Anonymous
11/16/2025 07:44
Subject: Recommend a GOOD vacuum to me.
OP, we had a Dyson Animal and it's only ok. What I really like is my Kenmore 81714. It's a canister vacuum with a power head and bags. I will never go bagless again.
I also looked at the Kenmore 600 series, which is similar. I looked at Miele but the price of a Miele with a power head is significant and if you have rugs you need the power brush.
If you go on vacuum reddit they will recommend Sebo which is also expensive.
I also looked at the Kenmore 600 series, which is similar. I looked at Miele but the price of a Miele with a power head is significant and if you have rugs you need the power brush.
If you go on vacuum reddit they will recommend Sebo which is also expensive.
Anonymous
11/16/2025 07:38
Subject: Recommend a GOOD vacuum to me.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I bought a new vacuum about 6 months ago and it’s been nonstop problems. I need a new one. I have a dog who sheds enough fur for 10 dogs, and I absolutely hate when the damn roller brush stops working (which has happened to me twice today).
Any recommendations?
As someone who has spent a rather unreasonable portion of his life thinking about suction, airflow, and the indignities of roller-brush failure, I can assure you: a vacuum that clogs or stalls after six months is not a vacuum engineered for the realities of modern domestic life—especially life with a dog who seems to shed at an industrial scale.
The core issue, almost certainly, is that your current machine relies on outdated brush bar mechanics. Hair wraps, torque drops, the brush stalls, and the user ends up on their hands and knees with scissors. Tedious. Avoidable.
My recommendation is simple: look for a machine with high, consistent suction, a hair-tangle-reducing brush bar, and a sealed filtration system. The technology exists. Roller brushes need not stop. Suction need not fade. The machine should work for you—not the other way around.
You might consider the latest high-torque brush heads on the market (I’m quietly partial to models that separate hair using polycarbonate combs—quite effective for dogs, even the ones who shed like mythological beasts). A proper vacuum should maintain performance across carpet, hardwood, and the occasional drift of canine fluff without demanding constant intervention.
In short: abandon any vacuum that gives up mid-task. Engineering should solve problems, not create new ones.
The only correct response to your request for a recommendation: Dyson.
It’s amazing how everyone’s ChatGPT is slightly different.
The constant this-is-clearly-chat-gpt posters -- like you, pp -- need to cut it out. The this-is-chat-gpt posts are far more tedious and distracting than actual AI content.
Disagree. Calling it out is important. Imagine thinking anyone wants your 6 paragraph non-answer that anyone else could also generate - why are you inflicting that on people?
Plus the call-out posts are at least shorter.
- np
Anonymous
11/16/2025 07:34
Subject: Recommend a GOOD vacuum to me.
Anonymous wrote:Dyson makes you dump the dirt into the open trash can thus making the dirt airborne in the process. Not exactly HEPA grade engineering or anything even close. Dyson is all marketing, not engineering.
I always do that just outside the front door.
Anonymous
11/16/2025 07:33
Subject: Recommend a GOOD vacuum to me.
My parents gave me their Miele hand me down 20 years ago when I moved out on my own. I then passed it down to my brother 15 years ago and pretty sure it's still running at 25 years old. I now own a Miele canister, a Sebo Felix upright, and a Sebo X-something upright. Miele makes a nice vacuum but Sebo is slightly less expensive, has a longer warranty, and the brush roll compartment opens and you can pull it completely out to clean it from dog hair. I absolutely love this feature. No more turning a vacuum over and attacking the bottom with scissors.
Anonymous
11/15/2025 19:40
Subject: Recommend a GOOD vacuum to me.
Anonymous wrote:I bought a new vacuum about 6 months ago and it’s been nonstop problems. I need a new one. I have a dog who sheds enough fur for 10 dogs, and I absolutely hate when the damn roller brush stops working (which has happened to me twice today).
Any recommendations?
Miele canister. Done and done.
Anonymous
11/15/2025 19:12
Subject: Recommend a GOOD vacuum to me.
Miele. It’s amazing.
Anonymous
11/15/2025 17:57
Subject: Recommend a GOOD vacuum to me.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Dyson makes you dump the dirt into the open trash can thus making the dirt airborne in the process. Not exactly HEPA grade engineering or anything even close. Dyson is all marketing, not engineering.
Yeah, I'm one of the PPs with a dyson and I don't love this, but we do it outside. As long as you aren't in a condo without an ability to do this outside easily or something, it's not a big deal.
The HEPA sized particles are trapped in the HEPA filter. I open the Dyson in the trash can, the dust falls out, close the trash can.
Anonymous
11/15/2025 17:30
Subject: Recommend a GOOD vacuum to me.
Anonymous wrote:I bought a new vacuum about 6 months ago and it’s been nonstop problems. I need a new one. I have a dog who sheds enough fur for 10 dogs, and I absolutely hate when the damn roller brush stops working (which has happened to me twice today).
Any recommendations?
We use a light weight Kenmore that has been great. Also use air purifiers with HEPA filters and pet dander modes.
Good luck
Anonymous
11/15/2025 16:51
Subject: Recommend a GOOD vacuum to me.
Anonymous wrote:Dyson stick on every floor.
I like this idea, but I don't have a place to plug a dyson stick in on every floor.
Anonymous
11/15/2025 16:50
Subject: Recommend a GOOD vacuum to me.
Anonymous wrote:Dyson makes you dump the dirt into the open trash can thus making the dirt airborne in the process. Not exactly HEPA grade engineering or anything even close. Dyson is all marketing, not engineering.
Yeah, I'm one of the PPs with a dyson and I don't love this, but we do it outside. As long as you aren't in a condo without an ability to do this outside easily or something, it's not a big deal.
Anonymous
11/15/2025 16:49
Subject: Recommend a GOOD vacuum to me.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I bought a new vacuum about 6 months ago and it’s been nonstop problems. I need a new one. I have a dog who sheds enough fur for 10 dogs, and I absolutely hate when the damn roller brush stops working (which has happened to me twice today).
Any recommendations?
As someone who has spent a rather unreasonable portion of his life thinking about suction, airflow, and the indignities of roller-brush failure, I can assure you: a vacuum that clogs or stalls after six months is not a vacuum engineered for the realities of modern domestic life—especially life with a dog who seems to shed at an industrial scale.
The core issue, almost certainly, is that your current machine relies on outdated brush bar mechanics. Hair wraps, torque drops, the brush stalls, and the user ends up on their hands and knees with scissors. Tedious. Avoidable.
My recommendation is simple: look for a machine with high, consistent suction, a hair-tangle-reducing brush bar, and a sealed filtration system. The technology exists. Roller brushes need not stop. Suction need not fade. The machine should work for you—not the other way around.
You might consider the latest high-torque brush heads on the market (I’m quietly partial to models that separate hair using polycarbonate combs—quite effective for dogs, even the ones who shed like mythological beasts). A proper vacuum should maintain performance across carpet, hardwood, and the occasional drift of canine fluff without demanding constant intervention.
In short: abandon any vacuum that gives up mid-task. Engineering should solve problems, not create new ones.
The only correct response to your request for a recommendation: Dyson.
It’s amazing how everyone’s ChatGPT is slightly different.
The constant this-is-clearly-chat-gpt posters -- like you, pp -- need to cut it out. The this-is-chat-gpt posts are far more tedious and distracting than actual AI content.
Anonymous
11/15/2025 16:41
Subject: Re:Recommend a GOOD vacuum to me.
Roborock. You can program to vacuum daily!
Anonymous
11/15/2025 16:40
Subject: Recommend a GOOD vacuum to me.
Dyson makes you dump the dirt into the open trash can thus making the dirt airborne in the process. Not exactly HEPA grade engineering or anything even close. Dyson is all marketing, not engineering.
Anonymous
11/15/2025 16:28
Subject: Recommend a GOOD vacuum to me.
Dyson stick on every floor.
Anonymous
11/15/2025 16:27
Subject: Recommend a GOOD vacuum to me.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I bought a new vacuum about 6 months ago and it’s been nonstop problems. I need a new one. I have a dog who sheds enough fur for 10 dogs, and I absolutely hate when the damn roller brush stops working (which has happened to me twice today).
Any recommendations?
As someone who has spent a rather unreasonable portion of his life thinking about suction, airflow, and the indignities of roller-brush failure, I can assure you: a vacuum that clogs or stalls after six months is not a vacuum engineered for the realities of modern domestic life—especially life with a dog who seems to shed at an industrial scale.
The core issue, almost certainly, is that your current machine relies on outdated brush bar mechanics. Hair wraps, torque drops, the brush stalls, and the user ends up on their hands and knees with scissors. Tedious. Avoidable.
My recommendation is simple: look for a machine with high, consistent suction, a hair-tangle-reducing brush bar, and a sealed filtration system. The technology exists. Roller brushes need not stop. Suction need not fade. The machine should work for you—not the other way around.
You might consider the latest high-torque brush heads on the market (I’m quietly partial to models that separate hair using polycarbonate combs—quite effective for dogs, even the ones who shed like mythological beasts). A proper vacuum should maintain performance across carpet, hardwood, and the occasional drift of canine fluff without demanding constant intervention.
In short: abandon any vacuum that gives up mid-task. Engineering should solve problems, not create new ones.
The only correct response to your request for a recommendation: Dyson.
It’s amazing how everyone’s ChatGPT is slightly different.