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I've read that opening a window is fine when the window is open but soon after you close it, you're back where you started.

Thanks, @Colin, that's all very interesting. I live in a flat a couple of floors up so I'm about 20-30 feet off the ground and set back about 60 feet from the road so I'm less concerned about traffic pollution than about what I'm actually generating inside the flat, in terms of cooking, carpet...

Just wanted to provide an update on this. I bought the Vytronix hoover that @Tia suggested and, to my great happiness, was able to easily carry it up the stairs in its box when it arrived. I just tucked the package under my arm! Very light. I put it together easily and used it for ten minutes...

My home is very dusty, partly from my inability to dust and hoover much. I'm wondering what this dust is doing to my lungs, and whether it's behind some of my headaches and rhinitis. Can anyone advise on whether it would be a good idea to get an air purifier? If I got one, I'd go for a HEPA...

About flaming time! The existing system is a disgrace.

Thanks, @Tia - I've gone ahead and ordered one! The best hoover will be one I can actually use and this sounds pretty amazing for £30 - HEPA filter and everything. Thanks very much to everyone who has contributed to this thread - much food for thought for all PwME who are thinking about hoovers! :)

Wow, that has a lot of highly desirable features! Do you use it on carpet? Do you think it does a good job? Does the suction make it hard to move?

Actually if I can find a hoover I can use, a major reason for having a home help would disappear!

That's interesting - people seem very pleased with it online though some are clearly using it for easy cleaning between hooverings and it's not designed to get deep dirt out. I'd like to get dust out of the air here (I'm assuming the air here can't be all that great now!). All this may be the...

Thank you everyone for bearing with my while I witter through my awkward preferences! It's so difficult to choose a thing like this without being able to try it out in a shop. Normally I'd phone John Lewis and ask for their advice because their staff always really know their stock but they're...

I don't think I could even get that up the stairs to my flat, and it's heavier than the one I have already.

Do you mean this kind of thing? I need something that will roll on the floor without me having to carry it. I don't have stairs so don't expect to lift it - but was put off this one exactly because the weight is all up in the handle. I thought it would make it seem heavier because I'd had to...

I'd thought it was maybe awkward to drag the canister about, but you don't think so? I'm also a bit worried that the handle might be too short. I used a Henry once and it gave me back-ache.

I've read a lot of Amazon reviews of hoovers now and loads are saying this about their hoovers - can't shift them because of the suction. That's also an issue with my existing hoover.

My carpets haven't been hoovered for nearly a year since lockdown stopped me having help at home. My upright hoover (5kg) is too heavy for me to handle - partly the weight, partly because the suction makes it hard to move. I've had a robot hoover before but they don't have the power of a normal...

Excellent email! Mine has some slight odd formatting in that the line spacing increases after the 'Read the blog here' button. No big deal, obviously, but might be worth keeping it in mind for next time.

Apropos of our earlier conversation, here's a campaigning organisation called Keep Our NHS Public, just mentioned on Any Questions: https://keepournhspublic.com/about-us/

Perhaps we should be going more evidence-based in this discussion! This 2017 survey by the King's Fund is cheering, for instance. I'm not familiar enough with the area to know which would be the best data sources on public opinion but that seems not a bad start. I think it's important to know...

Congratulations on getting a jab! I think if you took a poll of actual people rather than the handful in power, it would show that the vast majority agreed with you.