Dog Hair !!

[Rosemary Deacon]

Can anyone recommend a Vacuum Cleaner that's good for Irish Setter Hair? Particularly one that's fairly easy to lift for stairs etc. Mine's on it's last legs.

[Sally Hamerton]

Yes, Miele for us, too!

 

[KC and the boys]

Thanks for bringing up this topic Rosemary which I'd been meaning to ask for ages! My other half gets a hissy fit every time he has to swing our Henry round....    :)

Question is: the Dyson and the Bissell both look like right whoppers. Are they easy to lift up the stairs?

[Jean Lippett]

The Bissell Lift Off has a centre section that .  .  .   well .  .  .  you know .  .  .   can be detached so you end up with a lightweight cylinder containing the cyclone bit and dust collector and a long hose that has optional tube and attachments on the end. About 2ft long and 6 inch diameter with a handle and I think a removable (and lose-able) shoulder strap.

I only use the Dyson in the studio and that's single storey. And the Henry in the shed / workshop. We have more vacuum cleaners here than brooms!

[Lois McCullough]

We have a Panasonic 1900 upright excellent for dog hairs on carpets and a Vax cylinder 2000 power force for the stairs and hardfloors. No complaints with either and running a bed and breakfast they're both in constant use. Hope it helps

[KC and the boys]

Thanks for suggestions. I envy your arsenal of hoovering equipment. I live in a small house with cupboard sized rooms. Also I really only have space for one hoover under the stairs but need to heave the thing upstairs several times a week. I imagine an upright to be more cumbersome than a cylinder so really it wouldn't be the best option for us. 

[Sandra wilson]

I have had a miele Vac that has an attachment for pets I have had it six years and it is still as good as it was when I bought it. Sandy :-)

[Gillian Kennedy-Sloane]

Thanks everyone. Have finally plumped for the Dyson animal 27 - good deal at Comet. Can only say that having had an old dyson for many years, in my initial enthusiasm for a new toy went all round the house on thursday and totally embarrased to say I had to empty the tube thingy twice!! Hopefully that says more about the efficiency of the new cleaner than the appauling standards of the old cleaner (me not the machine)!!

[Henry's Mom]

Both the Dyson and the Miele have been good for me BUT I also have a Dyson washing machine and it is terrible for getting dog hair stuck in the waste pipe and at £100+ per call out I am looking to get a different make!!!! Any suggestions please???

[Sally Webb]

I have 5 big dogs and have struggled for years with all the dog hair. What I've learned is

1) Have hard floors wherever possible; much easier and cleaner than carpet imo

2) Brush my dogs; every hair on that brush is one less on the floor.

3) Have dog gates so I can confine them when wet/dirty/sandy or even keep one room for visitors/kids dog free.

4) Hoover every day (can't get away with twice a week like I used to before dogs!)

5) Don't let it get me down; they are worth it :-D

I love my Henry for the hard floors downstairs because he never blocks up and a normal Dyson upstairs on the carpets does ok. Best way to get dog hair off carpeted stairs if it's bad is use a Croc! The rubber type shoe material rolls it up into strings you can pick up lol.

[KC and the boys]

Dyson Animal DC39...  Where have you been all my life?!

If anyone is still contemplating a new hoover there are curently "deals" to be had at Argos.

http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/4068127.htm

Although beware that prices change from day to day and appear to have already gone up since I bought ours a week ago....

[Trish Haill]

I notice a lot of people plump for Dysons - we've had 2 now.  The first one didn't last very long, but we thought we were just unlucky, but our 2nd is going the same way, and I understand from other people we're not alone.

It was brilliant to begin with, but lost suction over a couple of years.  Now it only has proper suction if it's held almost upright - so I'm too short to use it.  The other half can still use it though, so not all bad.

[Rhonda Fisher]

We have had the same experience with a dyson. Brilliant to start with but just lost suction and it was not that old. We now have a Wertheim with a motorised head. Reasonable service charge and I can drop it off to a retail outlet just 5 mins away. Dyson only had 1 place in Victoria that you had to send it too. Love this brand so far.