Vacuum cleaner help

[gackle]

If you don't have really long hair you just don't realize how much of it you loose everyday.

I have really short hair, but my evidence of how much hair I lose is the unceasing migration of hair away from the top of my head.

[boefixepa]

gackle...lol....not talking about male pattern baldness, just about the normal hair loss. I'd have too look it up again, but I think it's normal to lose a couple hundred a day. I have really healthy hair, so it's not that, just normal everyday hair loss.

[St. Theresa]

I used Electrolux all my life until mine finally died. I bought one refurbished in 1985 and it lasted 20 years. But they're incredibly expensive.

I'm using hand-me-down vacs from my ex's parents, specifically a Panasonic upright. I really hate it. The bags are very difficult to attach and you can actually see dust coming out of the machine, back into the air, as you go.

When I finally buy a new vac, it will be upright and light, have lots of attachments, include a really great air filtration system so that it actually cleans the filters the air flowing through it, instead of coughing dust back up and, preferably, bagless. Oh, and it will be on sale. This ain't happening any time soon. I might have to resort to sweeping my carpet in the meantime!

[St. Theresa]

I have really short hair, but my evidence of how much hair I lose is the unceasing migration of hair away from the top of my head.

I thought my cats were a problem! My hair is down to my waist now and I shed constantly. When the vac hose was clogged it wasn't because of the cats and it wasn't because my daughter likes to vacuum up small countries. It was my long hair! It created HUGE hair balls.

I swear, the hair I lose in the shower and in brushing it afterwards would fully cover any bald head!

[Taribor]

We have a Dyson and love it.

[Joan.of.the.Arch]

We got rid of our carpets, and for the last three we use a broom for the quiet. But my vacuum is a little Sanyo bagless cannister. It is twenty years old and I think came from the end of an era when one could buy good vacuums inexpensively. The inexpensive ones now don't seem to last long at all from what I hear. Do they even work well to start with? Sorry, I know I'm no help, here.

Know how we've talked about expecting inheritances? Well, my MIL told us she wanted to leave us her Rainbow vacuum cleaner due to my husband's constant allergies and asthma. Parents, eh!?

[jasanderson]

OOO - Rainbow! I had a friend about 15 years ago who had one and I thought she had gone over the deep end that she paid over $1000 for it and her hubby about had a heart attack but the first time she used it and I saw the results --- Wow! I never realized my carpet was so dirty and I had just had it cleaned 2 months before that when I moved in. I can't afford one but I am a believer in those.

[haiki]

Here is some help for those who don't know which way to go, Bags or bagless vacuums. Tip of the year!

Yes, I have a Hoover Empower upright, works great. It's great all except for the price of the Hepa filter, $29. I soon realized that the filter became extremely dirty after it's first cleaning and saw that replacing this Hepa filter will be soon and often. Built almost like automobile filters, as well as other paper filters. How I solved the replacement, cost problem. Go buy a roll of Bounty paper towels- 2 ply . Take one sheet, (not the half sheet) and separate the ply sheets. You end up with 2 separate sheets of ply. You will notice how the one ply is constructed of many small fine holes, enough for air to pass through, just like a filter. Wrap one sheet around the round, approx. 12 inch Hoover Hepa filter. There will be an overlap. To secure it tape it in 3 spots. Save the other ply for your next vacuuming. The paper ply sheet will stop much of the real dirt from reaching your filter, but it will suck dirt just fine, and will prevent replacing this Hoover Hepa filter because it's clogged with dirt. After each vacuuming, tap the Hoover filter to clean out any other small dirt it many have accumulated, and replace the paper ply filter. You may find you may never have to replace this costly filter. Try it, you’ll like it!

[Rick01]

We have a Dyson bought 2 years ago this February wouldn't trade it for any other vacuum.

Yea, we've done a great deal of research and tried different brands. We would not trade our Dyson vacuum cleaner for anything.

[cicy33]

Sadly I have a Kirby, I say sadly cuz it still works after 12 years and I want a new one!!! but I can't justify the cost if it still works right? I understand the hair thing. My daughter would leave a chia pet in the bath tub everytime she washed her hair. I thought about naming one and keeping it as a pet! One way to help with long hair is especially after you wash it, take your hands and run through it completely while gently pulling and you will remove a lot of it. I have to do this daily. Mostly because I hate the hair in the food thing. and it seems to never fail, I see one. But this does help. I also have an attachment on the vacuum, the hose. I use that usually around the bathroom area and it kinda clogs up with hair across it as you vaccum and you just pull it off and pitch it!

[aevans1206]

We currently have a Kenmore canister vac with a HEPA filter. It has good suction and is pretty sturdy. We've had it for almost two years. It's also relatively economical.

My mother used to own a Rainbow which really was awesome. They're quite a pretty penny, though.

[simple987]

I just got my first house so I had to purchase a vaccuum for the first time. I bought a $40 bissel from Walmart, and it wouldn't even power up. Tried another one at the store, and the same thing happened.

I decided to pay more and got the Hoover Mach 3 for $90. I used it on carpet that had just been professionally cleaned, and it was amazing! It pulled up handfulls of fine dust, and tons of lint. That thing is incredible. I have long hair and I haven't had any problems with that yet. You can see it all collecting in the clear canister in front. I give it two enthusiastic thumbs up!!