and when it dies, back to ebay for
another one.
Todd
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Behalf Of Peter Frederick
Sent: Saturday, March 26, 2011 08:48
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Subject: Re: [MBZ] Vacuum Cleaner Recommendations
I
Our little female dog avoids the thing but otherwise pays little
attention to it. The big boys would find it a wonderful playmate but
they don't get to be around it. Cats deserve whatever trauma it inflicts.
--R
On 3/26/11 7:51 PM, Hendrik Fay wrote:
Cats love em
Other than the dog eating the cord about five times,
Needs to leave the thing plugged in once. That'll
cure the dog.
-- Jim
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Yabbut then you'll have the vet bills for the medical attention the dog will
need from the burns...
Dan
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Other than the dog eating the
cord about five times,
Needs to leave the thing plugged in once. That'll
cure the dog.
-- Jim
have the vet bills for the medical attention the dog will
need from the burns...
Dan
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Dyson. Mucho bueno.
Bob R
On Mar 25, 2011 9:47 PM, LWB250 lwb...@yahoo.com wrote:
Need to find a new vacuum cleaner. Anyone out there have a recommendation?
Thanks,
Dan
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Date: Friday, March 25, 2011, 10:34 PM
I second Miele... got mine with Amex
points a few years ago. Its still
excellent.
Jaime
On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 10:33 PM
Jaime Kopchinski wrote:
I feel the same way... I couldn't dump any real cash on a vacuum. But after
experiencing crappy cheap vacuums, I decided Meile was worth the Amex
Points. Its the 240D of vacuums
Next time AMEX has a promotion for 50,000 Member Reward Points with a new gold
card and
out of my range.
Sorry.
Dan
--- On Fri, 3/25/11, Jaime Kopchinski jaime...@gmail.com wrote:
From: Jaime Kopchinski jaime...@gmail.com
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Vacuum Cleaner Recommendations
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Date: Friday, March 25, 2011, 10:34 PM
I
I just paid $500 for a used Filter Queen.
Less than $500 and you want new, go to Sears, but you won't be much
under that $500 even there (base models only).
In spite of no official inflation, prices on manufactured (read
Chinese) goods are VERY high in comparison with what most people
Dysons are expensive, and made of plastic. Plastics have a usable
lifetime of 5 years or so before they warp and leak or crack.
Gonna spend that money, look for a used all metal Hoover, Electrolux,
or Filter Queen.
Best thing about Filter Queens is that they are QUIET.
Peter
So I got my wife a vacuum cleaner for Christmas (and I am still alive to
speak of it) but it was a Roomba robovac, which her sister has and has
raved about it, so it was well-received. I don't know if it does a
particularly good job or not, but it does fill itself up pretty well,
and is sorta
Roomba's are fun to hack as well, nice mobile robotics platform.
Walt, who hasn't hacked a roomba, but has seen the results.
On Mar 26, 2011 8:57 AM, Rich Thomas richthomas79td...@constructivity.net
wrote:
So I got my wife a vacuum cleaner for Christmas (and I am still alive to
speak of it) but
I would say the 240D of vacuums. The electrolux is more like a 123 300D.
Old aluminum frame Hoover's are awesome. They last forever, good suction,
and they look great. The MB of vacs if I might say so myself.
Walt
On Mar 25, 2011 11:41 PM, Dieselhead 126die...@gmail.com wrote:
Buy a used
Don't screw around, go central vac and be done with it.
Any portable is just wasting your time by comparison.
-Curt
Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2011 18:47:06 -0700 (PDT)
From: LWB250 lwb...@yahoo.com
To: Okie Benz mercedes@okiebenz.com
Subject: [MBZ] Vacuum Cleaner Recommendations
Message-ID
I mentioned that, and got a look. I think her sister has one that
died of some malady, I had made an overture in that regard some time ago
but got looks from both of them.
--R
On 3/26/11 9:00 AM, Walt Zarnoch wrote:
Roomba's are fun to hack as well, nice mobile robotics platform.
Walt, who
: Peter Frederick psf...@earthlink.net
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I just paid $500 for a used
Curt Raymond wrote:
I've decided to remove the disposable crap from my life. If I can't afford a
GOOD whatever it is I obviously don't need one and can do without until I can
afford it.
And when it comes to vacuum cleaners, there's always a dirt cheap Electrolux or
Kirby at the next garage
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Sent: Saturday, March 26, 2011 8:33 AM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Vacuum Cleaner Recommendations
I understand and am not being critical-I just can't justify spending that
kind of money on a vacuum cleaner right now
If I were willing to spend $500 on a vacuum, i'd put in central, no contest.
Kinda like the question I ask anytime I start to look at a new
vehicle. How much Mercedes will the same money buy me? Except for
the van, I always end up with the MB as a better value when safety,
parts
Peter Frederick psf...@earthlink.net writes:
Dysons are expensive, and made of plastic. Plastics have a usable
lifetime of 5 years or so before they warp and leak or crack.
Gonna spend that money, look for a used all metal Hoover, Electrolux,
or Filter Queen.
Is Filter Queen the one
That's a Rainbow Allan
We've had one for 20+ years. With one motor change.
You empty the water after each use. And store with no water in the tank.
One on the neat features is you can set it in a room with the tank
filled and turn it
on for an hour or so it will pull the dust out out of the air.
No, it's a 1950's (styling and design, hasn't changed any) canister
with power head for carpet. Long hose, mostly metal and rubber, very
little plastic, spherical wheels on the canister, uses a conical filter.
Very quiet, fabulous suction, and fairly pricey. That said, my
brother just
and knock it out or it
does just a horrible job. Even cleaned out it only does a merely adequate job...
-Curt
Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2011 10:51:43 -0400
From: Mitch Haley m...@voyager.net
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Vacuum Cleaner Recommendations
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'Installed central systems in every place I've lived
:51:18 -0500
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If I were willing to spend $500
. Even cleaned out it only does a
merely adequate job...
-Curt
Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2011 10:51:43 -0400
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Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2011 10:54:07 -0400
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No, it's a 1950's (styling and design, hasn't changed any) canister
it out and beat the hell out of it. What I really need to do is take my
compressor to the office and reverse thrust it...
-Curt
Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2011 13:59:04 -0400
From: Dan Penoff lwb...@yahoo.com
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Vacuum Cleaner
.
-Curt
Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2011 10:54:07 -0400
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You
might want to check and see if the manufacturer of your system makes a
head with a beater bar. We have had two kinds-one
On Sat, 26 Mar 2011 12:57:19 -0400 Allan Streib str...@cs.indiana.edu
wrote:
Peter Frederick psf...@earthlink.net writes:
Is Filter Queen the one that you fill with water to catch all the dust
and dirt? That has always seem to me as something that might work well
but be a real PITA to use,
On Sat, 26 Mar 2011 08:33:10 -0400 Dan Penoff lwb...@yahoo.com wrote:
I understand and am not being critical-I just can't justify spending
that kind of money on a vacuum cleaner right now.
Consumer Reports has a review on vacuum cleaners in their March, 2011,
issue.
Craig
Sorry Curt:
Question was is the Filter Queen the vac with a water filter.
Peter
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Whats wrong with a Sprinter?
Awfully big for what most folks would want in a van. It's really a
small-end commercial vehicle.
Allan
--
1983 300D
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Curt Raymond curtlud...@yahoo.com writes:
Whats wrong with a Sprinter?
Awfully big for what most folks would want in a van. It's really
and rig it out as a camper ala the
Victorian bus refit: http://steampunkworkshop.com/bus1.shtml
-Curt
Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2011 14:39:28 -0400
From: Allan Streib str...@cs.indiana.edu
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Interesting comment about bagless-one of the biggest complaints is over
having to empty the dust collector
The dust that you've just vacuumed up comes pouring back out when you empty
the thing. That's the only complaint that I have about our Dyson.
Kevin in Hillsboro, Oregon
I've got 10 years on my Dyson...still perfect. Replaced one hose. Well worth
what I spent on it.
Bob R
On Mar 26, 2011 5:52 AM, Peter Frederick psf...@earthlink.net wrote:
Dysons are expensive, and made of plastic. Plastics have a usable
lifetime of 5 years or so before they warp and leak or
Cats love em
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vf9wHkkNGUUfeature=relmfu
Hendrik
who reckons our dogs would go mental having that cruising around the house
Walt Zarnoch wrote:
Roomba's are fun to hack as well, nice mobile robotics platform.
Walt, who hasn't hacked a roomba, but has seen the
Of Dieselhead
Sent: Friday, March 25, 2011 11:29 PM
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Subject: Re: [MBZ] Vacuum Cleaner Recommendations
Buy a used Hoover. Usually $25 or so at a yardsale or CL. Buy HEPA
filter bags and a pair of new belts. The old hoovers last forever.
THe newer ones are good
noticable turbo whistle
but no real sign of it being a diesel.
-Curt
Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2011 09:51:18 -0500
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I just paid $500 for a used Filter Queen.
Less than $500 and you want new
Need to find a new vacuum cleaner. Anyone out there have a recommendation?
Thanks,
Dan
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On Fri, 25 Mar 2011 18:47:06 -0700 (PDT) LWB250 lwb...@yahoo.com wrote:
Need to find a new vacuum cleaner. Anyone out there have a
recommendation?
Miele. But not the ones with the speed controls on the power head's
handle.
Craig
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I second Miele... got mine with Amex points a few years ago. Its still
excellent.
Jaime
On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 10:33 PM, Craig diese...@pisquared.net wrote:
On Fri, 25 Mar 2011 18:47:06 -0700 (PDT) LWB250 lwb...@yahoo.com wrote:
Need to find a new vacuum cleaner. Anyone out there have a
...@gmail.com wrote:
From: Jaime Kopchinski jaime...@gmail.com
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Vacuum Cleaner Recommendations
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Date: Friday, March 25, 2011, 10:34 PM
I second Miele... got mine with Amex
points a few years ago. Its still
excellent.
Jaime
I've never seen one, but I bet they are good. I still like hoovers
for uprights and electrolux for canister types.
I second Miele... got mine with Amex points a few years ago. Its still
excellent.
Jaime
On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 10:33 PM, Craig diese...@pisquared.net wrote:
On Fri, 25 Mar
. For that matter, I'm not going to spend $500 on
a vacuum cleaner.
Call me cheap, but this stuff is all way out of my range.
Sorry.
Dan
--- On Fri, 3/25/11, Jaime Kopchinski jaime...@gmail.com wrote:
From: Jaime Kopchinski jaime...@gmail.com
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Vacuum Cleaner
Bagless?
Hendrik
who thinks vacuum cleaners suck
Dave C. wrote:
I was going to chime in on the high end. My experience is it's a 'get what you pay for' appliance but there may be newer reasonably priced options I haven't seen.
Questions to ask:
Carpet or rugs? stairs? pets? need hepa?
One
LWB250 lwb...@yahoo.com writes:
I guess I should have qualified this a *bit* more. I am not going to
spend $1,000 for a vacuum cleaner. For that matter, I'm not going to
spend $500 on a vacuum cleaner.
Sears Kenmore canister.
Don't get an Oreck... they *are* light but don't live up to the
Buy a used Hoover. Usually $25 or so at a yardsale or CL. Buy HEPA
filter bags and a pair of new belts. The old hoovers last forever.
THe newer ones are good (but take flat belts and you need a
screwdriver to change the belt)
For canisters, buy a used electrolux, also usually $25 to $50 at
Old aluminum frame Hoover's are awesome. They last forever, good suction,
and they look great. The MB of vacs if I might say so myself.
Walt
On Mar 25, 2011 11:41 PM, Dieselhead 126die...@gmail.com wrote:
Buy a used Hoover. Usually $25 or so at a yardsale or CL. Buy HEPA
filter bags and a pair
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