Hoover For My Stairs
 

I am after a little hoover for doing the stairs with. Am beggining to find balancing my hoover whilst trying to clean is getting hard work (my age is catching up to me). Was just wondering if anybody has one or has any hints on best type to buy. Any help will be appreciated thanks

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Bernie get a dyson off the market for £20 like i did, i know they are big but the hose on them reaches all the way up the stairs without you having to carry the whole hoover, bloke on accy market on Thursdays sells them, mine has been a godsend for doing the stairs

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I bought one for the ex, it was a little JML thingie and cost £10 from asda, he says its great, uses it for cleaning out the car and it had a few attatchments with it so you could easy use it for stairs

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Is that the one you bought Emzy? Looks ok but does it do the job right?

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Thats the one (well the same as lol) and it is very good, never used it on the stairs, used it in the car but it was good and did the job

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Dyson work ok but the build quality is pants. They are made out of the nastiest plastic ever. Bits break off them for fun.

I am fed up have having to repair ours. It would have cost a fortune if I had to have it repaired by someone else.

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Will have a look for one tomorrow;)

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What about finding a cheap cylinder vac with a long hose?

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I heard that I bought a re-conditoned hoover from the shop on Whalley Road and the guy in there said he was forever mending Dysons.

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How about this at argos

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My dysons taped up in about 4 places, dont use it anymore, just got a normal upright and keep the dyson for emergencies

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The design of a Dyson is superb, the build quality for the price is a disgrace. I love ours, it light and easy to use, the hose is long, it lies down flat for doing under beds and tables, it just keeps dying.

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Bernie.... thats what you have kids and grandkids for :p

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Well if anyone is having probs with a dyson, pm me for a number of someone in ossy who fixes/reconditions them as a hobby.. got what is like a brand new dyson off him and it was a major bargain, plus he has loads of spare parts... in fact he was a star.. I was gonna go for the more expensive one of him but he persuaded me that the cheaper DC01 was the better bargain and saved me quite a few quid and diddled himself into the bargain :p

He also said any probs to take it straight back and he would sort it out, not had a moments problem with it

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What Em to make them mucky? None of them are quick to clean them:rolleyes:

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The DC01 is the older one I think. The older ones were better than the naff ones they make now. My sister had a DC01 for years.

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They are interesting to pull to bits I will admit. I always do say if some Chinese tart can put it together I will be damned if I can't pull it apart again :D:rolleyes::D

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Yeah I had a DC01 so knew what I was getting and my DC01 was over 10 years old, in fact come to think of it, it was closer to 12/13 years old

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get them told bernie!!!!!

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Only joking but do get a lot of dust with being on the main drag through town so thought if I got a little lightweight it would make the job easier;)

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I hope I'm not tempting fate but my Dyson is brilliant and has never gone wrong (touches wood). I've had it about 7 years and it is now on its 2nd new drive belt. That's the only thing I've had to replace and the long hose is great. Mine's a DC04 by the way.

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what DC is it neil?, iv never had a problem with mine ...ever

not mine:D
LOL, just gonna say the same thing:rolleyes:, mine too is a DC04 and i too have never had a problem, had it about 7/8 years now, we must have had a good batch with the sound of things....LOL

now saying this, mine will probably conk out !!:o

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Blimey, mine must be an antique then , it's a Dc01 !!:eek:

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mines a DC07, got it from that bloke on the market and i love it, it makes me want to hoover up more :D

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just like a new toy:D, ya will soon get bored!!

i was the same with mine, couldnt believe all the dust and muck it picked up!!....lol

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ey ive had it a few months now ya know, havent got fed up with it yet ;)

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not at all lindsay, as I said earlier in this thread. I had a DC01 for about 12 years from new and it was getting very tired :D so through a contact on here who has reconditions and fixes dysons I went to have a look and ended up picking another DC01 and its like new but cost a 10th of the original price :)

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Am I remembering correctly that the first one you had off him did not work?

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yep, did a thread about it, he changed it and this one has worked all the time

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Enough said then ;)

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lol dont start matey :cool:

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I have a DC7 Animal, a pale lounge carpet, and a black cat.
Before I got the DC, I was shampooing the carpet every 2 months.
After getting the DC I realised that the carpet had been having black fur embedded deep in the pile which it now doesn't have, and life is easier.

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DC7 Animal ?? Did you get it at an Ann Summers party :D:eek:

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It really is called Animal - designed to cope with pet hair
Reviews on Dyson DC07 Animal Look at tests, reports and read reviews: dooyoo.co.uk

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How about one of those little red Dirt Devils,,,small but does the job

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I hope you have your little nose filters in when you empty it.

Bag less machines are nice and hygienic with the hepa filters and all that until you come to empty them into the bin. Then all that dust can escape again.

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I do not see any dustcloud - maybe it is all trapped in the large clumps of shed fur.
The dust I used to see collected by my old machine was finer and did escape from the bag when I was disposing of it.
Maybe I am now trapping fine dust another way-
my Goodsphere/Pureair machines contantly 'wash' the air and do collect a fine sediment in the water (changed daily)

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Well Neil I have a bagless Hoover and I don't have any problems with clouds of dust, my Daughter empties it:D