[blparent] looking for very powerful vacuum any recommendations?

Marla Wertman mwertman72 at gmail.com
Tue Apr 24 17:50:25 UTC 2012 

does it work well on the wood floors though? I have thought about
getting one of those for a while.
On Mon, 23 Apr 2012 18:14:58 -0400
"Leanne Merren" <leemer02 at gmail.com> wrote:

> We use the iRobot Rumba.  It isn't high powered, but it picks everything up 
> just fine.  We have wood floors in the kitchen and living room, then carpet 
> in the bedrooms and we use it all through the house.  I usually use a broom 
> to sweep things out from the edges because it doesn't do the edges as well 
> as I would like, but then I move the chairs out of the way and turn it on 
> and let it do it's thing.  It saves me a lot of time vacuuming by hand. 
> Then I mop after it's done running.  My floors are always super clean.
> Just a thought for you if you don't want to crawl around with a hose. :)  Oh 
> and you can clean it out easily if it picks up something it shouldn't, which 
> is a plus. :)
> 
> Leanne
> 
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Jaquiss, Robert
> Sent: Monday, April 23, 2012 5:12 PM
> To: Blind Parents Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [blparent] looking for very powerful vacuum any 
> recommendations?
> 
> Hello:
> 
>      If you want a quieter shop vac, I suggest you try a Fein (note 
> spelling) vacuum. These units are heavy duty and often used in commercial 
> establishments. You can buy Fein vacuums on Ebay and Amazon.com. Note that 
> you must buy the attachments separately. When we lived in Louisiana, I had a 
> Fein vacuum for use with a milling machine. It was certainly much quieter 
> than most shop vacs. When we needed to clean up the hard floors in the 
> house, we grabbed the Fein, and it with its two inch hose made short work of 
> housework. Plan on spending about $400 for a new unit and attachments.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Robert
> 
> 
> Robert Jaquiss
> Access Technology Specialist
> National Federation of the Blind Jernigan Institute
> 200 E. Wells Street at Jernigan Place
> Baltimore, MD 21230
> Phone: (410) 659-9314, Ext.2422
> Email: rjaquiss at nfb.org
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On 
> Behalf Of Brandy W
> Sent: Monday, April 23, 2012 3:08 PM
> To: 'Blind Parents Mailing List'
> Subject: Re: [blparent] looking for very powerful vacuum any 
> recommendations?
> 
> I find the noise to just be a bit disorienting, and it is so loud one can't
> hear the phone ring, or someone knocking, and sometimes I need to use it
> with children around and want to be able to hear more than a very loud cry.
> Shop vac on wood floor equals extra loud! Thanks I'll check this brand out.
> Amazon often has good deals and I've been looking.
> 
> 
> 
> "To learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable that is spelled out is
> a spark."
> - Victor Hugo
> 
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Pickrell, Rebecca M (TASC)
> Sent: Monday, April 23, 2012 3:04 PM
> To: 'Blind Parents Mailing List'
> Subject: Re: [blparent] looking for very powerful vacuum any
> recommendations?
> 
> Try Orek. They can be pricey but they do have good deals.
> I like your shop vac idea. Why does the loudness bother you?
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of 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
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> 
> 
> Read my new blog at www.playtoachieveballstobooks.wordpress.com
> 
> 
> 
> Looking forward to helping you with your educational toy needs!
> 
> 
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