What is a good vacuum cleaner?

[Catsmeow]

River mentioned Sanitaire, which is good if you get the industrial version of it...it does a real good job.

My husband brought into our marriage a Panasonic vacumn cleaner which he's had for years. I never even knew they made vacumns...but it works fantastic.

I personally can't stand Eureka brand. It gets clogged too easily and it's a real problem if you have new carpet where the fuzz comes up....it just clogs up the machine and doesn't go through.

So I don't advise a Eureka.

I still like the Sanitaire myself...

You can get a really quality industrial strength Sanitaire at those little mom and pop vacumn stores in strip malls.

Those little family vacumn businesses usually sell them used and they work great ...that way you save money.

[Work in Progress]

Angels, you definately get an award for vacumning every day. LOL

I've had dirt devil, Hoover, Eeureka, Kenmore......every one was a waste of money. Not enough suction, hepa filters constantly falling off etc.

Several years ago I bought an 8lb Oreck and I've never looked back. It was expensive, compared to the other "Walmart" brands, ($400.00), but it was the best $400.00 I ever spent. I will never own anything else. I also got a smaller vacumn with the deal that works great also. I vacumn the floors with the Oreck and then go around with the smaller version and go along the baseboards and underneath furniture and such. I highly recommend it.

[Andrew007]

Kirby is a good brand, but they are built like a tank!

Have you ever lugged one of those up 2 flights of stairs?? I about DIED!! My aunt has an old victorian house in Great Falls, Montana, and I was staying there so I was helping out. The vacuum was on the bottom floor and the area I was to vacuum was the top floor where the bedrooms are. That was the worst experience in my life!

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But if you can find one around today, they clean really well!

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We have a built in vacuum system. The pipes are inside the walls of our house, and there are 3 outlets where you plug in a long hose which attaches to the vacuum attachment, but it also include other attachments. All the dirt going into the garage where there main vacuum part is. A simple canister contains the dirt, we empty it about once a month. The vacuum is so quiet, too. Mother could vacuum on Super Bowl Sunday and we wouldn't even notice. We also have a Hoover Steamvac for a deep clean. Both are very fantastic products, and I'd recomend them over all other vacuums available.

Edited January 29, 2004 by Andrew007

[RGR]

Andrew,

Kirby was like the official vacuum cleaner of Radio Shack corportation when I worked for them back in the mid-late 90's. Any store you went to, it seemed they had a Kirby!!! The things had to be at least 50 years old, built like a tank, but like a Timex, kept a lickin' and kept on a-tickin'!!! Heck, you could easily get your exercise in for several days just by pushing those things!

[Andrew007]

Ronald - Amen to that. I was so tired from pushing and pulling it. My aunts is very old too. Probably 50 years old, maybe a little bit newer than that. They are, indeed good machines!

[artsylady]

I always thought I'd like to have the new 'robot' vaccuum that works by itself. Just turn it on and leave the room and it circles the room. It has sensors that make it stop at stairs and goes around walls. I think it was about 200 bucks, which I didn't think was bad, but I don't need a vaccum yet - no carpeting. I looked it up on epinions and the responses were quite favorable. I think the name of it is 'roomba" or something like that.

[Andrew007]

I always thought I'd like to have the new 'robot' vaccuum that works by itself. Just turn it on and leave the room and it circles the room. It has sensors that make it stop at stairs and goes around walls. I think it was about 200 bucks, which I didn't think was bad, but I don't need a vaccum yet - no carpeting. I looked it up on epinions and the responses were quite favorable. I think the name of it is 'roomba" or something like that.

What a lazy "convenient" society we are living in today!

[RGR]

I always thought I'd like to have the new 'robot' vaccuum that works by itself.  Just turn it on and leave the room and it circles the room.  It has sensors that make it stop at stairs and goes around walls.  I think it was about 200 bucks, which I didn't think was bad, but I don't need a vaccum yet - no carpeting.  I looked it up on epinions and the responses were quite favorable.  I think the name of it is 'roomba" or something like that.

What a lazy "convenient" society we are living in today!

Next, let's discuss those robotic lawn-mowers!

[papasangel]

I tend to lean more towards hoovers myself. They seem to last longer than most do and if you get one with a hepa filter ( as must if you have allergies) the filters are cheaper too. The best one so far I have seen is the bagless system in which you empty the dirt from a cup.

[angels4u]

THe compagny who makes Sharks vacuum cleaners send me a brand new one by mail!

Wow