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[Mr Skrunts]

I have a Dyson DCo7 Animal and am very happy with it, have also seen a Bosch upright in action and was impressed with that, but not sure if it was bagless.

The reason for this thread is that I want to give my new place a good going over with a hoover before it gets a good clean through out before and after preping to decorate.  Main problem with be brick and plaster dust.

Rang a vac and then tool hire place up and didnt like thier daily charges for bagged hoovers, so nipped on the bay to see what i could pick up locally, there are some DC04's couple of Electrolux and some others within 10 miles, so I thought rather than knacker mine get annother for the same cost of a weekends hire of approx £35 and saving the vat.  Then once done I have an old hoover for the garage if it survives.

Electrolux Z4702B Upright Cyclonic Vacuum Cleaner and Electrolux Z3318 Compact Lightweight Bagged Cylinder are on offer for £36 and 40.  So basically my question is if anyone has either of the Electrolux models do you think they would stand up to the agro, also same idea on the Dyson.

TIA.  

[Kevin Wood]

Dysons are about as much use as a choccy fireguard when it comes to sucking up brick dust, etc. It goes straight through the cyclones because the paritcles are too small then clogs the HEPA filter in minutes.

I have a really cheap, nasty power devil conventional vacuum cleaner with a bag that I use for DIY purposes and it does a much better job than anything exotic.

Kevin

[Jimbob]

The electrolux hooves I have used have driven me mad.

The one thing to watch for with any hoover, which is a fair clue as to how it will perform is the route the dirt takes to get into the canister.

The dysons, straight off the brushbar into the cansiter, or use the tools intot he canister.

The elctrolux's I have used suck ALL the dirt throught the tools, no suction switch, this makes them very suscepitble to blockages when sucking up things a little to large.

[Mr Skrunts]

Dirt devil in the lead so far then.  

Cheers for the replies.  

[Lazydocker]

Or alternatively see if you can pick up a cheap "water filter" hoover... Ours uses water as a filter and nothing gets through

[ians]

We have an upright Electrolux. Can't recall the model number but its about 2kW and awesomely powerful.  Only problem is the waste container tends to block and if you don't notice the thermal trip then goes off and you have 20 min wait for it to reset.   But its splendid with cat hairs etc.

If you have carpets it would be worth looking at renting a proper carpet cleaner.

[Sad]

What about the Henrys?  We've got one of them, and they always seem to be used by cleaners and builders...  

[Vamps]

What about the Henrys?  We've got one of them, and they always seem to be used by cleaners and builders...  

I agree Spend some money and buy a new one, it will last you for years in the garage and ideal for the car. You can put bags in them, and you can buy all the spare parts that will ever be needed.

[Elite Pete]

They are vacuums and not Hoovers, sorry a little niggle that goes back to the Comet days

[Marks DTM Calib]

I have an old Vax which I use for such work.

Dysons are are over rated shite at the best if times and only really function well as door stops or household waste skip fillers at the tip.

You really need to be thinking along the lines of a filter or bag based cleaner for such work.

[Martin_1962]

As we own Dyson and Vax.

The Dyson is a good carpet cleaner but does require regular servicing.

Removing hair from power head.

Blasting cyclone with compressed air.

The Vax is a bit old but we use it mainly for washing - it does the job.

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

I have a Dyson DCo7 Animal and am very happy with it, have also seen a Bosch upright in action and was impressed with that, but not sure if it was bagless.

The reason for this thread is that I want to give my new place a good going over with a hoover before it gets a good clean through out before and after preping to decorate.  Main problem with be brick and plaster dust.

Rang a vac and then tool hire place up and didnt like thier daily charges for bagged hoovers, so nipped on the bay to see what i could pick up locally, there are some DC04's couple of Electrolux and some others within 10 miles, so I thought rather than knacker mine get annother for the same cost of a weekends hire of approx £35 and saving the vat.  Then once done I have an old hoover for the garage if it survives.

Electrolux Z4702B Upright Cyclonic Vacuum Cleaner and Electrolux Z3318 Compact Lightweight Bagged Cylinder are on offer for £36 and 40.  So basically my question is if anyone has either of the Electrolux models do you think they would stand up to the agro, also same idea on the Dyson.

TIA.  

We have women to do chores like that in the U.K Skruntie...................................you'll never get me pushing a hoover around...............woman's work.

[ians]

good job we don't have a female admin..

[Kevin Wood]

We had a "Henry" in our halls of residence at university. Anything that hit the floor, other than incapacitated students, it dealt with, and we never managed to break it.

Kevin

[slb]

a recent study has found that having a dyson vac is just like been married after 1 year they stop sucking and make a constant whining noise. sound famil to any one.