I fancy a decent hand held vacuum for doing the carpeted stairs here - but
it must be as powerful as my existing Panasonic upright when using the
hose. Purely for convenience - lugging the Panasonic around on the stairs
is a pain.

I've seen the Dysons - but I'd be quite happy with a mains one since I
have plenty sockets. And it's a big big price for such a basic device.

Any recommendations?

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I fancy a decent hand held vacuum for doing the carpeted stairs here - but
it must be as powerful as my existing Panasonic upright when using the
hose. Purely for convenience - lugging the Panasonic around on the stairs
is a pain.

I've seen the Dysons - but I'd be quite happy with a mains one since I
have plenty sockets. And it's a big big price for such a basic device.

Any recommendations?

Firstly, I recently replaced a Panasonic upright (admitedly an old one) with
a Miele cylinder - what a difference!

But your question, have you considered just extending the hose? Our local
market has a guy who sells hose "by the foot" so what I did was purchase an
additional replacement Panasonic hose (which was short) plus a length of
hose and put the "short hose" fittings on the end of the long hose and
voila - leave the Panny at the bottom of the stairs whilst I cleaned away at
the end of the long hose.

The Miele hose is just long enough to not need this trick, but I'd be
tempted to take this route.

Paul DS.

On Dec 13, 1:18*pm, "Dave Plowman (News)"
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I fancy a decent hand held vacuum for doing the carpeted stairs here - but
it must be as powerful as my existing Panasonic upright when using the
hose. Purely for convenience - lugging the Panasonic around on the stairs
is a pain.

*I've seen the Dysons - but I'd be quite happy with a mains one since I
have plenty sockets. And it's a big big price for such a basic device.

Any recommendations?

I have the dyson DC35 and find it very good for the odd bit of
cleaning.
Previously I was very happy with my small portable dirt devil.
The reason I brough the DC35 was when I nealry fell down the stairs
tripping over the lead of my DD, and that I wanted a new toy




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Firstly, I recently replaced a Panasonic upright (admitedly an old one)
with a Miele cylinder - what a difference!

I have no complaints about the Panasonic - apart from noise - and don't go
around replacing things for the sake of it. I'm not a Dyson type. ;-)

But your question, have you considered just extending the hose? Our
local market has a guy who sells hose "by the foot" so what I did was
purchase an additional replacement Panasonic hose (which was short)
plus a length of hose and put the "short hose" fittings on the end of
the long hose and voila - leave the Panny at the bottom of the stairs
whilst I cleaned away at the end of the long hose.

The existing hose is part of the device - it plugs into the base for
normal upright carpet cleaning. A longer one would no longer achieve this.
And it would need to be several times longer. High ceilings.

The Miele hose is just long enough to not need this trick, but I'd be
tempted to take this route.

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whisky-dave wrote:
On Dec 13, 1:18 pm, "Dave Plowman (News)"
wrote:
I fancy a decent hand held vacuum for doing the carpeted stairs here - but
it must be as powerful as my existing Panasonic upright when using the
hose. Purely for convenience - lugging the Panasonic around on the stairs
is a pain.

I've seen the Dysons - but I'd be quite happy with a mains one since I
have plenty sockets. And it's a big big price for such a basic device.

Any recommendations?

I have the dyson DC35 and find it very good for the odd bit of
cleaning.
Previously I was very happy with my small portable dirt devil.
The reason I brough the DC35 was when I nealry fell down the stairs
tripping over the lead of my DD, and that I wanted a new toy

That is even more expensive than the hand held Dyson I mentioned. All I
want is a small hand held device with good suction for the stairs. My
Panasonic is just fine for all other tasks. Except for wet and workshop
stuff - I have another for that. ;-)

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On Dec 13, 1:18*pm, "Dave Plowman (News)"
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I fancy a decent hand held vacuum for doing the carpeted stairs here - but
it must be as powerful as my existing Panasonic upright when using the
hose. Purely for convenience - lugging the Panasonic around on the stairs
is a pain.

*I've seen the Dysons - but I'd be quite happy with a mains one since I
have plenty sockets. And it's a big big price for such a basic device.

Any recommendations?

One with a rotating brush is far more effective.


NT

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NT wrote:
On Dec 13, 1:18 pm, "Dave Plowman (News)"
wrote:
I fancy a decent hand held vacuum for doing the carpeted stairs here -
but it must be as powerful as my existing Panasonic upright when using
the hose. Purely for convenience - lugging the Panasonic around on the
stairs is a pain.

I've seen the Dysons - but I'd be quite happy with a mains one since I
have plenty sockets. And it's a big big price for such a basic device.

Any recommendations?

One with a rotating brush is far more effective.


Strange. My existing upright is just fine for this apart from being
inconvenient. I really don't need anything fancy - just a hand held device
which sucks well via a brush.

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On Dec 13, 2:24*pm, "Dave Plowman (News)"
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* *whisky-dave wrote:



On Dec 13, 1:18 pm, "Dave Plowman (News)"
wrote:
I fancy a decent hand held vacuum for doing the carpeted stairs here - but
it must be as powerful as my existing Panasonic upright when using the
hose. Purely for convenience - lugging the Panasonic around on the stairs
is a pain.

*I've seen the Dysons - but I'd be quite happy with a mains one since I
have plenty sockets. And it's a big big price for such a basic device..

Any recommendations?
I have the dyson DC35 and find it very good for the odd bit of
cleaning.
Previously I was very happy with my small portable *dirt devil.
The reason I brough the DC35 was when I nealry fell down the stairs
tripping over the lead of my DD, and that I wanted a new toy

That is even more expensive than the hand held Dyson I mentioned. All I
want is a small hand held device with good suction for the stairs. My
Panasonic is just fine for all other tasks. Except for wet and workshop
stuff - I have another for that. ;-)

If thats all you want, the old hoover dustettes go for peanuts, and
are long lived, unlike almost all other handhelds.


NT

I have no complaints about the Panasonic - apart from noise - and don't go
around replacing things for the sake of it. I'm not a Dyson type. ;-)

Me neither but my Panasonic was clearly not doing too well. To put it in
context, I replaced the bag in the Panny and cleared one room after I'd got
the new Meile - carpet looked OK. Then I cleaned the same carpet
immediately with the Miele and filled the Miele's bad and the carpet looked
MUCH cleaner.

...

The existing hose is part of the device - it plugs into the base for
normal upright carpet cleaning. A longer one would no longer achieve this.
And it would need to be several times longer. High ceilings.

Interesting. Mine had a short hose which plugged into the base OR plugged
into an additional extension for cleaning the stairs etc. It was this
extension which I hacked and extended - put about 12 feet on it - I imagine
your ceilings can't be that much higher or you couldn't reach at all at
present.

Paul DS

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Tim Streater wrote:
That is even more expensive than the hand held Dyson I mentioned.

The DC35 *is* hand-held. We just got one and it gets quite a bit of use.
I get sick and tired of dragging cables around.

Don't care. It costs about 4 times it should for what I need. Like
everything Dyson. Bought by those with more money than sense. ;-)

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If thats all you want, the old hoover dustettes go for peanuts, and
are long lived, unlike almost all other handhelds.

But poor suction and rather heavy. A modern version with more 'power' and
lighter would be fine.

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Paul D Smith wrote:
The existing hose is part of the device - it plugs into the base for
normal upright carpet cleaning. A longer one would no longer achieve
this. And it would need to be several times longer. High ceilings.

Interesting. Mine had a short hose which plugged into the base OR
plugged into an additional extension for cleaning the stairs etc. It
was this extension which I hacked and extended - put about 12 feet on
it - I imagine your ceilings can't be that much higher or you couldn't
reach at all at present.

Right. But storing this long hose would be a pain compared to a small hand
held device.

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Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
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Tim Streater wrote:
That is even more expensive than the hand held Dyson I mentioned.

The DC35 *is* hand-held. We just got one and it gets quite a bit of
use. I get sick and tired of dragging cables around.

Don't care. It costs about 4 times it should for what I need. Like
everything Dyson. Bought by those with more money than sense. ;-)

.... and Dysons take the prize for the most ugly appliances ever.

Take a look at the Gtech; it is an excellent machine and with the handle off
can cope with stairs no bother. Costs around £40.



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I fancy a decent hand held vacuum for doing the carpeted stairs here - but
it must be as powerful as my existing Panasonic upright when using the
hose. Purely for convenience - lugging the Panasonic around on the stairs
is a pain.

I've seen the Dysons - but I'd be quite happy with a mains one since I
have plenty sockets. And it's a big big price for such a basic device.

Any recommendations?

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* *NT wrote:

If thats all you want, the old hoover dustettes go for peanuts, and
are long lived, unlike almost all other handhelds.

But poor suction and rather heavy. A modern version with more 'power' and
lighter would be fine.

I thought the same, and tried some modern ones, but none seem to last.
So back to the dustette, it does the job ok.


NT

On Tue, 13 Dec 2011 13:18:13 +0000, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:

I fancy a decent hand held vacuum for doing the carpeted stairs here -
but it must be as powerful as my existing Panasonic upright when using
the hose. Purely for convenience - lugging the Panasonic around on the
stairs is a pain.

I've seen the Dysons - but I'd be quite happy with a mains one since I
have plenty sockets. And it's a big big price for such a basic device.

Any recommendations?

We recently purchased a Electrolux Z61A for doing the stairs.

It has a rotating brush which helps with picking up pet hairs. Makes a
fair job of the stairs, has a decent length cable and is not too heavy.
Can't comment on long term reliability as we haven't had it very long,
but fine so far.

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NT wrote:
If thats all you want, the old hoover dustettes go for peanuts, and
are long lived, unlike almost all other handhelds.

But poor suction and rather heavy. A modern version with more 'power' and
lighter would be fine.

(My ceilings are 'standard' height). George can do all of the stairs from
the bottom, with the standard hose. I've just ordered some spare tools for
him and, as the hose is a bit broken at the vac. end, a new hose of 2.9m -
there is a choice of a 3.9m hose which should do most stairs.
George is overkill for your purpose but Henry or smaller with a 3.9m hose
(check on fitting needed) might be OK.
This company is very useful and cheap for parts (the parts are shipped
direct from Numatic), although the vac. could be cheaper from
Comet{shudder}.
http://www.equip4work.co.uk/shop/spare-hoses/

and Numatic itself has very good service
http://www.numatic.co.uk/

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....snip...

Right. But storing this long hose would be a pain compared to a small hand
held device.

Can't argue with that. It didn't bother me as I just wound it up and draped
it over the vacuum handle when stored but if space is an issue...

Paul DS.

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PeterC wrote:
But poor suction and rather heavy. A modern version with more 'power'
and lighter would be fine.

(My ceilings are 'standard' height). George can do all of the stairs from
the bottom, with the standard hose.

I already have a similar vacuum for workshop use. I want something small
purely for the stairs.

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On Dec 14, 9:59*am, "Dave Plowman (News)"
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* *PeterC wrote:

But poor suction and rather heavy. A modern version with more 'power'
and lighter would be fine.
(My ceilings are 'standard' height). George can do all of the stairs from
the bottom, with the standard hose.

I already have a similar vacuum for workshop use. I want something small
purely for the stairs.

I remmeber the days when wives used to do that sort of thing,
I blame 'equality' & obesity


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On Tue, 13 Dec 2011 18:54:14 -0000, "Stewart"
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Take a look at the Gtech; it is an excellent machine and with the handle off
can cope with stairs no bother. Costs around £40.

Google carpet sweepers, which how I came to get a Gtech for those
occasions when I want to clean up but it's not worth getting the
Electrolux out. Mine is battery powered, very light. Got it from
www.tesco.com, collected it from the store and carried it home, on
foot. Sure I didn't pay anywhere near £40 for it.

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Peter Johnson wrote:
Take a look at the Gtech; it is an excellent machine and with the
handle off can cope with stairs no bother. Costs around £40.

Google carpet sweepers, which how I came to get a Gtech for those
occasions when I want to clean up but it's not worth getting the
Electrolux out. Mine is battery powered, very light. Got it from
www.tesco.com, collected it from the store and carried it home, on
foot. Sure I didn't pay anywhere near £40 for it.

Going by power tools, I'd be surprised if you could make a decently
powerful battery powered one for 40 quid.

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