The stuff's still in the crates Scott, but I understand the shop vac is heavier duty than the room cleaners. I'll let you know more after I've uncrated and played a while.
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Scott Howell Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2008 03:24 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Portable Vac recommendations RObotic shop vac, really, now how is this different than the regular model? I'm curious how this unit really keeps up. I know just looking at the regular room cleaner and from what I've been told, they don't do so well with a lot of dog hair and the like, but overall they do a fairly decent job. I guess they must since they are still making them. On Oct 14, 2008, at 10:31 PM, William Stephan wrote: > Well, since I started this.. > > We wound up with an Electrolux that sort of looks like an electric > broom but > is cordless. The vacuum portion and the rotating brushes are > presumably > powered by different batteries. You can remove the vacuum piece from > the > unit, and it becomes very much like a dustbuster at that point. > > On a related note, my wife and I think that robots used routinely > probably > do as good a job as a blind person at vacuuming, so she bought the > latest > and greatest I Robot package. The package consists of three units, one > standard room-cleaner, one floor-scrubber, and one robotic shop vac. > We > already have two older room-cleaners, one works well, the other will > likely > be given away to a good home. > > I have a free-standing large sink in the basement where the shop vac > will be > deployed, and I had a real concern that the robot would ultimately > knock it > free of the drain pipe, so I built a barrier out of 3.4 plywood. > Since the > flor is concrete, I was forced to buy one of those Remington Power > Hammers in order to nail down my barrier. > > These are not nearly as easy to use as the old stud guns I used to > have > access to. The thing takes a .22 short, and because that's a rim- > fire load, > you really have to be dead-on when you strike the plate to hit the > primer. > Doing this in a close-quarters area was challenging and not > particularly > pleasant. It's done now though, and my wife and I both got tools, so > things > are good. > > -----Original Message----- > From: blindhandyman@ <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> yahoogroups.com [mailto:blindhandyman@ <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> yahoogroups.com > ] > On Behalf Of Spiro > Sent: Sunday, October 12, 2008 01:22 > To: blindhandyman@ <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> yahoogroups.com > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Portable Vac recommendations > > I needed to put a longer a.c. cable on my oreck as it seemed a > bother to > not be able to go from one end of the house to the other. > Hardware store, $1 per additional foot, and $2.49 for the new plug. > I kept the old plug as it had a cable clamp in it. I used a wire tie > to > hold it to the underside of the handle. > > On Sat, 11 Oct 2008, Claudia wrote: > > > We have had both an Oreck Upright and a cannister vac, and we do > love > them. > > I was able to use the upright vac, while I was pregnant, with my > son, and > nine months into the pregnancy, without any problems! > > > > They're an awesome buy; we've had ours for about 6 years now, and > they're > still going tstrong! > > > > Claudia > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Scott Howell > > To: blindhandyman@ <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> > yahoogroups.com > > Sent: Saturday, October 11, 2008 4:51 AM > > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Portable Vac recommendations > > > > > > I had an Oreck at one time, this was probably about 15 years ago. > The > > only thing I did not like about it is the fact that it could not > > handle large amounts of dog hair. Well lets just say that 3 German > > Shepherds despite a great deal of grooming still leave hair piles in > > various places. So, I am curious how they've changed. Of course I > also > > like the machines that do not use bags, but this is just my > preference. > > > > On Oct 10, 2008, at 7:27 PM, WESLEY BURDEN wrote: > > > > > i got the oreck xl upright. It works like a champ and will never > by > > > another > > > vacuum again. I also got a hand held vacuum when i purchase my > oreck > > > xl > > > upright. You will notice the difference when you get an oreck > vacuum. > > > > > > > > > > > > _____ > > > > > > From: blindhandyman@ <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> > yahoogroups.com [mailto:blindhandyman@ > <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> yahoogroups.com > > > ] > > > On Behalf Of Kevin Doucet > > > Sent: Friday, October 10, 2008 7:26 PM > > > To: blindhandyman@ <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> > yahoogroups.com > > > Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Portable Vac recommendations > > > > > > What moddle did you get? > > > > > > At 09:17 PM 10/9/2008, you wrote: > > > > > > >hello william the only vacuum i reccommend to get is a oreck. I > > > just bought > > > >an oreck on monday and love it. It picks up everything. Your > house > > > will be > > > >spotless with an oreck. Go to www.oreck.com. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >_____ > > > > > > > >From: > > > ><mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com>blindhandyman@ > > > <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> yahoogroups.com > > > > [mailto:blindhandyman@ <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> > > > yahoogroups.com] > > > >On Behalf Of William Stephan > > > >Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2008 9:33 PM > > > >To: <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com>blindhandyman@ > > > <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> yahoogroups.com > > > >Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Portable Vac recommendations > > > > > > > >All: > > > > > > > >My wife has decided we need a new portable, as in battery-powered > > > vacuum > > > >cleaner to be used primarily on furniture. She wants something > with > > > >attachments appropriate to that usage, and hopefully with an > easy- > > > to-empty > > > >cup or receptical for the debris. We have a very tired > Dustbuster, > > > and this > > > >time I'd like to find something with a little more power and > > > versatility. > > > >Any thoughts? > > > > > > > >Thanks in advance. > > > > > > > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > > > >No virus found in this incoming message. > > > >Checked by AVG - http://www.avg. <http://www.avg. <http://www.avg. <http://www.avg.com> com > > > com> com > > > >Version: 8.0.138 / Virus Database: 270.8.0/1718 - Release Date: > > > >10/10/2008 7:07 AM > > > > > > Thanks. > > > > > > Kevin Doucet > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:contactme%40kevindoucet.com> et.com > > > > > > confuse as says > > > > > > Blind man with unmarked forehead has large belly! > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > > > > > Scott Howell > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:s.howell%40verizon.net> net > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > Scott Howell [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:s.howell%40verizon.net> net [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
