On 1/31/2016 4:22 PM, Richard Beels wrote:
>
> Go here and read this guy's AMAs:
> https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/316tx6
>
> The guy's advice is spot on. I have a Miele canister and the wife loves
> it. It was $700 but sucks like a vaccuum should.
Yeah, it's a good read for the first two dozen pages I've gotten through
and in my comparatively limited experience factually accurate.
Miele canisters are great. I liked his description of their uprights as
"designed by engineers who know canisters really well" though I've never
used one.
Riccar is a brand I was unfamiliar with. I note they have a power
brush setup for central systems, which I will keep in mind against
future requirements.
The Kirbys I've experienced are wonderful examples of 1940s-1950s
aluminum casting art.
I've fixed a couple recent Dysons for friends, the mechanical elements
of the things are stunningly fragile and things like the drive clutch
must be replaced as assemblies. Not hard to do, and not expensive, but
it'd have cost a buck more a unit for Dyson to do it right. I'd never
buy one.
I have to admit to a fondness for Hoovers for the price, in many cases
the tools and attachments are cheesy but the basic power unit is simple
and robust.
> And we have a $100 B&D dustbuster-type model (BDH2020FLFH) that is great
> for a quick zip around the corners and edges.
We've got something like this:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00KASUEK8
It works well for what we bought it for, my biggest complaint is that
while it's great for sucking up stuff like spilled coffee beans and
sawdust and the like, dog hair and other lighter/finer material clogs
the filter pretty quickly. I should just buy a few spare filters and
stop trying to clean the one that's in there. It's also loud as hell
and the flipout brush on the snout isn't all that effective.
I note they have a couple newer Li-Ion-cell versions for (at least at
Amazon prices) not a lot more money.
John.
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