Vacuum cleaners

Sliced Bread

BBC

Health & Fitness

4.6 • 634 Ratings

🗓️ 23 November 2023

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Trying to buy a new vacuum cleaner can be a pretty confusing experience. Do you go bagged or bagless? Corded or cordless? Is it worth paying extra for something with anti hair wrap tech? Or forking out for a robot to do it all for you? That's what listener Sally is tempted by - she wants to know if a robot will clean as well as a regular handheld version. Listener Rachel wants advice on which features are worth the extra cash. To help them navigate this complicated market, Greg consults Grace Forell, a consumer expert from Which? and host of its Get Answers podcast - and finds out all about dust with professor Hasan Arshad, who leads allergy research at the University of Southampton.

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PRESENTER: Greg Foot PRODUCER: Tom Moseley

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0:45.5	Hello, I'm Greg Foote and welcome to the show that investigates your suggested wonder products.
0:48.2	Do they deliver on their bold claims?
0:52.0	Are they the best thing since sliced bread or marketing BS?
0:57.1	Today's topic has been sent in by lots and lots of you. To introduce it, here is Rachel Donati in Kent. Hi Greg, I'd really like to know which vacuum cleaner to get.
1:04.5	It's all a bit confusing. If you go for a cordless one, how long do their batteries last for?
1:10.2	Are they any better? Also, you know,
1:12.5	all these different variations? So there are pet ones, there are hepa filter ones, things like
1:17.5	hair wrap technology. What are the differences between them? Or are they just sneaky ways for
1:23.1	companies to make more versions of the same product? I'd really like to know where it's best for me to spend my money
1:28.2	and what's the difference, really. Cheers.
1:30.8	Thanks, Rachel.
1:31.7	So that's corded and cordless vacuum cleaners
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