1) How do you start vacuuming? Do you turn the machine on first or do you recline the vacuum first?
With an upright, I recline and then turn the machine on

2) How often do you unplug the vacuum?
Once on each floor usually. My 2 daily drivers both have very long cords that reach around each floor

3)How often do you vacuum?
Twice a week, tops. Vacuuming 3 times a day? Ain't nobdoy got time for that!

4)Do you prefer Upright or Cylinder?
I have a leaning towards cylinders, but I do like both. It depends on the job

5) What is your fav brand?
Vintage Electrolux, modern Sebo or Miele tied.

6)Do you prefer old or modern vacs?
Both but for different reasons

7)Do you turn the brush off for hard floors?
I don't ever use a brushroll on hard floors

8) Bagged or bagless?
Bagged bagged bagged bagged BAGGED.

9)Do you mind loud, big heavy vacuums?
It depends. Big, heavy vacuums certainly have there uses. For example, you wouldn't want to use some weedy little thing on a huge open area of carpet. But for day to day use in my home, I prefer a nice mid-sized cleaner. Not too small, but not huge either.

10) Is there anyone who likes vacuums that give you a good workout? 
Most, if not all vacuums, will give you a workout. Housework is general is a good workout.

Oh, I'm with you now. Sorry, I was probably misreading it.

Edited :)

Well, we have a long haired cat and both us come and go a fair bit, but we're out of the house for 10 hours a day at work. Both of us work full time. Our house is empty by 7am and we're not home until 6pm at the earliest. Most of our socialising is done at weekends. When we're off work and in the house more, I do vacuum more. Maybe 3 times a week. But day to day, I only need to do it twice a week at the most.

I do spot-vac though. Our hallway gets the most traffic, so if I need to, I'll just quickly run the vacuum over the hall. Or if something gets spilt or the cat has been sitting in one spot and there's a bit patch of hair, I'll quickly clean it up. But I don't vacuum the full house more than once a week. I do a big cleanup on a Saturday morning.

Sorry Tayyab, I missed off question 11.

It can take me quite a while to vacuum the house. I do a big clean up weekly and I really go to town with it. All the skirting boards get vacuumed, the sofa, down the sides of the sofa, right in the corners etc. I also use the vacuum to dust rather than using a duster and polish. And unlike you, I vacuum the guest bedroom as part of my weekly vacuuming.

This is why I lean towards cylinders more, I find them far easier for getting into places I may miss or neglect with the upright. It does take a little longer, but I find I get a more thorough clean.

There's only 2 of us in the house and the cat. We've no kids (yet). When I was still living at my parents, it was of course a very different situation. We had to vacuum every other day really to keep it clean. I'm 1 of 4 kids and we had 4 cats, so we did vacuum a lot, but in my house now, it's not needed. If it needed doing, I would do it more.

I'm totally the opposite with the Dyson/cylinder front. If I want to vacuum the sofa, I don't want to have to physically stop what I'm doing, put the machine upright, dismantle half the handle and then fanny around putting the damn thing back together just to suck up a few crumbs. I like to just pull the hose out from the end of the wand (they're click fit on the Miele), pick the crumbs up, plug it back in and off we go. Very little interuption.

Cylinders are only awkward if you don't use them properly. The machine should never be far away from you, but behind you at all times and it should just glide along behind you. Next time you get chance, try holding the handle in your right hand, wrap the hose around the back of your waist and keep hold of the other end of the hose with your left hand, like in this pic. Keep the unit behind you at all times. It should just glide along and go where you go, without getting caught on doorways or furniture.

This is how Electrolux used to demonstrate their cleaners when they were sold door to door and also how they recommended use in the manual.

You could go even older Tayyab. The TP1's get a lot of praise, but they were pretty flimsey machines despite being good carpet cleaners. Look out for a nice Hoover Junior or Senior, those are really powerhouses and workhorses!

I won't lie, that is a bit weird :P.

With the cylinder, you're already using the hose. I've never liked the hose set up on the Dyson to be honest, I find it interupts my vacuuming flow a bit too much. I mean, on a Sebo (for example) with the quick draw wand, you don't even have to put the machine upright to get the hose and wand off. Pull it out, pick up the crumbs, slot it back in, no faff.

I do like the Dyson tools though, especially the long, soft dusting brush they did - that was certainly a very handy tool.

1) How do you start vacuuming? Do you turn the machine on first or do you recline the vacuum first? Uprights only. I do both really.

I always turn the machine on BEFORE reclining, in my mind the motor should be able to power on and get to speed without any resistance (I.E. the brush roll touching the carpet). 

2) How often do you unplug the vacuum? To do the downstairs I unplug twice and twice for the upstair(s) aswell.

We live in a 2-bedroom semi so with most vacuums I only need to unplug twice for downstairs and up, although it depends.  For example, with Henry I can practically do the whole house from just one plug socket so it is entirely dependent on the vacuum I'm using at the time.

3)How often do you vacuum? We do it like once or twice a day, sometimes even 3 times cos we have lots of guests over etc etc.

I usually vacuum twice a day, once at the least.

4)Do you prefer Upright or Cylinder? I prefer Upright, I dont like Cylinder for any purpose especially for car cleaning, the handles are too big on those too.

I prefer uprights primarily, but for hard flooring a cylinder is the ONLY option, so both really depending on the flooring I'm cleaning.

5) What is your fav brand? Mine is Dyson

Oh come on, need I answer that?

6)Do you prefer old or modern vacs?I like both, but I am mainly on the modern side of everything really, modern vacuums, modern music etc etc

OLD!!  I'm not adverse to 80s or 90s cleaners, but anything past 2000 brings me no pleasure at all.

7)Do you turn the brush off for hard floors? I used to, I don't really do it now. I would use the hard floor setting on a cylinder tho.

None of my uprights have clutched brush rolls (not that I'd ever consider using one on hard flooring anyway) and none of my cylinders have turbo nozzles, so I guess the answer to that is N/A!

8) Bagged or bagless? I prefer bagless, but bagged for vacuuming anything even things like plaster or whatever. With a bagless vac I dont like vacuuming up big things, even things like a sweet wrapper cos I want dust only in the bin, lol IDK why or is it my OCD? Am I the only one?

BAGGED!  There are currently no bagless machines in this house and that is how it will stay (bar any buy-to-sell machines).  When there are bagless cleaners in the house I ensure that they do not touch any of the Hoovers, can't have cross-contamination...

9)Do you mind loud, big heavy vacuums? I don't

A 1977 HOOVER Senior Ranger is my daily driver, what do you think?

10) Is there anyone who likes vacuums that give you a good workout? I do.

I like to feel like I'm contributing to the vacuuming process, so yes.

11) How long does it take you to vacuum your house? Today it took me about 40 mins, but we don't have as much carpet as we did before our House refurb stuff being done. We have only 3 rugs downstairs, Tiles everywhere downstairs, Burber carpet in the landing, both flights of stairs (13 and 14) and my bedroom has wall to wall american carpet, the other two bedrooms have laminate with one of them having a thin rug and the top floor has laminate with 2 rugs, but I hardly vacuum there. Used to take me about an hour and 15 mins I think

Although we only live in an average size house it can take me anywhere up to 1 hour depending on how thorough a job I'm doing.  For me a thorough clean constitutes the use of at least three separate vacuums (a handheld, cylinder and upright) and moving all the furniture. 

1. How do you start vacuuming? I switch it on and then I recline. 


2. How often do you unplug the vacuum? Not often because most of my vacs have long cords.


3. How often do you vacuum? Two to three times a week; once or two days in between with the Vax Cordless Air/cordless dust buster.


4. Do you prefer upright or cylinder? For my home, both


5. What is your favourite brand? SEBO of course, followed by Miele.


6. Do you prefer old or modern vacs? Both, given the opportunity.


7. Do you turn the brush off for hard floors? Depends on the hard floor texture/surface.


8. Bagged or Bagless? Bagged. Bagless for cordless vacs.


9. Do you mind loud, big heavy vacuums? If they do the job, they are worth it.


10. Is there anyone who likes vacuums that give you a good workout? As with Chris, all kinds of household cleaning tasks require a good workout.


11. How long does it take you to vacuum your home? About 15 minutes to half an hour if I am going around everywhere. 

1 - How do you start vacuuming?

Normally switch on and then recline, if using an upright.

2 - How often do you unplug the vacuum?

Well, it depends what vacuum I'm using. Generally I do the living room carpet first with an upright, then go do the dining room, kitchen and conservatory with my Miele, so I don't really need to unplug.

3 - How often do you vacuum?

Generally two-three times a week, upstairs and downstairs on different occasions. I certainly don't do the carpets every day as repeated vacuuming can ruin the carpet pile.

4 - Do you prefer Upright or Cylinder?

Well, personally upright on carpets and cylinders for the hard floors, although I do use my Miele S658 with the power nozzle upstairs on the carpets round the bed where an upright won't fit.

5 - What is your favorite brand?

My current favorite MODERN brand for cylinders is Miele. I had a used Sebo X1 that I parted with fairly recently which needed a bit of work, even though when it did work mostly. I would have kept it if there weren't as many problems, so I will be after another Sebo soon. In the meantime I'm alternating between a Dyson DC33 and an Electrolux Twin Turbo.

6 - Do I prefer old or modern vacuums?

Well as much as I like old vacuums, and I do own them, I don't use them on a regular basis. I occasionally use them, but most of the older vacuums I own are 'collection' pieces so I don't use them for that reason. The only exception is one of the Hoover Vortex's I own, which I used until recently when there was a really bad electrical smell. So, as a daily driver, I prefer using modern vacuums, including a Miele S658, a Dyson DC33 and a Miele S2111.

7 - Do you turn the brush off for hard floors?

Well, I normally use a cylinder with a hard floor tool, but if I was to use an upright on hard floors I would turn off the brush bar.

8 - Bagged or Bagless?

Bagged. Oh yes, bagged.

9 - Do you mind loud, big and heavy vacuums?

Not really a fan of heavy vacuums, but it doesn't really matter to me to be honest. Don't like loud vacuums at all, which is why stopped using a Dyson DC07, which was quite noisy to be honest.

10 - Do you like a vacuum that gives you a good workout?

Don't mind really. It's not really something I consider when I vacuum.

11 - How long does it take you to vacuum?

Well, generally on a Sunday I get the house clean for the week ahead. That includes all the floors, stairs, skirting boards, down the side of furniture and behind things with crevice tools, and do it properly. For our house this can be up to an hour round everywhere on a Sunday. The living room normally takes me about ten minutes on an average clean, whereas on the hard floor in the dining room, conservatory and kitchen/utility, takes about twenty/twenty five minutes.

Hope this gives a bit of an insight of my vacuuming habits, one thing I thought I'd add is that when using a bagged vacuums, I usually throw the bag away when it gets about two thirds full.

1) How do you start vacuuming?  `I mainly use my Kirby G3 or Sentria, so first I 1. Turn vacuum on. 2. Engage Tech Drive. 3. press Toe Touch control 4 times to set nozzle to proper height for my carpet.

Actually the printed "Full Line" on the Kirby bags is 2/3 the way up from the bottom of the bag. So Kirby recommend changing the bag when 2/3 full.

Tayyab, most cloth HEPA type bags perform much better than paper bags as far as loss of suction goes. The cloth bags can be filled almost to the top without losing hardly any suction. This can easily proved with the Baird suction/airflow meter. The cloth bags also do not deteriorate over time like paper bags do. 

Ok...I'll add............

1.  I release first,  then, I turn it on.

2.Unplug??  It all depends.  Sometimes,  never.  I'll just continue w/ another cleaner.

3.How often?  It depends. Staircase.. once a week, livingroom, a few times a week, kitchen,  about 2 times a week,  same w/ bathrooms.  Spare bedrooms... not often,  my room,  weekly, 3 season room,  weekly.

4.  Uprights, as a rule.  Canister for tiled areas, brushvac for staircases.

5.Nothing but Hoover (genuineHOOVER)

6.I prefer Convertibles, portapowers, Slimlines,  Connie, etc  At times, I'll use a Platinum

7.Brushroll is a constant on Convertibles... even w/ attachments. Plain floor brush  w/ canister use.

8.Bagged................all the way.  I DO have a bagless Windtunnel for the basement, etc.

9.Do I mind loud,heavy? Those HOOVER motors are a calming sound... never minded the weight, either.

10.No one gives me a workout.

How long to vacuum?  It all depends.  That staircase takes a good half hour alone. Maybe 2 hours a week.  It's never a chore.

Nar, I only use genuine Kirby HEPA cloth bags so I know they will perform very well and they will not experience any failures. These bags are very large and do not need to be changed very often. I buy them in packs of 6 on ebay for $18.00 a pack so thats about $3.00 each.

Indeed, it's like everything else though I guess - cooking, driving etc...

As long as we all do it WELL that's the main thing.