attn ladies i need a vaccuum

*~*stragi*~* · Post by ***~*stragi*~*** » July 8, 2007, 10:47 pm

What is a good brand of vaccuum that doesn't cost a lot? Preferably bagless.

archeiron · Post by **archeiron** » July 9, 2007, 1:28 am

Misogynist.

I have hardwood floors now, so I don't own an upright myself. Anyway, here are two random ones:
Amazon Best Selling and under $100
Extremely good, but serious overpriced Dyson

Nick · Post by **Nick** » July 9, 2007, 7:47 am

OGM MYSOGNOST

Aslanna · Post by **Aslanna** » July 9, 2007, 12:23 pm

*~*stragi*~* wrote:What is a good brand of vaccuum that doesn't cost a lot? Preferably bagless.

That depends. There's way too many factors in determing a 'good brand'. There are many things to keep in mind such as size of the house, how much foot traffic, any pets, etc. For a large house bagless probably isn't the best choice as they fill up faster and you have to keep emptying the cannister. Generally when it comes to vacuums you get what you pay for. Cheaper the pricer cheaper the quality. I spent a lot of time researching them a few years ago and ended up with a Bissell CleanView II Plus I believe. It was relatively inexpensive and got mostly decent reviews. So far it's holding up well but I don't have much carpet in my apartment so I don't use it too often.

miir · Post by **miir** » July 9, 2007, 12:30 pm

We have a Bosh Formula.

Our house has hardwood throughout.
It's not cheap but it's top quality and really really quiet.

Fash · Post by **Fash** » July 9, 2007, 12:47 pm

The Dyson doesn't stop sucking!!

Morgrym · Post by **Morgrym** » July 9, 2007, 12:48 pm

Dirt Devil something or other bagless WalMart $50.00 special. Hardwood floors throughout with 4 cats and not a single problem. It's lasted a year easily and when it breaks, I will get another WalMart bagless special.

Aslanna · Post by **Aslanna** » July 9, 2007, 12:53 pm

I was wondering how many posts before someone mentioned Dyson.

Yeah.. Because a ~$500 vacuum falls under the criteria of "doesn't cost a lot"!

Spankes · Post by **Spankes** » July 9, 2007, 1:21 pm

It does when you don't need to replace it all the time.

Save up and buy good quality!

Sirensa · Post by **Sirensa** » July 9, 2007, 1:21 pm

I

my Dyson. Well worth the expense! Anything less....is uncivilized.

Zamtuk · Post by **Zamtuk** » July 9, 2007, 1:27 pm

I have the Dirt Devil Windtunnel. It ran my roommate 150 bucks i believe, but it cost me nothing to steal it from him when I moved out!

Aslanna · Post by **Aslanna** » July 9, 2007, 1:30 pm

You Dyson people are just snobs. Fine. You spent a lot of money on a vacuum and you want to let everyone know. We get it! Not everyone has that sort of budget for a vacuum. And not everyone needs that sort of machine either. Which is why I said there are many factors when it comes to deciding!

Midnyte_Ragebringer · Post by **Midnyte_Ragebringer** » July 9, 2007, 1:45 pm

Pay attention to the suction rating. Most of the cheap ones are around 5-6. The decent ones have a rating of over 10.

Pherr the Dorf · Post by **Pherr the Dorf** » July 9, 2007, 1:45 pm

Kirby > Dyson all day long and twice on thursdays

Dregor Thule · Post by **Dregor Thule** » July 9, 2007, 2:00 pm

Midnyte has a suction rating of 23! AHAHAHHAAHAHAHAHA

Oh come on, you know someone had to say it.

Bubba Grizz · Post by **Bubba Grizz** » July 9, 2007, 2:02 pm

Pherr the Dorf wrote:Kirby > Dyson all day long and twice on thursdays

I don't believe that. Our Dyson is an awesome machine. However, I remember when I was a kid the Kirby guy would go door to door demonstrating how well it worked and that you could even wash your car with it for some reason.

People thought I was an ass when I said that I got the wife a vacuum for Christmas but then I told them that it was a Dyson and they all went, "Ahhhhhh". Besides it was a combined gift for both of us to each other. $500 != Doesn't cost much. But it comes in Yellow.

Drinsic Darkwood · Post by **Drinsic Darkwood** » July 9, 2007, 3:44 pm

Haha, we had a Kirby salesman come by our place at school (we don't live on campus). I had personally never heard of them, asked for a price right at the start, and of course he said "wait until the end of the demo". So the dude cleans the entire condo, then springs a fucking $1300 price tag on my ass. "I'm in college." Oh well. We had a good 50 lbs. worth of dust and shit lifted out of our carpet for free.

Zaelath · Post by **Zaelath** » July 10, 2007, 2:44 am

The folks have a Kirby... they are, in short, fanfuckingtastic machines. However, for that kinda money I could hire someone else to do the cleaning with a lesser machine every week for 2-3 years...

Mak · Post by **Mak** » July 10, 2007, 5:59 am

Zaelath wrote:The folks have a Kirby... they are, in short, fanfuckingtastic machines. However, for that kinda money I could hire someone else to do the cleaning with a lesser machine every week for 2-3 years...

That could very well be the smartest thing ever said on this board.

Fairweather Pure · Post by **Fairweather Pure** » July 10, 2007, 12:32 pm

My parent's bought me a $300.00 car for my 16th birthday. A week later, they bought a $1,500 vacume cleaner. It was a Rainbow. You had to fill it with water. It would slosh all over as you tried desperately to hold it in one hand while vacuming the stairs. When you were done, you had to empty the thing, and clean it. Every. Single. Time.

A week after buying the vacume, they bought a $2,000 riding lawn mower. My first car lasted about 3 months total, then broke down in the busiest intersection in town during mid-afternoon traffic while I was on my way to work at McDonald's to pay for the insurance on the car my parents gave me on my 16th birthday.

I will forever detest the Rainbow and the John Deer riding mower, and still hold a special grduge against my parents for thier "gift" to me.

It was an awesome vacume though. That water trapped everything.

Fash · Post by **Fash** » July 10, 2007, 12:55 pm

Fairweather Pure wrote: I will forever detest the Rainbow and the John Deer riding mower, and still hold a special grduge against my parents for thier "gift" to me.

Classic... I feel your pain.

*~*stragi*~* · Post by ***~*stragi*~*** » July 10, 2007, 1:20 pm

i went with the 45 dollar walmart bagless woop woop

it's a hoover nanolite and it does great on carpet but not so well on the hard surfaces

Syenye · Post by **Syenye** » July 10, 2007, 1:22 pm

i have a roomba, and they're pretty cheap now... around $100. my only complaint is that my husband follows it around, and if he's going to follow the vacuum cleaner, he might as well push the damn thing, and the two $30 vacuums we already had would have been fine.

so like... where does the dirt go if there's no bag?

Aslanna · Post by **Aslanna** » July 10, 2007, 1:25 pm

Syenye wrote:so like... where does the dirt go if there's no bag?

It goes into a cannister where a bag would normally be. You just pop that out, empty it, and stick it back in.

Syenye · Post by **Syenye** » July 10, 2007, 1:29 pm

thanks. i feel dumb.

Sirensa · Post by **Sirensa** » July 10, 2007, 4:08 pm

Fairweather Pure wrote:My parent's bought me a $300.00 car for my 16th birthday.

Hey, mine bought me a sewing machine. I don't sew. At least you got a car! And first cars are SUPPOSED to be shit tanks.

Sirensa · Post by **Sirensa** » July 10, 2007, 4:09 pm

*~*stragi*~* wrote:i went with the 45 dollar walmart bagless woop woop

it's a hoover nanolite and it does great on carpet but not so well on the hard surfaces

Try a broom. Think they are pretty cheap these days

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » July 10, 2007, 4:46 pm

How much for you to come over and vacuum my place Stragi? Charge by the room?

Canelek · Post by **Canelek** » July 10, 2007, 10:43 pm

Stragi charges by how hairy you are. He doesn't charge Sylvos anything though.

Sirensa · Post by **Sirensa** » July 10, 2007, 11:20 pm

Canelek wrote:Stragi charges by how hairy you are. He doesn't charge Sylvos anything though.

Well that's cause Sylvos supplies the hot air... harharhhar.

Sylvos out of town for a week = open-season!

*~*stragi*~* · Post by ***~*stragi*~*** » July 10, 2007, 11:28 pm

Winnow wrote:How much for you to come over and vacuum my place Stragi? Charge by the room?

Canelek · Post by **Canelek** » July 12, 2007, 3:18 am

*~*stragi*~* wrote:
Winnow wrote:How much for you to come over and vacuum my place Stragi? Charge by the room?
do i look mexican amigo?

Dude, you sold me a bag of oranges as I was wading through traffic on the way to Dodger Stadium in 2002.

*~*stragi*~* · Post by ***~*stragi*~*** » July 16, 2007, 9:49 pm

Dregor Thule wrote:Midnyte has a suction rating of 23! AHAHAHHAAHAHAHAHA

Oh come on, you know someone had to say it.

this thread is *FF*

*~*stragi*~* · Post by ***~*stragi*~*** » July 16, 2007, 9:50 pm

Canelek wrote:
*~*stragi*~* wrote:
Winnow wrote:How much for you to come over and vacuum my place Stragi? Charge by the room?
do i look mexican amigo?
Dude, you sold me a bag of oranges as I was wading through traffic on the way to Dodger Stadium in 2002.

i wouldn't be caught dead in la

Sylvos · Post by **Sylvos** » July 17, 2007, 8:42 pm

I go out of town and it's open season?

IT'S GO TIME!

btw our Dyson rocks!

We totally spent way too much money on a kick ass vacuum and we aren't afraid to let you know!

Canelek · Post by **Canelek** » July 17, 2007, 9:44 pm

You were gone?

Sirensa · Post by **Sirensa** » July 17, 2007, 10:18 pm

Sylvos wrote:We totally spent way too much money on a kick ass vacuum and we aren't afraid to let you know!

We?

Dregor Thule · Post by **Dregor Thule** » July 17, 2007, 11:56 pm

Ohnoshedidn!

*~*stragi*~* · Post by ***~*stragi*~*** » July 18, 2007, 8:24 pm

sirensa wears the daddy pants

Aslanna · Post by **Aslanna** » January 29, 2017, 1:59 pm

Aslanna wrote:You Dyson people are just snobs. Fine. You spent a lot of money on a vacuum and you want to let everyone know. We get it! Not everyone has that sort of budget for a vacuum. And not everyone needs that sort of machine either. Which is why I said there are many factors when it comes to deciding!

Update. My ~10 year old Bissell had been acting (and sounding) weird so I am now one of those Dyson people! I got one on Black Friday for $250 which I thought was fairly reasonable but probably still not meeting stragi's initial condition of a "vacuum that doesn't cost a lot". It's nice but seems to me to be a bit over-engineered. I am still not sure how to get to all the filters. Will see how it holds up!

Another option these days would probably be Shark. Supposedly they are just as good, and better according to some, but not as expensive as Dyson.

Funkmasterr · Post by **Funkmasterr** » January 29, 2017, 9:38 pm

I have a shark; it was reasonably priced and it does an awesome job on a variety of surfaces. No complaints at all.