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Okay so I need a recommendation for a vacuum cleaner for my tiled kitchen and dining room that will easily angle around the DR table and chairs and go up underneath the kitchen cabinets and around my chopping block rolling cart. SandwichShortOfAPicnic suggested a Miele and we do have those in the US, but they have such a variety of styles I am not sure which one to get. I also don't want to spend more than a couple hundred bucks.
 
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Okay so I need a recommendation for a vacuum cleaner for my tiled kitchen and dining room that will easily angle around the DR table and chairs and go up underneath the kitchen cabinets and around my chopping block rolling cart. SandwichShortOfAPicnic suggested a Miele and we do have those in the US, but they have such a variety of styles I am not sure which one to get. I also don't want to spend more than a couple hundred bucks.
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Do you have cordless vacs over there? They are so handy for a fast clean and very lightweight. Proper ones I mean not little handheld jobs. They have flexi heads to go under furniture.
 
SandwichShortOfAPicnic said:
Difficult one I think because the cordless stick ones that get into the sort of spaces you’ve mentioned elsewhere are often disappointing on the suction front.
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I've got a Dyson. Seems OK but maybe I'm not fussy about dusty. Well, I'm not really, but the cordless wins for me every time due to ease of use.
 
Morning Glory said:
Do you have cordless vacs over there? They are so handy for a fast clean and very lightweight. Proper ones I mean not little handheld jobs. They have flexi heads to go under furniture.
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Oh yes, we do have those, but the last one I had didn't have good suction. It was a tall one and not a handheld. I have a few long halls and a big kitchen and dining room that are all tile. I have an extension cord so that I don't have to constantly unplug, so I really don't mind a corded one. I just want one that really sucks hard (in a good way).

BTW, my last Shark only lasted 3 years before it died. It had one of those dump filters and I hated that, because my DH would clean it out and dust and dirt would go everywhere.
 
Morning Glory said:
I've got a Dyson. Seems OK but maybe I'm not fussy about dusty. Well, I'm not really, but the cordless wins for me every time due to ease of use.
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I tend to get flour everywhere when I bake, and my DH tracks stuff all over the place on his shoes from going in and out of the house. And that drives me batty. We are surrounded by trees so there is a lot of debris from that. When the kids were young, we had a shoes off at the door policy and I still adhere to that, but he doesn't always. I hate picking up stuff on my bare feet!

How much did the Dyson cost and is that the cordless one you mentioned? What's the filter like?
 
SandwichShortOfAPicnic said:
You can get Miele for under £200 but I forget thats not $200!
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If I have to go over $200 it's not a deal breaker as long as I get something that works well and will last. I just saw that some of the Miele were as expensive as $800 and I don't want to spend that. Which one do you have?

Edited to add: going in depth on the Miele I see that the HEPA ones can go up to nearly $1400.
 
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I tend to get flour everywhere when I bake, and my DH tracks stuff all over the place on his shoes from going in and out of the house. And that drives me batty. We are surrounded by trees so there is a lot of debris from that. When the kids were young, we had a shoes off at the door policy and I still adhere to that, but he doesn't always. I hate picking up stuff on my bare feet!

How much did the Dyson cost and is that the cordless one you mentioned? What's the filter like?
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Dyson was about £180 I think so under 200 dollars. But prices vary. It has turbo mode. I can't say anything about filters. I think I never changed it or even looked at it. I'm not really the best person to ask about cleaning.
 
Morning Glory said:
Dyson was about £180 I think so under 200 dollars. But prices vary. It has turbo mode. I can't say anything about filters. I think I never changed if or even looked.
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That was the cordless one? I definitely don't want one that I have to dump out. I want one that is HEPA.
Morning Glory said:
I'm not really the best person to ask about cleaning.
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Everyone's input is useful.
 
Morning Glory said:
Cordless yes. don't know what you mean by HEPA.
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High Efficiency Particulate Air (filters). It removes 99.97% of particulates from the air. The ones that have a paper filter that contains all the dirt and dust within it and does a superb job of removing those fine particulates from the air.
 
My cordless Dyson I bought specifically for the kitchen I find disappointing on suction and battery life, it now sits in a pre-bin worthy state waiting for me to have had enough of looking at it 😂 My friend had the same experience with her cordless Dyson too.

Miele’s are designed to last approximately 20 years. My original one is in the yard and used for cleaning the office, it’s still going strong and it’s well over 20 years old. It only got relegated to being the yard hoover because we had a rabbit who loved to come in and chew the wheels which made pulling it about difficult 😆
Its replacement is over 10 years old and I still think of it as new 😂 probably because its suctions really good.
It was so long ago I cant remember what one it is, probably all changed by now, it is an allergy one with HEPA filters though.
Overall because Miele’s last so long they are cheap per use but the filters and bags are expensive so theres that to bear in mind.

If you get the standard bagged style they do some great accessories to go with it, a car cleaning kit that has little attachments for getting in crevices, a radiator brush end, flexible crevice tool. Although tbh the accessories its supplied with that are stored in the lid have always worked well enough for me.

Power and cord length would be on my list of things to prioritise.
 
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