My Dyson vacuum is a hunk of plastic junk

Next time buy a Kirby. They last forever.

Shit doesn’t last forever.

Trump is destabilizing the World, and I'm Suppose to give a shit about this ??

get a blog

Buy a Sebo.

[Quote] They’re all made like crap and will die in two years.

It's like that with everything.

My Dyson heater/fan melted!

^ lol!

Dyson sucks. I have one of their heater/fans and it does shit. The namesake is a pro-Brexit asshole racist POS. Get a Shark.

Be careful. Mine really did melt.

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Buy all that shit at Costco,, The Ball animal is presently at about 230 USD there. If it breaks in the next 30 years you just return it to Costco.

I can't believe OP admits to having a FIVE year old vacuum cleaner. What a bum.

I base my purchase of vacuums on solely on suction strength. I ended up with a Pro Team strap- on which I end up just holding in one hand rather than strapping on back and preforming like a bull in a china closet!

R14 I'm sure you didn't mean for that to come out as dirty as it did.

I swear by my Electrolux. I've had it for years and it works like new.

I have a 15 year old Oreck. Weighs a ton. I wish it would die but it’s a workhorse.

5 years is about as good as it gets.

I met a vacuum repair shop owner and he said Dyson and Shark keep him in business. He also sells GOOD vacuums. They're the kind that maid services buy and they tend to look like crappy retro 70s vacuums but they work really well and last forever. Bagless vacuums are a con; you end up having to purchase extra filters and have to wash and dry your filters at least once a month or the vacuum underperforms. Get a bag vacuum. You can empty it out and reuse the bag two dozens times before changing it if you want to save money and reduce waste on bags.

The brands that work include Miele, Riccar, Kirby, Sebo, Bosch, Royal, Electrolux, Panasonic, and for you DL denizens, Rainbow and Filter Queen.

Sharks are just as bad! The self retracting cord stopped working. That repair was $150. The bag stopped holding suction. $200. That was pushing the depreciation crossover point for replacement value.

The lightweight rechargeable stick is proving our favorite so we don’t haul a heavy vacuum on the stairs. We keep a regular machine on each floor.

My Miele has lasted, has had some minor repairs, and still works great. Was worth the investment of about $500 + tax over ten years ago.

I hate my Dyson. the part broke off that converts the vacuum to floor cleaning instead of the hose so I have to manually pull the lever up on the bottom to switch it. I HATE the handle. There are so many places you can't get into because the damned handle is in the way. My next one will be a shark.

The most powerful one I have is the Dirt Devil Featherweight and it only cost me $25 new but it's a pain because you have to completely disconnect the hose to hook it up to use it on the floor. But it is the most powerful and will pick up anything.

Dirt Devil, bitches. Suction is so strong it lifts the rugs up off the floor. It's a beast

I have the Shark double-headed thingy. Best vacuum cleaner ever.

Sorry, R1. I wish that were true. This year I had to replace my Kirby 518. Parts are no longer available.

It was manufactured in 1958. But I still feel cheated.

Hoover Upright. Bought in 1994. Still going strong.

I remember having the same vacuum cleaning for the full 20 years I lived with my parents. I bet it’ll still work if I find it at home

My Dyson exploded and destroyed the upper floors of my building! I was so mad!!!

We inherited my partner's mother's Electrolux from 1981. Strong and quiet but they don't make Electroluxes like that now. Also bought a Miele in 1997 that just requires bags and filters, no service yet.

R1 I still have and use my parents' 1952 Kirby. I have had it retuned twice, but still it runs great and does the job well.

That vacuum in R1 looks so damn old though. Like a 1980 Cadillac Deville. I don’t want something like that in my house. Can’t they update the friggin design?

My hair salon complains about the Dyson blow dryers burning out. I see Dysons on sale now more than I ever did.

This is so funny. Hubby and I literally had a blow-out fight over Dyson vacuums about 2 years ago when our last one, and I mean the last Dyson that I will ever own or allow in my house, let alone use, broke down. It was less than 3 years old, the canister part rolled over when I removed it to empty, and a small $0.005 (literally a half-a-cent) plastic part broke, and they told me it would be just over $100 to replace the entire canister instead of having just the little tiny half-cent plastic clip that holds the canister on the body available as a standalone part.

Meanwhile, the Kenmore canister that I bought in the 90s was going strong in the basement where it was relegated when hubby insisted we buy a Dyson. I retrieved it and used it to finish the job, and what really pissed off hubby was when he came home and the $500 Dyson was in the trash can. Not to mention the extra $150 carpet head, the swivel hose/accessory connector that was wrapped in duct tape due to breaking, and several other accessories.

I also threw away the two — yes, he bought two — handheld Dyson units ($300 each) that have been nothing but expensive pieces of trash since the day they were delivered. One of those has battery issues, and cuts out after as few as 15 seconds of running. Dyson replaced the first battery under warranty, which last all of 6 months before cutting out. They tried to blame us, saying we weren't emptying the canister often enough, so upon receiving the replacement battery, we began emptying the canister almost every time we used the damn thing. No luck. How does a little dust and debris in the canister effect the battery? It's all part of the miracle that I am convinced is a scheme to part Dyson devotees with their cash.

The other also lost a little plastic clip, and therefore all of the suction, which I repaired with duct tape. They only wanted $35 for that replacement kit, which he paid for and lasted about 2 months before snapping again only to get covered over with tape.

I bought a Black and Decker handheld unit on Amazon for $55 that does a better job, has no battery issues, comes apart easily for emptying, and when it dies, I'll toss, buy another, and am still money ahead of what just one Dyson cost. The B&D has run without missing a beat for over a year. I never had a Dyson that ran for a year without difficulties.

Never again.

R19 Is that Vaccum repair shop on Broadway and the Upper West Side of Manhattan by any chance ? I brought my Dyson to be serviced this past summer and he said I should get a Mielle next time I buy a vaccum. I think they were called Crown Repair. My Dysen was so not worth is BTW.

I have a Eureka that I bought at a Kmart in like 1993 that still works, and with belt changes and filter changes works better than any vacuum I've bought sinse. There's obviously been a change in manufacturing standards, and things are designed to break. The only problem I have with my old vacuum is that it needs a filter that Eureka doesn't make any more, but I happened to find a whole bunch of new (old stock) filters on eBay, so I'm set for years.

Honestly, since things are designed to break down so quickly anymore, I've gone to buying cheap items with the knowledge that I'll just be replacing them in five or so years. Every once in awhile I get lucky and they last longer.

* since

Why does my phone think "sinse" is a word?

You are so right, r35.

Once upon a time, if you spent more for a product it meant you could afford a better made, better warrantied product.

Not any more!

The cheap one breaks and you go get another one.

The expensive one breaks and you think you should spend the money to get it repaired. Big mistake! The parts are outrageously priced so the manufacturer pegs you for a chump twice -- at purchase and repair time.

Best bet: repair any equipment and appliances you have now YOURSELF because what you buy to replace them won't last as long as the broken one did.

[QUOTE]Honestly, since things are designed to break down so quickly anymore, I've gone to buying cheap items with the knowledge that I'll just be replacing them in five or so years.

Music to the ears of our corporate overlords.

I've had a Panasonic for almost 30 years that works great. As a downstairs vac I bought a Dyson, which clogs and rarely picks up like its supposed to. What a waste of $$

At Christmas in both mine and mom's neighborhood the first trash day after the 25th there are inevitably at least a Dyson or two out at the curb

The last Dyson I had caught fire around the cable area for no apparent reason and I'll never buy their overpriced plastic shit again. I have a VAX now which is another flimsy plastic disaster that I can't wait to replace. I want a HENRY.

Years ago, when i lived in London, i use to have the red vacuum with smiley face (cannot think of the name) but that thing was unbreakable.

R41 that was a HENRY! You can also get a pink Henrietta now but she's fugly.

I have a beautiful Miele pet vacuum sitting in my garage. Cost $700. It was too heavy for me to use, but I have arthritis. My husband, who doesn't have arthritis, can't use it either because of the heaviness. Then we asked a cleaning lady to use it and she couldn't get it into the house, so my husband picked it up and brought it into the house and she used it for about 10 minutes and said, "No way. Give me that old Hoover you've been using. This thing is way to difficult to move around."

I recently bought a shark with a detachable canister, but that's too heavy for me, too. My husband doesn't mind it. The canister should have a base & wheels though.m

Always buy your vacuums around Black Friday. That's when they have the best prices and you can get bonuses. None of them are going to last more than 5 years, so don't pin your hopes & dreams on the perfect vacuum.

My mom had a great self propelled Hoover she bought in the 90s. She's dead, but my cousin got her vacuum and it's still going strong. Same model they're selling today was made in China & is a piece of crap.

R42 Yes, thank You, that's the one, i knew it had relateable name.

My Dyson vibrator is shitty too. Hunk of plastic.

R43 I concur Hoover is the way to go. My sister gave me a Dyson and got rid of my Hoover because she is a control freak. Wish I had my Hoover back. Dyson is ok but too clumsy.

My Shark Navigator is still going strong after 5 years.

My bath mat had a 5 year warrantee, but the back deteriorated after a year or 2. The store, Bed and Bath, I think, wouldn’t honor the warrantee because i didn’t have the receipt for their unique bath mat.

So, I bought another, and kept the receipt. I then returned the first mat with the second receipt. I did that with, maybe, 4 or 5 mats in series. I was pissed because, I think they count on people not keeping their receipts. I think it’s a common promotion to sell products. Some stores are straightforward about honoring their warrantees, and some are not.

[quote]I was pissed because, I think they count on people not keeping their receipts.

Unfortunately, even if you do keep receipts, they're often printed with special ink that fades to invisibility by the time you need the receipt to support a product return.

On the subject of vacuums, I've used a Miele upright (S7 series) for 10 years, without a moment's trouble. It's well built, pretty quiet and extraordinarily effective. It might be the same model R43 described but, as R43 noted, that sucker is HEAVY!

I had a Dyson. Scratched my beautiful hard wood floors in a spot before I saw what it was doing. Gave the thing away and bought a Shark. MUCH better vacuum for 1/3 the price.

I love my Hoover.

I have no supporting documentation.

I bought a Dyson and don't feel it's worth the high price.

I bought this Shark Liftaway vacuum for half the price. It converts into a canister vacuum so you can vacuum stairs, furniture and reach higher places with longer hose. Much more flexible and just as powerful as the upright Dyson which hardly did shit and cost double.

On the side, r14 produces porn.

I vouch for Miele. I have the roll-around model you get at Costco. Maybe r43 had an upright. That said, I have a small space with mostly bare wooden (bamboo) floors.

Dyson sells stuff by making you think they've reinvented the shit out of everyday appliances. Those hand dryers in public bathrooms may work fast but I bet they spread germs even faster.

Dyson is also selling hair dryers/curlers that are over $400 and fans over $500 and most of the customers reviews are bad.

r54 Firsthand experience tells me those fans are shit.

Friend has a bunch, hated them when I house sat and the loudest vacuums in the world.

My Hoover finally died after a decade of faithful service. I wanted a Dyson, but they are so expensive. I ended up getting a Eureka deep cleaning vacuum for $70.00. Love it.

All Dyson products should be boycotted just for their fucking public bathroom hand dryers if nothing else.

1. I don’t want to touch something in a public bathroom right after I’ve washed my hands. These things are designed to MAKE you touch the sides of their dryers. It’s a modern torture device.

2. As Seinfeld said, I really want to spend extra time with stinky air blowing all around me. That’s just great.

3. They don’t work. Or, maybe I give up with wet hands after too much time.

4. Anyone who sees Dyson in a real public bathroom, please dunk his head in a toilet. TY.

Agree 10000% on using what your local maid services use. Just google commercial vacuum cleaners. One cleaning service I was using bought their commercial grade vacuums at Home Depot (I hate that company). It was $100 last maybe 2 years. Not a great vacuum but it did have powerful suction, and that is key.

[quote]I base my purchase of vacuums solely on suction strength.

An evaluation guideline that has proven useful to me in many transactions.

My first and last experience with a Dyson vacuum was a battery powered hand held. The expensive piece of junk wouldn’t hold a charge shortly after the warranty ended. I now own a Miele and couldn’t be happier.

This is the Shark I replaced my Dyson with. Best vacuum cleaner I've ever used.

R50 never had any dyson. He can’t afford one. Stick to your pos shark.

Do you bitches vacuum while drunk and high? How do you break a vacuum in half?! I've had a Dyson for years and it's the best vacuum I've ever owned. Just maintain it properly (empty regularly and fully clean occasionally), DON'T ABUSE IT, and it should last a long time. Geez! I've also got one of the Dyson fan/heaters that was being maligned upthread. I've only had that for a little over a year but it's been fantastic so far. How are you getting them to melt FFS? I'm guessing that's the fault of the user rather than the product.

And NO, I don't work for Dyson.

Dyson is shit..glad im not the only one who noticed. thankfully it wasn't mines.

No Dyson, it's hype. Sebo is the absolute best. I do not splurge in general, (ask my husband), but I will spend whatever I want on a good vacuum. I've had many Mieles and they are OK, but Sebo is so much better -- Sebo makes the vacuum brand that is most used by good hotels: Windsor. This is seriously THE best. I love my Sebo Felix, it's like a museum piece + it works.

Don't ever use Hand dryers in bathrooms. Didn't your read about the study they did? Most people are blowing fecal matter into their hands and elsewhere.

What exactly do you think people are doing to "make" their vacuum melt? A melting appliance is rarely the fault of the user. We're not vacuuming up burning logs out of the fireplace.

Shark owners are often known to catch STDs. Dyson owners do not.

I love my Roomba. We named her Hazel.

My partner bought one of those battery powered Dyson Animals, on sale for about $350. Within a month, it began shutting off intermittently after only a couple minutes of use. Dyson customer service was terrible, like calling about your internet connection. They'd tell me or him to turn it on, turn it off, connect this, disconnect that, wash, rinse and repeat. This went on for a few weeks. I demanded they take it back and repair it. They refused. I realized they were running out the warranty period on this machine, which for some reason was only 90 days.

Since I was already fucked, I decided to dump water into the motor casing since I suspected it was clogged. Sure enough, it ran black with dirt. We have volcanic soil here, a deep gray and very fine powdered rock. This was getting inside the motor. After it dried, the vacuum started working again, for another 2 rounds of vacuuming. Then it died again.

I got on Amazon and found a few reviews where people complained if they had fine dust, such as drywall, baby powder, or flour, that the machine clogged and did what ours did. There is no filter keeping fine dust out of the motor. I called Dyson and told them about this, but they refused again to help.

I posted a review to Amazon and warned people about what I was going through. "Joe" from Dyson responded and told me to call customer service, who only offered the turn it on, turn it off solution. I replied on Amazon to Joe and told him that CS was screwing with me and that Dyson didn't stand behind its products. I never heard from Joe again. And now the warranty had expired.

Fortunately my husband bought the thing from Bed Bath & Beyond. They have a very generous return policy. After a chat with the manager, he took it back and refunded our money. No more Dysons will dirty our vacuuming.

R68 I was referring to the heater. They were most likely setting the temp way too high and leaving it on for way too long in a space way too big.

Hoover is the best. Had it for almost 20 years.

r72 Still, it should have safety features to prevent it from melting if used improperly. Even a piece of shit electric kettle will turn itself off FFS.

R74 They do! That's why I'm wondering what the user did...and they almost certainly did something wrong (knocked it over several times, moved it improperly, dropped it, placed it too close to something, etc). No way that many are melting down with proper use. Just like a vacuum doesn't simply break in half one day. OP has a story or three there.

R74 I completely ignored the "used improperly" part of your post, but I still think most instances of malfunction involve abuse or serious misuse. There's only so much they can safeguard against.

I've noticed that Dyson vacuums have been on sale A LOT the past few months. I thought about getting one but after reading user reviews it became apparent it would be silly to get such a super noisy overpriced piece of junk.

How old are you r75? You’re either extremely old or extremely young. It is a fucking fact that manufacturers use the bare minimum to make a product, you don’t think it’s possible that they produce materials that may be less than the density necessary to withstand the powerful force of the thrust in the motion of vacuuming? You think QC in China is strong and that they abide by material lists? Are you kidding me? You think manufacturers don’t cut corners in plastic recipes if there is a cost-reduction/net profit gain? You think they are building for a “life time of use”? Sweetheart, I worked in manufacturing, I know of what I speak, I can assure you.

Manufacturers are clearly guilty of stacking the deck in their favor, their purposefully engineer products to have X (poor) lifespan knowing that we the People have no choice but to purchase another. Are you a cousin of that fuckwad Mr. Dyson? A nephew perhaps? Or do you work in their Marketing Department on the 7th floor, hmmmmm? Consumers are DESPERATE for quality, that’s why there are threads like this.

I also have a really old (but small & cute) Eureka upright from Kmart. One of the belts is starting to squeal during shut-off, but the vacuum still works well.

Yeah Dyson is bad. Mine just broke yesterday: the rotating brushes stopped spinning and the button for then sticks. Garbage.

R78 Yeah, because all products and all manufacturing are the same! Unless you worked for Dyson and have direct knowledge of their manufacturing practices your opinion means little. I'm very well aware that the majority of manufactured goods these days are trash. We live in a society where people regularly buy temporary/disposable products and treat them as such. The problem comes when they actually buy a quality product then treat it just as they would their other garbage. SURPRISE! It breaks. They're not desperate for quality. They're lazy and irresponsible and DESPERATE FOR SOMETHING TO COMPLAIN ABOUT AND FOR SOMEONE TO BLAME. That's why there are threads like this. People love to complain.

I'm not your sweetheart and I already said that I'm in no way connected to Dyson. I just have a more than five-year-old Dyson vacuum that has been well maintained and is nowhere near breaking in half...I think. Ha ha!

PS "withstand the powerful force of the thrust in the motion of vacuuming?" WTF and how aggressively are you vacuuming? Thanks for the mental image and the laugh.

R81 works for Dyson

Agree with all the Sebo posts just got one and love it

R81 I knew you enjoy my use of the thrusting motion, I’m funny like that.

Thrust

Suction

Torque

Thrust

Where do you people live that they don’t have motion activated hand dryers in bathrooms?

I had a Hoover upright, I had problems with it. This was around 2004. I replaced it with a Sanyo bagless upright I found on Overstock.com. It is still going strong. Back in the day, Sears Kenmore made an excellent canister vacuum.

R84 I'm not angry at you. I'm angry at the dirt!

r85 I for one was talking about Dyson motion-activated hand dryers.

R82 There you are! I knew you'd come.

I, too hated to constantly replace cheap vacuums, but I've found that a carpet sweeper daily use really extends the life of a vacuum cleaner. My 90's Hoover is a still working great since I only use it once a week, sometimes once every 2 weeks.

My last carpet sweeper was about 6 bucks from Kmart years ago. I was shocked how well they worked. Try that, OP. Use a carpet sweeper for daily use and your vacuum when you deep clean.

Hmmmmmmm r90. Too logical. Too simple. You ask too much.

I'm still chuckling at r81's insistence that we're spending hundreds of dollars on vacuums and then breaking them just so we can complain anonymously about it online.

Seriously though, there are a lot of Americans who have a real psychological problem with defending corporations. You see it online all the time, and I don't know if our friend up there is joking or trolling or just excitable, but I've seen plenty of people on Facebook and in response to Amazon reviews very seriously state that corporations do no wrong, and it's always the fault of the customer every time, usually because these individuals are "out to get" a company.

R81 is just feeling feisty, I don’t think it’s a troll.

Vacuum cleaner lifespan seems to be declining. I had a Panasonic I bought in 1992 that lasted 18 years. In 2010 I got a Shark that lasted 8 years. It still worked but suction was declining. It could be from years of cat hair and never ever changing or cleaning the filters. Rather than trying to figure it out, I threw it out and got another Shark that has voracious suction like the other one did in 2010. It was like $150 so if it only lasts a few years who cares.

R86, I gave my sister my Kenmore canister after I'd had it for 5 years. She still has it and it works well at age 31.

Recently I went to Sears. There are a couple still open here. However, they are selling everything, including returns and broken shit and clearance items. Sears will soon be out of business and people are already saying Sears won't honor warranties, even purchased ones, opting instead to refund a fraction of your purchase price.

I went to Sears looking for a canister vac. They aren't made the same. Thin plastic, short cords, limited attachments I knew even at a discount I wouldn't get my money's worth.

[quote] It still worked but suction was declining. It could be from years of cat hair and never ever changing or cleaning the filters.

Well obviously. The filters MUST be changed or cleaned every now and then.

We had a Hoover Model 62 upright in our home that lasted and lasted and lasted . . . in the late 70s I bought my first Hoover upright (orange, there seemed to be tons of them around) which lasted until the 90s when we picked up a rebuilt Hoover self-propelled upright at Big Lots that's still going strong--we have wall-to-wall carpeting, central A/C & a beautiful Siamese Ragdoll that really puts it through it's paces.

My other vice is a 1962 SABA Freudenstadt 15 stereo tube radio (German) in perfect shape that I stream KABL on, in the finest DL tradition, while enjoying al dente pasta . . . the fidelity is fabulous! I won't mention that we also own a 2000 Saturn L that looks brand-new, with 160K miles (had it's Christmas wax job yesterday) & a 2000 Chevy diesel pickup also in very good shape--if you maintain & take care of things, they will literally give you a lifetime of service, even GM vehicles!

Tell me more about pasta fidelity, r97.

What did you do to break the Hoover Model 62, R97?

I've had trouble with my Dyson Handheld vacuum. Worked great at first. Now the suction is shit. They sent me various replacement parts. No better. Then I sent it back. They returned it, no improvement and it now sounds like there's a loose part that clinks and it's just as bad at sucking.

But the reviews on Amazon are overall excellent.

In fact all their products seem to have glowing amazon reviews.

I may get a Miele. I have had Miele kitchen appliances (gas cooktop, oven, dishwasher) for years and they are the absolute best. Pricey but absolutely high quality.

R64, there are always a few people whose luck never runs out.

Be suspicious of amazon 4.5 ratings. You’ll find so many vacuums with the 4.5 rating. It seems one of the companies figured out that they would write positive reviews in a number to balance out the negative reviews in order for the product to have a 4.5 rating. Certain manufacturers put out many variations of vacs, yet you’ll see all of that manufacturers variation are rated 4.5.

[quote] Certain manufacturers put out many variations of vacs, yet you’ll see all of that manufacturers variation are rated 4.5.

Try to write proper English.

Try to stop being a bitch R105. I know it will be hard but try. It's Christmastime.

I bought the dc17 brand new in 2007 and vacuum my whole house religiously 2-3 times a week and have only had the power button go out once. I bought the replacement part online and fixed it myself. Literally no other problems with it. I would totally buy again when this one is done.

Interesting re Amazon Dyson reviews (UK)

[quote]Reviews on Amazon seemed largely positive, on other sites hundred of people have had the same problems.

& this site paints a very different picture:-

Can someone please start a thread about the robot floor cleaners? TIA

I just bought a robot vac. I immediately handed it over to my son to figure out how to set it up & program it.

I can't get a Roomba....it would terrify the cat.

R110 = did he figure it out? What did he think?

I still have the used Hoover upright that my mother gave me when I moved into my first apartment in 1978, its lime green but its made out of metal and still works.

I love my Ball Dyson vac. I have no idea what you queens are talking about. What do you do with them ? Ride them around the house like a cowgirl on a horse ? You girls are rough.

You queens? You girls?

That DysonMary @ R114 is NOT someone I would trust....EVER.

Old Hoovers and Electroluxes were, and many still are, workhorses.

If I’ve learned anything from this thread, it’s that many people are too lazy to carry a vacuum up and down a set of stairs

you learn something every day, R117.

We're returning our Dyson, once we find our arms.

Every cleaning lady I've had eventually kills the vacuum cleaner. They're always in a hurry so don't use care.

I now just buy the cheapest vacuum cleaner ($50 - dirt devil) and replace every two years.

I’d like more info on robo-vacs too. I’m desperate.

My house is too little for a Roomba.

I bought a dyson cyclonic last year, after all my previous vacuums had little to no suction after what felt was a short time. The fact that it still has good suction puts it ahead of all others, so I am happy with it.

After surgery this year I was not supposed to vacuum for a time. In frustration of accumulating dirt, I bought a dyson hand held to get around that. I have been very happy with it. It has only been a month and a half, but it has great suction. I am vacuuming more, as it is easy to pick it up and just do a quick go over between deep cleans. It really suits my indolent nature.

[quote] I can't get a Roomba....it would terrify the cat.

It makes some cats feel more powerful.

I've got a roomba in a guest suite that's only 500 square feet. It goes off twice a week and I empty the container twice a month when the suite is unoccupied.

I have a Roomba for downstairs. It generally does a good jobs but takes a while to go over the whole carpet. It does easily get tangled up in wires, so you have to be careful about covering them.

Every cleaning person I have had used an upright for carpet and a canister for wood flooring. I have heard the beater brush is not good for carpet.

I love my dyson

Me too. The cord free Dyson is wonderful.

[quote] Every cleaning person I have had used an upright for carpet and a canister for wood flooring. I have heard the beater brush is not good for carpet.

That's why I love my Sharks Lift-Away. It's an upright but you can convert to a canister. It comes with special attachments to clean the floor, stairs and curtains and the hose is longer. My Dyson couldn't do shit.

Poor people love Shark.

Whatever you do OP, just be careful of scamming vacuum cleaner salesmen, especially if they look like a young, hot Mel Sharples!

yay for poor people, they're a lot smarter!

R125 = How long does it stay on per session? TIA

Yeah, the biggest mistake my parents ever made was getting rid of their early-70s Kirby. They bought it before I was born, had it until sometime after I graduated from college, and have gone through at least 5 vacuum cleaners in the ~20 years since then.

That Kirby was built like a fucking tank. Its biggest problem was that it was TOO powerful. If it grabbed on to a loose thread, it would tear the attached object apart in a matter of seconds, not wheeze & lock up like their current wimpy Dyson does. Un-sexy at 70s-looking as hell (brown+yellow color scheme), but god, that thing was a *beast*.

[quote]Sears Kenmore made an excellent canister vacuum.

In the good old days they made them to last. The best was Kirby, Electrolux and Sears Kenmore. The was more metal than cheap plastic.