Hey, that does sound pretty neat and might be quite useful. Thanks.
On Oct 25, 2008, at 2:39 PM, William Stephan wrote: > 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] > > > Scott Howell [EMAIL PROTECTED] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
