Vacuum Cleaners Discussions

Well, as MH, after giving such kind and lengthy help (along with some others), asked me to let you know what I bought in the end, here's the answer: I --we--chose a Miele Carina.

I know I said I wasn't very keen on canisters--and in fact, I wasn't. This meant everyone here spent a lot of time on analysing uprights for me--please don't feel it was wasted--it was very helpful and enabled us to narrow things down, rule things out, and learn a lot in the process.

The Carina is so small and manageable, and not heavy--though not quite as light as Oreck or Simplicity. However it has crevice and upholstery tools, telescoping wand (so no bending as you vacuum), suction controls (so my lighter area rugs won't get sucked up), and it's not noisy. I always thought canisters were bulky but this doesn't seem to be, and you can clip the hose/head part to the body in a " park" mode when you stop vacuuming or carry it upstairs. As our rugs are all low pile, I hope the combination floor/carpet tool will be sufficient with just the suction, no brushroll.

The clincher was that the shop gave us $100 off for trading in our old broken Dirt Devil and there was a sale as well, so end price was $269 (plus tax) which we thought excellent.

Thanks again for all your help.

Christine

You forgot one.  Inhale it to turn your grey matter to mush.  So you and the other local yokels like Motorhead can spout off about idiotic tests to concoct for vacuums.

I've got a test for you and MH for vacuums: Kapok.  Put that on your rugs and pass your dysons over it.  Then get a HOOVER, Oreck, Dirt Devil and/or any other vacuum cleaner on the market today and pick up in half the time and effort what all the dysons left behind.

Polish up your idiot sign. Motorhead needs to borrow it too.

Carmine D.

And yes, I tried the kapok test with a 10-year-old DC07, and it picked all of it up beautifully. 

-MH

HS:

Since you took the time to dream these up, I'll respond. 

For points 1 and 2:  My Wife and I take turns dusting the stove off from lack of use.  It's just us 2 and the pup.  And the pup is diabetic and requires a special diet.  Cooking on the stove has become an ancient female ritual. 

No cooking, no vacuuming and a toy robot to dust the floor.  Sound like you like to contribute to larda$$ women.  Exercise is healthy

For point 3:  Go back to the answer to 1 and 2.  Since we don't cook, there is no need to turn on the dishwasher regularly.  We take turns running it once a month to ensure it is still operating. 

Why did you buy the dishwahser?  You could use the space that it occupies to store all those extra vacuum tools that are required for Oreck owners.

For point 4: Everything in the fridge is sealed.  There are no odors. 

Doesn't sound like you need a fridge.

For point 5:  We use common household cleaners made for the specific purpose.  Vinegar is used only for salad making and eating. We enjoy citrus fruits and throw the skins of lemons in the garbage disposal.                        Accomplishes the same effect as the b/s and doesn't cost any extra.

I thought that you were going green.  No harsh chemicals in baking soda or vineger.   The baking soda cuts grease better than the commercial cleaners.

For point 6:  Don't have any household odors.  Why?  I own and vacuum daily with the Oreck. We keep the dog clean and groomed in part by vacuuming with the HOOVER cann.  I have a special tool for the purpose.

Refer to # 3.  You need the storeage for all the special tools since you use an Oreck.  I think your bs stinls just like it does 6 inches up the bulls rear.  You do not notice because                                                     you have smelled it for so long.

Finally, the only time I detect an odor is when I'm reading one of your posts here.  Then I just scroll up/down to one of mine, and the air automatically is fresh and clean again.

Check your chair again.  There definitely is bs in it.

I trust you get the jist of my thoughts on baking soda.  I think the substance is highly over rated.  Why?  To sell, of course.  I'm told the box costs more than the content.  Figures.  Who in their right frame of mind would ever go to             the store to buy a box of baking soda?  It's a white elephant now-a-days.  Don't need it, don't want it. 

I get the jist.  You have proven once again just how ignorant you really are.       I believe that the Oreck box is worth more than the vacuum regardless of the cost ratio of vac to box.

BAKING SODA IS A WHITE ELEPHANT THAT THE ORECK CAN'T TAME.  YOUR ARROGANCE TO THIS TEST IS SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE THAT YOU KNOW THE ORECK CAN'T PICK IT UP.  iF IT DID                                                    YOU WOULD TELL US  THAT IT PASSED THE TEST.  

HOW DO YOU LIKE YOUR CROW, BAKED OR FRIED?

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Asylums are for people like you who buy things for trumped up reasons thinking they need it.  They are commonly called crazy!

I have been cured.  I no longer buy Orecks of Hoovers.

Carmine D.

MH, the Parquet Twister floor tool wasn't offered, I know nothing about it; I just took the standard combination floor/carpet tool that comes with the Carina.

Have used the machine already and like it very much.

C