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Replacing a Dyson |
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| Post# 250729 , Reply# 1 9/20/2013 at 10:26 (3,871 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada) | ||
Go for the red Hoover Windtunnel Max Bagged upright: it's a Best Buy according to Consumer Reports.
Here's what they say about it: "The Hoover WindTunnel Max has impressive carpet cleaning and superb pet-hair pickup at a moderate price. It's also strong when it comes to cleaning bare floors and has the airflow needed for cleaning with tools. Light weight (just 17 pounds), manual carpet pile-height adjustment to better match the brush to the surface, and a brush on/off switch to safeguard bare floors and prevent scattered debris are added perks. A downside: No suction control, which helps protect drapes when using tools. Among upright brands, Hoover has been a solid performer in our tests over the past several years, though a notch below Miele and LG overall." If you can afford something more expensive, CR has highly rated the Miele S7260 Cat and Dog and the Red Kenmore Intuition with Beltless Direct Drive brushroll (made by Panasonic). | ||
| Post# 250742 , Reply# 2 9/20/2013 at 13:09 (3,871 days old) by Blackheart (North Dakota) | ||
Okay... | ||
| Post# 250750 , Reply# 5 9/20/2013 at 15:29 (3,871 days old) by gusherb (Chicagoland) | ||
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Also I second the canister idea for the hard floors. Having a second suction only canister seems perfect if someone is insistent on having an upright for the rugs/carpets (that's how we have it here, and I've done that for some other people too) | ||
| Post# 250755 , Reply# 7 9/20/2013 at 16:19 (3,871 days old) by ralph123 (Little Rock, AR) | ||
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8 lb upright + a decent canister I would highly recommend an 8 lb upright like the Simplicity Freedom and a decent canister vacuum with bare floor tools. I bought one for my mother, and she absolutely loves it. | ||
| Post# 250789 , Reply# 8 9/21/2013 at 02:12 (3,870 days old) by Blackheart (North Dakota) | ||
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"Also, there's a Kirby Sentria in a thrift shop near me - how would that stack up? "
I did some performance testing recently with A Riccar Radiance, Simplicity 7 series, Sanitaire S658, Kirby 6 and A Filtropur. The kirby came out on top with the sanitaire taking 2nd. I'd talk to your mother before purchasing the Kirby, they are just not for everyone. Either way both the Kirby and the Sanitaire are excellent machines. The CXL would be an excellent compliment to any upright. 
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| Post# 250802 , Reply# 9 9/21/2013 at 09:20 (3,870 days old) by TASE (Colorado) | ||
I have to agree with blackheart, ask your mom before getting the Sentria and try to make her understand that it's a 30 pound vacuum. I love my Sentria but, it is heavy and someone like my sister would struggle to have one if she had more than one floors.
But, what you are thinking (A Panisonic or Sanitare with a TriStar CXL) sounds like a very good idea. | ||
| Post# 250856 , Reply# 10 9/21/2013 at 21:14 (3,870 days old) by vacuumfreak95 (Aransas Pass, Tx) | ||
Sebo | ||
| Post# 250863 , Reply# 11 9/21/2013 at 22:28 (3,870 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada) | ||
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| Post# 251121 , Reply# 13 9/23/2013 at 20:33 (3,868 days old) by Blackheart (North Dakota) | ||
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Wonderful | ||
| Post# 251150 , Reply# 14 9/24/2013 at 06:08 (3,867 days old) by RootCyclone (East Midlands,UK.) | ||
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If you want something that works like a Dyson, it has to be...a Dyson. | ||
| Post# 251157 , Reply# 15 9/24/2013 at 08:22 (3,867 days old) by Blackheart (North Dakota) | ||
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well yes | ||
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