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Originally Posted by Baron von Kriterium
I am on my second Dyson. Never again. When it craps out, I will replace with Miele.
It performs ok, but I find I have to clean it a lot. I'd rather deal with a bag.
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The Miele cannister vacuum is pretty good. It's a good brand to acquire. I use this regularly at my parents/brother's place. At $400 ish for the C3 canister at Costco, it's a good deal. No cool attachments etc like the Dyson, but you generally don't need those attachments. Though... the C3 does not have a carpet agitator like the Dyson.
I own the Dyson ball animal. Works great and far superior to most brands like Hoover, Dirt Devil, Bissell etc. (Well, almost anything below $350) It looks pretty modern and cool, but it's definitely not the best vacuum out there. There's also been a certain amount of competition from Miele and Shark in terms of performance lately. I really don't think it's unfair to say that Dyson vacuums' abilities are a good baseline level of cleaning to strive for for any household though.
Personally, if I could do it all over, rather than spend $550 on the latest stand up Dyson ball, I'd probably buy a Miele C3 for carpet and floor and a Dyson DC34 (or equivalent with agitator) cordless hand held for stairs for about the same price. I don't really regret getting a Dyson, but would love the extra flexibility in having something light for the stairs. I believe it would cost me $400 + $200 + GST to acquire both.
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Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague
I used my Dyson animal canister on the weekend. It's pretty good. Easy to keep clean. Picked up enough cat hair to make a second cat, the pet grooming tool actually works pretty well on combing fur out of stairs (it does not work on my cat because my cat will allow no such thing). But it's a better hard floor vacuum than it is on the carpets. Just doesn't agitate the fibers enough to get a deep clean.
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Legitimately curious to know what brand you suggest and also whether you think it's even a good idea to get a vacuum with more agitation. My experience with higher agitation vacuum heads = damage to carpet.