Scott: I've had about a week to play with the little robot shop vac. It seems to have a more potent drive system than the other little robots do. It actually gets into corners pretty well and goes under shelves, equipment, whatever. It gets itself in trouble on occasion, but when that happens, it stops, turns off its brushes and tries to back up. It has a sort of grill protecting the two brushes, with bars that are maybe an inch and a half apart, so it presumably won't pick up anything it can't handle, though mine, on two occasions tried to eat bungy cords.
I've planted a few screws and other junk hardware around and it does pick them up. It's strong enough to knock over 2 x 4s I had leaning on a wall, and it had an argument with a drain hose I have now learned to pick up when I'm using it. My wife and I used the thing on our concrete pad/patio last Sunday, and it was very good at staying on the concrete and not straying into the grass. Mine runs for about an hour and three quarters then huts down. It beeps in a certain pattern to let you know it needs its batteries charged, but it can be hard to find the unit when there's other noise happening. Fortunately my wife's dog is very good at finding these things so I've been using her until I figure out another way to handle it. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Scott Howell Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2008 03:24 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Portable Vac recommendations RObotic shop vac, really, now how is this different than the regular model? I'm curious how this unit really keeps up. I know just looking at the regular room cleaner and from what I've been told, they don't do so well with a lot of dog hair and the like, but overall they do a fairly decent job. I guess they must since they are still making them. On Oct 14, 2008, at 10:31 PM, 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] > > > 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]
