I’m in canada and eyeing up miele c3 but heard it’s not great for carpets.
What vacuum should I buy for less than $500 cad? Are used vacuums a good idea?
Shark Vertex. I landed in the AZ2002 a couple of years ago and it has worked extremely well for our home. Same carpet percentage, and we have a dog. Poodle, which has hair instead of fur, but we still end up with a lot of hair from regular grooming.
I dont usually have a strong sense of brand loyalty, but I absolutely love Shark. We replaced our hoover commercial with a shark pet vaccuum and it has been amazing. We later got the shark pet carpet cleaner because our small bissel just fell apart one day and love that, too.
But, I think Shark is an Americam brand.
Shark is an American brand
I don’t get this. Are we boycotting American products now?
Whatever it is, look up the price for replacement filters or bags. You don’t want to buy the brand that has super expensive replacements
Anything will work, what’s most important is regular vacuuming, preventing dirt from working it’s way down though the carpet.
In another life I did some reno work. You could tell who vacuumed regularly, and who didn’t. This was long before vacuums became high-ticket items, they were all generic bag-based ones designed in the 60’s and 70’s.
Not to say some of the newer ones don’t work a lot better, just that an infrequently used great one works worse than a regularly used average one.
Our Shark brand vacuum has been a world of difference with dog hair in the carpet, compared to our previous vacuum. They have several models in your price range
+1 for Shark. Bought one several years ago without thinking much about it. It still works just as well as when I got it despite handling a pretty heavy workload. My dog sheds profusely and tracks in stuff from the yard constantly and we also use it on the cars.
Avoid Dysons (easy at your price point), they’re too fragile. I’d find a local vacuum repair shop and get a refurbished vacuum. It’ll probably be something you pass down to your kids.
Not shilling for Dyson, but I’ve had two over the past 10 years, and we only sold the first one because we wanted to get some money for it before it maybe stopped working, and we bought a new one on Black Friday. Nothing ever broke, maintenance is easy, the ball really is easy to steer, and they are effective. My only gripe is that with our carpet pile, the suction is too much and I had to modify a little to make it run better. I don’t know if it’s a design flaw, because my carpet isn’t that thick, but I was able to find forum posts with people having the same issue. It could also just be a, we got the wrong model, situation.
My next vacuum, hopefully years down the road, will be a Miele. I just need to start setting cash to the side to it hurts less when I need to do it.
I have two Dyson stick vacs, maybe they’re less robust. Both have broken in different ways. They’re still mostly usable, but are now annoying to use.
My Filter Queen, on the other hand, has been a champ for over two decades and will still be running when I’m dead.
I had a Dyson also for a few years, found a Miele for $20 at a local thrift shop and have never gone back. I did have to buy bags, so it did cost a bit more than the initial outlay of cash, but I am pretty sure it is worth it.
I bought a vacuum from goodwill for $24 usd when I moved to a new city 11 year ago and its still kicking. Crazy to me to spend $500 cad on something like a vacuum.
I got a used Dirt Devil MVP and it’s fine. Don’t overthink it. But, I prefer bagged over bagless vacs because of less dust and dirt exposure when emptying them.
I like the Miele I have, but I don’t know if you can find one for $500 CAD. It’s a great vacuum though.
Look up the shark navigator lift away with self-cleaning brush rolls. It might be a good fit for you.
We have a milie u1 but I don’t think they make the uprights any more. Check out vacuum wars on yt, he’s reviewed a ton of them.
I had a c3 and it was great on hardwood but bad for carpets. Eventually switched to a stick vacuum with beater bar attachment and it works great.
Only vacuums I have any experience with are Sanitaire uprights. They just chug along and the more powerful one will suck loose carpet off the floor. I would say buying one of those used is fine, I own two right now, one I bought in a pawn shop and the other I pulled out of a dumpster.
I love my Simplicity Freedom upright. I happened to get lucky and got an older model in a thrift store for $25. Best purchase I’ve ever made. It’s extreme lightweight, all parts are heavy duty, repairable, and it is uses HEPA bags (which are everywhere and can be found quite cheaply.
It does not have a detachable hose, but it’s quite amazing at what it does do and I never worry about clogging.
Sebo has some canister vacuums under $500, they do lack the power head that’s best for carpets.
You can splurge the extra 100-200 bucks and have a power head compatible vacuum, a great warranty, and easy to repair for 20+ years. Hopefully my E3 lasts the rest of my life.
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