Best vacuum for hard timber floors

[khangu@gmail.com]

Graham Saad wrote:

> Can anyone recommend a decent mid-range vacuum cleaner? Only provisos are
> that it should be bagless (I'm a convert) and have decent performance on &
> not scuff, hard timber floors. All suggestions appreciated.

Here's a useful answer for you Graham.

I use the Sanyo bagless model. It retails for about $240. I had the
first model when it first came out 3 years ago. It worked till today. I
only bought the recent Sanyo model because the old one was looking a
bit beat. I used it to vaccumm the attic and pull out almost 1/2 cubic
metres of dust.

I actually live in a Queenslander with hardwood polished floor, and it
works fine. The thing with polished floor - you don't need that much
suction. I think the Sanyo is about 1200W? It's more than enough.

I did look at Dyson, and unlike you, I did not buy it. For timber
floors, you just cannot justify the extra $300-400. The Hepa filter is
only useful for carpet floors where dust & asthma & allergies might be
an issue.

[khangu@gmail.com]

Graham Saad wrote:

> Can anyone recommend a decent mid-range vacuum cleaner? Only provisos are
> that it should be bagless (I'm a convert) and have decent performance on &
> not scuff, hard timber floors. All suggestions appreciated.

Here's a useful answer for you Graham.

I use the Sanyo bagless model. It retails for about $240. I had the
first model when it first came out 3 years ago. It worked till today. I
only bought the recent Sanyo model because the old one was looking a
bit beat. I used it to vaccumm the attic and pull out almost 1/2 cubic
metres of dust.

I actually live in a Queenslander with hardwood polished floor, and it
works fine. The thing with polished floor - you don't need that much
suction. I think the Sanyo is about 1200W? It's more than enough.

I did look at Dyson, and unlike you, I did not buy it. For timber
floors, you just cannot justify the extra $300-400. The Hepa filter is
only useful for carpet floors where dust & asthma & allergies might be
an issue.

[khangu@gmail.com]

Graham Saad wrote:

> Can anyone recommend a decent mid-range vacuum cleaner? Only provisos are
> that it should be bagless (I'm a convert) and have decent performance on &
> not scuff, hard timber floors. All suggestions appreciated.

Here's a useful answer for you Graham.

I use the Sanyo bagless model. It retails for about $240. I had the
first model when it first came out 3 years ago. It worked till today. I
only bought the recent Sanyo model because the old one was looking a
bit beat. I used it to vaccumm the attic and pull out almost 1/2 cubic
metres of dust.

I actually live in a Queenslander with hardwood polished floor, and it
works fine. The thing with polished floor - you don't need that much
suction. I think the Sanyo is about 1200W? It's more than enough.

I did look at Dyson, and unlike you, I did not buy it. For timber
floors, you just cannot justify the extra $300-400. The Hepa filter is
only useful for carpet floors where dust & asthma & allergies might be
an issue.

[khangu@gmail.com]

Graham Saad wrote:

> Can anyone recommend a decent mid-range vacuum cleaner? Only provisos are
> that it should be bagless (I'm a convert) and have decent performance on &
> not scuff, hard timber floors. All suggestions appreciated.

Here's a useful answer for you Graham.

I use the Sanyo bagless model. It retails for about $240. I had the
first model when it first came out 3 years ago. It worked till today. I
only bought the recent Sanyo model because the old one was looking a
bit beat. I used it to vaccumm the attic and pull out almost 1/2 cubic
metres of dust.

I actually live in a Queenslander with hardwood polished floor, and it
works fine. The thing with polished floor - you don't need that much
suction. I think the Sanyo is about 1200W? It's more than enough.

I did look at Dyson, and unlike you, I did not buy it. For timber
floors, you just cannot justify the extra $300-400. The Hepa filter is
only useful for carpet floors where dust & asthma & allergies might be
an issue.

[khangu@gmail.com]

Graham Saad wrote:

> Can anyone recommend a decent mid-range vacuum cleaner? Only provisos are
> that it should be bagless (I'm a convert) and have decent performance on &
> not scuff, hard timber floors. All suggestions appreciated.

Here's a useful answer for you Graham.

I use the Sanyo bagless model. It retails for about $240. I had the
first model when it first came out 3 years ago. It worked till today. I
only bought the recent Sanyo model because the old one was looking a
bit beat. I used it to vaccumm the attic and pull out almost 1/2 cubic
metres of dust.

I actually live in a Queenslander with hardwood polished floor, and it
works fine. The thing with polished floor - you don't need that much
suction. I think the Sanyo is about 1200W? It's more than enough.

I did look at Dyson, and unlike you, I did not buy it. For timber
floors, you just cannot justify the extra $300-400. The Hepa filter is
only useful for carpet floors where dust & asthma & allergies might be
an issue.

[Stephen X. Carter]

On , "Percival P. Cassidy" <Nobody@NotMyISP.net> wrote:

>On 08/31/05 11:47 am EXT tossed the following ingredients into the
>ever-growing pot of cybersoup:
>
><snip>
>
>>>Don't let advertising and price fool you, as a $59.00 Eureka will do
>>>exactly what a $500.00 Dyson does. Good Luck in your search.
>
>> DYSON -- isn't that the one that uses 100,000 the force of gravity! That
>> means that the centrifugal force will make one gram of dirt weigh the
>> equivalent of 100,000 times heavier or 100 kilograms or 220 pounds -- an
>> excellent example of gross exaggeration in advertising. If I cannot believe
>> this statement what makes them think that I will believe an other statements
>> they make.
>
>I'm not seeing any such claim on their Web site.
>
>Dyson's technology was good enough that, after dissing it, Hoover copied
>it and lost a patent infringement suit. I was in UK the day the
>newspapers reported the court's decision.
>
>We love our DC07.

We love ours.

As for the original poster worried about scratching floors..... you can
turn off the brushes. That's what I do on our wooden floors.

--
steve.hat.stephencarter.not.com.but.net
Nothing is Beatle Proof!!

[Stephen X. Carter]

On , "Percival P. Cassidy" <Nobody@NotMyISP.net> wrote:

>On 08/31/05 11:47 am EXT tossed the following ingredients into the
>ever-growing pot of cybersoup:
>
><snip>
>
>>>Don't let advertising and price fool you, as a $59.00 Eureka will do
>>>exactly what a $500.00 Dyson does. Good Luck in your search.
>
>> DYSON -- isn't that the one that uses 100,000 the force of gravity! That
>> means that the centrifugal force will make one gram of dirt weigh the
>> equivalent of 100,000 times heavier or 100 kilograms or 220 pounds -- an
>> excellent example of gross exaggeration in advertising. If I cannot believe
>> this statement what makes them think that I will believe an other statements
>> they make.
>
>I'm not seeing any such claim on their Web site.
>
>Dyson's technology was good enough that, after dissing it, Hoover copied
>it and lost a patent infringement suit. I was in UK the day the
>newspapers reported the court's decision.
>
>We love our DC07.

We love ours.

As for the original poster worried about scratching floors..... you can
turn off the brushes. That's what I do on our wooden floors.

--
steve.hat.stephencarter.not.com.but.net
Nothing is Beatle Proof!!

[Stephen X. Carter]

On , "Percival P. Cassidy" <Nobody@NotMyISP.net> wrote:

>On 08/31/05 11:47 am EXT tossed the following ingredients into the
>ever-growing pot of cybersoup:
>
><snip>
>
>>>Don't let advertising and price fool you, as a $59.00 Eureka will do
>>>exactly what a $500.00 Dyson does. Good Luck in your search.
>
>> DYSON -- isn't that the one that uses 100,000 the force of gravity! That
>> means that the centrifugal force will make one gram of dirt weigh the
>> equivalent of 100,000 times heavier or 100 kilograms or 220 pounds -- an
>> excellent example of gross exaggeration in advertising. If I cannot believe
>> this statement what makes them think that I will believe an other statements
>> they make.
>
>I'm not seeing any such claim on their Web site.
>
>Dyson's technology was good enough that, after dissing it, Hoover copied
>it and lost a patent infringement suit. I was in UK the day the
>newspapers reported the court's decision.
>
>We love our DC07.

We love ours.

As for the original poster worried about scratching floors..... you can
turn off the brushes. That's what I do on our wooden floors.

--
steve.hat.stephencarter.not.com.but.net
Nothing is Beatle Proof!!