Up north I have two vacuum cleaners: a Dyson Animal, and a Miele canister.
The doggie I had before Max was a real dog. A Samoyed/Irish Setter mix, that dog could shed a few little-Max-sized furballs per day. I ended up getting the Dyson Animal at Best Buy, and it was one of my greatest deals ever! I paid under $50 for it after sale, Best Buy rewards and some sort of rebate. It was a crazy opportunity, and I snatched it up! My Dyson Animal works great 8 years later, even though we no longer have a shedding animal (Max has hair, not fur).
Our upstairs vacuum is a Miele canister. I adore Miele products! They make the best washers and dryers in the world (seriously), and we’ve had our set for 8 years now with nary an issue. Loving these units, when it was time to buy a second vacuum, I did the research, saw that Miele vacuums got generally great reviews, went to our local distributor where I was offered a great price to buy a canister, and made the purchase.
I will not buy a Miele vacuum ever again. It has never seemed to clean all that well. We have carpeting upstairs (in 4 bedrooms), and it does ok – not great, just ok. Many times I have to take off the beater and just use the hose to pick up stuff left behind on the carpet that the beater missed. The master bath has tile floors, and the Miele picks up next to nothing on them. I could never use the Miele vacuum downstairs on the hardwood, tile or marble – it wouldn’t pick up anything.
In case you are wondering, that vacuum purchase didn’t sour me on Miele products. When we replaced our dishwasher I bought a Miele and wow was that a spectacular purchase! And I clearly don’t hate the vacuum enough to purchase a different vacuum or schlep the Dyson upstairs. And having a cleaning service definitely helps.
Down in Florida our condo floors are all tile. And, they are staying. It makes a lot of sense having tile floors down there not only because we are on the ocean, but because tile is generally a cool product. While we will have a cleaning service while in Florida, like up north there are times I will need to vacuum in between their cleans. I need to buy a good vacuum for tile floors. We will have rugs down over the tile, but I expect the ratio to be about half-tile, half-rug. Any recommendations?
Your help is once again greatly appreciated!
What is the Best Vacuum For Tile Floors?
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Shell says
I have a Dyson animal also and that is great deal you got! I also have a Shark Rotator. Have you tried the Dyson on the tile? Between the two the Dyson does much better for me on bare floor. Recently we took the carpet out of several rooms. While it was down to subfloor, hubby vacuumed the mess that was left. He started with the Shark and it blew most of what it picked up, back out behind it. He got out the Dyson and it picked up every bit with no issue. However I must admit that he didn’t turn the beater bar off and it picked up better with that on. I got the Shark for free for testing it or I would never have paid the price for it. Not only does it not pick up well on bare floor, it falls over on me when I use the tools and get a bit away from it. However, I tested two of them and gave one to my daughter who thinks it is a great vacuum.
Ann says
Thank you for the Shark info, Shell. That was one I was considering. Crossed that off!
Ann
Shell says
I just remembered that I also had a Hyla in the past. It is like a Rainbow. It picked up really well but it was super loud and messing with the water got to be annoying. So I would not suggest that one either.
Candie says
Ann, I have a Shark Rotator and I love it. I wish I could afford a Dyson. I would never be able to get a deal like that, if I could I would buy one. Although Bridgette is a short haired daschund she sheds all the time. A small size fur ball a day. She has terrible allergies and I think it causes some of the shedding. The Shark does the trick for fur and for my tile and wood floors. The lady that cleans dry mops the tile and wood and then runs the Shark over it.
Candie says
I forgot to mention I have the Shark Hand Held and it does upholstery really good.
Ann says
Thanks Candie!
Ann
KimH says
I’ve got a Dyson Animal and I use it on both floors & carpet.. The only issue I have with mine is that it doesnt get completely under the baseboards so I have to use the hose & attachments which truly isnt a big issue.. Never had any problems with mine & I love it.
Ann says
I love it too Kim, but I am not sure how loud it would be on tile, as well as how well it would work. Any ideas?
Ann
KimH says
I use mine on my kitchen & bathroom tile.. I dont guess I ever thought about it being any different on tile than carpet. It works great on my tile.. never had any issues with it except under the baseboards.. but the wand is so easy to detach its really a non-issue. I use the floor setting on floors.. both wood & tile (no beater brush) and have no issues. I dont have any animals so no hair or fur but it picks up dust, dirt, ants, & knats just great! 😉 BTW.. if you ever get inundated with gnats or flies.. Detach the wand and slowly move it towards them & up into the wand they go! I LOVE my Dyson!
Barbee says
The only suggestion I can make is that you get one w/ a power nozzle. One of those with an on/off switch in the handle.
We have both cats and a dog-I know hair, fur and sand. (Having modern cat litter is like living at the beach!)
Our floors are tile, carpet, with both area and throw rugs-the power nozzle allows me to coast from one to the other w/ relative ease. (Careful that the beaters on your power nozzle doesn’t eat and ‘throw’ rugs.)
The brand I have is an older Eureka Oxygen canister-they don’t make it anymore…Sorry I can’t give you a specific brand. Good luck. 🙂
Kimberly says
I have 2 dogs and mostly tiles in my home. I also suffered from allergies and when vacuuming my allergies got worse. Wanted always get a Rainbow for that reason but saw by accident a HYLA at a Home expo. To make a long story short I got the HYLA and I am extremely pleased with it. Not only are my allergies almost gone but also the way the HYLA cleans my tiles and area rugs is so much better than my previous vacuum. Emptying and refilling the water canister is kind of annoying but still better for me than replacing a filter bag. I wish it wouldn’t be that expensive but I think it’s worth it and I dont have to buy any filters
Ann says
Thanks Kimberly. My grandmother had a rainbow – which I thought was the best vacuum ever – so a water refill wouldn’t bother me. I’ll definitely look into this one as Hubby has allergies too.
Ann
Yasil says
Ann please let us know which vacuum you bought and if it´s still working. We have a yorkie in the family and today my vacuum cleaner broke, it was a samsung bagless ($200) which only worked for about a year, it broke when the guarantee (1 year) was about to expire we took it back and forth to get it repaired for like a month and it lasted 2 months after they “repaired” it, I don´t want to get into the same argument with the people at samsung¨s shop, so I think it would be best to get a new one and move on.
I´d really appreciate the advice, thanks in advance
Ann says
Yasil we ended up buying a Dyson DC33. It is now being discontinued. If you can find one at WalMart, it is $269. It is still available at Amazon
but at the much higher price of $382.
Ann
Ann says
Yasil after seeing our Dyson was now discontinued, I shot an email to our cleaning lady down in Florida. She owns a fairly large service, and of course since it is Florida, vacuums a lot of tile floors. She said: Oreck upright commercial vacuums. It is 8# and they “will last forever, unlike any other vacuums”. She said they are about $200 at the Oreck store.
Ann
Betty says
Be careful with Oreck. Recently I’ve been very disappointed. I believe they filed for bankruptcy a while back. I have a little canister that I love and after years of service the hose developed a split. I bought a new hose and within a couple of months it developed a split. I could tell it wasn’t made like the old one. Somehow the hose was not as flexible and it often become unattached from the canister. Very annoying. I tried taping the new hose and eventually when it developed a second tear took it back. I told the clerk that I could tell the quality was different. He said that Oreck didn’t make the replacement parts. Well, Oreck’s product is only as good as the parts they sell. He took it in the back and cut off the ends of the hose past the splits and reattached it to the end pieces. He told me it would be fine, but now about 6 inches shorter. I was just vacuuming and saw another split in the hose. Yes, I can cut off the split, but at this rate I’ll have a hose a few inches long in no time. No more Oreck for me. It’s not the same company in my opinion.