The DIY/Doing up house Thread (aka My house is falling down)

I fell for the hype and bought a Dyson a few years back. Lasted about a year before the cheap plastic broke in multiple places and then the whole thing died after about 18 months. No better than a Henry and ugly as fucking sin.

I really don’t get the love for their products - they have some hideous design and - seemingly - shitty QA / vicious value engineering going on.

So anything but a Dyson IMO.

The Dyson we've got has lasted quite well actually - going on 13 years now I think. It's just heavy, noisy, inefficient and more importantly, shit at actually picking anything up, especially on carpet, as it's not one with a rotating brush. Wife and daughter have long hair - forget it. Bits of fluff? No siree. Luckily we were gifted an Electrolux cordless thing which does hardwood and tiles no worries. It does better than the Dyson on carpet too (as long as the brushes rotate) but useless for stairs or long pile rugs.

jeepers I had the original one when it first came out and it lasted a few years, but it was nothing special. DC-01, or whatever it was called. Thanks!

Dougs Ha! A glowing recommendation!

We've got two Dysons, an upright and a portable. The upright works great but is heavy as hell, fills up really quickly and is really noisy.

The portable did work, but 6 years on is fucking useless. Won't pick up anything more than a micron in size.

Fuck buying anything else from that Brexity Twat, tbh.

quitsking I’m honestly tempted by another Miele. Curry’s had the C3 or whatever it is in at a good price the other day.

We’ve no furry pets at the moment, but at my previous house with the late Mrs. EMM, we had dogs and cats and it did really well.

Can’t really remember why I bought the Henry now!

Many thanks for going to the trouble.

Cheers! I may well be pushing her towards the Miele.

Not literally, of course!

According to Which, their best buy is the Miele Complete C3 Pure Red Powerline 81% (£246). Some of the other Miele's don't actually do so well though which is surprising, but none are poor (lowest is 69%). 

Shark are generally cheaper but just as good as Dyson. I bought a cordless one a couple of years ago on a deal and love it. Only thing to watch though is that they are very powerful, so any stray laces, leads etc will get snaffled in seconds. I've damaged a few a few things due to the suction because my reflexes weren't quick enough

The current C3 Cat and DOg (Blizzard) was released in 2017 and gets a 79% as its apparently poor on laminate flooring. Its down as phenomenal cleaning of carpets and crevices though. Mind you, its £399.

The C3 Silence Ecoline (£232) gets 80% with no major flaws (one less star for pet hair vs the above and two more for laminate).

Have you been pissing in the sink again

Pffft