[blparent] looking for very powerful vacuum any recommendations?

Tue Apr 24 13:45:19 UTC 2012

Yes, my friend and his wife love it, but they don't have kids.

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From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Brandy W
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My friends who are just the 2 of them as an older couple love their roomba,
but I don't know many with children who really like it.

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From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Pickrell, Rebecca M (TASC)
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recommendations?

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
> >
> > (512) 689-5045
> >
> > www.playtoachieve.com
> >
> > Follow me on Face Book at
> >
> > http://www.facebook.com/PlayToAchieve.DiscoveryToys
> >
> >
> >
> > Read my new blog at www.playtoachieveballstobooks.wordpress.com
> >
> >
> >
> > Looking forward to helping you with your educational toy needs!

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