Vacuum cleaner AKICOLJ

[ladyofastolat]

Can anyone recommend a good vacuum cleaner that copes well with cat fur? We've had an upright Dyson Animal for the last however many years, but it's really not working at all well any more. I don't have strong feelings on whether it's upright or low, hunched and creeping, or whether it uses bags or anything else (though Pellinor might have a preference, I suppose); I just want to be able to whizz around the house as infrequently as I can get away with, and magic away all the catty fur in one fell swoop. I'm prepared to pay for this. Preliminary research indicates that Miele Cat and Dog cleaners get a lot of praise online, but even then, it's confusing, since there are several different models, and very little guidance on what the differences are between them, beyond price.

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[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

We have been very pleased with our Miele washing machine.

Have you washed everything in your Dyson? - filters (washing machine), dust container, head? Our Dyson does lose suction over time - at least partly through picking up hairs, though these are chiefly long and red - but doing this restores it to full power.

[ladyofastolat.livejournal.com]

Our Dyson is currently rather clogged with my hair, it's true, but Pellinor claims that last time he cleaned it all out, it didn't really make much difference. But it's a worth a go, I suppose.

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

My suggestion would be to give it one thorough clean. If that restores it to something like full performance, problem solved. If it doesn't, it's taken a bit of time, but no more.

[bunn.livejournal.com]

I don't know how yours differs, but ours has a bunch of washable filters as well as places where hair can get tangled.

I think you can get them serviced too, if it's a matter of the motor not running at full speed or something. Oh, and another thing that happened to ours was that some internal belt thingy failed and had to be replaced, so it still made whooshing noises but didn't actually suck? Belt replaced fixed that.

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

We haven't had ours serviced, but anecdata days that Dyson do a good job at a fair price.

[kargicq.livejournal.com]

We had our Dyson serviced by a local chap, who also pointed out that there were washable filters whose existence had previously been shrouded in mystery to us (oops!). Restored it to Good As New, at a lower price than buying anything new, so certainly worth a try.

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

Oh, and how are you feeling now?

[ladyofastolat.livejournal.com]

I still hurt just as much as ever when I move in the wrong way, but there are slightly fewer "wrong ways" each day. I'm far from better, but can definitely see improvement. :-)

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

Good! :-)

[chainmailmaiden]

We got a new Dyson recently, I'd had an upright Dyson, non animal for years & it coped fine with pet hair until it stopped working totally. Now we have a Dyson Animal Cylinder one, I forget which model & it's fantastic. Personally I prefer uprights, but Bacchus has a bizarre dislike of them, so I went with a model he liked to remove that excuse for not using it. Miele are a good brand, & are top of the range for most household goods, but I don't think anyone does better vacuums than Dyson IMHO.

[muuranker.livejournal.com]

I'm another happy Animal user. And agree about the deep clean needed from time to time. Also you do need to empty them when they get to the line, which they do very, very, frequently. I swear that directly hoovering the animals would be a good idea, which is probably why the animasl are scared of it.

[philmophlegm.livejournal.com]

No experience of Miele. We've had the same Dyson upright (a DC04) for almost twelve years and it works very well. Occasional cutting of hair wound round the front rollers is essential.

Some people amazingly swear blind by those little red Henry things. I had to use one of those when I worked in a shop and it was a hateful thing - flimsy plastic and massively underpowered. Avoid.

[inamac.livejournal.com]

I'm going to have to replace my Dyson upright due to the hose having broken and got stuck in the 'wand' end. But it's done sterling work, not only on 8 cats over the years, but also the two present dogs. And the cylinder Dyson that it was bought to replace 8 years ago is, in fact, still going strong, and is much better at picking up cat litter-dust (which they will trail up the stairs).

I'd second the 'thorough clean' advice.

[na-lon.livejournal.com]

Miele Cat and Dog was in fact my first thought. Our Miele is very good and my neighbour swears by her Miele Cat and Dog.

[helflaed.livejournal.com]

I've got a very elderly Siemens- it is a non-upright, and has a bag. In my experience uprights are heavy to push around and aren't as good as the other sort.

I've found Tennant professional ones to be good too, but have no idea about the prices.