Vacuum Cleaners Discussions

I am interested in buying an upright vacuum, bagged, and I am willing to spend up to, say, $350.  It will be used, not heavily, by an older woman who has a shedding cat and is not mechanically apt.  A longish cord and an attachment for a linoleum floor would be a plus.  I'll take any suggestion, but in the absence of any I am looking at a Hoover UH30010COM Platinum Lightweight Bagged Upright Vacuum Cleaner with Canister, which is sold on Amazon.  My concern with Hoovers in general is that according to CR they are highly repair prone.  Anybody have experience with this model in particular, recent experience with Hoovers in general, or any other suggestions?

HARDSELL wrote:

My favorite:  A soup question.  No more wrong than ID-10-T.  Oftentimes, it's not the vacuum brand/model that is at fault when rugs fill with deep down dirt, but the way it is used.  Or, more appropriately in your particular case, the lack thereof.

Carmine D.

CarmineD wrote:

The soup question has you in a stew. 

If you home is so filthy that you have to vacuum an area 7 times daily you have more than vacuum problems.

A good tool reduces labor.  That is why Dyson costs more than the electric broom that you use.

HARDSELL wrote:

Better to be in a stew than in a stupor.

Anyone, even an amateur, can do the job with the right tool, it takes a skilled craftsman to do it without.

Carmine D.

CarmineD wrote:

Dyson builds a tool to do the job right the first time.  That leaves the operator time to do useful things.

THe craftsman is James Dyson.  Oreck is a relic and lost in today's world as evidenced in the slump in sales.  Do you still wash your clothes in a stream and beat the dirt out with a rock?  A true art.

HARDSELL wrote: Oh yes Hardsell - w h a t e v e r - Dyson may have got his tools right but his washing machines went belly up and they have yet to make another appearance despite the poor reliability of the last ones sold.

CarmineD wrote:

Will do....very light sand colored carpet throughout....easily picks up any and all stains/dirt you name it....no shoes in house but sometimes it cant be helped.

Shampooing the carpets and sofas every 3mos really makes a diff in wifes allergies and in keeping everything fresh and looking brand new. Im looking forward to seeing the results of what ive left behind.

turtle

HARDSELL wrote:

Like these tools:

1. The Ball barrow [aka discontinued wheel barrow]. 
2. Airblade [aka hand drier for $1400]. 
3. AirMultiplier [aka 10 inch fan for $300]. 
4. Ball vacuum [DC15 for $599 and discontinued after one year.  DC18 Slim for $469 and discontinued after 2 years.  DC24 for $399 and TBD.  DC25 for $500 plus with a free dyson handheld and free Dirt Devil rug cleaner]. 
5. Waterless dish washer [patent pending for 3 years and still counting]. 
6. Contra rotating washing machine [aka a washing machine costing 2X the normal price that was pulled off the market after 1 year for lack of sales].  
7. Robotic state of the art pristine DDM plant [aka UK-China business partnership which recently shuttered].  

The craftyman is James Dyson.  Useful things in today's world to meet the problems of the future.   Tru r teest!

Carmine D.

retardturtle1 wrote:

Sounds like a perfect plan of action. 

Carmine D.

vacmanuk wrote:

I was amazed dyson actually sold 1900 in 2004 before he pulled it off the market.  Then, I learned he actually gave each of his employees one free. 

Carmine D.

CarmineD wrote: