I bought one of those $60 bagless Dirt Devil Breeze vacuums at

Posted By: I like Electrolux on 2005-10-16
In Reply to: vacuum cleaners -- value vs. cost? - sm

K-Mart, and I hate it. It's loud, difficult to push around, messy to empty, and causes shoulder pain. It was kind of a vacuuming emergency because we had just had new carpeting put in and my Electrolux wasn't working. It cost $29 to fix the 15-year-old Electrolux, so the Dirt Devil is just collecting dust. I love my Electrolux, but I got it for free. I won't pay an arm and a leg for a vacuum.

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vacuum cleaners -- value vs. cost? - sm
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  - Maybe it is just the particular model/brand - At Home MT
- My $375 was sooo well spent... - Dyson Info-mercial inside....sm
- Have a Kirby G5-- bought local used for $500 with the shampooer- love it-- - had it for 3 years - sm
- Dyson 4 me - Jo-MT
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  - I love my Dyson too. Best I have ever used! - nm
- still have my Kirby 35 yrs and counting - Nanna23
- I love my Fantom! - Great vacuum
- I bought one of those $60 bagless Dirt Devil Breeze vacuums at - I like Electrolux
- I blew a big wad on my last one - Hoover WindTunnel - because Consumer Reports (sm) - WI MT
- My sister swears by her Dyson. Costly, 400+, but will last. - She had Oreck, didn't like it. nm
  - I love my Oreck, but vacuums are definitely kind of like potato salad. :) - MT
    - Her problem with Oreck was that it's rectangular and doesn't get the edges well. - Other than that it was good. nm

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Just purchased Dirt Devil bagless in K-Mart for $50 and
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I just bought a Bissel bagless - reasonable @ $129. It gets the job done
I have a golden retriever - it picks up every hair and hair ball. So far, so good.

Vacuums
I like Hoovers and they recently got good reviews from Consumer Reports.

I'll tell you, though, that I'm very sorry I bought a bagless with a HEPA filter. It's a real pain. One of the stupidest ideas of this era.

The filter clogs quickly--much faster than a bag--and you have to take the vacuum somewhere (in my condo, the kitchen--they'd shoot me if I did it outside), take off the canister, shove the whole thing into a bag, then drag out the filter and literally scrape off the mess. While doing that, all the dust and fluff the filter caught comes loose, poofs up all over, and flies around.

It's all up your arms, your neck, down your shirt, in your hair and up your nose, and all down your clothes. It's horrible.

You end up with more in the air than you ever did before. I have to take a big load of Benadryl now just to vacuum and I'm looking to get a good old BAG model the next time I see a good price on one.

Some lady in the store was buying a bag-style. She told me not to buy the bagless, but I didn't listen.

Before you buy one, make sure you try a friend's first. And clean it out.

Ugh. Disgusting. The top-fill bags were better any day!

Oh, you mean the devil dog? sm
He's much better now, a whole lot calmer than those pictures! Of course he is still a terror but those two dogs are like 2 peas in a pod. They don't do anything without the other being right there. In fact, I think they love each other more than they love us! My poor Tasha never showed any symptoms the day she had her stroke, either, except she had a real strong, bad odor about her that day. I often wonder if she had a brain tumor. Whatever it was, the vet had said it was severe brain damage and my decision to put her down at age 14 was the best and I won't ever regret that.

devil's advocate
Devil's advocate, you need to quit catering to the little whiners and let them stand on their own two feet once in a while and realize that life is not ALWAYS, ALWAYS about them. You sound like someone who caters to their every little whim and likes to protect them from all the "meanies" of the world, and very likely you would think that included me, because I'd like kids these days to be more independent and not so reliant on their doting, catering, overly protective nannies -- oops i meant mommies. Yeah you have a point, but it's a small one, and you are missing the BIGGER point, which is what the OP indicated by having an independent vacation. Get real.

I love my Bissel bagless that I got for $40 at Wal-Mart...sm
does a great job with our animal hair, bunny rabbit shavings she kicks out of her cage as well as other carpet stuff.

vacuuming - either the vacuums are too heavy or they don't pick up anything....nm
nm

I love my Oreck, but vacuums are definitely kind of like potato salad. :)
Real specific to the particular person. Have a great day!

I took it in 2000 and it was a breeze for me then.
But I didn't maintain it. Has it changed much, does anyone know? I keep hearing it's not easy and am just wondering if it's now more difficult than it used to be. I am trying to decide whether or not to do it again.

The Ocean Breeze is really nice.
And Spring Rain and Serenity. I did not like the Gingerbread, thought it would be more cinnamon-y-sweet but it was more ginger. And be warned, they are VERY strong, a little dab'll do ya. LOL

working at home a breeze
So working at home is a breeze for you. That is wonderful. From your posting, you don't mention kids. Many of us have children. I have a 10 yo son and manage to get stuff done around the house. I also get in my hours and my line quota. Some people don't have a problem with working at home and keeping out the public. Some people do...so don't get down on them because they are saying something about it. Maybe they are looking for a more diplomatic way rather than say...Get out and go away. Different viewpoints are what make the world go round. And yes...as the other poster said..no one takes advantage of you unless you let them. But everyone is different. Our difference is what makes us all unique both at home and in the office. Just don't sound so cavalier about other people and their feelings and problems.

The first year with just 1 would be a breeze since babies sleep a lot....after that
but it's doalbe on a part-time basis, maybe FT if you are quick and able to do your job in 6 hours. I started doing MT 3 years ago when my kids were 3 and 4....very hard but I did it, worked while they napped, and at night basically. It can be done but you don't sleep much! Good luck.

I find working at home a breeze
I can write off all things (including part of home space, part of electrical bill, all of phone and cable service and other things on the income tax, so there is where there is a break. I keep my electric bill down by using a small heater in the winter at my feet and have an overhead fan for the summer- should it get up to the 80s, then I might turn on the air for a while but my home so large I do not care to pay $$$ to air-conditing the entire home and just me here most of the time (hubs drives long distance). I sleep as late as I like (my work starts at noon), shower, dress and walk to the next room. What do you have to do at home that you find it so hard?? I work straight through, be it in the office or at home, not taking breaks and/or lunch so makes no difference either way for me.

Didn't make me cry but wasn't a breeze.
I studied when I could. After 30 years I think you'll pass. Please let us know how you do and good luck!

Would you walk three blocks in 110 degrees at 3 p.m. in Arizona - no trees, no breeze, no wet SM

except for sweat. It's brutal.

Now is 110 and supposed to get hotter. Yesterday was 113 in the shade

I bought a wedge at Michael's for about 59 cents. Bought one for my SM
Lanier station so I could see the display and one for my keyboard.

I love my Electrolux, I am hard on Vacuums and I found Electrolux to be great, it sucks up everythin
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for what god gave her in beauty, the devil gave her in insanity.
she is one scary chick to be raising kids.

Any ho t dirt y bitc hes here!
i am on het wanna fuc k hard and deep so that my 12 inches long black rod reaches the thoroat of all the old MT bitc hes here.

It's just one more reason why MTs are treated like dirt. (nm)
:/