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Buying a motherfucking VACUUM like an ADULT
Kate of Lokys
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When Pixels and I moved into our little lushly-carpeted rental house, we bought ourselves a cute little vacuum to clean it with.
Time and heavy use, however, have revealed the little vacuum to be massively inadequate. It tries its little sucking heart out, but it just has too many enemies working against it: a long-haired cat, a curly-haired woman, a house in which every goddamned room is carpeted (yes even the kitchen what were they thinking), a barbarian who wears his shoes inside the house instead of taking them off at the door like a civilized person. Basically, it's a jungle in here, and continuing to use our little vacuum would constitute appliance abuse.
So, we need a new one. I'm just not sure how much of a new one we need, and we have two basic choices available to us within our $150-250 budget. Choice the first is to get a reasonably solid-looking new name-brand vacuum from Target or some place like it - something like this or this. They look a little clunky, but we live in a bungalow, so it's not like we're going to be dragging the thing up any stairs.
Choice the second is to get a refurbished Dyson - namely, this one.
Getting one of the shiny new $600 Dysons with the fancy pivoting ball is just not an option for us right now - money is an issue, and we're only going to be here for another six months anyway (and we're probably just going to sell most of our stuff when we move). So, is a low-end refurb Dyson better than a higher-end new Hoover? Or is there some even better third option that we haven't thought of yet?
Time and heavy use, however, have revealed the little vacuum to be massively inadequate. It tries its little sucking heart out, but it just has too many enemies working against it: a long-haired cat, a curly-haired woman, a house in which every goddamned room is carpeted (yes even the kitchen what were they thinking), a barbarian who wears his shoes inside the house instead of taking them off at the door like a civilized person. Basically, it's a jungle in here, and continuing to use our little vacuum would constitute appliance abuse.
So, we need a new one. I'm just not sure how much of a new one we need, and we have two basic choices available to us within our $150-250 budget. Choice the first is to get a reasonably solid-looking new name-brand vacuum from Target or some place like it - something like this or this. They look a little clunky, but we live in a bungalow, so it's not like we're going to be dragging the thing up any stairs.
Choice the second is to get a refurbished Dyson - namely, this one.
Getting one of the shiny new $600 Dysons with the fancy pivoting ball is just not an option for us right now - money is an issue, and we're only going to be here for another six months anyway (and we're probably just going to sell most of our stuff when we move). So, is a low-end refurb Dyson better than a higher-end new Hoover? Or is there some even better third option that we haven't thought of yet?
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If you're going to be selling off your stuff, including the vacuum, I'd look at what you think you can still make off of it. If you're not going to sell it, get the best one. Either way, I'd say the Dyson's your best bet.
That said, all three models indicated are upright models. Are you sure that's what you want? Kinda hard to vacuum a sofa or get into an awkward corner with.
Even without a cat that would be gross.
We just bought a Bissell at Target and are trying it out today. It was only $75 and we have a medium haired cat and a rabbit. If it works I'll let you know.
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very expensive, yes, but worth it.
If it helps any, people will throw away a vaccum cleaner because it's "broken". when really it just needs a filter clean or something
Also, tell your barbarian to take his damn shoes off. I'm a dirty rotten American who moved north from a place where people wear their shoes indoors, and I learned to take mine off. It's not hard!
As the owner of several Bissels and a couple Hoovers, it'll work great. They work just as well as a Dyson... for the first six months to a year. Two years if you don't put it through too much work, but with a cat chances of that are shit. Dysons just don't die, my current one has lasted 5 years of abuse (I used it to clean the garage during Cottonwood season once - that'll ruin most vacuums) and hasn't even needed new belts.
Another amazing vacuum that just doesn't die is a Filter Queen Majestic (I suggest staying away from the Rainbow. Looks about the same, but it's a steam cleaner). I inherited two with my parents' house, and both put my Dyson t shame, even though the older one is well over forty years old and has been used as a shop vac since I was a kid. New ones also cost enough that you might be better off just buying a new house when this one gets too dirty. Go with a Dyson.
6 months is not long enough time period to justify 250$ worth of expense when something that is 75$ (albeit shitty) will suffice.
I have a DC14 and I love how I can take the dust bin right to the garbage and dispose of it. I also love how modular these things are. A coworker of mine was telling me how helpful their support center is.The only people I've heard badmouthing dysons are people who work in repair shops. I wonder why that is :P
My only gripe with my DC14 is it's not good for cleaning out cars, unless you yank the seats out.
(I recently swapped lesser seats for bucket seats in my stanza, Figured might as well clean if I'm doing this to my car.)
sale should be instore starting tomorrow to march 9
edit: $50 out of your price range but if you wanna stretch you can spring for the DC23 model for $300
http://www.target.com/Bissell-Cleanview-Bagless-Upright-Cleaner/dp/B00284BM3A
I saw an advertisement on 3news the other night that Godfrey's is having a massive vacuum sale. half off some good deals, with hoover and other brands also on good prices.
there was one that Ecco and I were looking at that was about $300 but if you traded in your old vacuum, they would give you half off.
That being said, i've never bought a vacuum, but I've heard many good things about Dysons.
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I hear lots of things, good and bad about them. This is also the second thread about vacuums in like a month, and lots of mixed things in both of them about Dysons.
i've got a passing interest in this too, now that i saw the latest sears circular. some of them are super ugly, and the price seems relatively high for the regular, although brief usage most vacs get.
so yeah, enlighten away!
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Let that sink in.
Our floors are spotless. Had a Hoover bagless, the thing was great at first, but started losing suction after about a year. No amount of filter cleaning would do.
The Dyson? We're going on 6 or more years, the thing is still excellent. We got compliments on the condition of our rugs from the professional carpet cleaners we have come every couple of years or so. Only real maintenance I've had to do was remove some of the buildup that accumulates on the rotating bristle assembly.
Yeah, it was expensive, but worth every penny. Get one of the less expensive models new, as suggested, and take it with you.
Yes, they're really that good. We've had the DC28 Animal model for about 3 years and it's worked awesomely. We empty it every time we use it -- which takes like 2 seconds -- and once in a while spend a few minutes getting all the fuzz/hair/etc out of the rollers, which we'd have to do for any vacuum.
It is really expensive (luckily some people went together and got it for us as a wedding present) but at the rate it's been going, I fully expect it to be our vacuum for another 5+ years, so the price isn't so bad. Before we had the dyson, we went through 2 $150-200 vacuums that never really lasted for more than a year.
They're fucking ugly (grey and purple/cyan and yellow, did a blind man pick these colours?), but they are brilliantly designed, well-made, and will last for a very long time.
I've used a base model Hoover Windtunnel which was about $90 at Costco for the past five years with no issue whatsoever. It does everything I could ever want from a vacuum, and does it well. Spending $600 on a Dyson may make sense if your outdoor piles of cash are making the horses uneasy when they come in from the fields, but if you're not rolling in vacuum-buying money just buy a base level Hoover and call it a day.
And other times its like a new appliance. Its just really hit and miss sometimes.
Also, you probably know this already and were planning on it already, but carpet is overrated try to get a house without any carpet at all if possible in future as it makes cleaning approximately thirty five trillion times easier (don't need a vacuum at all)
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Even then, if on the lam you will look less suspicious with a Dysons... "They can't be that sketchy... they have a quality vacuum!"
Something like this. If you can't afford it now, save your pennies until you can. It works out considerably cheaper in the long run. Amy and I have had our old DC 11 for about 7 years now, and it still works as well as the day we got it, and we've never spent a cent on it.
You don't need to have a Dyson serviced, you can rinse the filters yourself at home, and there are no belts to wear out. Also, if you do somehow mange to break a part of it (Amy dropped the bin off of ours and cracked it on the paved driveway), new parts are available, and they're cheap. For instance, the whole bin was $40.
they are incredible. They take care of our Dog, Cat, Rabbit and our 6 year old.
Worth every penny
I have heard excellent things about that vacuum.
And not going to lie, it might be nice to have a bag that I can just pitch without getting shit everywhere.
This is the one I use as well. It is a powerful fucker. Don't spend $300 on a vacuum, it is not worth it. That is, unless you are really fucking handy and can strip them apart and fix them. I would be hard pressed to spend more than $150 on a vacuum anymore.
Since you have cats? Just get a cheap little 12 amp for $75 (like this one). Cat hair and litter are pretty much "destroyers of the vacuum." Plus that little wand up there is handy at scrubbing hair and shit from your upholstery.
Once I graduate, though, and we get settled somewhere else, we're totally buying a Dyson. Or getting a place with hardwood floors.
(Also, I am delighted that someone got my reference).
awesome
the shoes inside thing makes a world of difference btw
but i suspect you know this already :P
Dyson's very popular, but I'm not a big fan of their design. My sister has one, and I don't like the way it handles (it has this bizarre kickstand thing that I hate with a passion), nor the really narrow cleaning path. I have some questions on the durability of some of the smaller plastic pieces as well. Also, emptying that bin is instant allergy attack for me, so I always have another family member empty the bin if I'm doing the vacuuming there.
That being said, I've heard too many people praise theirs to not say that if you don't have serious allergy problems, you'll probably be happy with the Dyson. If you can, I'd recommend seeing one in person and pushing it around a bit.