Looking for a mains powered cylinder vac. Don't mind if it's expensive.
Anyone care to make a recommendation?

Bill

On Sat, 24 Feb 2018 22:00:45 +0000, Bill Wright wrote:

Looking for a mains powered cylinder vac. Don't mind if it's expensive.
Anyone care to make a recommendation?

Henry.

Or a Miele if you have money to burn.

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On 24/02/2018 22:00, Bill Wright wrote:
Looking for a mains powered cylinder vac. Don't mind if it's expensive.
Anyone care to make a recommendation?

Bill

Bosh gas25 or bigger.

On 24/02/18 22:09, Bob Eager wrote:
On Sat, 24 Feb 2018 22:00:45 +0000, Bill Wright wrote:

Looking for a mains powered cylinder vac. Don't mind if it's expensive.
Anyone care to make a recommendation?

Henry.

I have a George. George still has the more powerful motor that's now
been scaled down in the Henry model because George is a wet and dry
machine and the new regulations don't apply.

I never realised how useful the wet operation could be until I really
needed it one day. It's worth having the dual function even if you only
use it occasionally IMO.

Nick

On Sun, 25 Feb 2018 00:22:37 +0000, Nick Odell wrote:

On 24/02/18 22:09, Bob Eager wrote:
On Sat, 24 Feb 2018 22:00:45 +0000, Bill Wright wrote:

Looking for a mains powered cylinder vac. Don't mind if it's
expensive.
Anyone care to make a recommendation?

Henry.

I have a George. George still has the more powerful motor that's now
been scaled down in the Henry model because George is a wet and dry
machine and the new regulations don't apply.

I never realised how useful the wet operation could be until I really
needed it one day. It's worth having the dual function even if you only
use it occasionally IMO.

We actually have both!

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On Saturday, 24 February 2018 22:00:47 UTC, Bill Wright wrote:
Looking for a mains powered cylinder vac. Don't mind if it's expensive.
Anyone care to make a recommendation?

Bill

Vax orange cylinders. They suck like a dyson and last extremely well too. The technology's old but very good for hoovering. They're wet & dry, and are available with carpet cleaning bits too, though I reckon there are better standalone carpet cleaners nowadays.


NT

On 24/02/2018 22:00, Bill Wright wrote:
Looking for a mains powered cylinder vac. Don't mind if it's expensive.
Anyone care to make a recommendation?


FWIW, there's no particular trend across brands from a recent Which?
test. Miele and Dyson seem to do consistently well, but there's only a
few percentage points between a £350 Miele and a £100 Hoover.

So it might come down to your needs - cost of bags, pets, weight, floor
coverings, bragging rights etc.

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You don't see many actual cylinder types these days.
I notice that the design we used to call that are now known as Sled design.
I guess because they either have sliding rails or rows of wheels on the
bottom.
Also you need to decide if you want to use bags, mostly disposable or have
a reusable dust collector. The latter tend to be cyclonic and hence suffer
the weak points of this design, filter clogging, and need a lot of cleaning
out of these every few months. My bosch is quite good, but it is often
stopped by picking up a small plastic bag or bit of packaging which gets
over the conical filter in the cyclone needing the side to come off to
remove it.
Henries usually have bags and the only thing I'll say is that the hose
connection to the cleaner has a habit of unscrewing from the device you
attach it to the cleaner with. Easy to fix but annoying.
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On Sat, 24 Feb 2018 22:00:45 +0000, Bill Wright wrote:

Looking for a mains powered cylinder vac. Don't mind if it's expensive.
Anyone care to make a recommendation?

Henry.

Or a Miele if you have money to burn.

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On 24/02/2018 22:00, Bill Wright wrote:
Looking for a mains powered cylinder vac. Don't mind if it's expensive.
Anyone care to make a recommendation?


FWIW, there's no particular trend across brands from a recent Which?
test. Miele and Dyson seem to do consistently well, but there's only a
few percentage points between a £350 Miele and a £100 Hoover.

So it might come down to your needs - cost of bags, pets, weight, floor
coverings, bragging rights etc.


Do you want a machine that merely sucks - or a convenient
carpet cleaning and grooming machine?

Bill Wright wrote:
Looking for a mains powered cylinder vac. Don't mind if it's expensive.
Anyone care to make a recommendation?

Bill
After our 10-15 yo upright released all the smoke, I did not have much
time to look around but a friend who does part time cleaning work said
the best that her clients have that she uses was a Shark bagless.
I bought one on Amazon for around £150 and so far have been pretty
impressed with it. To be honest quite ashamed at the amount of dirt it
pulled out on the first few uses that must have been left by the
previous machine.

Bob Minchin wrote:
Bill Wright wrote:
Looking for a mains powered cylinder vac. Don't mind if it's expensive.
Anyone care to make a recommendation?

Bill
After our 10-15 yo upright released all the smoke, I did not have much
time to look around but a friend who does part time cleaning work said
the best that her clients have that she uses was a Shark bagless.
I bought one on Amazon for around £150 and so far have been pretty
impressed with it. To be honest quite ashamed at the amount of dirt it
pulled out on the first few uses that must have been left by the
previous machine.
Like most machines, the shark is an upright but I would say still worthy
of consideration by the OP. I think the powered brush head makes a lot
of difference.

In article ,
Bob Minchin wrote:
Like most machines, the shark is an upright but I would say still worthy
of consideration by the OP. I think the powered brush head makes a lot
of difference.

Are there any uprights which don't have a powered brush head? Even ancient
Hoovers had. It beats as is sweeps as it cleans...

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Bob Eager wrote:

a Miele if you have money to burn.

My current Miele was at a price I'm convinced must have been a mistake
on Currys part. I have its brother as a replacement unboxed in the
loft, bought when they were selling off the "too powerful" models.

On 25/02/2018 06:12, Bob Eager wrote:
On Sun, 25 Feb 2018 00:22:37 +0000, Nick Odell wrote:

On 24/02/18 22:09, Bob Eager wrote:
On Sat, 24 Feb 2018 22:00:45 +0000, Bill Wright wrote:

Looking for a mains powered cylinder vac. Don't mind if it's
expensive.
Anyone care to make a recommendation?

Henry.

I have a George. George still has the more powerful motor that's now
been scaled down in the Henry model because George is a wet and dry
machine and the new regulations don't apply.

I never realised how useful the wet operation could be until I really
needed it one day. It's worth having the dual function even if you only
use it occasionally IMO.

We actually have both!

So do I (in fact two of each), but for a single model I would go with
George.

Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
Bob Minchin wrote:
Like most machines, the shark is an upright but I would say still worthy
of consideration by the OP. I think the powered brush head makes a lot
of difference.

Are there any uprights which don't have a powered brush head? Even ancient
Hoovers had. It beats as is sweeps as it cleans...

You could be right. Vacuums have not been my specialist subject until
recently when my wife could no longer use one and I've become vacuumer
in chief.
The shark has separate motors for suction and brush if that makes a
difference. It also allows the suction unit to be removed and used with
tube and passive brush for stairs etc

On 25/02/2018 08:54, Brian Gaff wrote:

Henries usually have bags

I would recommend the Hepa-Flo bags with a Henry, or some other Numatic
cleaners

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Genuine-4...-/112345992105

Consider also that you may find the best price for a Henry/George at a
Janitorial supplier rather than the more regular domestic retail outlets.


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On 25/02/18 16:57, alan_m wrote:
On 25/02/2018 08:54, Brian Gaff wrote:

Â* Henries usually have bags

I would recommend the Hepa-Flo bags with a Henry, or some other Numatic
cleaners

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Genuine-4...-/112345992105


Consider also that you may find the best price for a Henry/George at a
Janitorial supplier rather than the more regular domestic retail outlets.


I saw a recon henry in my local vacuum repair place at £75

https://www.vacuumrepairsandsales.co.uk/vacuum-cleaners

Dunno how much the Georges were tho ISTYR £120-£50


defintely worth a drive over to if you are within reach


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