Where to buy portable vacuum cleaner (for allergies)?

[luckykitty]

Hi,
I just want to know if there are any stores selling Miele or DirtDevil brand vacuums.
I just want a stick type or mini type vacuum with a HEPA filter, but only know Miele or DirtDevil makes them (and maybe Dyson but thats really expensive)
I prefer a washable filter. Has anyone seen any vacuum or appliance stores that might sell these?

[MagicJ]

Kodin Ykkonen, Anttila, Prisma etc etc, they all sell them and many now have a hepa filter. I bought a 'Hoover' (popular in UK) from Antilla a while back, also electrolux are well known. Always ads for them in the Helsingin Sanomat.

Prisma Kannelmäki for example, i only got a blank white page when looking at Anttila and Kodin Ykkonen's sites

[luckykitty]

is patruunasuodatin the same as HEPA filter? or some other filter?
Thanks.

[Rosamunda]

Volta do HEPA filtre cleaners and they are stocked by almost every electrical appliance store (Prisma, Gigantti etc etc)

http://www.volta.fi/node113.asp

http://www.volta.fi/node63.asp?CategoryID=109

[inkku]

Allergy and Asthma Federation (Finland)
http://www.allergia.com/index.phtml?s=658

[emilyc]

Actually Miele makes a stick type HEPA vacuum cleaner (for example the Euroflex Hepa Stick Monster Vacuum )and there are handheld HEPA vacuum cleaners made by Dirt Tamer (like the DirtTamer Ultima HEPA Wet Dry Cordless ). You might want to check out vacuum cleaner reviews at vacuum-cleaner-advisor.com. Also if you are purchasing have you considered doing so online? Amazon has a pretty good range of vacuum cleaners, probably the largest number of consumer reviews on the net and decent pricing. Not sure what shipping would be like though. Good luck!

[CatNip]

You could check out the vacuum cleaner recommendation's of Finnish Allergy and Asthma Federation at
http://www.allergia.com/index.phtml?s=658. it's only in Finnish, I'm afraid.