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Default Thoughts on cordless vacuums please

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On Sunday, 27 September 2015 21:01:05 UTC+1, Chris French wrote:
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On Saturday, 26 September 2015 17:17:37 UTC+1, DerbyBorn wrote:
Chris Bartram wrote in news:mu68gn$9n6$2
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On 26/09/15 12:43, Broadback wrote:

We, her indoors and myself, are considering cordless vacuums.
there seem
to be 2contenders for the top, the Dyson V^ Fluffy and the Vax Air
Cordless Lift U85-ACLG-B. any thoughts would be appreciated.
I've recently purchased a Gtech Air-ram K9, and it's excellent.


...won't they all suffer from declining performance as the battery
ages and
you will just put up with it as the batteries will either be expensive or
not available.

One of my dustettes has been going for 80 years. In that time you'd
need to buy around 10 rechargeable vacs as well as tolerate the poorer
performance.


Batteries are easily available for the Dyson.

TBH I doubt that our Dyson DC59 has less suction than an old dustette
(though it is a long, long time since I used one - it really is nothing
like the little handheld jobbies.

And the Dustette lacks the big advantage of being cordless.

but you know, horses for courses


They're very different animals.


Indeed, which is rather my point.

A Dustette wouldn't really do the job that our DC59 does. for me the
trade off's of it being a cordless tool is worth it. But, as ever,
mileage varies :-)

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Chris French