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Thread Number: 77570
/ Tag: Small Appliances
Funny (to me anyway) conversation at Walmart |
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Post# 1015657 , Reply# 1 11/24/2018 at 15:56 (1,978 days old) by Yogitunes  (New Jersey) |
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it can be scary, yet funny, when a salesman isn't edumacated on a product, but worse when people don't investigate for themselves...
people will believe anything!....you can't prepare yourself for the shocking things than can happen... but I will give you that, Walmart seems to attract a certain type of clientele...there are even vids on youtube, as in preparing you for some shocking things you may encounter if you enter.... I was with my sister once in Sears, who was taking way too long to decide on a vacuum....I told her to grab the one with the headlight, just by chance if the power goes out, she can still see where she is vacuuming and finish her chore...she was sold at that moment! | ||
| Post# 1015670 , Reply# 2 11/24/2018 at 17:06 (1,978 days old) by IowaBear (Cedar Rapids, IA) | ||
 I only have one bag-less vacuum, a small canister Dirt Devil "Breeze" that I use for the basement.
While it works great, "pounding" the large filter to clean it out creates a disgusting dust-cloud mess...it must be done outdoors.
Would much rather change a bag than deal with it. Live and learn!
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Post# 1015681 , Reply# 3 11/24/2018 at 19:09 (1,978 days old) by Yogitunes (New Jersey) |
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Post# 1015694 , Reply# 4 11/24/2018 at 23:55 (1,977 days old) by tolivac (greenville nc) |
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To put it simply-bagged vacuums for me!!!See to many bagless dreck vacuums at the curb waiting to be picked up by the Hungry-Hungry trash truck! | ||
| Post# 1015727 , Reply# 5 11/25/2018 at 12:18 (1,977 days old) by TheSpiritOf76 (Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, and OZ All Together. ) | ||
The other thing the industry doesnt tell you about a bagless
...is, that most bagless, and meaning most of them especially sold at the big box stores, not only have a Hepa filter that needs cleaned, but a new filter is recommended every 6 months. Generally those filters range from $20..to as high as $50. One can surely buy a years supply of clean, hygienic paper bags for the same money, or more. It is very much what I call a false economy. But people believe it because that's what the company's tell them, knowing if they put "NEVER BUY BAGS", or "EASY EMPTY" in bold print, but the part about the new filter in fine print, on the last page of the manual, or on a separate little card, 85% of their average consumers are not going to read it. To me that is boarder line fraud. But since they include the little card, legally the consumer has been "Warned", and it is perfectly legal. It is most distressing, being a vintage vacuum cleaner collector, that the names associated with those practices, are the names that I love most. =(
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Post# 1015728 , Reply# 6 11/25/2018 at 12:46 (1,977 days old) by thomasortega (El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora de Los Angeles de Porciúncula) |
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I personally prefer bagless vacuums. Ok, you have to wash them from times to times and replace the filters, however, when you have tons of hair and not so much dust, bags fill reasonably fast and can become costly. Every vacuum has a target profile and people should focus on that. Usually bagged vacuums are GREAT for people that have mostly dust and not so much large debris or hair. Now it the dirt is mostly large debris, hair, etc and not so much dust, then a bagless is way better. | ||
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Post# 1015755 , Reply# 8 11/25/2018 at 18:08 (1,977 days old) by ea56 (Cotati, Calif.) |
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I’ve always preferred bagged vacuums too. David does most of the house cleaning and he likes a canister vacuum with a powerhead. We’ve owned several Kenmore canisters with powerheads over the years, and they are very good vacuums, but their weak point is the electric connection in the hose for the wand. After a few years every one of these vacs have crapped out because of this connection failing. And these hoses cost a fortune to replace, about $150.00 when our last one went out a couple of months ago. And at that price you may as well just buy a new vacuum!
We have a Hoover Constellation with a Turbo head that we bought in 2006 new, and its very good. So when the last Kenmore gave up the ghost, I checked out the Dyson Cinetic Animal Canister, and found that it doesn’t have or require a filter. So we bought one, and we love it! It has excellent suction, the turbo noozle does a great job on our wall to wall carpet. In fact,the carpet in the bedrooms is the original rust colored shag from 1980, and believe it or not, the Dyson has made this carpet look almost like new again! We have a Simplicity Dry Carpet cleaner applicator. Its electric, and it really works the dry carpet cleaner into the carpet throughly, and the new Dyson vacuums it out like a champ. Between the two of these machines our carpet looks better than ever. And I totally agree about bagless vacs with filters, they suck, and not in a good way! We had a Shark Rotator Upright,and cleaning the GD filter was a royal PITA!!.. The vac did a nice job, but that filter was the pits, I said Hell to the No on the Shark! Eddie CLICK HERE TO GO TO ea56's LINK | ||
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Post# 1015816 , Reply# 10 11/25/2018 at 23:29 (1,977 days old) by Yogitunes (New Jersey) |
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I guess it a matter of what your cleaning, and the task at hand... one man's junk....
and note, I have a bunch of vacuums, pros and cons to each one... but I have two Shark Professional Rotator Lift-Aways…..with too many accessories to list...found them both at a flea market for 30.00 each..... THEY ARE FREAKING FANTASTIC! for me the only downside is an extension hose is not available.... I find it easy to maintain, the filters are washable, and I pretreat them with lemon pledge, which traps even more dust.....and toss in a LittleTree Vanillaroma…. on the search for the "Powered Lift-Away" next.... but to each his own..... | ||
| Post# 1015826 , Reply# 13 11/26/2018 at 02:33 (1,976 days old) by speedqueen (Metro-Detroit) | ||
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Post# 1015827 , Reply# 14 11/26/2018 at 05:34 (1,976 days old) by askolover (South of Nash Vegas, TN) |
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Post# 1015891 , Reply# 16 11/26/2018 at 18:45 (1,976 days old) by ea56 (Cotati, Calif.) |
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Thanks Cole,
I have done this repair on the handi-mate power tools,but unfortunately, the repairs didn’t hold for too long before the connections broke again, and then it was beyond being able to glue again.
I did think about trying to get a new handle assembly for the hose and replacing it. But after having this same failure over and over again, I decided to just try something else for a change. But I’m really glad that you’ve had success with this repair. The Kenmore canister vacuums are really very good machines. I believe that they used to be made by Panasonic. The only ones now that compare would be the Miele canisters with a powerhead, but I’m not about to pay what those bad boys cost. And now that Sears is going out of business, I didn’t want to buy another Kenmore, and if there were problems while still in warranty I’d be SOL. And I have to say we’ve both been really pleased with the Dyson’s performance. It cleans and grooms the carpet just as well and maybe better than the Kenmore. Time will tell how durable it will be, but it seems to be well made. Besides, I’ve always been a vacuum junkie, so this was a perfect excuse to try something new. Thanks again for the helpful advice, I’m sure that it may help someone else, as this is a common problem with powerhead canisters. Eddie | ||
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