[blparent] looking for very powerful vacuum any recommendations?

Tue Apr 24 12:02:35 UTC 2012

Rumba didn't work so well for us. It was fun to watch but it didn't handle floors that needed a hard vacuum well.
This was a few years back so maybe it's changed. I wouldn't recommend this for a family with kids though.

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From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of David Andrews
Sent: Monday, April 23, 2012 10:02 PM
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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
> >
> >
> >
> > Brandy Wojcik  Discovery Toys Educational Consultant and Team leader
> >
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> >
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> >
> >
> >
> > Looking forward to helping you with your educational toy needs!

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