vacuum cleaner recommendation

[Bill Wright]

Looking for a mains powered cylinder vac. Don't mind if it's expensive. Anyone care to make a recommendation?

Bill

[Bob Eager]

Henry.

Or a Miele if you have money to burn.

[dennis]

Bosh gas25 or bigger.

[Nick Odell]

I have a George. George still has the more powerful motor that's now been scaled down in the Henry model because George is a wet and dry machine and the new regulations don't apply.

I never realised how useful the wet operation could be until I really needed it one day. It's worth having the dual function even if you only use it occasionally IMO.

Nick

[Bob Eager]

We actually have both!

[tabbypurr]

Vax orange cylinders. They suck like a dyson and last extremely well too. T he technology's old but very good for hoovering. They're wet & dry, and are available with carpet cleaning bits too, though I reckon there are better standalone carpet cleaners nowadays.

NT

[RJH]

FWIW, there's no particular trend across brands from a recent Which? test. Miele and Dyson seem to do consistently well, but there's only a few percentage points between a £350 Miele and a £100 Hoover.

So it might come down to your needs - cost of bags, pets, weight, floor coverings, bragging rights etc.

[Brian Gaff]

You don't see many actual cylinder types these days. I notice that the design we used to call that are now known as Sled design. I guess because they either have sliding rails or rows of wheels on the bottom. Also you need to decide if you want to use bags, mostly disposable or have a reusable dust collector. The latter tend to be cyclonic and hence suffer the weak points of this design, filter clogging, and need a lot of cleaning out of these every few months. My bosch is quite good, but it is often stopped by picking up a small plastic bag or bit of packaging which gets over the conical filter in the cyclone needing the side to come off to remove it. Henries usually have bags and the only thing I'll say is that the hose connection to the cleaner has a habit of unscrewing from the device you attach it to the cleaner with. Easy to fix but annoying. Brian

[DerbyBorn]

RJH wrote in news:p6tsiv$edm$ [e-mail]:

Do you want a machine that merely sucks - or a convenient carpet cleaning and grooming machine?

[Bob Minchin]

After our 10-15 yo upright released all the smoke, I did not have much time to look around but a friend who does part time cleaning work said the best that her clients have that she uses was a Shark bagless. I bought one on Amazon for around £150 and so far have been pretty impressed with it. To be honest quite ashamed at the amount of dirt it pulled out on the first few uses that must have been left by the previous machine.

[Bob Minchin]

Like most machines, the shark is an upright but I would say still worthy of consideration by the OP. I think the powered brush head makes a lot of difference.

[Dave Plowman (News)]

Are there any uprights which don't have a powered brush head? Even ancient Hoovers had. It beats as is sweeps as it cleans...

[Andy Burns]

My current Miele was at a price I'm convinced must have been a mistake on Currys part. I have its brother as a replacement unboxed in the loft, bought when they were selling off the "too powerful" models.

[newshound]

So do I (in fact two of each), but for a single model I would go with George.

[Bob Minchin]

You could be right. Vacuums have not been my specialist subject until recently when my wife could no longer use one and I've become vacuumer in chief. The shark has separate motors for suction and brush if that makes a difference. It also allows the suction unit to be removed and used with tube and passive brush for stairs etc

[alan_m]

I would recommend the Hepa-Flo bags with a Henry, or some other Numatic cleaners

Consider also that you may find the best price for a Henry/George at a Janitorial supplier rather than the more regular domestic retail outlets.

[The Natural Philosopher]

I saw a recon henry in my local vacuum repair place at £75

Dunno how much the Georges were tho ISTYR £120-£50

defintely worth a drive over to if you are within reach