vacuum cleaner-comparison-best buy
augus...@hotmail.com
can anyone recommend a decent vacuum cleaner (cylinder one)? Do you
know any useful and recent test/comparison made by some consumers
association reporting the best buy ?
Thanks for your suggestions!
Augusto
Adrian C
Search http://www.google.it/ for Italy's version of our 'consumer
association'.
Products recommended in a UK group (or misc.consumers.frugal-living
where a broom would be suggested [1]) would not necessarily be
distributed in your country.
FWIW, the 'henry' from Numatic has a good following here.
http://www.numatic.com
[1] - only kidding folks... ;-)
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Bob Eager
Henry.
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> On Wed, 7 Nov 2007 18:26:03 UTC, "augusto...@hotmail.com"
>
> <augusto...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > Hello there,
> > can anyone recommend a decent vacuum cleaner (cylinder one)? Do you
> > know any useful and recent test/comparison made by some consumers
> > association reporting the best buy ?
> > Thanks for your suggestions!
>
> Henry.
>
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man get the hell out of here
Bob Eager
> On Nov 7, 3:33 pm, "Bob Eager" <rd...@spamcop.net> wrote:
> > On Wed, 7 Nov 2007 18:26:03 UTC, "augusto...@hotmail.com"
> >
> > <augusto...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > > Hello there,
> > > can anyone recommend a decent vacuum cleaner (cylinder one)? Do you
> > > know any useful and recent test/comparison made by some consumers
> > > association reporting the best buy ?
> > > Thanks for your suggestions!
> >
> > Henry.
> man get the hell out of here
What are you on? Perfectly reasonable answer. Unless you're a frugal
liver/Amish!
Andy Champ
> On Wed, 7 Nov 2007 21:20:09 UTC, waldoc...@gmail.com wrote:
>
>> On Nov 7, 3:33 pm, "Bob Eager" <rd...@spamcop.net> wrote:
>>> On Wed, 7 Nov 2007 18:26:03 UTC, "augusto...@hotmail.com"
>>>
>>> <augusto...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>> Hello there,
>>>> can anyone recommend a decent vacuum cleaner (cylinder one)? Do you
>>>> know any useful and recent test/comparison made by some consumers
>>>> association reporting the best buy ?
>>>> Thanks for your suggestions!
>>> Henry.
>
>> man get the hell out of here
>
> What are you on? Perfectly reasonable answer. Unless you're a frugal
> liver/Amish!
>
DON'T buy...
Andy
Bob Eager
So that's a positive recommendation, then! Which? are notoriously
flaky...whereas many people find it good value and efficient and
reliable.
me
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Tim..
<augus...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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If you have £160 or so, then the mid range Miele's outstrip anything else.
Period.
If you have only £100, then get a Henry.
Don't bother with anything else.
Tim..
The Medway Handyman
> On Wed, 7 Nov 2007 21:51:08 UTC, Andy Champ <no....@nospam.com> wrote:
>
>> Bob Eager wrote:
>>> On Wed, 7 Nov 2007 21:20:09 UTC, waldoc...@gmail.com wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Nov 7, 3:33 pm, "Bob Eager" <rd...@spamcop.net> wrote:
>>>>> On Wed, 7 Nov 2007 18:26:03 UTC, "augusto...@hotmail.com"
>>>>>
>>>>> <augusto...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>> Hello there,
>>>>>> can anyone recommend a decent vacuum cleaner (cylinder one)? Do
>>>>>> you know any useful and recent test/comparison made by some
>>>>>> consumers association reporting the best buy ?
>>>>>> Thanks for your suggestions!
>>>>> Henry.
>>>
>>>> man get the hell out of here
>>>
>>> What are you on? Perfectly reasonable answer. Unless you're a frugal
>>> liver/Amish!
>>>
>> Which? don't rate it at all well. In fact, unusually, it gets rated
>> DON'T buy...
>
> So that's a positive recommendation, then! Which? are notoriously
> flaky...whereas many people find it good value and efficient and
> reliable.
Regardless of what Which might say, Henry is the best selling vac in the UK
comercial cleaning market by a huge margin. Cleaning contractors don't ask
for 'vacuums' or 'hoovers' they ask for 'Henrys'. Daily office cleaning is
the toughest sector of the small dry vac market and the Numatic Henry &
varients have totaly dominated it for the last 20 years.
Every major multi national manufacturer in the world has tried to better
Henry & pals and failed miserably.
There is a very good reason for this........
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Andy Dingley
<davi...@nospamblueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
>There is a very good reason for this........
But what is that? Is it really beyond the wit of vacuum cleaner
designers to take one of the cheaper products on the market and make
something comparably good? Yet no-one seems capable of it. Henry isn't
earth-shatteringly good in some peculiar manner, but no other maker
seems to get anywhere close to it. Dyson charge an arm and a leg, but
they can't even make a reliable mains flex!
Mind you, I'd spend the few extra quid and get the even better
steel-cased Henry instead, the NVQ250 (they ought to call it "Ron")
Andy Dingley
<the.f...@spam.btinternet.com> wrote:
>If you have £160 or so, then the mid range Miele's outstrip anything else.
>Period.
Apart from a slight tendency to catch fire in standby mode
http://www.london-fire.gov.uk/fire_safety/recalls/detail.asp?id=428
http://latexiron.livejournal.com/416790.html
Clive George
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> On Wed, 7 Nov 2007 22:13:53 -0000, "Tim.."
> <the.f...@spam.btinternet.com> wrote:
>
>>If you have £160 or so, then the mid range Miele's outstrip anything else.
>>Period.
>
> Apart from a slight tendency to catch fire in standby mode
Standby mode? For a vacuum cleaner? Isn't "big switch" the appropriate
control device?
cheers,
clive
Shawn Hirn
"augus...@hotmail.com" <augus...@hotmail.com> wrote:
Chris Game
> Which? don't rate it at all well. In fact, unusually, it gets rated
> DON'T buy...
I don't think that's true - the latest report seems to be April
which doesn't have such a rating for Henry. Do you have a reference?
Although it has to be said there is a design fault somewhere in the
machine which stops the reduced power setting from working properly
after a (short) time.
--
Chris Game
"If everything seems under control, you're
just not going fast enough." -- Mario Andretti
Chris Game
> Standby mode? On a *vacuum* *cleaner*?????
Presumably for convenience, using the remote control?
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to chance. -Robert R. Coveyou Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Owain
> Huge wrote:
>>Standby mode? On a *vacuum* *cleaner*?????
> Presumably for convenience, using the remote control?
With a "snooze" button?
Owain
ARWadsworth
"Owain" <owain...@stirlingcity.coo.uk> wrote in message
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Why not.
You can buy robotic vacuum cleaners that are self learning and do it for
you. The newer models can be set to clean on certain days and automatically
go back to the base station for recharging when they need to. The lazy
bastards do not do stairs though, you have to leave that to the wife.
Adam
F
> can anyone recommend a decent vacuum cleaner (cylinder one)?
Miele Cat and Dog
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Rick Hughes
Built in a BEAM ... Serenity Plus ...... great bit of kit
Andy Champ
"Consumers Union of U.S., Inc.". US appliances will be different to
Europe owing to the different voltage.
Andy
Andy Champ
>
> I don't think that's true - the latest report seems to be April
> which doesn't have such a rating for Henry. Do you have a reference?
>
"We rarely find an upright vacuum cleaner that's good at every task but
performance of some models is so disappointing we'd recommend all Which?
readers give them a miss."
I don't want to post the whole report up, that'd be a bit of a copyright
violation.
Andy
Owain
> You can buy robotic vacuum cleaners ...
> the wife.
Don't have stairs or wife. Life's simple.
Owain
Bob Eager
> Chris Game wrote:
> >
> > I don't think that's true - the latest report seems to be April
> > which doesn't have such a rating for Henry. Do you have a reference?
> >
> I have a web subscription. Report dated 19 Oct 2007.
>
> "We rarely find an upright vacuum cleaner that's good at every task but
> performance of some models is so disappointing we'd recommend all Which?
> readers give them a miss."
But...but....you were talking about a Henry...which is NOT an upright!
Steve
augus...@hotmail.com
> I have a web subscription. Report dated 19 Oct 2007.
>
> "We rarely find an upright vacuum cleaner that's good at every task but
> performance of some models is so disappointing we'd recommend all Which?
> readers give them a miss."
>
> I don't want to post the whole report up, that'd be a bit of a copyright
> violation.
>
> Andy
Which are the best 3 cylinder choices? ;)
Owain
> Miele. Their cheap ones are almost as good as their very expensive ones...
Since when have Miele done cheap anything?
(I don't mean the TCO as calculated by Hall's Law)
Owain
The Real Bev
>> I have a web subscription. Report dated 19 Oct 2007.
>>
>> "We rarely find an upright vacuum cleaner that's good at every task but
>> performance of some models is so disappointing we'd recommend all Which?
>> readers give them a miss."
>>
>> I don't want to post the whole report up, that'd be a bit of a copyright
>> violation.
>
> Which are the best 3 cylinder choices? ;)
I think Kawasaki is the ONLY choice.
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Andy Champ
> On Thu, 8 Nov 2007 20:53:11 UTC, Andy Champ <no....@nospam.com> wrote:
>
>> Chris Game wrote:
>>> I don't think that's true - the latest report seems to be April
>>> which doesn't have such a rating for Henry. Do you have a reference?
>>>
>> I have a web subscription. Report dated 19 Oct 2007.
>>
>> "We rarely find an upright vacuum cleaner that's good at every task but
>> performance of some models is so disappointing we'd recommend all Which?
>> readers give them a miss."
>
> But...but....you were talking about a Henry...which is NOT an upright!
>
That's a bloody good point - and it really *is* what they said!
Augusto, it says this:
"Subscriber-only content (s)
Premium content is available to subscribers only. To gain full access
to all areas of this report, plus a wealth of unique features from
Which?, please log-in or sign up now.
Best Buys (s)
A Best Buy vacuum cleaner will pick up dirt others leave behind."
I'm really *not* prepared to break the law for you lot.
There's always
"30 day trial offer:
Try Which? to access all our reports, guides and interactive features -
just £1.00 for 30 days"
That's what I did, then forgot to cancel the darnn thing in time!
Andy
karen
> On 2007-11-08, Andy Champ <no....@nospam.com> wrote:
>
> > Chris Game wrote:
>
> >> I don't think that's true - the latest report seems to be April
> >> which doesn't have such a rating for Henry. Do you have a reference?
>
> > I have a web subscription. Report dated 19 Oct 2007.
>
> > "We rarely find an upright vacuum cleaner that's good at every task but
> > performance of some models is so disappointing we'd recommend all Which?
> > readers give them a miss."
>
>
> Our Sebo X1 beats the pants off any cylinder vacuum I've ever used.
>
Seconded.
Colin Wilson
> know any useful and recent test/comparison made by some consumers
> association reporting the best buy ?
Nilfisk GM80
Not easy to find, but a recent reply from a regular to the same
question on uk.d-i-y said he used to work for them, and the odds are
if you're over 30, it'll last longer than you.
If you hunt around a bit, you can get them for about £180 IIRC.
The Medway Handyman
>> can anyone recommend a decent vacuum cleaner (cylinder one)? Do you
>> know any useful and recent test/comparison made by some consumers
>> association reporting the best buy ?
>
> Nilfisk GM80
>
> Not easy to find, but a recent reply from a regular to the same
> question on uk.d-i-y said he used to work for them, and the odds are
> if you're over 30, it'll last longer than you.
<WAVES> :-)
>
> If you hunt around a bit, you can get them for about £180 IIRC.
Kostas Kavoussanakis
Note that they have two models:
http://www.nilfix.co.uk/product_info.php?products_id=201
http://www.nilfix.co.uk/product_info.php?products_id=210
Kostas
augus...@hotmail.com
> "Subscriber-only content (s)
> Premium content is available to subscribers only. To gain full access
> to all areas of this report, plus a wealth of unique features from
> Which?, please log-in or sign up now.
>
> Best Buys (s)
> A Best Buy vacuum cleaner will pick up dirt others leave behind."
>
> I'm really *not* prepared to break the law for you lot.
>
> There's always
>
> "30 day trial offer:
> Try Which? to access all our reports, guides and interactive features -
> just £1.00 for 30 days"
>
> That's what I did, then forgot to cancel the darnn thing in time!
>
> Andy
I followed your suggestion but....it seems they do not accept any
subscription or trial from Italy...
Thanks in any case.
A.
ibuysmart
> In article <1194459963.920975.120...@y42g2000hsy.googlegroups.com>,
>
> "augusto...@hotmail.com" <augusto...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > Hello there,
> > can anyone recommend a decent vacuum cleaner (cylinder one)? Do you
> > know any useful and recent test/comparison made by some consumers
> > association reporting the best buy ?
> > Thanks for your suggestions!
> > Augusto
>
> Checkhttp://www.consumerreports.org/
HI there,
Try my website
www.ibuysmart.co.uk
I've got loads of Vaccum Cleaners
Thanks
ibuysmart
> <augusto...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
Hi There
Try www.ibuysmart.co.uk
Frank Erskine
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>HI there,
>Try my website
<snip>>
>I've got loads of Vaccum Cleaners
>
...but still can't spell vacuum.
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> Hello there,
> can anyone recommend a decent vacuum cleaner (cylinder one)? Do you
> know any useful and recent test/comparison made by some consumers
> association reporting the best buy ?
> Thanks for your suggestions!
> Augusto
Avoid the cylinder vacs. Look at commercial vacuums. In the U.S.,
Eureka, Hoover, and Panasonic make commercial vacuums, but you won't
find them at your local discount department store.
Eureka model C5712A is one good one, see "http://tinyurl.com/22lpep".
Above all, don't buy vacuum cleaners based on how much current the motor
draws, which seems to be a popular way that consumers choose (more has
to be better, right?).
Ironically, now the commercial machines seem to be less expensive than
the fancy consumer machines, but the commercial units clean just as
well, and last far longer.