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All I feel now is sore painful hands and totally frustrated. The handle is in two parts of four pieces (the handle collapses for storing if necessary). I fitted the two upper pieces together, no problem and then tried the lower pieces. they are supposed to click into place and will only go in one way to fit together. So far it has taken all my strength and it is within a MM of clicking into place but I just haven't so far had the strength to do it. I am going to have to give up for now and try and re-gain some strength in my hands. I have also read ahead and I saw that it mentioned the filter housing, but there is no diagram to tell me where the filter housing is.

those of you who have the same model, any clues? and do you use the pefumed insert?

Well the cleaner arrived here prompt at 10am as promised by DPD. Once I had fought the hard cardboard box (beautifully packed but so hard for my poor hands). The pieces are now spread on my work top identified and waiting assembly (not my strong point. what they don't do is warn you that it comes with some charge already in it so when I picked the main part up to turn it over to identify the number as it asks you to record it, it made me really jump as it started up as, not having identified the power switch I had inadvertently touched it.)

anyway off to assemble it now. Might BBL :-D

I will after zi receive it Bob.

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you might give us your road test report, Ann

ordered the same as Grannyfranny. thanks all.

Thanks both all info is useful.

We have the same as Grannyfranny. The handle of the Air Ram folds down as well so it is very easy to store too.

I have a Shark and am really pleased with it for suction and battery life. However the best thing is that the handle folds in half so much easier to store than the conventional upright ones.

Thank you Granny that is a lot of help

The one we have is the air ram, plus the multi handheld, you often get them together on an offer. Yes, they fill up quite quickly, if you have a lot of dust, or a fluffy carpet. Easy to empty though and bagless. You need to clean the filters from time to time too.

Granny which GTech upright do you have? Belle, I think I have found the K9. I don't have pets so no pet hair but in the bedroom I have very thick hair and it does moult a bit so hair gets on the carpet. The Hylite really doesn't like hair. Looking at their web site thee are several that seem more advanced (yes more expensive but can't take it with me) so I am confused. I will have to take my time and have a good look at them.

Bob that is probably the one I have, I equate it more to the old carpet sweepers.
Granny Yes I think you can only buy Gtech on line. I get an email from them practically daily since I bought the lawn mower. I will check their cleaners out next time they email.

we have a 22volt Gtech, gifted to us by our grandson...TBH i wouldn't buy it....yeah it does a job but needs emptying practically every other day, is flimsy......doesn't do corners very well...need a dustbuster for that....but it was free.....

We have the Gtech upright and 3 of the hand held. Find them brilliant, bought one for Church too. You may not find them on the High St though.

Thanks all plenty fo think about here.

We'll all have our favourites Ann. Perhaps the best thing would be for you to go to a couple of shops and try a few out for ease of handling, weight etc.

Fwiw I am a fan of Dyson. We have a big, heavy old upright which OH likes but I was finding it a bit heavy and difficult to handle on the stairs. So around 3 or 4 years ago we bought a cordless Dyson V10 and have been very pleased with it. The detachable bit is great on stairs and set on medium suction it runs for about 40 minutes on a charge. Both the upright and the cordless have an easy to empty plastic cylinder for the dust so no bags to buy.

Thanks I have Gtech lawn mower and strimmer.. which are good I also have a Gtech Hilite which I don’t find very efficient as the bags are really small.

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I have a Gtech K9 Upright which is rechargeable....it runs for about 40mins on a full charge which to be honest is plenty of time. It switches from carpet to tiled floor automatically. It doesn't come with any fitments but in addition I have a Gtech Multi K9 which is a small handheld rechargeable vacuum for the stairs but is useful for other things....run time about 20mins. I have the K9 because I have a dog whose fur seems to get everywhere but they do have other versions which aren't as expensive. Both are, I think, lightweight. :-)

Snap LaG :-D

Sounds like our house, Ann. Our upstairs stick is a rechargeable Hoover one. We quite like it and bought our son one for his flat. He hates it :-S