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?
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 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 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 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.
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.
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.
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.
Look up the shark navigator lift away with self-cleaning brush rolls. It might be a good fit for you.
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.
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.
