The entire business is absurd. What are these things anyway but a fan in a can?
They can make them to suck several atmospheres, capable of lifting a bowling ball but you know I never seem to need to suck up bowling balls. ----- Original Message ----- From: Scott Howell To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2008 5:21 AM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Portable Vac recommendations Not to seem totally daft, but the El I assume is the Electrolux that you all are referring to and this is a battery-powered broom of sorts. If so, how does this thing do for mainly hardwood floors etc. Is it able to collect a lot of crap? Our entire first floor is actually laminate and tile and to be honest if it were up to me, the whole house would go that route. Well with time it just might, I want to wait for the carpet to crap out first. On Oct 16, 2008, at 3:00 AM, Spiro wrote: > great price for an EL. > I paid almost that for the hose to the canister. By the way, the knock > offs I have bought as far as tools, hoses, and etc are not as good > as the > original EL. There is some good quality there. > > On Wed, 15 Oct 2008, William Stephan wrote: > > > Spiro: > > > > > > > > We paid about $90 for the thing. And, we bought it from an appliance > > company that's within walking distance of where we live. I imagine > that a > > "big box" store or a Wal-martish place might have them for cheaper. > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected] > ] > > On Behalf Of Spiro > > Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2008 15:51 > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Portable Vac recommendations > > > > > > > > what was the approx cost of the EL? I'm close to getting their > upright out > > of frustration. "can you bring the electrolux up from the shop?" > > "uh yeah honey, but you said the Oreck would be as good as this > bulky > > canister vac everytime." > > heehee > > > > On Tue, 14 Oct 2008, 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] > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > Scott Howell [EMAIL PROTECTED] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
