OT: Vacuum info

Howdy!

Still like the Bosch, 5 yrs. later (needs bags); no longer available locally, so I went to Sears for a Eureka (recommended in different reviews); it sucks, which is exactly what I want a vacuum cleaner to do. ;-D No bags on this one; it's the upstairs vac, so it has to eat cat food (Dusty leaves crumbs on the floor) and cat hair. Eureka does it. Decent price, too. I want a floor cleaner to be kinda' quiet, and not too heavy; and it should suck. I'll pick up the threads before they hit the floor. The v.c. picks up everything on the carpet before I spread out the quilt sandwich; that's all I ask. ;-)

R/Sandy

That's a good tip. I have a real problem with thread wrapped round the beater bar. That doesn't bother me as much as the other thing that's wrapped around the beater bar. Hair. My hair. I must be shedding.

Sherry

thanks everyone for recommending the Dyson. Best Buy had them $200 off on Black Friday. I went saturday expecting them to all be gone but they had 2 so I bought one (DC17 Animal Purple). Used it this morning and wow, did it pick up a lot in only 2 rooms. The dog doesn't bark at it as much as the old hoover either.

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Try chasing him around the house with it...

My 6 y.o. Dyson is the DC07 purple Animal. I LOVE it- never had a problem and it's worked hard in those years. I hope you have many years of happy vacuuming with yours.... or is vacuuming ever happy? VBG

Leslie & The Furbabies in MO.

DH does most of the vacuuming since he retired. That is pretty happy vacuuming on my part. : ) Taria

How quiet is the Dyson? I have a vacuum that works pretty well, but is extremely noisy. My ears are ringing after the vacuum has been running for a few minutes.

I heard years ago that vacuum makers could make vacuums much quieter, but customers didn't think they were doing their job if they weren't noisy! I'll opt for quiet!

Donna in SW Idaho

I think it is fairly quiet, although my wife says I can't hear lol. she thinks it is also quieter than the Hoover we had.

Denny

D> How quiet is the Dyson? I have a vacuum that works pretty well, but is