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Post by sweetpea on May 17, 2011 21:16:31 GMT
I know lots of you on here have cats or dogs.
The various vacuum cleaners we have had over the years have been pretty naff at picking up all the cat hair so I wondered if anyone can thoroughly recommend a good one before OH spends another hundred quid or so.
She's currently got her eye on a Vax power 2 pet upright.
With currently down to 4 cats plus an occasional visitor we do get a fair amount of pet hair.
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Post by Geranium on May 17, 2011 21:19:26 GMT
We have a Dyson - it's the one recommended for pet hair. It certainly fills up with Henry's hair remarkably quickly, so it must work.  |
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Post by sweetpea on May 17, 2011 21:29:31 GMT
Isn't there different models of Dyson though.
Thanks for replying.
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Post by Geranium on May 17, 2011 21:31:38 GMT
It's an upright one, and it's colour-coded, yes, really. It has a purple handle, which denotes it as one especially for pet hair. It also comes with an attachment for the hose - we haven't needed to use that.
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Post by floydie on May 17, 2011 22:37:27 GMT
We currently have a vax (red one not sure on the model) I'm after a roomba though one less job for me then  . Hoovers don't last long in this house/or in the last one had a dyson, panasonic, vax (not the one we have now), tescos own (purple one), a little pull along yellow thing (didn't last long), but the one we have now seams OK (Ive used it once  OH uses it more than me :  |
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Post by millman on May 18, 2011 7:58:37 GMT
Had 3 Dysons.The last one being the purple one with pet attachment.Nothong wrong but wife couldnt get on with it. We now have a Hetty((a Henry hoover just pink instead of red)Cant fault it |
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Post by Louise on May 18, 2011 8:09:30 GMT
I too have a Dyson and have had it for about 10 years, it's as good now as when i first bought it.
I've no idea which specific one it is though - it's got yellow and purple on it, that's all i can say - and it's fairly heavy but, if it does a good job you just out-up with those things.
There are so many Dysons on the market now that you could go crazy trying to understand them all.
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Post by Cherry on May 18, 2011 8:22:30 GMT
We have the Dyson for pet hair too. We bought it 10 years ago and at Christmas it had a sort of clutch thing put in at the bottom which enables you to tilt the base. The filters get washed out under the tap very occasionally, and we have spent nothing on it except that fitting which my young son did. We have a Dyson in the Arcon shed and the caravan too. These were obtained by my son from a friend, so they are not new but he did them up. I hate vacuuming. The Church has a 'Henry' and I hate, hate, hate it.
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Post by floydie on May 18, 2011 8:30:27 GMT
We have the Dyson for pet hair too. We bought it 10 years ago and at Christmas it had a sort of clutch thing put in at the bottom which enables you to tilt the base. The filters get washed out under the tap very occasionally, and we have spent nothing on it except that fitting which my young son did. We have a Dyson in the Arcon shed and the caravan too. These were obtained by my son from a friend, so they are not new but he did them up. I hate vacuuming. The Church has a 'Henry' and I hate, hate, hate it. One word Roomba  . |
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Post by wildlifefriendly on May 18, 2011 8:48:59 GMT
My brother bought one of those floydie, it was absolutely useless. I'm sure if you lived in one of those sterile, minimalistic houses they might work.
When I win the lotto I'm getting someone in that 'does'. ;D
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Post by floydie on May 18, 2011 8:58:40 GMT
I thought they would be handy inbetween cleaning.
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Post by Tel on May 18, 2011 9:06:09 GMT
We have a dyson, advertised for pet hairs, tried a few vacuum cleaners over the years, but this one is the best we have ever had.
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Post by peony on May 18, 2011 14:55:33 GMT
We have a Miele cylinder cleaner SP, had it 6 years and no problems. Ours isn't the one for pet hairs but I know they do one. Miele have topped the Which? magazine best vacuum cleaner list fairly regularly. |
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Post by sweetpea on May 18, 2011 16:00:32 GMT
Thanks everyone for all the replies. Unfortunately confusion still reigns supreme  i guess its like most things. Some love them and others detest them. Not too happy about forking out over £300.00 for a Dyson if it turned out to be not up to the job although it looks like we may have to. I've bought cars for less and got good mileage out of them. oh well, that's life. |
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Post by Cherry on May 18, 2011 16:57:15 GMT
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OH uses it more than me :
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