[QUOTE=ann m]Sebo? Hurrah - I can finally arrive knowing that all will be well in my world !! You've cheered me up no end - see, told you it was sad !! [/QUOTE

Not sad, quite understandable. I was sorry to see my Sebo go, especially as we couldnt even give it away. everyone wants either a Dyson (to my mind a case of the emperors new clothes) or brand new

THe house we ended up with has wooden floors and rugs so we bought a really cheap stick vacuum- a shark- and it does the job well. It may not cope once we get some decent floor coverings though.

I'd buy any brand apart from Dyson. Everyone tells me they're prone to break-down.

My real reason for not buying Dyson is how be treated the workers at Malmesbury in Wiltshire. Built up the factory, then sacked everyone in Malmesbury to shift production to Malaysia.

It's a story repeated time and time again. However, coming from Wiltshire, I feel justified in disliking James Dyson intensely. Plus, the ads in Canada, make him look a pompous oaf.

I loved my Dyson back in the UK.

When we arrived in Canada we bought a very cheap and nasty Bissell thing, I finally snapped the day it spat more out than it sucked!!!!

I am now the owner of a Miele. It's fantastic, but so it should be at the price.

Linda

When I viewed a house in NB, the agent said it had "central vac". She said you switch something on and then just walk around with the pole and hose and plug it into holes in the walls of the different rooms and the stuff is stucked off somewhere (basement?). I thought she was winding me up, but the details did say "central vac system"

They arent uncommon. Some people swear by them, some swear at them.


Any leaks and your system might not suck too well (or will suck ), and they can clog which can be a pain if you cant get at the bit of pipe in question. Plus you get a long ungainly hose to work with.

On the plus side thats al you have to lug around, and all the noise is in the basement, and you dont have to empty the canister out all that often.

I had a Dyson in the Uk and liked it, well as much as you can like a vac! The price of them here put me off though.
But here I've got a Bissell, I think, a purple thing. It does a good enough job and is easy to use.
That said, we don't have any pets...yet!

Question, how many have taken their Dyson over to Canada? I have added it into the list of things to be taken by my shipper, the only thing they have said is to make sure it is very clean ..

(funny how the guys are not posting to this thread )

Since you were actually viewing the house, I'm surprised that the agent did not show you where the cannister was and where a couple of the outlets were.

Anyway, we have a central vac, and are quite happy with it. It's as iaink described. The cannister is in the utility room in the basement, and we only have to empty it a couple of times a year. We have a double storey house, and our basement is developed as well. That meant lugging the hose from one floor to another. It wasn't really that big of a deal, but my husband thought it would be useful to have a second hose, so he bought one. It has proved to be convenient after all. We store one hose in the utility room in the basement and another hose in the broom cupboard on the ground floor.

I like using a Swiffer dry sweeper on the hardwood floors in our dining room and kitchen. And, no, I do not own green trousers and shoes like the ones in the photo.

The chief exception being iaink, who is doing yeoman's work.

My "ex" had a central vac installed, lord knows why as that's a big job in a old house not built for one and it's only the cleaner who uses it anyway. The hose thing you have to carry around looks enormous, I'd think it a lot more bother than an ordinary vacuum and, for the cost of the thing, you could put a Dyson on each floor.

We have a Panasonic someone donated. The problem with it being that you can't get the bags here so I have to tape the one bag back together each time I use it. Fortunately we only have carpet in the basement so I can do the rest of the floors with a broom, bucket and rag. We have a Swiffer but I don't find it to be as effective, it's environmentatlly unsound, and anyway actually kneeling and scrubbing satisfies in a way waving a piece of polymer around cannot.

I know the theory...the practical side...not so much

Bags are a pain in the arse. My cylinder thingy, bought from Sears not that long ago is so crappy they don't even stock the bags for it. Neither does their website. I end up having to go through long conversations with the tech support department, just to get replacement bags. We've taken to repeatedly emptying the things until they fall apart.

However, I have found that the best way to clean hardwood flooring is to throw a few bits of bacon onto it and then turn the dog loose.

I must say Im surprised. The Sears parts and service department (rather than the store itself) usually carries spares to any Sears product, seemingly dating back to around the reign of Queen Victoria.

That's the main point of paying the little extra to buy Kenmore or Craftsman tools or appliances.
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