Vacuum cleaner recommendations - urgent 😄

Henry

Made in Somerset

100% Shark pet hair cleaner machine it beats Dyson and others hands down

Shark, often offers available online.

Try a Shark lift away. More powerful than the cordless stick model, which is also excellent. Comes with a really good attachment for stairs, which you put on the hose and then detach the motor and dust catcher from the base so you can carry it up the stairs easily.
Just about every bit is available as spares. I have a spare set of filters which I swap when washing out the dirty ones.
I had Dysons before but the Sharks are much much better.

I have had 2 stick vacuums and, uite simply cannot get on with them. I find them unbalanced and won't go under beds.

I took my dad’s cordless Vax stick vacuum when he died and it was such a revelation that I’ve since bought a cordless lawnmower and strimmer 🙄

I can honestly say and I am very fussy and had several vacuums in my married life but for me you can't beat the
G TechAir Ram Grammaretto. It's very efficient, very light and you can zoom around the house/stairs in no time. I love mine. At the moment GTech themselves have very good bargains, others may well do too. Have a look I would say!

MissAdventure

I don't know if you use Amazon, but they sell "open box" items, often at almost half price, and guaranteed to be as good as new.

Whatever you decide on, it may be worth seeing if you can get it for a bargain price.

Great suggestion!!

Shark, every time

For your immediate purpose Asda have a number of light, inexpensive cylinder vacuums.

Oh I see the £99 one has a cord - so will undoubtedly be lighter...

Has anyone checked the weight/balance of the stick Henry please?

There's a plug-in Henry stick cleaner on sale for £99 which I'm about to buy to replace my Dyson stick cleaner. It has bags which makes emptying better.

Henry is in my under-stairs cupboard.

Once you move, Grammaretto I expect you will have more plug sockets which will make it easy to look at a robot hoover - the sort that self-empty.
I love mine ♥️ even though it means a plug socket is pretty much permanently unavailable.

Susie42

All I would say is check that it's not too heavy to push. I recently bought a Shark as there were a lot of good reviews but I find it hard work. I wish I had bought another Vax (OH vacuumed up hot ashes - he's says by mistake)

What do you find hard work about it?

All I would say is check that it's not too heavy to push. I recently bought a Shark as there were a lot of good reviews but I find it hard work. I wish I had bought another Vax (OH vacuumed up hot ashes - he's says by mistake)

There was another thread on here a week ago, or so.
One of the grans Henry had died a death.
Lidls had one in today £139.

Grammaretto

Thanks. There are so many models to choose from! Where to start.🫨
I am veering towards Shark as DD swears by hers.

Light weight & fold to get under the beds & sideboards. Also you can use it as a handheld for stairs.
I have two Dyson sticks as well but they conk out after literally 5 mins on full power. They don’t bend either.
I refuse to pay half a grand for one of their better ones & guarantee is rubbish on the dyson.
Very sometimes have great deals on Shark & next day delivery too.

Shark I have three. One on each floor. Light weight. Great guarantee as it’s five years. Great after care service.

I only threw out my hoover junior recently. It no longer worked but it was attractive IMO and I hoped someone would restore it one day.

When I lived in a three storey Victorian house, I had a vacuum cleaner on each floor.. I still have them but am only on two floors!

The Sebo upright is absolutely fantastic. I also have a |Miele cylinder. Both bagged. Since the EU directive of limiting the KW power of vacuums, bagged machines are infinitely more able to pick up everything. I found the bagless numbers useless. If you have dogs, as I do, you might as well stick with a dustpan and brush or a Ewbank!!!

My cleaners and the builders both use bagged Henrys. There is no denying that all these machines are heavy. I read that there is a new bagged Henry stick vacuum but no little about it. Maybe worth investigating.

Good luc with your search - life was so much easier when all you could get was a Hoover, with a cloth bag and a light on he front!

Does it have to be a stick vacuum?

Mt cordless GTech upright is light and efficient, but doesn't do stairs.

I have a corded Shark upright which my DD gave me as it was surplus to her requirements when she moved in with her partner. I find it very heavy. It has a hose which can be used for stairs but it is a bit rigid and doesn't extend very well.

Grammaretto

Those of you who own several VCs. Where do you keep them?
The Dyson stick has its own charging station so neatly lives against a wall but the Henry is big and round.

If I didn't have such a stock of loo paper both Shark and Henry fit in my hall cupboard. So Shark lurks in the spare bedroom - for all the visitors who say "we will help" (got a lot of dust on it!)

Grammaretto

Tizliz I was thinking of asking Nicola if I can have a coffee machine (£9k spent)
I hadn't thought of a vacuum cleaner....

Coffee machine was her luxury item for Desert Island Discs, but she said in her interview that she rarely went in the kitchen so she probably couldn't use it.

Those of you who own several VCs. Where do you keep them?
The Dyson stick has its own charging station so neatly lives against a wall but the Henry is big and round.