What brand and model vacuums do your family members use?

[beko1987]

I'm getting there slowly with my family!

Me - Miele S5200 (something), and whatever other vac I have in good order at the time!
Mum - Miele (older model, no idea of number) downstairs, and the Panasonic I restored upstairs. DC05 for DIY duties and for stepdad to use when building his model railway
Dad - Miele Upright at home, Sebo X4 in the shop (and a Henry for his office)
Gran - Samsung bagless thing (Hoping to have a DC07 for them this year)
Amys Aunt - My old DC14 (Taught her how to wash the filters last night - yuck!)
Amys Mum - Hoover Alyx (looking out for a better machine for her) and a Hoover Freejet
Amys Sis 1 - Sebo X4
Amys Sis 2 - DC25
Amys Dad - Horrible handheld thing for a 3 bed house - lost cause! (Ran the Bolero round when I bought it and it half filled up)
Mate 1 - DC07 restored by me
Mate 2 - Soon to be a DC07 Animal when I get it clean

That's all I know I think!

 

[hi-loswitch98]

Me- Electrolux Cyclone Power Hepa Power 1400 (Z1376) or Boss Power (2270)
Mum- Vax Mach Air Upright & 2 Henry's. One from 2006 Upstairs & the other downstairs from 1999.
Dad- 2006 Henry & Electrolux Contour Flexihead in his office at work.
Gran- Electrolux Powerlite PetLover. Used to use a Panasonic MCE-3002.
Aunt/Uncle- 2008 Henry.
Sister- Commercial Numatic NRV200-22.
Brother- Bissell Upright (they're in Australia).
Friend- Vax Mach Air Reach.

I think that's everyone!

 

[turbo500]

Mum - Sebo Felix
Dad - Miele S2110 White and a 1979 Numatic NV250 at work
Dom (brother) - Dyson DC07 Origin
Anthony (brother) - Siemens Compact
Gina (sister) - Numatic Hetty

Grandma (Mum's side) - Proaction bagged upright (used to have a Hoover Junior Deluxe)
Grandma (Dad's side) - Numatic George and a Dyson DC27 (she's about a heap of Dysons, they never last!)

My Great Grandparents on Dad's side (both my Grandma's Mum and Grandad's parents) had a Hoover High Power Compact upright and an Electrolux 506 respectively.

Aunty Dee (Mum's sister) - Dyson DC04 standard
Aunty Sally (Mum's sister) - Dyson DC04 Silver Lime
Aunty Maureen (Mum's sister) - Shark Rotator Pro Lift Away
My Mum's brother lives in Australia - I've no idea what he has

Uncle Andrew (Dad's brother) - Hoover Purepower 1600w (red)
Aunty Linda (Dad's sister) - Vax mach air reach, previously a Panasonic MC-E468
Uncle Roy (Dad's brother) - Vax 6131 (older style)
Uncle Richard (Dad's brother) - Numatic Henry

Lynne (Dad's cousin) - Bissell Clearview bagless upright
Gary (Dad's cousin) - Morphy Richards bagged upright
John (Dad's cousin) - Sebo x4

My street:

1 - Dyson DC25 overdrive
2 - Dyson DC24
3 - Hoover Purepower
4 - Hetty
5 - Bissell Bagless thing
6 - Dyson DC14
7 - Dyson DC39
8 - Henry & Hoover Turbopower 2
9 - Panasonic bagged upright
10 - Sebo X4
11 - Dyson DC07
12 - Hoover Dust Manager
13 - Dyson DC05 Silver Lime
14 - Me
15 - Dyson DC14
16 - Vax Power-something-or-other. Sounds like concord taking off
17 - Panasonic MC-E468

That's all I can remember at the moment.

 

[hi-loswitch98]

I forgot to add that my Nan/Grandad (Dad's Side) use a Dyson Animal Upright (one of the eralier models) & a Hetty from 2009

 

[rootcyclone]

A lot of my family members use Dyson vacuums. We've had a Dyson vacuum since the DC01! (The first model.

Grandparents tend to use Electrolux now, that's fine by me! At least there not using a Vax, or a Kirby, i don't like either of them. That's just me though!!!

At home, we still use a Dyson. A DC14 'Animal' to be precise. We'll be using Dyson vacuums forever. There are just the best in vacuum design. Although soon i would like to get a Numatic for the house though, probs a James JVP180a Autosave. For an upstairs vacuum as the DC14 is quite heavy.

 

[kenkart]

Dont have much family left...but

The one Aunt living uses a Oreck Dutch Tech canister and an Electrolux Marquis, but all my dads Sisters ,who are all passed away, used mostly Electroluxes, except Aunt Beulah who had a GE canister passed down to her from Unt Mable when she bought her tan Model G Electrolux, before that she had a Eureka 700 tank from the early 50s, My Mother started out with a GE avc-815 swivel top in 1952, bought another in 1967, then a Dial a Matic in 69, then a Celebrity in 78, then I started bringing home stuff, the first vacuum I bought was a new Airway 88 in 83, when I worked in a vac shop that also sold them door to door, wish I had kept it as it had the metal rugmaster power nozzle and the last of the good attachments.

 

[turbo500]

"At least there not using a Vax, or a Kirby"

The fact that you're putting a cheap Chinese TTI made Vax in the same league, even in the same sentance, as a Kirby, is quite shocking. I'm not a fan of Kirby's, purely because they're so heavy and impractical. But in todays market, they are unrivaled for carpet cleaning.

"There are just the best in vacuum design"

To give Dyson their due, they do put a lot of attention into R&D and the cyclone continues to improve. However, they need to seriously re-evaluate their material supply. The current DC40 and DC41 retail for near £400 and is probably the flimseyest (is that even a word?), most cheaply made Dyson I have ever used. The handle inparticular is attrocious. For that price, I would expect a far better built machine.

Equally, Dyson need to stop with so much focus on improving the cyclone and start thinking about actually carpet performance now. Although it has been improved in recent years, especially on the DC50, the Dyson brushroll is far from high performing.

To put in perspective, my grandparents are currently on their fifth Dyson after their DC01, 04, 07 and 15 all broke within a few years. I think the 04 lasted the longest - they had that about 4 or 5 years. Prior to that, their old Electrolux 610 lasted 11 years and my Mum's Panasonic was in daily use in a house with 4 cats and 4 kids for 17 years before it my Mum upgraded. For the high price tag that Dyson comes with, I would expect a fair higher performing, more reliable cleaner. Dyson fans, in my experience (and no offence to anyone) tend to be wearing metaphorical blinkers and not actually considering every factor.

 

[sebo_fan]

In the U.S SEBO D1 & Dirt Devil Dynammite.

In Canada: SEBO X4 & Sanitaire heavy duty upright.

In India: Eureka Forbes canister vac.

In London: SEBO K1 Vulcano, Miele S5210, Miele S7210

In Scotland: Dyson DC14, DC04, Vax Mach Air (well they did but not now), SEBO X1 Automatic, Miele S6, Miele S5211.

 

[myles_v]

My mom normally only vacuums the basement and for that she uses the Hoover T-Series PAWs. If she were to vacuum anywhere else (I normally do the vacuuming for the rest of the house) she would just use whatever's in the closet, which would be the Bissell Zing bagged downstairs and the Dyson DC-14 upstairs.

If my dad were to vacuum at his house then he'd just use the central vac, but the only time I know of him using that was when I first installed it and he wanted to try it and then recently when he cleaned the refrigerator coils.

My grandma on my dad's side uses a bagless Bissell(I've tried to get her to stop that but she won't) but she has a Kirby G4 (she won't give me that since it has sentimental value to my grandpa, my great grandparents bought that in the 90s and they died a few years ago) and I have a Eureka Victory at her house.

My still-living great grandparents use a bagless Bissell (the lowest model) and my aunt uses a Bissell Pet Hair Eraser (she has had to replace the brush roll on it at least once), but she has a Dyson DC-07 which is falling apart a central vac system with no hoses and an old, rusty power unit. I really wish she would replace the power unit and buy a new hose since that would clean so much better and be so much better for the air than the cheapo Bissell she uses.

My aunt also had the original Dirt Devil Vision and I found a Hoover Elite in her basement that smells like something is burning when running.

My great grandparents on my mom's side use the Kohl's version of the Shark Navigator (just a different color from the standard model) and a Shop Vac in their basement. They also have a Bissell Pet Hair Eraser but I am so glad that they no longer use that and it is just sitting in their basement.

 

[vacuumman206]

Let's see

My mom insists her 3 yr old Bissell is a good machine, but she pretends not to like my Lux Discovery II that I brought over for her to try out. At my dad's house, his wife does the vacuuming with his old Bissell Lift away, and there's a Eureka capture given to them by my grandma that no one uses plus it needs a belt. Somewhere in the house is my dad's Windtunnel supreme that I sometimes use if I'm asked to vacuum something.Generally when I help with the vacuuming for parties I use a Windsor. He has a vacuflo central unit but no one has touched that in a couple years.
My aunt/uncle closest to us had a Kenmore Whipsertone canister for years, and when the case started falling apart a couple years ago she replaced it with a Panasonic canister. They live with my grandpa who has my Runabout Deluxe, but the canister is the vac of choice.
My uncle had a Dimension upright for a long time, and recently made the mistake of replacing it with the cheapest Bissell out there, and it's already dying.
My aunt and uncle in Conneticut had an Electrolux canister that he had before they got married in the late 80's, and it recently died and was replaced by a Miele. She beat the crap out of that Lux, replaced the power switch, cord, and brushroll numerous times all due to kicking the switch, running the cord over and picking up things she shouldn't have.
I have cousins that have a newer Royal,and a cousin with a higher-priced bagless Eureka. My dad has a friend who used to have a cheap Dirt Devil, and currently has a Eureka victory/the boss machine.
I can't think of who it is, but I know I know someone with a G-series kirby.
At my friend's house, they used to have a Dirt Devil vision that was worn out, then it was put away for backup when they were given a Fantom Fury. When his mom got tired of stuff repeatedly falling and breaking off the fury it was replaced with a Dyson, and I got the fury. I think they bought a cheap stick vac and carpet cleaner too.

 

[jade_angel]

My mother uses a Dyson upright now (can't recall the model offhand), after burning through a Fantom Fury, a Fantom Lightning and some random Dirt Devil in less than three years - but before that, she had a Handy Way Sani-Clean (great, despite the shonky Douglas nozzle), two different Filter Queens (wound up giving both away, but used them for ~20 years) and a fairly old Kenmore canister (mid-70s? Blue Sears Best model without the swivel hose, at any rate). She's looking at a Riccar or Sebo canister to deal with bare floors, too - says using the Dyson for that is klunky.

My paternal aunt has a second-hand Sanitaire canister, after being forced to sell her Silver King. The SK did a much better job on the carpets, but then, it had a power nozzle.

My other aunts and uncles mainly have random Bissels and Dirt Devils, save one who has a Royal all-metal upright that she says is around 65 years old, and still works like a charm.

As for me, I just replaced a Kenmore Progressive canister that had been rather badly maltreated, with a Filter Queen AN95X.

 

[director12]

My parents normally don't vacuum, as I do the job.

 

[KirbyG4Vacuum]

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I have a bunch of Kirbys and Royals
Parents: Kirby Sentria II, Oreck XL Handheld, Rigid Shopvac
mom's mom: Shark Rocket
mom's dad and her stepmom: Riccar upright, Dirt Devil upright
Dad's mom: Hoover Windtunnel Pet Hair
Dad's dad and his grandmother: 2 Kirby Heritage II Legends, Dirt Devil Upright
Great Aunt: Kirby Gsix 2000 Limited Edition
Uncle: Dyson DC14
next door neighbor: Bissell upright
Friend #1: Kirby Ultimate G
Friend #2: Kirby Ultimate G Diamond Edition
School: 5 Royal Commercials

 

[human]

I think my parents are still using a Singer upright that's lightweight but sounds like a B-25 bomber taking off. They gave me their Kirby Heritage because Mom decided it was too heavy. My sister has a Meile at her house that she thinks is just the greatest thing since sliced bread but I'm not terribly impressed by it, nor am I all that impressed by the Dyson at their vacation home.

 

[hvrvaclvr]

I use a Dyson DC65 and a Hoover Air Steerable the most.
-My parents use a Dyson DC65
-My Grandmother (my dad's mom) uses a Shark Navigator Pro liftaway, as does my aunt since they live together.
-My grandfather and step grandmother (my dad's side) uses a Bissell Powerforce Turbo
-My grandparents on my mom's side have recently passed away, I kept a lot of my collection at their house, but they mostly used a Hoover Windtunnel Bagless (twin chamber).
-My aunt (mom's sister) uses a bagged Bissell Powerforce.
- My great aunt (gram's sister) is a neat freak and uses a Windtunnel Supreme, Hoover Platinum bagged upright and canister, and a Hoover Mach 5.
-My great uncle (pap's brother) uses an old Royal Canister and a Bissell Easy Sweep
-My girlfriend uses a Dyson DC24, an Oreck (the plain base model) and a Hoover Legacy.

 

[parwaz786]

Right:

BIRMINGHAM that I can remember;

Me
My Aunty has a 2012 Numatic Henry HVR200A with Autosave, she got it new around 2 years ago for free
My Aunty in walsall has a Bagged Zanussi black and yellow cylinder machine. Loudbut has pretty good suction actually and does a good job.
My cousin has a White Dyson DC07 HEPA

Family outside Birmingham that I can remember:
My Uncle in Burton upon Trent has a Dyson DC14
My Aunty in Rochdale, Lancashire has a Dyson DC14 Blitz it which is still going strong since 2 years ago
My Cousin in Rochdale has a Henry from 2008 with the 2 rocker switches and a Vax power 1 upright. He recently got married in Dec 2014 and he 's gonna get a Dyson ball to replace the horrible vax.
My Uncle in Rochdale has a Dyson DC08 Origin at home and he owns a Mosque. It is a large mosque and they use a Dyson DC07 All floors, a white Dyson DC33 Stubborn (downstairs) not sure about the upstairs part of the mosque tho. They also use Dyson airblades there in the ablutions area
My Cousin with the Vax power 1 upright and Henry, his mum has a 2004 Henry with a push switch.

BIRMINGHAM AGAIN;
My next door neighbour has a Dyson DC33 Multi floor. Owned from new a little over 2 years ago and is their only vacuum in their 5 bedroom, 2 bathroom multi floor(mainly carpeted) house and a large family
My other next door neighbour has a Henry. They also have a dustbuster in their kitchen as they have LOADS of pets (pet lovers ) and they have/had 3 rabbits, a cat, fish, a turtle, parrots, a dog etc.
His neigbour just has a Henry. Then 2 doors away, my mums friend has a DC25 All floors
Her neighbour has a Dyson DC20 Animal stowaway
Their neighbour has a DC19 T2
Their neighbour also has one aswell I think.
OTHER WAY:
Neighbour with the DC33,
Their neighbour has a Dyson DC19 Allergy in blue
Their neighbour is my uncle, he has a Henry with the 3D face and park feature, a Numatic NRV200 and a Dyson DC04 absolute+ battered
His neighbour is also my uncle. He has a White Dyson DC14 All floors, white DC15 Allergy in the same colour scheme and a black original swivel sweeper.

Across the road:
family friend has a Dyson DC03 Absolute+ (which they HATE) and a Vax power something bagless cylinder
Their neighbour has/had a Dyson DC33 Animal, but they moved (my mums friend)
Their neighbour is my dads mate, he has a Henry
Their neighbour is also my dads mate, He has a Henry and his neighbour is his brother
Their neighbour a few doors away have a Bissell powerforce
Their neigbour like 2 doors away have a Tub Vax orange thing, not 6131 but smaller 3 in 1 type
Their neighbour a few doors away had a dark blue hoover purepower in the skip. An old type
Their neighbour a few doors away is a family member of ours, and they have a Dyson DC01 Destijl, Dyson DC01 Standard, Dyson DC08 ORigin, Vax rapide orange tub that looks like the 611
Purple bagless Cylinder
Vax handlend
Bissell sweeper
Another sweeper
Her neighbour a few doors away has a Henry Eco
Their neighbour has a Dyson DC04 Silver lime and/or DC33 Mutli floor. I seen both in the same house. That house used to belond to an old lady who fell ill and had to be taken care of by her family who live a road away. They left the Dc04 in the house and the new tenants dragged a DC33 into the car. Maybe they were cleaning up? Last time I heard tho lady use the DC04 it sounded like a plane taking off.
Their neighbour a few doors away has a HEtty (That pregnant womans family who passed away in a car crash as some of u may remember) and they used to have a Dyson DC02

Then theres a DC33 on my road aswell
Dirt devil
Lux contour
Dyson DC14 mums friend
Dyson DC27 (mate)
Dyson upright(they threw a motor box away from a dyson upright, so they replaced the motor then)
Morphy richards vac(mate)
A mate n my road also has a HEnry, they used to have the DC01 copycat version in whit,e the hoover triple vortex
The road behind me, well its like a grove. We know most people there. There is:

Dyson DC07 All floors
Vax Swift
Dyson DC04i blue
Dyson DC04 silver lime
vax marroon little tub thing they had a while.
Vax bagless mach upright
The road at the side of my road:
Henry
Henry Micro or Henry Xtra, dunno which one but it was that
Dyson DC19 T2
Dyson DC19T2 at their neighbour
Dyson DC04 Standard
Dyson DC03 Standard
Dyson DC07 lime they threw away years ago
Vax 6131
Hoover turbopower or Electrolux 502? it was a box upright in grey basically
Morphy richards storm upright, they moved

Road opposite my road;

purple and Green Dyson DC05 absolute
Their neighbour has some baglexx lux upright
Then my neighbour with a DC33, their cousin, has a vax 6131, and their cousin on the same road aswell has the same vax.
Their neighbour family friend and family of the ill woman with a DC04, wel they also have a DC04 silver and lime! very old but reliable.
Dyson DC21 motorhead and Miele bagged cylinder in the same house
Vax cylinder
Then the house which my Aunty used to live in, Their neighbour has a Vax mach upright. They used to have a Dyson DC04 silver lime till they dropped it and broke the cleaner head
Dyson DC14 Animal a few doors away vacuuming the car
Dyson DC27 (mums friend)

Across the road it's a Dyson DC08 or dC19
Dyson DC04 standard
vax black 6151
I really can remember but there is LOADS I have seen. trust me

The shopping road:
I have seen a few vacs.
White DC07 in a jewellers
A textiles shop has a Dyson DC05 mortorhead
2013 Henry or 2014 Henry in a business shop
A pharmacy had a Dyson dC14 origin. The belt broke so they got a HEtty- WTF?!?!?!
Dyson DC01 in a photography studio which is no more. their next door (neighbour) shop was a textiles shop and when I wa a kid they had a DC01 (they were everywhere as well as DC04's) and they replaced that with a HEnry[this post was last edited: 4/8/2015-11:47]

 

[parwaz786]

My Aunty with the Henry, well her neighbour has a DC33

aswell!
If I see a vac in the skip, I would most likely know who it belongs to then lol. BTW we live in a really busy area, like really residential. The roads are big, like outs which takes like 3 or 4 mins to walk through and I know the vacs of my road, not all tho

 

[turbo500]

it was a box upright in grey basically

That could be anything! The 502 is green, by the way.

 

[marcusprit]

Haha have you been canvassing Tayyab?

 

[citroenbx]

Me- dyson dc01
Mum-dad -dyson dc01
Gran- dyson dc01
1 aunt and Uncle-dyson dc01
Friend- dyson dc04
2 aunt and Uncle-dyson dc01
what can I say i
tried to make it a dyson dc01 family