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I have long thick hair and I also have a border collie. My parents bought us what seemed to be a pretty good vacuum that claimed it wouldn't clog & guess what it does. We've only had it for a couple of years and my husband has to take it apart all the time. Any advice on a good vacuum that will pick up hair without clogging? I'm willing to spend $$ here if it works well. Help!
It really doesn't matter what vacuum you get if it has a moving brush (or brush-like part) whacking the carpet - it WILL get tangled up with hair. Both my wife and daughter have hair at least down to mid-back so I regularly pull off the rollers of our two vacuums and cut/clean off the tangled hair (especially the bearing area). The sound decrease is dramatic after doing this, BTW, so well worth it. The actual cleaning effort takes about a half hour (tools handy and sharp razor ready!) so no REAL biggee, IMHO, but it would be nice to see what the pros use at hotels et al since it is unlikely they want to clean the same parts on a daily basis...
My husband is constantly pulling it apart & taking out the hair but today we realized we just aren't getting good suction anymore. We got a dyson with an attachment specifically for hair. Works amazing. I didn't realize how little the other vacuum was picking up
During dog fur shedding season, I first vacuum quickly with a small shop-vac to get the hair. Then I do the real vacuuming with a household vac, either a canister or upright.
During dog fur shedding season, I first vacuum quickly with a small shop-vac to get the hair.
I suspect (without looking closely) that the brushless-equivalent of a shop vac is what the pros at hotels/conference centers use - big sucking monster with NO moving parts.
In theatres (which have lots of carpet) we typically used cheap $100 beater vacuums and expected to get a year or two out of them. A linoleum cutting blade in a utility knife has a hooked end that made short work of cutting hairs around the beater bar.
Does anyone have any opinions on stick vacs vs upright vacs? I'm looking for something that's fairly inexpensive and works well. Preferably lightweight as I have two staircases to maneuver. I also have some hardwood floors and would like to run the vac over them also. I don't vacuum often. Maybe once a month.
We have the animal Dyson vacuum (its the purple one). It works incredible!! I've had it for about 7 years and its never lost suction once!! Best money I've ever spent. It's amazing to look at a carpet you think is clean and then vacuum with it. The cannister fills with all kinds of hair!! It also comes with attachments of all kinds.
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