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Anyone have a Dyson Animal and happy with your vacuum cleaner
QUESTION: Mama gave me $500 for Christmas/my birthday to buy a vacuum cleaner
and we haven't spent it yet because I can't bring myself to commit to
that big an expense! (I don't want to buy a lemon...) I've just been
using a broom and dustpan... So I call upon the collective wisdom of
AFCA to help me decide...
Are you happy with your vacuum cleaner? Does anyone have a Dyson
Animal (I'm tempted by that but I want to be sure...) How well does
your vacuum work on tiles? How well does it pick up cat fur and long
hair? And what vacuum do you think I should get for a tiled apartment
with three shedding cats, one long-haired human, and one
continually-shedding human (DH has psoriasis...)
ANSWER: Miele vacuum. They work, you can choose a variety of options, they
don't suck dirt through the engine...I have two cats and wood floors
and //puke// wall-to-wall in the bedroom, and my Miele works with
fabulously with all of them. Mieles are more expensive than other
brands, though...mine was about $600 several years ago.
FWIW, I have a 35 year old Kirby. A significantly older, retired buddy
of mine got it off a tree lawn. I spent perhaps 3 hours tearing it
apart and putting it back together, cleaning the motor armature.
$50 of parts: new bags, it had been converted to use filter bags, a new
cord, and a couple of belts. Oh, new beater bar as well. I might add
that Kirby corporate, answered my questions about the carpet mower,
first try, over the phone. I couldn't identify the exact model. There
are actually only about 4 variations.
The same buddy has found full boxes of accessories. Hose, crevice and
brush tools, carpet+ furniture shampoo spotter. Same place, the tree
lawn.
I've had a few of the plastic, screaming pieces of modern, overpriced
junk. Not new mind you, tree lawn stuff, that I salvaged and
repaired from others. IMO $200-300 buys one of those machines that will
give great service for around 2 years. Then you throw it away.
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