Interior carpets

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Sun 26 Jun 2011 10:47
Interior carpets - dadbif
Cleaning my car this morning, it occurred to me that manufacturers must spend a fortune designing fabrics especially suited to trap particles of dirt and be Hoover resistant.

Why does the boot floor for instance always have a "looped" fabric rather than a short "pile"

P*****s me off!
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Sun 26 Jun 2011 11:14
Interior carpets - Bobbin Threadbare

You need an industrial hoover! Although I will agree that the boot floor material holds whatever the dog rolls in and resists attempts to vacuum it out!

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Sun 26 Jun 2011 13:42
Interior carpets - daveyjp

It's little things like this that differentiate between a cheaper car and an expensive one - money has to be saved somewhere.

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Sun 26 Jun 2011 16:13
Interior carpets - jamie745

I got one of them Karcher Aqua vac things from Tesco the other week. Brilliant! Almost sucked the carpet clean off.

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Sun 26 Jun 2011 21:44
Interior carpets - Dutchie
Little Henry Hoover excellent and made in the UK.
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Sun 26 Jun 2011 22:08
Interior carpets - unthrottled

I draw on cigarettes harder than Henrys! They're great on hard floors but the suction is too poor to have much effect on dog hairs. They soldier on forever though.

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Sun 26 Jun 2011 22:21
Interior carpets - madf

I have a £5 boot cover from Aldi. Works a treat..

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Sun 26 Jun 2011 22:27
Interior carpets - Bobbin Threadbare

Nowt wrong with a Henry! Robot for the house, Henry for the car.

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Sun 26 Jun 2011 23:00
Interior carpets - unthrottled

Lazy git! Does it work well?

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Sun 26 Jun 2011 23:02
Interior carpets - Bobbin Threadbare

Yes. Lazy git is Mr Bobbin. Hoovering is his job, so he got a robot. Surprisingly efficient.

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Sun 26 Jun 2011 23:40
Interior carpets - Dutchie

I also have a cover for the boot.And Henry works fine thank you.

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Sun 26 Jun 2011 23:45
Interior carpets - jamie745

Never liked Henry's, as i said above that Karcher thing i bought, WOW! Sucks so hard it literally pulls the carpet up from the car.

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Mon 27 Jun 2011 00:17
Interior carpets - unthrottled

No one feeling the love for Dysons? They're my least favourate vacuuming appliance-they feel flimsily constructed and seem overhyped to me.

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Mon 27 Jun 2011 00:18
Interior carpets - jamie745

Ive got a Dyson and it is without question magnificent.

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Mon 27 Jun 2011 01:11
Interior carpets - Dutchie

Dyson?We had one got writ of it they are overrated.

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Mon 27 Jun 2011 09:04
Interior carpets - Bobbin Threadbare

What about Dyson hand-dryers?

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Mon 27 Jun 2011 12:33
Interior carpets - jc2

Henry(&friends)are now part of VAX.

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Tue 28 Jun 2011 13:43
Interior carpets - datostar

Ive got a Dyson and it is without question magnificent.

Had a DC01 for so many years I can't remember. Keep up with the filters and they go on and on. It's getting like Trigger's brush on Fools & Horses now - new wheels, new belts, new roller brush etc. Easy to work on and parts readily available.

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Mon 27 Jun 2011 13:32
Interior carpets - Chris M

Not sure if the carpets in my car are difficult to clean - I'll ask the wife when she finishes cutting the grass.

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Mon 27 Jun 2011 13:55
Interior carpets - unthrottled

:)

Or the dyson Washing machine-doesn't the ad claim that has dual cyclone technology? There seems to be no household appliance that doesn't benefit from a dual cyclone.

I have a VAX. Apart from the annoying hose you have to manually engage/disengage, it is cheap and works very well.

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Tue 28 Jun 2011 13:51
Interior carpets - captain chaos

The best vac has to be the Kirby. Not cheap, though. Or quiet.

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Tue 28 Jun 2011 13:54
Interior carpets - Bobbin Threadbare

Have just washed and waxed the Mazda - shines like a blue...shiny thing. Now to Henry the carpets viciously!!

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Tue 28 Jun 2011 14:08
Interior carpets - unthrottled

With a Henry you have to be vicious...

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