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Thread Number: 19018
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| Post# 209653 , Reply# 1 12/12/2012 at 02:22 (4,152 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa) | ||
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| Post# 209661 , Reply# 2 12/12/2012 at 03:08 (4,152 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield & London) | ||
DC44
I got a DC44 Animal about three months ago and I LOVE IT!
Not cheap by any means but I find it works well in my house (I dont have any pets) and the mini PM which comes with the Animal version is particularly good at cleaning stairs. I will admit that the dust chamber is not very big but then it is really a hand cleaner. Hopefully with correct maintenance it will last a long time but I would not hesitate to buy another if I needed to Al | ||
| Post# 209663 , Reply# 3 12/12/2012 at 03:59 (4,152 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa) | ||
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| Post# 209670 , Reply# 5 12/12/2012 at 06:27 (4,151 days old) by MikeKLondon () | ||
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Dyson Mini Brush The mini brush on the DC44 works even better than the one on my miele I'm impressed with Dyson for the 1st time ever I mains version of this with a little bigger PN and dust cup would be good | ||
| Post# 209677 , Reply# 6 12/12/2012 at 08:17 (4,151 days old) by MikeKLondon () | ||
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Tool set The tools work really well for me the little hose is very useful but I wish it had a swivel joint. Why does this little Vac keep making me think about my old Dustette? it was a very good duster but rubbish at dog hair | ||
| Post# 209693 , Reply# 7 12/12/2012 at 11:15 (4,151 days old) by dysondestijl (east midlands, UK) | ||
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i have a dc16 animal, to be honest i don't like it, ive not even had it a year and the mini PN has burnt out, the battery only works intermittantly and so does the battery indicator. but it is handy. when its charged, which due to the very short run time it rarely is!! though i used my friends dc35 and i like it!! | ||
| Post# 209696 , Reply# 8 12/12/2012 at 11:27 (4,151 days old) by sebo_fan (Scotland, UK, member AKA ukvacfan, & Nar2) | ||
What about the Electrolux Z500 series? They're gentle, but then so are the Oreck XL uprights if you can stand them. I wouldn't say my old Senior or Junior is particularly good for soft delicate rugs -they tend to either have belts that snap on the rug if it slips all over the floor, and if its a thicker rug that more or less doesn't have that issue, then the beater bars have a tendency to flatten the pile down. At least with the Oreck's brushes, they're a lot softer.
Ive said it before and say it again, Oreck's brushes/general brush roll is a fantastic groomer - but the noise puts me off Oreck to say the least. | ||
| Post# 209714 , Reply# 9 12/12/2012 at 14:54 (4,151 days old) by dysondestijl (east midlands, UK) | ||
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hmm, upright for delicate rugs.... i see why you say oreck, but what about a dyson dc24?? lightweight, brushroll isn't too agressive, then again you have the dc44 so you may not want another dyson, | ||
| Post# 209733 , Reply# 11 12/12/2012 at 19:31 (4,151 days old) by sebo_fan (Scotland, UK, member AKA ukvacfan, & Nar2) | ||
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Frankly the more I think about it, I think most uprights have a habit of chewing edges and unless they have a motor protected belt brush roller and use replaceable rubber drive belts, I think you're asking for trouble. I don't know why but I recall watching a programme many years ago about how Buckingham Palace rugs were kept clean. They used a Hoover Senior based model with a metal grid fitted over the moving beater bar. Another programme showed a soft Parquet brush floor tool being used directly onto carpet, naturally with non-moving bristles against rugs but then also adding in the extra weight of pushing thicker bristles against resistant material. | ||
| Post# 209978 , Reply# 13 12/14/2012 at 18:32 (4,149 days old) by sebo_fan (Scotland, UK, member AKA ukvacfan, & Nar2) | ||
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| Post# 210274 , Reply# 15 12/17/2012 at 17:01 (4,146 days old) by sebo_fan (Scotland, UK, member AKA ukvacfan, & Nar2) | ||
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It is strange - Ive never replaced a cable yet - still on the original one. Id have thought replacing a cable is as easy as replacing one on the X series. I find the Espares videos invaluable.
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