Posted on 08/12/2013 10:43:30 AM PDT by golux
I just purchased a Dyson Animal DC 50. It is light weight, easily maneuvered, and really cleans well, even the dog hair. I also like the way it transists from capet to hard wood and tile flooring without any adjusment.
I bought a complete Kirby system (even has a carpet shampooer) a year ago. It cleans better than anything I’ve ever used, but so darn heavy, cumbersome, and complicated that I just quit using it. It cost three times what my Dyson did. I’m looking for someone younger and stronger to sell it to.
Yep, we have two Oreck uprights - made in the USA. Sadly, the company was recently bought out of bankruptcy by Hoover's parent corporation (which I believe is part of a Chinese conglomerate). So for a while, Hoover will continue to make use of Oreck's assembly line in Tennessee. After that, I'm sure the brand will have a lot in common with the stuff at the Harbor Freight store.
How much are you prepared to pay for a machine that does the snipping automatically?
It’s amazing how much useless stuff I remember from high school.
News babe from Phoenix didn’t hurt.
We have a whole house vacuum system and absolutely love it. The hose reaches outside so I can do my cars with it too.
My Y2K Eletrolux $500.00 is still going strong and sucking away!!!!!!
We retired two electrolux uprights after many years and a few belts,, now running two Panasonic,,
Nature abhors this thread.
I use a shop vac, a fraction of the price of the usual product and just as powerful. The hard part is finding someone to run it because I sure don’t want to!
All I know is, if it’s bagless, you couldn’t give it to me for free.
We had a classic Hoover that lasted over 20 years. My wife tried several brands of hi-tech bagless vacuums but found them ineffective and a hassle to maintain. I found a nice clone of the classic Hoover, a brand called Sanitaire. It is lightweight and yet could suck up a shetland pony. We like it.
Ah, there’s the rub! The first model to come out would probably be very expensive. But I’d pay about $500, I think.
I have a kirby from 30 years ago and it is still damn good
big and heavy, but works and works and works.
Now, does anyone here have any P.O.S. ones to warn us about?
Nature is dirty.
Rainbows vacuums are great.
A great vacuum made 100 percent in the USA is made by Riccar. They have a canister and an upright. I bought the upright because the vacuum store owner raved about their customer service, and I got tired of buying Chinese made vacuums that lasted 6 months and died. It’s been great so far.
I’m using the electrolux vacuum cleaner my grandmother bought sometime in the 1970’s. It’s been fixed a couple times and had a new hose or two but it’s still perfectly good.
I sprang for a $1,500 Kirby over ten years ago, and I’m glad I did. Before that, we bought a new vacuum cleaner every year.
The Kirby is built like a tank, and from what I’ve heard, is the preferred tool of its kind among five star hotels and restaurants around the world.
I also have an el cheapo $50 dirt devil from Target I use in my kitchen for crumbs.
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