Recommend a vaccum cleaner ask tritalk.co.uk

A popular question, and one that regularly populates forums of all description is ‘recommend me a vacuum cleaner’– and after Jellylegs1968 announced that his “Dyson [had] just gone bang” in popular sports forum tritalk.co.uk… The debate was once again on!

As ever, popular choices amongst the four pages of debate included Henry, Sebo and Dyson – with Miele receiving its fair share of praise to boot. Mr Muppet rating the ‘cat and dog’ model a winner with his pets “It’s ace – much better than a dyson and doesn’t get clogged up with long hair.” McTavish agrees, “Another vote for Miele. I have had one for over ten years and it’s still working fantastically well” whilst FoulOleRon suggests that he finds his entry-level Miele’s “suction most pleasing”. 

The debate rages on, and with over 50 responses to the question in under a week, perhaps it’s time for you to throw your hat into the ring. Coversation continues here…

New vacuum wanted: Preferably of the bagged variety

Over at the Mumsnet discussion forums eltham knows what she wants and that’s a new vacuum, so she’s given the members of the community a fairly open brief as long as it’s of the bagged variety.

SammyC, Andthentherewerethree and HeadFairy all lead the conversation with their recommendations for Henry as it “really gets rid of cat hairs!” a statement that luvlydECMOrations counters with a vote for the Miele and “we have the cat and dog version and its great”. Snoringnightmare says she can’t vouch for a Henry, but as a former Dyson owner that “weren’t that great” advocates “Miele all the way from now on”.

However it’s SleighGirl who rounds off the discussion having just treated herself to “a limited edition special offer one today “Red Pearl” for £170 which include a 5 year guarantee” and thinks “Miele are great”.

You can read more on the bagged vs bagless debate here or jump across to Mumsnet and read the discussion for yourself.

Vacuum decisions to be made on Digital Spy

Christmas is coming, the goose is getting fat – but most importantly needles from your tree will soon be shedding across the carpet, so in the run up to December it’s important to check that your vacuum cleaner is up to the task.

Angelsherlock has done just that after having bought “a piece of rubbish Electrolux pet vacuum which worked brilliantly ONCE”, and is on the look out in digitalspy.com for a suitable replacement. Amt27 suggests “Henry or Miele”, while StressMonkey goes with the latter, saying “I absolutely love my 5280 – makes short work of dog/cat hair and has a hepa filter.”

Of course, msjj reminds everyone that there is plenty of discussion out there about the best vacuum to be using “There’s been a few threads about this and from what I remember most folks went for Miele or Henry”, although A-friend does disagree slightly “Sebo and Miele seem to come out top”.

Either way – get involved with this particular discussion here.  

“What vac have you got?” – Detailing World speaks

As we’ve seen before on Forever Better, Miele’s reputation stretches far beyond the realms of money-saving, household and review sites. It’s also a particular favourite among members of motoring communities and this latest discussion over at Detailing World demonstrates just that.

Automotive detailers are notoriously obsessive in their attention to cleanliness so when PTAV needed a new vacuum he went to his fellow members for advice. While the brand recommendations are more evenly spread than usual, Miele still has its fairshare of admirers none more so than Dazmeister who’s “just bought a Miele after having had Dysons for past 6-7 yrs.” While he found Dyson’s after sales service good he wanted to try something different and was “recommended this brand and have to say I am impressed. Very quiet and light too”.

Jbell limits his recommendation to simply: “I have Miele, awesome thing”, while dog owner Chris R says he “switched over to a Miele Cat and Dog TT a few years back and it literally takes all hair off the carpet in a single pass with the turbo brush you get with it”. Pretty handy then when he has “two black labs and light carpets”.

If you’ve got a suggestion for PTAV or have a story to tell, why not jump over to the Detailing World forum and share your thoughts.

Brief encounters – Miele Cat & Dog 326i vacuum cleaner review part 2

While still a relative new-comer to Miele ownership, it’s obvious that their new Cat & Dog has created a sufficiently good impression for them to sings its praises straight away as this latest review on Review Centre demonstrates.

Awarding the Cat & Dog 10/10 for durability, ease of use, style and service and describing it as “very powerful, brilliant for dogs hair”, this guest review compares the Cat & Dog to their previous Henry machine and the distinct lack of ‘doggy smell’ now they’ve switched vacuums.

While the jury’s still out on whether it’s value for money or not they conclude: “I just hope it will last a long time as they are not cheap, but dont mind paying that sort of money if they do the job and last a few years.”

Hop over to the Review Centre to read their write-up in full.