Barbara
04-19-2003, 02:16 PM
A while ago there was some discussion about vacuum cleaners and it got me thinking. The Bissell just wasn't cutting it anymore and with shedding season coming up and one cat that can't be brushed, I needed a new vacuum.
So I went to the local "Vac n Sew" store in town and asked the owner what he would recommend. I grew up with Hoovers but I knew there a lot more manufacturers out there now. I even knew that if you really wanted to blow some bucks and impress your friends, buy a Miele. So I was prepared to spend a few hundred. The owner walks me over to a row of vacuum cleaners made by Sanitaire. They all look like those old Hoovers. He turns over the one model to show me the brush and all and is explaining that everything is replaceable, even the beater bar brushes. It also has carpet height adjustment which is good. It's the Model 670 and has 840 horsepower, er watts - Tim Allen grunt here. He further explains to me that if anything breaks within the warranty period I have to take it to the regional distribution center which - how convient is this - is right here in his shop. I am sold.
So I walked out of the store with a Sanitaire Model 670 for $300 with a free bag of filter bags and a couple of free belts thrown in.
I get home and Pete puts it together for me in his shop. He always has to get his hands on my stuff before me. /ccboard/images/graemlins/smirk.gif
A couple hours later I pick up all the cat toys off the living room and proceed to use my new vacuum.
Pete hears the vacuum get turned off so he decides to come inside and see how it worked. He finds me sitting in my chair and staring at the carpet. Actually, I was staring at the indentations in the carpet where the coffee table sits. Or rather, where the indentations SHOULD HAVE BEEN but for the fact that the vacuum cleaner sucked up the indented carpet. I have never witnessed this in my lifetime.
Pete is a man and does not notice this so after a minute's silence he asks, "So?".
"It sucks."
Now Pete is thinking that for $300 we're gonna have a little talk with Mr. Vac n Sew.
"It really, really sucks."
"Well let's take it back to the store then."
"No, you don't understand. It really, REALLY sucks. It sucked up the carpet where the coffee table used to be. Whoa."
So Pete is pleased I have a nice toy that really works and hence the name, "The Super Sucker".
So today I am cleaning the upstairs (who's the idiot that insisted on white carpetting?? uh, right, that was me. doh! /ccboard/images/graemlins/crazy.gif) and I bring the Super Sucker upstairs. It sucked up schtuff that I thought were actually little stains in the carpet because the Bissell was so lame.
Whoa.
Barbara~~~bring on the shedding season, I'm ready!! /ccboard/images/graemlins/grin.gif
So I went to the local "Vac n Sew" store in town and asked the owner what he would recommend. I grew up with Hoovers but I knew there a lot more manufacturers out there now. I even knew that if you really wanted to blow some bucks and impress your friends, buy a Miele. So I was prepared to spend a few hundred. The owner walks me over to a row of vacuum cleaners made by Sanitaire. They all look like those old Hoovers. He turns over the one model to show me the brush and all and is explaining that everything is replaceable, even the beater bar brushes. It also has carpet height adjustment which is good. It's the Model 670 and has 840 horsepower, er watts - Tim Allen grunt here. He further explains to me that if anything breaks within the warranty period I have to take it to the regional distribution center which - how convient is this - is right here in his shop. I am sold.
So I walked out of the store with a Sanitaire Model 670 for $300 with a free bag of filter bags and a couple of free belts thrown in.
I get home and Pete puts it together for me in his shop. He always has to get his hands on my stuff before me. /ccboard/images/graemlins/smirk.gif
A couple hours later I pick up all the cat toys off the living room and proceed to use my new vacuum.
Pete hears the vacuum get turned off so he decides to come inside and see how it worked. He finds me sitting in my chair and staring at the carpet. Actually, I was staring at the indentations in the carpet where the coffee table sits. Or rather, where the indentations SHOULD HAVE BEEN but for the fact that the vacuum cleaner sucked up the indented carpet. I have never witnessed this in my lifetime.
Pete is a man and does not notice this so after a minute's silence he asks, "So?".
"It sucks."
Now Pete is thinking that for $300 we're gonna have a little talk with Mr. Vac n Sew.
"It really, really sucks."
"Well let's take it back to the store then."
"No, you don't understand. It really, REALLY sucks. It sucked up the carpet where the coffee table used to be. Whoa."
So Pete is pleased I have a nice toy that really works and hence the name, "The Super Sucker".
So today I am cleaning the upstairs (who's the idiot that insisted on white carpetting?? uh, right, that was me. doh! /ccboard/images/graemlins/crazy.gif) and I bring the Super Sucker upstairs. It sucked up schtuff that I thought were actually little stains in the carpet because the Bissell was so lame.
Whoa.
Barbara~~~bring on the shedding season, I'm ready!! /ccboard/images/graemlins/grin.gif