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.

Comments

[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.