily basis anyway.
Rather taken by the cordless goobers but they're rather spendy.
Get a Shark. We got one, it's miles better than the Dyson Jem had previously.
GazChap wrote:
Get a Shark. We got one, it's miles better than the Dyson Jem had previously.
Them's fighting words. Also wrong ones.
MrChris wrote:
GazChap wrote:
Get a Shark. We got one, it's miles better than the Dyson Jem had previously.
Them's fighting words. Also wrong ones.
Do you know how good Jem's Dyson was then?
Lonewolves wrote:
MrChris wrote:
GazChap wrote:
Get a Shark. We got one, it's miles better than the Dyson Jem had previously.
Them's fighting words. Also wrong ones.
Do you know how good Jem's Dyson was then?
Pretty much whichever Dyson it was it was empirically better than a shark out of the box. 99 times out of a 100 the reason it isn't working as well as it should is the filter. I have seen a lot of test data for Dyson and Shark products, would you believe it...
sorry, vacuumsplaining.
Henry Hoovers are the best.
Zardoz wrote:
Henry Hoovers are the best.
They're silly.
They work.
I have numbers.
Zardoz wrote:
Henry Hoovers are the best.
The Morphy Richards thing I bought before Christmas has LEDs along the bottom. Handy for all that hoovering in the dark I might want to do.
MrChris wrote:
Lonewolves wrote:
MrChris wrote:
GazChap wrote:
Get a Shark. We got one, it's miles better than the Dyson Jem had previously.
Them's fighting words. Also wrong ones.
Do you know how good Jem's Dyson was then?
Pretty much whichever Dyson it was it was empirically better than a shark out of the box. 99 times out of a 100 the reason it isn't working as well as it should is the filter. I have seen a lot of test data for Dyson and Shark products, would you believe it...
sorry, vacuumsplaining.
What about the 1 in 100?
Usually someone has got their todge stuck.
I object to spending money that will line the pockets of someone with such terrible opinions on how the world works.
BUT ENOUGH ABOUT MR ETC
BUT ENOUGH ABOUT MR ETC
Bwahahahaha. Pay my bonus fucknuts
MrChris wrote:
Performance wise in terms of dust pickup it's v8>v7>v6. Battery run time is a reasonable jump up from v6 and v7 to v8. V8 is also best for bin emptying.
You HAVE to wash the filters in line with instructions, if you don't wash it it'll lose performance. Btw do NOT do it in washing machine.
If you're nice I could give you a code for 50% off.
You HAVE to wash the filters in line with instructions, if you don't wash it it'll lose performance. Btw do NOT do it in washing machine.
If you're nice I could give you a code for 50% off.
oh please
Zardoz wrote:
Henry Hoovers are the best.
Upright hoovers are better. Well, quicker. Much quicker.
Satsuma wrote:
Zardoz wrote:
Henry Hoovers are the best.
Upright hoovers are better. Well, quicker. Much quicker.
If you have carpets yes, the rotating brush bar makes a huge difference.
MrChris wrote:
Zardoz wrote:
Henry Hoovers are the best.
They're silly.
There are reasons why they're often used commercially, and Dyson aren't* (one lasts forever, the other dies quickly)
* - at least when proper industrialesque vacuums aren't used.
Buy a Miele
MaliA wrote:
Buy a Miele
Frog loving traitor
MrChris wrote:
MaliA wrote:
Buy a Miele
Frog loving traitor
Miele is a German company
DBSnappa wrote:
MrChris wrote:
MaliA wrote:
Buy a Miele
Frog loving traitor
Miele is a German company
That has very little to do with who Mali will shag.
Mr Chris is being very Mr Chris today.
He's three sips away from dropping the wine bottle again.
MrChris wrote:
DBSnappa wrote:
MrChris wrote:
MaliA wrote:
Buy a Miele
Frog loving traitor
Miele is a German company
That has very little to do with who Mali will shag.
Mali has very little say in this matter anymore.
Lonewolves wrote:
Mr Chris is being very Mr Chris today.
I've generally tried to live life on the basis of "just be nice to people, and if for some reason you're not, say sorry".
MrChris wrote:
Lonewolves wrote:
Mr Chris is being very Mr Chris today.
I've generally tried to live life on the basis of "just be nice to people, and if for some reason you're not, say sorry".
What's that got to do with anything?
Lonewolves wrote:
MrChris wrote:
Lonewolves wrote:
Mr Chris is being very Mr Chris today.
I've generally tried to live life on the basis of "just be nice to people, and if for some reason you're not, say sorry".
What's that got to do with anything?
Quite.
We have this one
https://www.dyson.co.uk/cordfree-vacuums/handhelds.html
Pretty good to be fair, I need to give it a good clean out once every 6 months, rest of the time normal empty works fine
https://www.dyson.co.uk/cordfree-vacuums/handhelds.html
Pretty good to be fair, I need to give it a good clean out once every 6 months, rest of the time normal empty works fine
V6 currently available for the bargain price of £99.99 at Argos.
http://www.argos.co.uk/product/5459649? ... rrer=COJUN
Sharks are better though
http://www.argos.co.uk/product/5459649? ... rrer=COJUN
Sharks are better though
Zardoz wrote:
not cordless is it...
They are when you don't use them.
You are not helping.... read the remit
Nemmie wrote:
V6 currently available for the bargain price of £99.99 at Argos.
http://www.argos.co.uk/product/5459649? ... rrer=COJUN
Sharks are better though
http://www.argos.co.uk/product/5459649? ... rrer=COJUN
Sharks are better though
I got the "animal" version of this just before christmas (for £199, annoyingly) and it's ace! Battery could be a bit better though.
I refuse to pay over £100 for a hoover. It’s a sodding hoover.
Satsuma wrote:
I refuse to pay over £100 for a hoover. It’s a sodding hoover.
Fair enough, but nobody's mentioned any Hoovers.
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