Wish our hoovers would last this long!

It must be nice to have a hoover that lasts as long as this one has done. It is good going to last so long. I remember the old metal build ones, we had one when I was a kid, though it is a nuisance to have to keep emptying the bags and buying new belts for them.

We have had no such luck with our vacuum cleaners. We bought an upright, bagged push along a few years ago. It worked brilliantly until one day it started glowing orange after it was switched on. It was still under guarantee at the time, so it went back to the shop and we were given a replacement.

The replacement worked fine until both wheels dropped off, rendering it impossible to push along. This was still under guarantee, so it too went back to the shop. This time we got our money back and decided to try a different brand of vacuum cleaner from another shop.

Our replacement was our first bagless one, and it was brilliant not having to keep changing bags, it saved a bit of money. It was too good to be true of course, and after a few months (while still under guarantee) it stopped working altogether and was taken back to the shop.

Since that happened in 2008 we have had two more cleaners. Why don't they make things to last more than just a few months?

More on domestic appliances, with reference to vacuum cleaners!

A post in April told of how we never have any luck with vacuum cleaners. Now that story is about to be updated.

The vacuum cleaner referred to in that post was discarded in late June, and replaced by a Black and Decker cylinder type. This one was bagless, which was an advantage in that you never had to scour the shops looking for bags which were the right shape and size, and also it was light to pull along and it had a powerful suck.

Yesterday, 1st January 2009, this once-reliable cleaner gave up the ghost, it just stopped working when I was almost at the end of the daily vacuum in the flat.

Thinking it might have been caused by overheating due to a full dust bowl and filter, I cleaned it out. Still no luck. The I replaced the fuse in the plug and tried again. Still nothing.

So today this cleaner is going back to the shop to be replaced by another one which, hopefully, will last longer than a few months!