Find great gift ideas for the DIY enthusiast in our Presents for Practical Hands Store MIELE GENUINE HYCLEAN FJM DUST BAGS VACUUM HOOVER DUST CLEANING BAGS 4 X BAGSDetailsMiele SF-AAC30 Active Charcoal Timestrip Filter for S2000, S7000, Classic and Dynamic Series FREE Delivery on orders over £20. Product Dimensions23.4 x 16.6 x 9.6 cm 13,055 in Kitchen & Home (See top 100) Date First Available9 April 2013 Contains 4 replacement bags for your Miele cylinder vacuum cleaner. Motor filter and AirClean filter also included in box. Suitable For: Series: S246-256, S290, S300, S500, S700, S4000 Lifestyle models: Cat & Dog (excluding Cat & Dog 5000) Solution & Solution Hepa (excluding Solution Hepa 5000) Xtra Power & Xtra Power 2300 Allervac & Allervac Sensor (excluding Allervac Sensor 5000) Automatic (excluding Automatic 5000) Revolution 500 & 700 Revolution Power Plus 700 Clean with soft dry cloth Miss Delyth A Lewis Miele Hoover bags perfect match can't go wrong

My hoover loves these too. smooth service, great product Genuine product -arrived on time Always buy these bags as they are the best price I can find and they are the genuine article Good product, quickly delivered Genuine parts for our miele hoover at a fraction of the priceMy rather fussy father is coming to live with us. I'm not displeased about this as he is great company most of the time. However, he has - or says he has - a dust allergy. It's not worth disputing it, I've discovered over the years. I thought this would be an ideal time to update my vacuum cleaner to one that sucks the living daylights out of hard floors and carpets (we have both), and deals with the odd pet hair (when next door's dog wanders in). What do you recommend? Also he has asked us to get a steam cleaner for the mattresses and has offered to pay for this. My husband is quite excited as he says you can get some that also clean car engines and he is a classic-car enthusiast. Someone has also told me that they can clean carpets and curtains if you get the right ones.

Can you tell me about any that would be good and useful about the house? Can they clean floors? Mrs Laura Davis, Glasgow Well, you might not need a steam cleaner, excited though your husband seems about one. They are undoubtedly useful but you need to know what they do before you fork out on one. First, good - and by that I mean powerful - steam cleaners that deliver a minimum temperature of 110C "dry" steam at point of contact, aren't cheap. (By heating and holding the steam under pressure you get it to over 100C.) Buy a cheap one and it'll be relegated to the cupboard. Second, while they kill dust mites at that temperature, as far as the actual dirt and dust goes, they just loosen it, you then have to go round with a cloth/vacuum cleaner to clean up the dirt. (Unless you get a steam cleaner/vacuum cleaner, but more on these hybrids in a minute.) This is what makes steamers popular for cleaning in the Mediterranean where they have tiled floors. I think they make a lot of sense for certain applications - great to refresh upholstery (but be careful to follow instructions, they can ruin certain piles such as velvet), get rid of mould, clean out cupboards and garden furniture, that sort of thing.

If you have money and space, it's worth getting one, but be aware that you may not use it as much as you think, or that you can live without them, and you have thus far. (That said I really, really want one.) Also you cannot clean car engines with them, or rather you can, but domestic steam cleaners will make very little impact on a greasy car engine. If you really want one then a good, well-priced one is the Simac Steam Cleaner, £159.99, code 20231 (lakeland.co.uk, 015394 88100).hoover tja1410 jazz bagless cylinder vacuum cleaner review , 01249 815511), which is particularly good for dust allergies as it holds the dust in the water and claims to capture 99.97% of dust. panasonic vacuum cleaner mc-cl481 priceDomotec imports all the major brands of steam cleaners so do look on its website as there are various prices. portotecnica wet dry vacuum cleaner

Just look for: good water capacity (otherwise you'll be filling up every few minutes), dry steam (a bonus for indoor use), and a good range of attachments. Otherwise, if you just want one machine, I think a really good vacuum cleaner could do all the jobs you need to appease your father. Miele (miele.co.uk, 01235 554455) vacuum cleaners come out consistently top in Which? reports, for both performance and customer service so I'd look no further than one of those. If you want a machine to suck up as much dust as possible then you need the Allervac Sensor 5000, which costs about £210 (I can only give you approximate prices as all retailers set their own). This is specifically made for those with allergies and it has a traffic-light system on the floorhead that tells you when the surface you're vacuuming is hygienically clean. If you want to know the science, there's a sensor plate in the shaft above the floorhead (the bit that you pass over the floor). When you vacuum, dust particles bounce off the plate and release electrical charges and by measuring the frequency and intensity of the strikes, the microprocessor can gauge how much dust is left in the carpet/floor etc, so it starts off red, then amber and then green for "all clean, move on now please".

It also comes with a mattress nozzle. Or you may want to look at the Miele Cat and Dog TT5000, approx £185, which has a Turbohead, which is particularly good at picking up hairs. I have a Turbohead on my Miele vacuum cleaner (you can get it on other models too, or buy it as an extra) and it is great, but for what you need the Allervac is better. My advice is to just get the Miele Allervac with the Turbobrush as an extra attachment (ring Miele on the number above, it costs £39.90) and see how you get on. Incidentally, anyone who already owns a Miele vacuum cleaner can buy the Allergotec brush head with the light system, for £69.Get your Miele spares, with fast delivery and at great prices – thanks to our Price Match Guarantee and fix your appliance for less. When it comes to finding the perfect replacement Miele parts and accessories, to help you fix your appliance, you need look no further than eSpares. With over 2,500+ Miele spares available, including parts for ovens, Miele vacuum cleaner spares and accessories for Miele washing machines, we have everything you’ll need.