Miele or Dyson

[directhex]

Miele are considered by critics to be the best at everything they do, by far. Yes, even if it means a hoover which uses bags.

[pauldarkside]

My ageing Dyson sucks, it just won't stop working. Can't vouch for Miele as I've never used one. As for the Henry, my Mum swears by them, honestly, you should hear her.

[peterb]

I was sceptical about Dyson - until I bught one. Yes, they look plasticky (they are) but the bottom line is cleaning performance. I cleaned a carpet with y old cleaner - with a new bag - and then used the Dyson - which picked up loads that the original cleaner missed.

The problem with bag cleaners is that they suck through the pores in the bag - the bag acts as a filter and that quickly loses efficiency - long before the bag is full.

The dust separattion in a Dyson is before the filter, which does slowly clog, but only needs a wash or so every 12 months.

I have two - an upright and a cylincer. The upright is marginally better in the it has the rotating brushes, but both are good.

Neithewr would stand up to commercial use - unlike a Henry, or its bigger brother George, but in a domestic environment, IMO, a Dyson probably does a better job.

[jjgreenwood]

dyson is the way to go, it will break but it will perform its function better than anything else. For carpet get an upright cos any cylindar cleaner will be rubbish.

And a henry is only really any good if you want to use it every day, it'll never go wrong but then it won't actually pick much up either.

[Funkstar]

dyson is the way to go, it will break but it will perform its function better than anything else. For carpet get an upright cos any cylindar cleaner will be rubbish.

Is that because of the brushes? My cylinder Dyson has brushes that are powered by the air being drawn through them. Seems to work well.

My criticism of the Dyson is the relatively small volume of dust it can take before needing emptied. It's a lot smaller that I would have though considering the size of the vacuum.

It does deal with spilt wood shavings from a rabbit hutch pretty well though.

[jjgreenwood]

lol didn't really want to get that deeply involved but technically yes. The upright cleaner was designed for carpets by hoover (it cleans as it sweeps etc for those old enuf)

I sold all these about ten years ago and we used to follow our cleaner with his henry around the shop as a demo and fill the dyson up a few times. The henry really was bad, fine for commercial environment but for your home - not so much.

Miele stuff we used to sell, its major flaw was the cleaner you needed for your carpets needed rotating brushes to work effectively. That left you with the motorhead model which was £300. It was really heavy and the bag was really small and expensive. Because it was a bag cleaner its suction power also declined really quickly so eventually for people with carpets we stuck to hoover vortex and dyson, until dyson succeeded in killing off vortex through the courts.

Miele is great for hard floors as long as u get a high wattage model. But most manufacturers produce dyson clones now as the patent ran out after 7 years. Dyson is still the best and comes with 5yrs warranty but you can get a good cleaner for less now.

[chuckskull]

Never had a Miele, but had a henry and a Dyson, Dyson is still going strong, had it a few years now and it was second hand when I got it. Prefer it over the henry, for reasons already mentioned and I hate bags, pain in the neck.

The Dyson is easy, and I like my chores easy. Can't really comment on absolute cleaning power, so long as it picks up the dog hair and I'm not choking on dust it does me tbh, does both commendably.

[Bugbait]

I like my Dyson, bag-less is the way to go. Quite a few work colleagues hate them though for no particular reason. Could be due to quality concerns in the earlier models. The cylinder doesn’t hold much but it’s very easy to empty and clean (rinse out in water).

[pp05]

I've got it down to Dyson DC25 Ball Vacuum and Miele S5281 HEPA solution.

DC24 was nice because it's compact and light weight - but got to empty more regularly.

Miele Hepa filter works the best plus they have a 'turbo' brush on some models specifically for carpet. Anyone know any good sites giving vouchers, if I can pick them up for 200 or less would be ideal.

[dangel]

Dysons..

Are good - but the following are common:

- drive belt goes (cheap ebay job, bastard to get on lol)
- hose is prone to splitting (buy duct tape)
- loss of suction

The latter one is contrary to co. claims but yes, they do. Reason? Well those cyclone cylinders get all clogged up (and it's a PITA to take it apart and clean them properly). There are guides on how to do this though. I really need to service my DC07!

[Nox]

i've properly broken two Dyson's now. They are too plasticy and I don't tend to treat hoovers too kindly! We had a vax for years after that - sucked up everything, and nothing in it to break which was good. Then one day wife came home with a cat/dog fluff Miele which is great at sucking that stuff up. The vax now sits inthe garage, and gets minimal use. It really only comes out for the messy/rubbly/wet/etc DIY jobs or that time of the year I decide to hoover the garage/shed/garden...

Nox

[circuitmonkey]

No competition, buy a Dyson for some many reasons!
My family started with the original dyson and now are on out 4th, all of them are still working (us kids steal them when we move out)

[Attila the Bun]

Anyone an owner of either Miele / Dyson on hexus. Would you recommend it..

We have had a Miele for over 5 years and it's very good, still doesn't look like breaking down and the various attachments make cleaning not just the carpet easy. You can feel the quality of the build.

However, it does lose suction as the bag fills (but not as much as you would think) and the replacement bags work out quite expensive especially if you do a lot of vacuuming.

If price is an issue then I would go for the dyson, if you can afford it and want something that will last go for the miele.

[TheAnimus]

Dysons require maintenance.

Now it doesn't really cost much to do it, but they do need it. The filters should be washed every month, and given at least 48 hours to dry I find. My parents in cornwall use two sets because they have such dampness, they found they took too long to dry out before they needed to vacuum again.

They also went through a patch with shoddy build quality. But 5 year warranty, just keep the damn receipt somewhere safe and your fine.

I've never had an issue with heads, belts, or houses but I know plenty of people have.

I recently changed to a dc24 for space reasons, and the fact the old one never really got over my accidentally spilling plaster all over it..... I have to say it is excellent, its very light, compact and no slower to use than a full size thing. Its just the house is a little short for someone my hight, but that is solved with an extension thing I already had.

[Agent]

We have a Dyson and it's fantastic.

We had to have the main head replaced through Dyson and they sent us a new one via courier next day. Really good customer service.

Emptying the thing is soooo easy. No messing with bags - just place it over the bin and press a button and it's empty. TheAnimus is right in that you need to give them a proper clean every now and again, but it's very easy to do. Not found that I need to do them each month, but every 2 months or so.
The other thing that I like is that nearly every part of the vacuum can be accessed. We used to have a Vax and cleaning the head was a nightmare. Almost every part of the Dyson has clips that can be opened by hand, making any maintenance very simple.

[ghmorgan]

Got a Miele "cat and dog" recently and it does a great job, especially at picking up animal hair if you have a problem with that.