Help please, I love Kez dearly but I am struggling with the hairs, today I think I have blowen up the 10th hoover in two years, so the question is do I take a second mortgage and buy a Animal Dyson......your help would be much appreciated....Cheers Kirsty

No, the Dyson is useless, mine was the worst I've ever had. Get a Henry! I was recommended that here and have now had mine for about 18 months which is unheard of, have never had a cleaner longer than 6 months before. (I have 9 dogs and 32 cats and vacuum 2 or 3 times a day!)

Alot of friends with dogs hate the dyson but friends without animals love it but then they do not have to contend with the hair LOL. Being a goldie his hair floats.......will look at the Henry OH will think I have brought a puppy home when I say I've got Henry in the car LOL> Thanks Goldmali

:D :D - I have two Henry's - one for downstairs - he is over 15 years old and the other for upstairs who is just a young upstart at 12 months - both have never broken down -cope admirably with 6 hairy Belgians - particularly with the new turbo brush attatchment - and don't need any bags as they are basically a plastic bucket with a powerful motor on top.

Wonderful !

Yvonne

So you can use it wihtout the bags????>

Yep - I've always done this and just emptied the 'bucket' once it's full - New Henry did come with a set of bags but I hav'nt replaced them once I ran out - he works just as well ;)

Yvonne

I'm just about to buy a second one because I now have nice posh kennels in the garage for my stud cats (so much nicer than the previous outdoor ones where they were affected by weather and wind) and I want to be able to vacuum in there to keep it really nice all the time. The cats even have armchairs to sleep on LOL. So I'm getting a second one and will use that indoors and will use the old one for the cats.  So we'll be a 2 Henry family. :D

From your profile I guess Kez is a goldie. I have had both the upright and cylinder version of the dyson animal and to be honest I find they can't cope with goldie hair, it gets all caught round the brushes and you spend all your time dismantling them to get the hair out (I have 2 goldies, 2 dobes and a sussex spaniel). I've reverted back to my 20 year old Vax cylinder. IMO vacuums with rotating brush heads are hopeless when it comes to goldie hair, although this may depend on your what type of flooring you have.

All the hoovers I have had contained a rotating brush never thought about that to be fair, Kez is a goldie I have laminate downstairs with one rug and he does not come upstairs but that does not stop his hair coming up LOL. Going to get the Argos catalogue out as we speak. Thanks

Hi to be honest I've got a Dyson Animal and with 2 Newfies it's a waste of time! I've always loved Dyson before this, but like has already been mentioned, you end up dismantling to get the hair that's wrapped around it out! I'm going for a Henry next time!!

I agree with Goldmali, go with a Henry, they're cheap and work the best

I may go for one once they are bagless. as I now have only carpets upstairs.  Won't be for a while as I wnet for the all floors Dyson DC014.  The [et ones are only different in ahving the turbobrush, adn I never really used that on my last upright.

See now I want the rotating brush, but my dogs don't have har any longer than 2 inches so it doesn't get tangled around the brush, ti is my daughters long hair that does that.

I ahve tried cylinders but they just don't seem to touch the undercoat on mats ans cxarpets like the dyson .

My Dad has a Henry and it is fab for them.

I've had more problem with my daughter's long, human hair than Tara's Aussie hair :D :D :D But neither has prevented my Dysons working :) I'm convinced that some people are just better at getting their vacuums to last longer than others :D :D My late MIL got through a vacuum cleaner a year and that was after she lost her CKCS :D :D She also blew up toasters and food mixers etc :D :D

Daisy

Mine have always lasted at least five years, I am on my third Dyson, and only had a cheap imitation in between the last two.

Both the first two Dysons worked fine until visitors mishandled them.

The first one hand the wand bent as the silly girl tried to lock it at the top without putting it into it's position at the bottom, and the other ones motor was fried when the person pulled in carpet thread, and ignored the ratchet noise that warns you about this.

Horrah to my Henry too, had mine 8 years, best one yet.

I have the Dyson Animal with my three dogs two Leos and my Cavie.  I have to clean the brushes loads aswell, i also have the Miele cat and dog, i love this.  I tend to keep it upstairs as the Dyson is so heavy to carry about.  It is the upright Animal, wouldn't have one again...
May even look into the Henry, you can never have too many hoovers...
Yvonne

I have the animal Dyson, i have had it 5 years now and its still going great!

I have had two Dysons and they pick up dog hair fine! No problem at all. Dont even have to run over carpet again. Its my hair that gets round the bristles.

My dyson kept dying every few weeks due to hair wrapping round roller, gave up and went back to trusty old Hoover. Might try the Henry though :D

Henry Extra or Henry Hound?  What's the difference?

Henry Hound has a turbo electric power brush, odourtex filtration system
extensive power nozzle kits
it's green instead of normal red henry.
1200 Watt motor
6.3kgs in weight
2 yr warranty
£159.99 on amazon

Henry Extra
is the classic red
1200 watt motor
It has an airo power brush
3 stage micro fresh filter system
Twin tritex filter with a charcoal filter membrane for effective odour control.
£117.49 here http://www.chemiclean.co.uk/henry-hound-turbo.htm

Erm and obviously the price
:D

Thanks for the link on henry been really interesting looking at, must adimit I have very long hair myself and that is an issue around the brush on the hoover bit like down the sink,shower and plug holes........OH goes mad banned me from brushing my mop in the bathroom now LOL. Looked at the price in Argos of the Animal Dyson £357.99 could put that towards a new golden puppy LOL.....

My upstairs one is a Henry extra -same as a Henry Hound basically but cheaper !

Yvonne

I had a henry, Worked on some of the carperts on my old house, but not all :( :(
I used to hoover and still have bits left on some of my carpets even when I went over it again and again :(
So my ex bought a Dyson Animal for me, and I LOVE IT :D :D :D
Works brilliantly with 2 Rotties and an Am cocker hair!!!!
Even lately when Ebba has been maulting like mad!!!!!
Henry is now in the garage :)
Lea :)

Perhaps there may be a 2nd hand market here for your garage Henry!! :)

i have a henry. hes great, i dont bother with the bags any more either.

My cylinder vac caught flames yesterday so with a GSD coming shortly we are looking at Henrys - does anyone have the turbo??? or is the Henry extra just as good?

I asked for a similar recommendation recently after my last Dyson finally gave up the ghost.  I've had a Henry in the past which was utterly useless with cat hair and terrible across the various types of flooring I have in my cottage. 

So I just invested in the Dyson DC08 Telescopic Animal (for £220 inc P&P online, £80 less than Dyson sell it for).  It arrived 2 days ago and it is absolutely amazing.  It's pulling the cat hair up brilliantly and is even removing the short hairs from my RR which manage to weave themselves into the carpets and sofa.  It's made our carpets look like new in 2 days, and is superb across the pamment tiles and elm floors as well.

Wish I'd bought one sooner.

Helen

I've had a dyson and a Henry and found both useless.  Henry was very hard work pushing around and never sucked up to the skirting boards without getting out the tools.
I then on reccomendation got a Miele cat and dog and its fantastic.  Lifts every hair right up to the skirting board with ease.  Makes hoovering very quick and easy.  All tools are onboard too.

Well, thanks for the Miele recommendation.  I also took 30 days free trial of Which? who had just done a reccie of vacuums.  Dyson didn't come out great on a number of categories and Miele did so am going for that.  And have found one £20 cheaper than our local shop.

Louise

Henry who? I love my Dyson and have never had a problem and Labs shed like there no tomorrow! They are brushed daily though.

What you need is carpets that match your dog. Then add to that a touch of short sightedness and a bottle of wine and you're all done!   ;)

I actually find Dyson great. The only problem with them is they are made with self lots of parts all specifically designed to self-destruct so you do need the insurance plan to go with the vac.  I have one upstairs d one downstairs but I don't think I'd get one in the future because for durability they are the worst product I've ever bought and that's quite an accomplishment these days!

Before Dyson I had an old Hoover and it lasted decades but it wasn't anywhere near as good as the dyson for cleaning.

My past experience of the Henry was it is hard work to use... I guess maybe I'm just not a dedicated enough housewife!  You clean up and the next moment it is all dirty again so I want cleaning to be easy.... since having two dogs I just try not to notice the mess too much.

That is just what my great aunt Myrtle did! Bought the carpet to match her little toy poodle Tinker. Of course the family were all amused.
Auntie is now in her 90s and no longer has a dog, but she is still quite a character!
Karen ;-)

Oh aunt Myrtle reminds me of my Aunt Sheila... when she first had carpets put down she would harp on about how marvelous they are! When the babies weed on the floors the just soaked it all up and there was nothing there...marvelous!   They just don't make aunties like they used to!

NO Tenaj,
What you need is no carpets at all!!  We decided a couple of years back to get rid of all the carpets in the house.  We now have laminate or polished floorboards.  Now all I do is go round with a rubber broom.  Fantastic!!!

Oh hard floors are such hard work! We had them when I was a kid and I seemed to spend half my life sweeping and polishing them!  I think dirt just shouts at you when you have wood or laminate floors!

And they are very noisy and make a room seem cold :) :) Solid wood isn't as bad as laminate (particularly if a large rug is down), but the cleaning is far worse than carpet :) :) :)

Daisy

yep.. and you really can pretend carpets are clean in a way you just can't with hard floors.

And hairs stay put on carpet and are easier to hoover up - on hard floors they blow all over the place, attracting everyone's attention ("look how dirty the house is!") and being bl**dy impossible to catch! Carpets every time!

I remember seeing an allergy specialist on a programme once saying carpets were the "lungs" of a house.  They gather dust etc until you are ready to "cough them out" by vacuuming up instead of wandering freely through the home and getting into peoples lungs.
I do like my wooden floors but I have large rugs in every room to do this job.  The only room without rugs, the kitchen at the moment, gets noticably hairier in the corners.  Just looking for a nice kitchen rug at the moment :)

Oh I totally agree. I have laminate in my hall and bedroom. I cant remember the last time I could kid myself it was clean!!!!
Even the feathers from my quilt and pillows stick to the wall and not to the floor!!!!!!!
Give me carpets anyday!!!!!! (I am not opne for brushing and hoovering every day!!!!!!
Lea :)

I think with hard floors their is also the noise issue... unless you are fortunate enough to live in a detached house or have a nice kind deaf neighbour.  Even with thick carpets and nice thick underfelt my neighbours complained about my dogs footsteps so with a wood floor they'd be really ranting!

I just had my patio done and it looked great at first all lovely and clean...now it is suffering from hair issues! Another area to sweep! I guess I could use my old Dyson out there! :)

I agree, got wooden floor downstairs and ready to get carpet down, I see every poor print and every scuff let alone the hair floating and settling where as I think the idea of getting a cream carpet to match his coat sounds cool - would make me very lazy LOL

What about the cheapies - any of them any good?  I see Instore has a Dirt Devil cylinder for £21.50... my vax which is supposed to be fabulous is absolute rubbish, it's not getting anything up, never mind dog hairs!  If I can find the warranty I'll get it repaired, if not then it's time for a new one but I'm skint - so no Henry, Dyson or Miele for me alas!  Of course, I'd be willing to bet that even a cheapy would be more efficient than a handbrush :D

I have a cheap one now £50 from argos as I was so fed up with spending an arm and leg on them. I end up brushing the laminate then hoovering just one section. I suppose this is what you put up with for the love of my bumpkins

>I think I have blowen up the 10th hoover in two years

How? If you're serious and not exaggerating I think perhaps you ought to have your wiring checked out. :eekI have one vacuum cleaner (Philips) upstairs that's nearly 23 years old (it was a wedding present) and a 4-year old Dyson Animal downstairs where the dogs (and their hair!) live. The Dyson's used every day and the Philips a couple of times a week.

With my hairy lot a Dyson has lasted me on average five years, onto my third, and really the first two were damaged by user error (not me).

I now have the all floors DC014 as I have put in laminate and tiles downstairs.  Couldn't be bothered with the animal version as it is only really the turbo brush that is in addition, and I have one of those from somewhere else that fits.

The ones I seem to be killing are cheap ones Think they just blow up and over heat Thats why I think I should invest my money in a good one

I have had a cheap Argos Pet upright (£50) one between the two most recent Dysons as I am having renovations done in the house since August (will it ever end) so don't want to use my expensive Dysons in the areas full of plaster dust etc.

Poor thing stopped sucking until my father got the compressor to blow out the corrugated filter, so now I keep using it in the areas that are still not decorated and get it blown through by my Dads compressor.  I imagine a blow through of the filters with a blaster would so the same.

It is quite an OK machine as the dust comes in two channels not the usual one, and you can fold the machine in half for storage, so I think quite a useful standby.