Re: Subject: Re: [h-cost] OT vacuums
At 23:54 17/10/2005, you wrote: $400 is about the equivalent of what you'd pay for a newer version of a dyson over here these days - but from my experience they're probably not worth the outlay (we've got one - can't remember which model). Was brilliant for a few months, but it just couldn't cope with cat hair, cat litter and thread. There just seems to be too much that can go wrong (with the uprights at least). We now have a vax (don't know if they're available in the states). It's fabulous - picks up the cat hairs and litter, the thread, my hair (which is quite long usually), the mud etc. from the re-enactment stuff, and al the dust. It even manages to suck the chalk dust out of my worn out flattened old sewing room carpet. All that and it washes too (not that I've actually ever used the washy bit). Comment from my husband. He works at the Barbican Theatre as a technician and they use Dysons there all the time. (Apparently exactly the same as my domestic one.) He says they knock the b*ll*cks out of them all the time and they don't go wrong. Occasionally some of the plastic bits and pieces break, but they are easy to replace. They are used on carpet, wood floor, and various anonymous substances, and they are excellent for everything. ( I only discovered this today!) Suzi ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] OT vacuums
- Original Message - From: E House [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Historical Costume [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, October 16, 2005 10:25 PM Subject: [h-cost] OT vacuums I can't be the only one with this problem--little threads, all over my carpet, and a vacuum that just can't handle 'em. My vacuum has enough suction to pick up a bowling ball, but the little brush thinger that's supposed to pick up lint and so forth is pretty much useless. I have to use just the naked hose in order to get threads up, and even in a 2 bedroom apartment that gets very very tiring. Has anyone found a vacuum that works really well for the kind of stuff we costumers do? Something that can pick up all those threads and all that fabric lint (and all that cat hair) that plagues us? No cat hair here--but feathers and bird seed can wreak havoc on a vacuum! (And the Grey goes for distance when he flings...) And I have very long hair, which gets into everything and wraps nicely around the beater bar of a traditional vacuum. I had a Dirt Devil bagless that lasted more than most of the others (three years, I kill most vacuums in one) but right now I have a Kenmore canister vac I got from Free Cycle, and I LOVE it. -E House, longing for hardwood floors... Dianne And I could go for hardwood floors too! I actually rather enjoy vacuuming, but between the kids and the birds, the carpet just gets stained and dirty so fast! ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] OT vacuums
My mother always used to swear by her old-fashioned Fuller-brush carpet sweeper (and we kept my child's version for an extra decade for the same reason). Now that it's AWOL (went missing in the move), we are also quite disappointed with most modern vacs. I'm likely going to purchase a non-electric brush sweeper for that. Fuller still makes them :) Maura __ Yahoo! Music Unlimited Access over 1 million songs. Try it free. http://music.yahoo.com/unlimited/ ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] OT vacuums
At 16:41 17/10/2005, you wrote: My mother always used to swear by her old-fashioned Fuller-brush carpet sweeper (and we kept my child's version for an extra decade for the same reason). Now that it's AWOL (went missing in the move), we are also quite disappointed with most modern vacs. I'm likely going to purchase a non-electric brush sweeper for that. Fuller still makes them :) Don't know if you get Dyson vacuum cleaners in the U.S. Mine is a heavy brute, but takes up cat hairs and cat litter and crumbs and threads like nothing I have ever had before. And the brush thingy on the end of the hose gets in all the corners I try to avoid. (I don't have dust bunnies, I have dust elephants - I hate housework!) Suzi ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] OT vacuums
Don't know if you get Dyson vacuum cleaners in the U.S. Mine is a heavy brute, but takes up cat hairs and cat litter and crumbs and threads like nothing I have ever had before. And the brush thingy on the end of the hose gets in all the corners I try to avoid. We do have Dyson vacs but they are around $400 and according to Consumer Reports they work but may not be worth the big price tag. Diana www.RenaissanceFabrics.net Everything for the Costumer ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] OT vacuums
At 18:08 17/10/2005, you wrote: Don't know if you get Dyson vacuum cleaners in the U.S. Mine is a heavy brute, but takes up cat hairs and cat litter and crumbs and threads like nothing I have ever had before. And the brush thingy on the end of the hose gets in all the corners I try to avoid. We do have Dyson vacs but they are around $400 and according to Consumer Reports they work but may not be worth the big price tag. I got mine cheap in the local supermarket, so I think it is worth the price I paid - about 25% off!. $400.00 is too much though, even for a really good machine. Suzi ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] OT vacuums
- Original Message - From: Branwyn Maura [EMAIL PROTECTED] My mother always used to swear by her old-fashioned Fuller-brush carpet sweeper (and we kept my child's version for an extra decade for the same reason). Thanks all, for the responses--I still hope to hear more reviews if anyone's got 'em, but, OHYEAH, carpet sweepers! A year or two back it came to me that those would be the solution, but then I forgot all about them. Thanks, Maura! I'm still going to replace my vacuum with one that can handle thread at some point, but for now I'm going with that. I had wondered if they still made em (the one I used as a child was at least 40 or 50 years old) so it's very good to know that they do. And hey, how often do we get to buy something that can last half a century, nowadays? -E House ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Subject: Re: [h-cost] OT vacuums
$400 is about the equivalent of what you'd pay for a newer version of a dyson over here these days - but from my experience they're probably not worth the outlay (we've got one - can't remember which model). Was brilliant for a few months, but it just couldn't cope with cat hair, cat litter and thread. There just seems to be too much that can go wrong (with the uprights at least). We now have a vax (don't know if they're available in the states). It's fabulous - picks up the cat hairs and litter, the thread, my hair (which is quite long usually), the mud etc. from the re-enactment stuff, and al the dust. It even manages to suck the chalk dust out of my worn out flattened old sewing room carpet. All that and it washes too (not that I've actually ever used the washy bit). ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
[h-cost] OT vacuums
I can't be the only one with this problem--little threads, all over my carpet, and a vacuum that just can't handle 'em. My vacuum has enough suction to pick up a bowling ball, but the little brush thinger that's supposed to pick up lint and so forth is pretty much useless. I have to use just the naked hose in order to get threads up, and even in a 2 bedroom apartment that gets very very tiring. Has anyone found a vacuum that works really well for the kind of stuff we costumers do? Something that can pick up all those threads and all that fabric lint (and all that cat hair) that plagues us? -E House, longing for hardwood floors... ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] OT vacuums
E House wrote: Has anyone found a vacuum that works really well for the kind of stuff we costumers do? Something that can pick up all those threads and all that fabric lint (and all that cat hair) that plagues us? Have you tried an old-fashioned carpet sweeper? My vacuum works fine for these things, but I think the carpet sweeper may be a better solution if you don't want to get a new vacuum. (And if you do, check Consumer Reports first.) -- Cynthia Virtue and/or Cynthia du Pre Argent Then to the King's Theatre, where we saw Midsummer's Night's Dream, which I had never seen before, nor shall ever again, for it is the most insipid ridiculous play that ever I saw in my life. -- Samuel Pepys, 1662 ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] OT vacuums
I have an Orek. It manages to get everything from the floor even if the belt is broken. Which is almost all the time because I always try to fit the ((() thing on myself instead letting the dealer do it. On 10/16/05, E House [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I can't be the only one with this problem--little threads, all over my carpet, and a vacuum that just can't handle 'em. My vacuum has enough suction to pick up a bowling ball, but the little brush thinger that's supposed to pick up lint and so forth is pretty much useless. I have to use just the naked hose in order to get threads up, and even in a 2 bedroom apartment that gets very very tiring. Has anyone found a vacuum that works really well for the kind of stuff we costumers do? Something that can pick up all those threads and all that fabric lint (and all that cat hair) that plagues us? -E House, longing for hardwood floors... ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
