Whats the best vaccum for hair??

[dreamin_disney]

I have an old hoover I got about 12 years ago. I think its time for a new vaccum. WE have carpet in the bedrooms, Den and livingroom. The rest of the house is tile. I have thick medium length hair. I shed a lot and I always have to clean the bottom brushes of the vaccum 1/2 through doing each room. I will pull out handfulls of hair from those lil brush under the vaccum. My vaccum also feels like its losing suction force. Can someone recommend a good vaccum that has good suction and is good for hair. I know many of you have pets so I would love to hear what you use for your pets hair. Thanks

 

[cornflake]

 

[dreamin_disney]

lol!

 

[CTdiznymom]

I have an old hoover I got about 12 years ago. I think its time for a new vaccum. WE have carpet in the bedrooms, Den and livingroom. The rest of the house is tile. I have thick medium length hair. I shed a lot and I always have to clean the bottom brushes of the vaccum 1/2 through doing each room. I will pull out handfulls of hair from those lil brush under the vaccum. My vaccum also feels like its losing suction force. Can someone recommend a good vaccum that has good suction and is good for hair. I know many of you have pets so I would love to hear what you use for your pets hair. Thanks

I've had my Dyson for quite some time, and I don't have a single complaint. When my DD's were home there was hair everywhere. Dyson always removed it from the carpet without a problem. My house is fully carpeted with the exception of the kitchen hardwood. I don't care for the Dyson floor attachement so I use my old Electrolux brush attachement. Maybe they have redesigned them since I bought my Dyson to more of a brush, I really don't know-like I said I've had mine quite awhile.

 

[pezaddict231]

I recommend the dyson too. We have mostly wood floors but it works great on those too. My hair always seems to be everywhere too and we have two cats, we've had it for almost two years now and it works great.

 

[mymickeyfans]

Definitely the Dyson Animal Vac. It's the light purple one. I have 2 golden retrievers and 2 cats...It works great. The carpets look like they've been professionally cleaned after I vaccum.

 

[dreamin_disney]

Thaanks everyone for taking the time to post. I guess I should have added I need a good vaccum that budget friendly. The Dyson machine are $400 and up ...yikes!

 

[mommy22pumpkins]

Not very budget friendly but we have a rainbow that we've had for about 10 years now. Still works better than anything we've ever seen. Picks up dust/dirt/hair/mud- works on wet or dry messes. Even has attachments for stovetops/ crevices/ lampshades you name it. It has been a godsend for us with two shedding dogs in the past. We now have non-shedding dogs but you can see the /tons of dirt/ toys/pennies ETC It picks up EVERYTHING.

It is an investment but they do normally offer a payment plan. It does have a high interest rate. You'd probably be better off taking out a personal loan with a lower interest rate. Definitely a worthwhile investment if you have kids and dogs and like your floors squeaky clean. PS it also works on hardwood / laminate with a broomlike attachment. Very easy to use and I would never use any other vacuum after being spoiled by this one

 

[kermit116]

I'd recommend a Dyson, but watch for a sale. Also, if you are a member of Costco, they have Dysons sometimes as low as around $230. If you sign up for emails on the Dyson website, they will contact you when they have online sales.

 

[dreamin_disney]

My allergies have also gotten bad and Dr. said seasonal asthma cause by allergies. I'm thinking of MAYBE getting hardwood floors in the bedrooms but might do master bedroom first, so if it works out then we will get hardwood floors in the other 2 bedrooms. Then only livingroom and den will have carpet.

Does the dyson work good on tile and hardwood floors?

 

[cornflake]

If you've got allergies (esp. to dust or other environmental allergens like pollen that are going to get into the house) and asthma, I think you'd absolutely want to get rid of the carpet. Especially in the living areas of the house, as they get more traffic.

Even if you can't afford hardwood, maybe you could afford a wood laminate? They're nicer these days, and cheaper. Ikea has some really affordable ones and you can install them yourself.

The carpet everyplace is just holding that stuff.

I once got a vacuum with a beater thingy in the nozzle, and it just hitting an oriental area rug threw up more dust and particulate matter than you'd rightly believe.

 

[dreamin_disney]

If you've got allergies (esp. to dust or other environmental allergens like pollen that are going to get into the house) and asthma, I think you'd absolutely want to get rid of the carpet. Especially in the living areas of the house, as they get more traffic.

Even if you can't afford hardwood, maybe you could afford a wood laminate? They're nicer these days, and cheaper. Ikea has some really affordable ones and you can install them yourself.

The carpet everyplace is just holding that stuff.

I once got a vacuum with a beater thingy in the nozzle, and it just hitting an oriental area rug threw up more dust and particulate matter than you'd rightly believe.

We moved into our house 13 years ago and the carpet was old but we didnt have the money to replace it. We barely re tiled our house last April and also replaced dining area carpet with tile. Then last May we replaced the old carpet in livingroom and den with new carpet . We didnt have money to do the room and i'm glad now. I regret not getting tile in the den because thats where we spend most of our time. We only use our livingroom once a year during dd's bday. I always thought hardwood floors attracted more dust and would be hard to keep up with but after reading these boards I see its better. I can only imagine how dusty the carpet is under and behind my headboard where i cant reach with vaccum-yuck. I figure if it was hardwoo then a sweeper swifter would reach.

I told dh maybe we should look into hardwood floors. We cant afford the real stuff but the fake stuff would be ok with me. Master room would be a test and if we like then we will do dd's room and spare room.

I still need a good vaccum for the carpet in the two rooms, tile halls, kitchen and dining area and hardwood floors.

BTW- when the tile guy ripped out the carpet in the diningroom and den dh said he was shocked at all the dust, dirt and capet powder flew through the air ( always sprinkled carpet powder to make the rooms smell good). The guy said it happens because after years the padding wears down and the powders seep through because there no protection. I'm sure that did a number on my allergies. I nolonger use the carpet powder especially on the new carpet.

 

[cornflake]

We moved into our house 13 years ago and the carpet was old but we didnt have the money to replace it. We barely re tiled our house last April and also replaced dining area carpet with tile. Then last May we replaced the old carpet in livingroom and den with new carpet . We didnt have money to do the room and i'm glad now. I regret not getting tile in the den because thats where we spend most of our time. We only use our livingroom once a year during dd's bday. I always thought hardwood floors attracted more dust and would be hard to keep up with but after reading these boards I see its better. I can only imagine how dusty the carpet is under and behind my headboard where i cant reach with vaccum-yuck. I figure if it was hardwoo then a sweeper swifter would reach.

I told dh maybe we should look into hardwood floors. We cant afford the real stuff but the fake stuff would be ok with me. Master room would be a test and if we like then we will do dd's room and spare room.

I still need a good vaccum for the carpet in the two rooms, tile halls, kitchen and dining area and hardwood floors.

BTW- when the tile guy ripped out the carpet in the diningroom and den dh said he was shocked at all the dust, dirt and capet powder flew through the air ( always sprinkled carpet powder to make the rooms smell good). The guy said it happens because after years the padding wears down and the powders seep through because there no protection. I'm sure that did a number on my allergies. I nolonger use the carpet powder especially on the new carpet.

I'd def look into the wood laminates. I think the ones at Ikea were around $1.50/sq. ft. and looked really nice - they're on the website too because I showed them to my friend who was looking to do her basement.

Yeah, isn't it amazing what the fibres hold? Really, clouds wafting up from a thin, regularly vacuumed btw, just not with a beater attachment, area rug, with no pad under it, sitting on hardwood.

I have a Bosch vacuum, which I love - it's the canister kind with a bag, I prefer the canister/hose as I think it's more versatile and the bag, as I don't like dumping containers of dust, but I've got wood floors and area rugs so I dunno how it'd be on carpet, hence I only posted the joke to begin with. Though Bosch everything is good, imo.

 

[cornflake]

The beater thing was not the Bosch just btw - I dragged that back down to Bloomie's or Macy's or wherever I'd gotten it from the next day. Sounded like a jackhammer on the floors. It was a bit much for my situation.