[blparent] looking for very powerful vacuum any recommendations?

Tue Apr 24 18:20:27 UTC 2012

It turns off as soon as something gets stuck in the brushes, and also the 
bin is easy to sort through before you dump it so I have saved a few coins 
and things that way. :)  You can take the brushes right out and clean them 
out.  It's all very easy.  Best vacuum we have ever owned.
I do have a shop vac which I bought my husband for Christmas, and I use that 
for getting back behind things or around edges on the carpet.  Used to use 
my shark hand-held vacuum for that but the shop vac does a better job so I 
use that.  But for the every day clean up I move things out of the way and 
let the robot loose.  Saves me time to play with the kids.  Oh and my kids 
can also pick up and turn it on so it's an easy chore to hand off to them 
now.

-----Original Message----- 
From: Marla Wertman
Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2012 1:59 PM
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Subject: Re: [blparent] looking for very powerful vacuum any 
recommendations?

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.
> >Gabe Vega - Sent from my Apple Mac Mini Hit me up Voice/Text: (623)
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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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