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Shark crap spent £400 on one
I saw a Dyson add on tv and I think it was for a new Dyson at about 700 quid ,, Ive driven cars that didnt cost that much , my current vacuum I bought thirty years ago for thirty quid , a small industrial Nilfisk and I think it will see me out , once every few years I give it a polish as its all alloy and it looks like a little Darlek
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We have a Yorvac from Yorkleen, like a well made stainless Henry. The great thing about them is that spares are cheap from Yorkleen and still available after 30 years (in fact the design hasn't changed!).
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Yorvac 12Ltr Commercial Vacuum – Yorkleen
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We have a Yorvac from Yorkleen, like a well made stainless Henry. The great thing about them is that spares are cheap from Yorkleen and still available after 30 years (in fact the design hasn't changed!).
Yorvac 12Ltr Commercial Vacuum – Yorkleen
Just down the road from us
And Henry is about £120. As discussed I always used to say an upright is better on carpets but not with this turbo brush.
Henry's filtration is incredible using cloth bags. When our Rayburn was pumping smoke into the kitchen Henry actually filtered it out of the air!
I bought a Nilfisk a few years ago. It burnt out in a few weeks. Blue plastic one. OK I was using it to suck water up from the warehouse floor but that is what it is designed to do.
I then bought a huge stainless one from Machine Mart. Feels crap quality considering I paid around £300 but it has worked hard and taken loads of abuse. Use it for cleaning up swarf from the lathe and mill.
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Hmm, tempted but....from experience with the ridiculous losses associated with air driven tools Vs electric (how big a compressor needed to run a die grinder Vs how big an electric motor on a corded one for example), is it really effective?
My instinct is that it'll either sap so much energy (suction then) that the vacuuming bit is poor or it'll just whirl around not actually scrubbing/brushing anything of significance. Upright cleaners have a separate and fairly substantial motor driving just the brush.
However, I've not tried one, if it really is decent, worth a go for the money.
*currently have Dyson for carpets, a broom/cloth for solid floors and and Henry for waving/poking. Be good to simplify.
My instinct is that it'll either sap so much energy (suction then) that the vacuuming bit is poor or it'll just whirl around not actually scrubbing/brushing anything of significance. Upright cleaners have a separate and fairly substantial motor driving just the brush.
However, I've not tried one, if it really is decent, worth a go for the money.
*currently have Dyson for carpets, a broom/cloth for solid floors and and Henry for waving/poking. Be good to simplify.
I don't think Amazon has ever been that cheap but I regularly pay more for something becasue I know I will get it next day even on a Sunday. It's all too common these days to pay £6-8 for next day delivery and then find the cutoff time is 11:00 so you don't get it for two days. Ebay is terrible for that.
We've had a situation where we ordered phone case and screen protectors at 22:00 on a Saturday night and they still arrived on Sunday. In my book that is worth every penny of the £8 a month fee.
Me too, I know not everyone in the same boat but avoiding next day delivery from Amazon to save £3 makes no sense at all.
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The 'show us you vacuum cleaner' thread.
I think we all need to get out more..
I think we all need to get out more..
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Yebbut I'm a tightwad who lives offshore. Next day? Promised, but never a refund when it inevitably doesn't happen. Doesn't just apply to Amazon either.
Trust me VERY effective!
Far better than a standard head. I suspect it would be a problem on very long pile carpet but on our carpet tiles and rugs works a treat.
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Ah, but did you check via scintillation methods to see if it was removing invisible particles too?
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How much crap's on your carpet to keep blocking it?
You do know you're supposed to vacuum more than once per month?
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They really do work well. I bought a £12 version off Ebay, & it's sound. Only time I've clogged it was with pine needles when I took the Christmas tree down.
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Haha it was when I was renovating and since I haven’t used it.How much crap's on your carpet to keep blocking it?
Not enough wheels on it for Kim!How much crap's on your carpet to keep blocking it?
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There is 2 wheels on it aren’t there? I need more wheels technically because every time I’m on two wheels I end up injured
