Any Suggestions?

[glenste]

I have a 12 year old DC07 which has served me very well but is now getting a bit past it.

I have 4 dogs that shed lots of fur, so bagless is best (besides, on the odd occasion I use my older Miele cylinder, it just ends up smelling really doggy!).

So i need a new bagless upright, and ideally one which isn't quite as heavy or bulky as the DC07. I like the look of the DC40 but at over £300 it's hard to justify. I quite like the look of the new Panasonic MC UL424. Has anyone any experience of this?

Any suggestions would be gratefully received!

 

[ultimatevacman]

If you want a smaller, lighter Dyson, then don't go for the DC40, it's expensive and it's made of really cheap plastic. Instead, I would go for the DC24, as it's just as small and light, but better built with a metal handle, plus it's slightly cheaper.

Hope this helps!

Joe

 

[dysondestijl]

I have a dyson DC25 and it is great! Get a DC24 or 25, I think you should stick with a dyson If you've had your DC07 for 12 years

 

[turbo500]

Dysons are probably the best of the bagless cleaners. I wouldn't recomend the DC24 though. With 4 dogs, it will fill up in no time at all, you'll be forever emptying it. Any of the full sized Dyson uprights should be fine.

I would recomend the Panasonic MC UL424. I got to have a nosey at these in Shop@Panasonic the other week. They're nice solid machines and feature a proper no loss of suction dust sepration cyclone, unlike a lot of bagless machines on the market.

The Vax Mach and Air ranges are also highly recomend. Like the Panasonic and Dysons, they have a no loss of suction cyclone and are quite well made.

Dyson all come with 5 year guaruntee's and the Panasonic and Vax cleaners come with 6 years. Be careful with both Panasonic and Vax though, as not all their cleaners are that good.

Under no circumstances should you buy a vacuum that you can see the pleated HEPA filter in the dust bin. Those are the WORST.

If you insist on sticking with bagless, go with any of the above. If you're open to bags, there are better machines available but with 4 dogs, I do understand why you prefer bagless. Equally though, bagless requires more maintenance and can be messy. My friends parents live in a farm and got sick of forever cleaning out bagless machines a long time ago. They bought a Sebo X1 in 1999 which has never missed a beat, performs perfectly and is relatively low maintenance. The same could be said about Numatic cleaners (Henry, Hetty et al). But you do have the added expense of bags.

Good luck and let us know what you go with in the end.

 

[turbo500]

There are also the Morphy Richards Lift-Away cleaners. These are rebadged US Shark uprights and come highly recomended from our US friends and our UK members who have tried them.

Again, they come with a no loss of suction cyclone, they're lightweight, easy to maneuver and come with a 6 year guaruntee. They'e also not overly expensive, ranging from £100 - £150, depending on where you buy them.

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[sebo_fan]

The DC25 only has a 1.38 Litre dust capacity though - the DC07 has 4 litres and weighs around 7.2kg...

I've been in a similar situation recently since one of my neighbours has taken in two rescue dogs when she previously just had a cat to clean up after (she bought a SEBO K1 Komfort when she tried mine) and where previously one box of bags would last a year and a bit, she's been going through one dust bag every three weeks.

SO, we went shopping to Currys, John Lewis and a few independents. She tried the Dyson swivel ball uprights and didn't like the small dust bins, she tried a Vax Mach Air3 model and quite liked it but the plastics didn't appeal and yet again the small dust capacity prevailed and she found Vax's Total Home Air Force 2 far too bulky and far too heavy. I began to question why brands can't make a lightweight bagless upright WITH A BIG BIN! She also tried the Hoover Globe but found that the demo model in store didn't lock up properly and the handle kept falling over. She then resigned herself to wanting a traditional upright that goes forwards and not around corners. She tried the Dyson DC33 at an independent store and quite liked it but was put off by the high asking price.

The closest we found to be pretty much what she was looking for in terms of a lightweight design with a larger capacity over 2 litres is a Samsung VCU3363 at Currys. A bargain price at £59-99! It only weighs around 6kg and has a 3.5 litre dust bin. Also comes with a mini pet brush tool as standard. However, it isn't multicyclonic, returning to the old design of twin filter and cleaning nonsense and I fully pointed out the pros and cons of both this kind of design and the multicyclonic vacs - but In the end after much debate and discussion, she's now the happy owner of the Samsung - and fully aware of the filter cleaning that will have to be done, but since she has had it (nearly a month) the filters seem to be standing up well.







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