vacuums?

Oh, my dear, please avail yourself of a goodly supply of these, I don't want you fainting dead away while reading my messages:

What's that silly quote about sarcasm... something about being the lowest form of humor, but the highest form of wit...

I think I must add some irony:

Beverly

Another a bit like mine: brains coming out their ears, common sense in negative equity! ;)

This probably because ALL the bits you can replace on a Dyson, including the motor, are available to the general public, and with a screwdriver and a little common sense, are replaceable by the general public.

Mine does, after 12 years slave labour, better than most except new Dysons - and that's probably because I don't wash out the filter anything like often enough! In normal family use, they recommend every

Kate- I do wonder if your 12 year old dyson was just better made than the one's made now...kinda like the older sewing machines????? Like I said, I tried her dyson animal and had to sit back and think "hmmmmm....why am I NOT falling over with glee at this?". Maybe she has an "eh" machine?? But as I said...i've yet to meet the vacuum that makes me swoon.....

betsey

Dunno... The spare parts mine had needed over the years (two brush bars

- I *will* keep hoovering up needles with it! and a hose) and the extras I've bought for it (like the hard floor head for the hose) have all been of equal quality to the original.

I've met hoovers that had me ROTFLMAO (thank you Roomba!), grinding my teeth in frustration ( my old Miele), and screaming in agony at the noise, but not actually swooning with delight. It hoovers floors. There will NEVER be any delight in that.

Sometimes I suspect him of being sly. If you don't want to do a job, do it poorly, and maybe you won't be asked to do it again? But he's the one who volunteered to do the vacuuming and dusting. *sigh* He is the least mechanically inclined person I've ever known. The tools we own are mine.

One of the cats started Bianca the other day. She went down the hall before DH caught her and figured out how to turn her off again.

You know, a friend of mine's husband actually admitted to that years ago. In a fit of....guilt? insanity? something? he said if it's a job he doesn't like doing, he will do it badly so she will make him stop and not ask him to do it any more. Stinker. I told her to keep offering corrective instruction and have him repeat the task till it's done and done right. lol It's what we'd do with the kids right???? Never a dull moment.....

Sharon

My take is that if you do it badly, you need the practice, so you get to do until you do it perfectly! :D Evil? Moi?? (Best innocent look...)

My two are both engineers, so CAN be very practical and good at what they do... It's just that they *never* think the whole process through. I'm thinking the printer ink/silk dress combo here!

That's all I'd need: Come home from shopping and find the Roomba climbing the wall, ingesting the draperies...

Beverly

and again, i think it came down to, i tried a dyson, and it did not impress ME. but that's my opinion . in some ways, i think i've yet to meet the vacuum of my dreams

Betsey

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Purse, mop or vacuum. I've yet to find the perfect one.

I have a Dyson and it's fine. I don't think I'd buy another one. It's heavy. It has no headlight which drives me crazy (they couldn't put a 79 cent headlight on a $500+ vacuum???). I don't think it edge cleans very well. I love the no bags thing.

I used a friend's Oreck and I loved how light it was. Did a good job with pet hair and did really good at edge cleaning. That no attachment thing is a deal breaker for me, though. I've had a dozen hand vacs and hated them all.

In the past, I had a Rainbow with the water tank. It is so awesome when you pour the muddy water out after you're done. It didn't hold up very well though. Motor burned up right after a year. I had a Filter Queen canister for years and years. It was like hauling a dead pig on a rope. It outlasted me. I donated it to a woman who cleans offices. She loves it. I think it's still going after 20 years.

So when you find the perfect vacuum, let us all know.

Cindy

Wait - there's a filter I'm supposed to wash out??

Where?!

Cindy

By the time MIL and three sisters got done coddling him, I think I was fighting a losing battle. There were a couple of wives in there, too..... You've got to chose your battles carefully, even with kids. Unless you have an inexhaustible supply of energy, like I remember having years and years and years ago.

It's a Roomba, not a wacky wall walker! If it doesn't eat the fringe on the carpet, why would it eat the drapes?

I've never needed to battle it. I just LOOK at them. The most I need to do is raise an eyebrow. They find it less exhausting and nerve-wracking to do things properly first time round.

The GMNT is a little slower, and sometimes the lesson needs repeating, with me saying ' ...and that bit. Oh, and you missed a bit there... What about the bit behind the door?'

Luckily Himself is pretty good at most household things, and if I don't like the way he's doing it, I just go away so I don't have to see it! So long as it gets done and I'm not doing it, it's the right way!

I will! i did find the perfect purse...a dooney and burke, love it, works for me. i agree on the vacuum and mop thing though

That's what I thought the sensible thing to do was. He cleans. So what if it isn't the way I would do it. It bothers him more than it bothers me, he volunteered, now it's up to me to accept it and live with it. Or take the job back. Which I do not want to do. Simple.