Russethouse Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 I have a Sebo and like it very much but couldn't find out if they are sold in France. One thing in their favor, the Help line is excellent, they talked me through taking the machine apart to clear a blockage, no problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted February 12, 2011 Author Share Posted February 12, 2011 Have had another look, JJ. Still think it's heavy but the price actually compares to an Oreck.RH, I will investigate further. Meanwhile, internet playing silly b*****s so I'm going to shut down now and sleep on it! (no, not sleep on the computer, sleep on the problem). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybanana Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 Good heavens, my parentrs had a Hoover upright that lasted fifty years and was still going strong after their demise. What a fuss; Can't you have one upstairs and one down so they don't have to be carried up and down or down and up or whichever! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
just john Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 http://www.amazon.fr/Sebo-9501SE-Aspirateur-Argent-Allemagne/dp/B001RMLXVK/ref=pd_rhf_p_t_1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gardian Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 [quote user="dave21478"]Whilst perusing the local dump[/quote]There are plenty of folk like you furtling around our 'local dump'. Do you do this nationwide? [:-))] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybanana Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 Well, this morning, whilst getting rid of a pretty full load of rubble, I must admit that I did have a good look round, and I was not the only one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gardian Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 [quote user="woolybanana"]Good heavens, my parentrs had a Hoover upright that lasted fifty years and was still going strong after their demise.[/quote]Many, many moons ago, I used to work for Hoover.A Hoover 'Senior' would suck the whotsit out of a do-ins, it was always said. (Well, actually, the words were somewhat less gentile, but .............) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keni Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 Would kill for another upright Panasonic! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted February 14, 2011 Author Share Posted February 14, 2011 Had one a long time ago, Keni, but I can't really remember what it was like but I will google that before finally committing.I saw a Vax lightweight upright on the internet yesterday but I haven't had a chance to read about the features. Anyone got one of those? At the moment, I just looked at it because Vax was a name I recognised and there is a good reduction on the Amazon site.JJ, I looked at the reviews of the Sebo and someone said the handle was rather high for a small person so I guess that rules it out for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keni Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 I had a Panasonic & so did me mum! Sucked up everything - cat hair and mine (I shed more than any animal the family will agree to that) - Chris says even found the kid in there when we emptied the bag. Lightweight, great for stairs and flat floors as well as carpets. Left ours in Uk with the daughter last year - missing it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gardengirl Posted February 15, 2011 Share Posted February 15, 2011 My UK Hoover Senior is still going very strong after nearly 40 years; OH says maybe that's why they came to an end - lasted too long, so replacements weren't needed! [:)] The 'hoover' in France is a tinyl, light-weight, quiet, primrose-coloured Miele, but hasn't much to do really, as it's a very small apartment. I did fancy one of those robot types from Lakeland and John Lewis, but OH thought it was a bit gimmicky. I'd like to have one that just buzzes about and gets on with it - but then I just leave the hoovering to OH these days - he just buzzes around and gets on with it too! [:D] I can't imagine a robot-type would be very good with pet hair, though!I'm beginning to think we'd all feel rather at home in your new chateau, Sweet - you've kept us in the loop with the searching and finding (including about various drains etc!), with the new washing machine and now the vacuum cleaner! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powerdesal Posted February 15, 2011 Share Posted February 15, 2011 Get a Maytag, it will suck the tiles off the floor [:P] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnRoss Posted February 15, 2011 Share Posted February 15, 2011 The iRobot Roomba seems to pick up cat hair very well, we have three house cats. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-t75pD909c Apart from the roller brushes underneath it has a little rotating side brush which cleans out corners. Had a Miele Aspirateur which was ok but not after I sucked up a lot of loose plaster which knackered the motor bearings, some fine stuff must have got through the bag and filters.I like the idea of a central vacuum cleaner such as the one my barber has, wife prefers the robot. He just sweeps up the cut hair into a heap near the inlet at the bottom of a wall and kicks a button with his foot and the hair just goes swoosh down a chute. I would like to put a unit in our cellar with pipes to inlets in each room and all you would need is a longish hose and nozzle to carry from room to room! You could mount the unit outside if not in a cellar with the receiving bag there like the Americans have on their hotel airconditioning systems...............JR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted February 15, 2011 Author Share Posted February 15, 2011 [quote user="gardengirl "]I'm beginning to think we'd all feel rather at home in your new chateau, Sweet - you've kept us in the loop with the searching and finding (including about various drains etc!), with the new washing machine and now the vacuum cleaner![/quote]Now I'm embarrassed! Do you all really want to hear all these banal blow-by-blow accounts of the everyday life of chateau folk?As an excuse, I do really want to hear people's opinions as I don't like spending money on appliances that don't work. Done that with hoovers, amongst other things, and it frustrates the hell out of me.Not only that, I ain't got the money to be making expensive mistakes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russethouse Posted February 15, 2011 Share Posted February 15, 2011 Just looked at the Which report - this gives the Bosch BSG8PRO 1GBas the best buy, then lots of Meile models and then somethink called a Nilfisk - they are all cylinders.Theres a Hoover a little further down the list, which says it copes really well with pet hair : Hoover Silent Energy TSE0100 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pachapapa Posted February 15, 2011 Share Posted February 15, 2011 No comment! Too boring!http://www.promo-conso.net/recherche.php?keyword=aspirateur Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gardengirl Posted February 15, 2011 Share Posted February 15, 2011 JohnRoss, my OH suggested a system like that many years ago, but we couldn't find one then - I think it would be great! One of our son's friends installed that system when they did great works at their bungalow, which is now a chateau. Apparently the only problem was when their son was small, and he used to put little toys down the holes in the skirting boards where the dust was meant to go.Sweet, you must keep asking for help in your quests for things for your chateau - it's the nearest we all get to our own version of 'the everyday life of chateaufolk'! [:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Théière Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 I come across all different models of vacuum cleaner, usually abandoned unloved by their owners (sounds like the animal thread) [:)] The latest casualty is a Vax power2, as Quillan says "make it idiot proof and nature provides a better idiot!"Anyway it blew it's fuse 2.2kw + clogged filter hardly surprising. Filter cleaned, fuse replaced and it's one of the most hopeless vacuum's I have ever used, definitely never waste your money on one of these. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted April 1, 2011 Author Share Posted April 1, 2011 In the end, I settled for this little beauty:http://www.vax.co.uk/shop/product/upright-vacuum-cleaners/mach-bagless-upright/Mach-Air-U91-MA-BI really do like it a lot and I am hoovering more than I ever used to do simply because it's such a pleasure and practically effortless to use.If you find a friendly person (or two, in my case!) to bring it over to France for you, you won't get the 6-year guarantee because that only applies to the UK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frecossais Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 I wouldn't recommend Vax, SW17. I have one in France and one in England, and I find them heavy and cumbersome, esp the one in England. I'm thinking of getting a cylinder next time, saves pulling out chairs etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frecossais Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 Well too late with that one, and wrong too. Will look into your model. Can't say I'll ever find vacuumimg a pleasure though. Glad you got sorted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted April 1, 2011 Author Share Posted April 1, 2011 Heavy and cumbersome sounds like Dyson, Frecossais.No, this one is really very nice...I don't like heavy hoovers and I don't like ones that don't go into corners or are flat enough to go under some furniture.The design is very good and the handle is height adjustable which is brilliant for me as I am not tall.I would have loved an Oreck but, in the end, I couldn't be bothered with having to order bags and replacement bits to be sent out.Lightweight but does the job....that was more or less what I wanted and what I have got.Thanks for the nice message! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybanana Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 NILFISK NILFISK NILFISK; suck like a dehydrated elephant in a pond, copy bags can be got cheap from a UK company. Had one that lasted 30 years. Swedish quality Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted April 1, 2011 Author Share Posted April 1, 2011 Wools, have you also drunk like a "dehydrated elephant" this evening? Are you all right?[;-)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybanana Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 Not a drop my lovely, except the cup of tea I am now imbibing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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