Vacuum cleaners

Listening, says the corgi's person.

Dysons are expensive, but I hear they are well worth it.

Incidentally, my parents own a Dyson, and we just gave them our Corgi while they were home for Christmas....my step-dad fell in love with the dog when she was a pup. They have only had her for a few weeks, but I will ask them about the Dyson vs the hair.

I used to threaten to take her outside and shake her like a rug, but at near 40lbs, we both would have gotten hurt.

miele cat & dog canister vacuum 326i

Worked perfectly for decades in house with Siberian Huskies shedding literally clouds of fur; net discounted value of minimizing vacuum labor cost more than compensates for price difference.

Can't help Joe...I went with a Dyson...which, indeed, does a good job.....however, I had an accident with my Dyson, which may be very expensive to fix, so I am also watching for advice.


Dyson have a special small power head for upholstery, which works wonders!

So I hope my machine can be saved.



I also, however, use a special pet hair sponge...which really loosens the very stubborn stuff on upholstery. It really looks like a big sponge (and may simpy be that, for all I know! Maybe sponges just do that?) and one of those special fibre mop attachments, which picks up fur brilliantly fromn hardwood floors between vacuuming (and washes the floors using just water.)

I have one of those, Dlowan. Still packed of course. (My house is half the size of the old one, am still dealing with the abundance.)

It is a never ending battle with the fur isn't it?



I had a Miele previously, which I gave away because it it didn't seem to be keeping up. The Dyson does better...but Miele are definitely a good brand.

I've had a Hoover wind tunnel vacuum for about 6 months, and 3 cats. Seems to do the job, at least much better than the Dirt Devil super deluxe sucker I had before. I got a regular one (as opposed to the upright models) because with pet fur you really need to be able to get underneath things -- like the bed, the sofa, etc., and the regular vacuum's attachments do that. My only complaint is that the bagless canister needs to be emptied after each room. (Mourning the central vac in my previous house -- twice a year it got emptied into the compost pile.) One good thing about Hoover models is that the HEPA filter is washable -- most others are not and need disposal/replacement.

Failing that, replace all furniture with colours to match your pets. Go for the new velour look.

I even have the turbo version of Miele - Porsche black (whatever that means), and it has special filters and does the trick. Most importantly,
it's a very quiet vacuum.

Here is a good used one on ebay

MIELE

We purchased the "Bissell CleanView" (Costco Canada Bissell CleanView 3595D) but there are a number of similar CleanView models, it was inexpensive, it kicks ass, it has all the nifty attachments, gets great overall reviews on epinons (see below) and as we have a big house and the Chow Chow and the cat it is has proved itself up to the task easily. The only downside is that these type of turbo vacuums do not have bags (some say that's a plus) so you have to deal with emptying the dust bin and cleaning foam filters.

If you are a heavy handed mechanical klutz the unit may not be for you, but if you appreacte value and household gear functionality it's great!

http://www.epinions.com/search/?submitted_form=searchbar&search_string=Bissell+CleanView&tax_name=Vacuums&dyn_nav=0&dyn_nav_id=&search_vertical=t103004&searchbar_submit=Search

QUIET, you say? Wow.

Used vacuums = other people's mites........

LOL, it just occurred to me Joe never specified what size is his cat.....

I mentioned to JPB that I wanted to start a thread on the eternal struggle between vacuum cleaners and pet hair, and I asked her if she thought I should put it in the Pets & Garden forum. She suggested the Consumer Electronics forum instead, which is where I started it. So then it got moved to Pets & Garden. Oh well...

Dyson and Miele appear to be in a class by themselves, both in terms of quality and price (although Oreck is more expensive than either). I only have a two bedroom condo, though, and most of it is hardwood floors. I want a vacuum just for the rugs and the furniture, so spending $400-$500 on a vacuum seems rather excessive to me. Or, I could just get rid of the cat, which would definitely save me money in the long run, but I would probably miss him ... eventually.

The main knock against the Hoover vacuums is that the HEPA filter gets clogged easily and it's not self-cleaning after the first couple of times using it. Not sure if that's only a problem with the older models -- maybe, as Tico suggests, the ones with washable filters work better. Consumer Reports likes the Hoover Windtunnel, but I've seen enough bad web reviews to make me skeptical.

D'Low, what is still packed is the pet hair sponge. At least I think I packed it. The abundance, besides wafting corgi hair furbelows, is my worldly goods, too much of a much. I have a vacuum, the Wind Tunnel bagless thing, Hoover, I gather. Haven't used it since I bought it here in ABQ - still using my ShopVac... and handy broom. It turns out those big blue brooms from Home Depot are great for moving sand around.

Well, not that big. Eleven-pound brown tabby -- but he sheds his weight in hair every twenty-four hours. I have, however, already anticipated Tico's suggestion and bought brown rugs and brown furniture, so the hair isn't as noticeable.

Which reminds me, we just bought an LG front loading washer and LG front loading dryer. We had the Whirlpool Duet units but switched them out for the LG units as they have a longer warranty and at least the washer is built better with direct drive and roller spray drum.

I most often like Consumer Reports, but I find they can only get you so far, and then you're on your own. I find them best for weeding out the really bad stuff.

wehave an old Electrolux that my mom got for us about 15 years ago. This one we have upstairs and you cant kill it. It has 2 problems
1It goes through bags quickly cause Our Maine Coon cat loves getting vacuumed

2It sucks its hose inside out everyso ofetn which means it has excellect suckability but poor hose strngth.

Downstairs we have a Miele with its twin HEPA filter and other stuff that needs to be taken out, cleaned and /or replaced. That one is too powerful to vacuum the cat, it gives her these Giant Squid sized hickies.

shows how much I know.....

At least this way you get feedback from two audiences.

Can a Maine Coon defend itself against Bobcat & Coyote and eat up lots of rodents? I go through too many domestic cats.