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Posted: Nov 26 2008 at 11:06am | IP Logged Quote Elizabeth
Mike has just returned from the vacuum store. Long story short, it's going to cost an outrageous amount of money to fix our 2-year-old Dyson. All those plastic parts have not held up well in a house full of kids, a shaggy dog and a mom who vacuums every day. The vacuum cleaner guy wants to sell us a new vacuum, taking our Dyson for trade credit. Does anyone have experience with a Cirrus vacuum? He really seems to think a bag vacuum is better than the bagless but I'm not thrilled at the prospect of buying lots and lots of bags. We generate a serious amount of dust, dander, and dirt around here and I vacuum obsessively.

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Posted: Nov 26 2008 at 11:16am | IP Logged Quote MarilynW
We changed to a bag one after years of bagless - my allergist told me the bag ones are much better for filtration and allergies.

Our personal vacuum strategy - after going through VERY expensive allergy store recommended ones - is to buy the best HEPA filtration one (which is not too heavy) at the cheapest price (usually Costco) - because with 4 kids using the vacuum it is bound to have a short life

Another option - we use the main HEPA vac for once a week deep vacuuming - we use a light stick alternative for daily and after meal cleaning (but - we do have hard flooring on the whole of our main level)

Can you tell that I am an obsessive vacuumer too?

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Posted: Nov 26 2008 at 2:22pm | IP Logged Quote KackyK
I have heard the bag vacuums are better too. They apparently suck it in and it stays, no blowing back out in little bits.

I wish I vacuumed more actually!!!

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Posted: Dec 01 2008 at 6:36am | IP Logged Quote sewcrazy
I have a Riccar that I love. Extremely strong suction, bagged, and made in America! I too vaccum daily. Mine is 4 years old and going strong. I did crackt he fan housing once accidentally sucking up a metal magentix ball, but Riccar has a "parts only" warranty, so it only cost me $15 for a new housing. In 4 years I have replaced the belt only at my annual "check up"

I am not familiar with the brand you asked about, sorry.

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