Vacuum cleaners

[purelife]

Do you guys prefer the upright or the canister?

  Oh, and how many AMPS is good?  12, 14?  I don't want to spend so much on one and there are way too many to chose from these days.  

[Lil Me]

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[Gopher]

Is it being sick?

[Van]

I am no expert on vacuums. Mine is a hand me down from my mom. But it seems to work good.

I imagine it would depend on the size of your house?

I am not sure of good new brands. Interesting thread, because I will probably be in the market soon.

[purelife]

Is that from Teletubbies, LM?

[P.C.]

Hahhaa....looks like the SnuffleUpagus.

  I prefer cannister....but I have stairs and hard floors.  Uprights are useless for both.    

[purelife]

What kind of vacuums do you guys use?

[Gopher]

One of each.

[Russ]

If you right click and save as on the picture it comes up as NooNoo???

  As for vacuums.. Ive gone in a different direction. I think I posted somewhere in a thread on here about what happened to my last vacuum. But I ended up getting something like this.. its multifunctional.

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[Lil Me]

 Yes, that's the NooNoo from Teletubbies....the "parental" figure in the show, for those of you without kids.
 
 I like the high-powered electric broom on a stick.  Mind you, I don't have carpets right now.  The last one I bought wassomewhere in the $80-range at StupidStore.
 
 I've gone through several iterations of hand-me-down DirtDevil upright vacuums.  They work fine for both carpet and floor.
 
 There is a huge price range in vacuums.  I believe the difference is this: If you buy an economical one from Costco, London Drugs, Stupidstore- it will last you 2-5 years.  If you buy an expensive one (Electrolux, Kenmore, etc.) it will last damn near forever.  My friend's mom found a premium vacuum cleaner at a garage sale-- it was UGLY...from the 1970s...but it was in great condition and destined to last forever.
 
 
   

[Lil Me]

uh huh, Russ.
 Most of us don't bring the shop vac into the house....
   

[goats]

Lil Me wrote:
uh huh, Russ.
Most of us don't bring the shop vac into the house....
   
 But thats the point! Its multifuntional so you can use it for the garage AND the house!

I must admit at this point that my theory lasted for about ten days (? cant remember) but I ended up being encouraged to buy another vacuum, a mitsubishi upright. I still use the shopvac for the kitchen and bathroom though.  

[Lil Me]

Sounds good.  So if you spill a 4L milk or a pot of chili, go get the vacuum.  

[Russ]

Lil Me wrote:
Sounds good.  So if you spill a 4L milk or a pot of chili, go get the vacuum.  
   See! Another convert! Now we just need more of us to get used to this idea... where's Van? I think he will be receptive to this idea.

[Lil Me]

Actually, a shop vac isn't a bad idea.  We've thrashed more than one household vacuum with wood shavings, metal shavings, drywall, etc.