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Originally Posted by Saxodriver
I would love something bagless with ooodles of power and can hoover up about anything in it's path.
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I've just had a look around the Which? Online site. Unfortunately I can't link to the report because it's subscription only, but there's a couple from Bosch: the Bosch BSG 82000GB Ergomaxx and the Bosch BSG 71810GB Formula which are priced at £115 and £90 (these are current approximate high street prices as of August 2005, I think, at least that's the last update date given).
There's also the Miele Xtra Power 2300, Miele S571 and Miele S4210 at £69, £70 and £61 respectively.
All of these are listed as "Best Buys", however none of them got a better than "average" rating for pet hair.
The Dyson DC07 Animal, DC07, and DC 14 All Floors are all bagless and got an "excellent" rating for overall cleaning and the first two were "above average" for pet hairs (the third was only "average"), however they cost substantially more at £234, £164 and £190 respectively. The DC07 got an "above average" for ease of use, the other two were only "average".
Dysons also do have a bit of a bad reputation for reliability, although it does seem to have improved somewhat since the early days.
Other bagless ones were the Electrolux Glider Z5747 and the Morphy Richards 73310 Ultralight Cyclone which were both "excellent" at pet hairs, but below average for overall cleaning and were also marked down in other areas. They cost £40 and £70 respectively.
Finally the Sanyo SC-X130 at £74 was also "excellent" for pet hairs, but "poor" at overall cleaning and low marked overall.
So it's a bit of "you pays your money and takes your choice"
