[blparent] looking for very powerful vacuum any recommendations?

[Kate McEachern]

This looks cool and quite tech friendly.  I would buy one if I had the cash.
www.mintcleaner.com


Kate----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Andrews" <dandrews at visi.com>
To: "Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, April 23, 2012 10:02 PM
Subject: Re: [blparent] looking for very powerful vacuum any 
recommendations?


> You are a Tech guy.  How about the Rumba, or however it is spelled, the 
> automated robotic vacuum cleaner.  You could let it run a lot, keeping the 
> place clean.
>
> I also read about one for bare floors in the past couple days, either in 
> the NY Times or Wall Street Journal 0-- don't remember which.
>
> Dave
>
> At 06:50 PM 4/23/2012, you wrote:
>>This is a great thread, because I am in the market for a good steam 
>>cleaner/other cleaning devices. I have a yorica vacume that does great but 
>>my town house is all tile therfore I have the same issue brandy does which 
>>is attracting dust and other junk from outside when people come in the 
>>door. I can't stand to feel this stuff on the bottom of my feet therfore I 
>>am now ready to purchase a whole army of devices in order to keep my 
>>floors clean. My couches too are a magnet for some reason for dust and 
>>other stuff because they are a swade type valvit material and it drives me 
>>nuts to feel them that way as well. so please keep on the suggestions.
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>>On Apr 23, 2012, at 3:28 PM, Tammy wrote:
>>
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > I'm so glad I'm not the only one who isn't very good at
>> sweeping.  Black and Decker makes a wet/dry vac that is cordless that 
>> hangs on the wall.  My kids are all messy messy eaters so I use mine 
>> daily at least and sometimes more. It's comes with a crevice tool and a 
>> squeegy tool, and the only drawback is that it's small so requires me to 
>> get down on hands and knees to use it on the floor.  but it's got good 
>> suction and is wet/dry so it's worth it.  It's easy to clean, just has a 
>> washable filter and washable dirt and water container as well.  I think 
>> mine was about $40, so not too expensive.  If you want a broom vac and 
>> don't need it to be wet/dry, electrolux makes a combination broom/hand 
>> vac that's cordless.  Not sure what it's called, mine just died not too 
>> long ago, but sears sells one for about $130.  I had mine for 3 years and 
>> loved it.
>> >
>> > hth
>> >
>> > Tammy
>> >
>> > -----Original Message----- From: Brandy W
>> > Sent: Monday, April 23, 2012 2:51 PM
>> > To: 'Blind Parents Mailing List'
>> > Subject: [blparent] looking for very powerful vacuum any 
>> > recommendations?
>> >
>> > Hi, OK so I figure I'm not the only one hating wood floors and loving 
>> > them
>> > at the same time. I am a horrible sweeper yes I can do it, but
>> the effort to
>> > make it look at all good is just not worth it, but I'm crazy about 
>> > having
>> > clean floors to the point that after meals I will get down on the floor 
>> > and
>> > hand sweep and mop the floor around where the kids ate. I much prefer 
>> > to
>> > vacuum. One of my friends uses a shop vac with a floor attachment and 
>> > it
>> > works very well I've used, but it is very loud. My regular upright 
>> > vacuum
>> > does great assuming I don't need to vacuum up anything but dust and a 
>> > tiny
>> > bit of crumbs. Because it is wood and you can't use the rotating bar 
>> > often
>> > things just get pushed around or blown behind the vacuum. So I'm 
>> > wondering
>> > if any of you know of a high powered vacuum that would pick up cereal 
>> > and
>> > things that aren't just crumbs that isn't super super expensive.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Thanks!
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Bran
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > "To learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable that is spelled 
>> > out is
>> > a spark."
>> > - Victor Hugo
>> >
>> >
>> >
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>> >
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>> >
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>> >
>> > Looking forward to helping you with your educational toy needs!
>
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