[blparent] looking for very powerful vacuum any recommendations?

Tue Apr 24 17:59:23 UTC 2012

What I worry about is that kids tend to leave things laying around that
it would try to pick up. I would think you would have to check the house
carefully before letting it vaccuum
On Tue, 24 Apr 2012 08:29:25 -0400
"Brandy W" <ballstobooks at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Pickrell, Rebecca M (TASC)
> Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2012 8:03 AM
> To: 'Blind Parents Mailing List'
> Subject: Re: [blparent] looking for very powerful vacuum any
> 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.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> 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
> To: Blind Parents Mailing List
> 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
> > >
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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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