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From: markm75 on 16 Jan 2010 23:12
I bought a Hoover U5140-900 back in march of 2008, just the other day,
it became the third vac in about 5 years to die, because as the belt
broke the agitator flopped around too much, eating away at the plastic
notch that keeps it in place (so any new belts you put on quickly
become scrap)... This was a bag type..

I had a bissel vac at one point, bagless type (cleanview).. it
suffered the same fate, and the canister was always a mess trying to
empty... I also had a Hoover TurboPower Foldaway Upright (3100
widepath bagless); u5178-900, which was similar...

A friend has said to go for a dc17 dyson sweeper.. but brand new at
Target (or online), they are $349 min. Refurbished, there is one out
there for $198.. its bagless, does well with pet hair, but i'm not
sure if it even has a hose attachment.. i'm assuming the housing isnt
plastic, so maybe it would in fact last longer..

I could just go buy another hoover, for $74 shipped.. and hope to get
1.5 more years out of it.

In 6 years, i've spend $250 in sweepers.. maybe not that bad...

So, is the dc17 sweeper worth it? Are there cheaper alternatives that
dont have plastic where the agitator lives?

Any thoughts?

Thanks very much

From: Bill on 17 Jan 2010 01:34
Go ask several nearby hotels which *commercial* vacuums they use.

Or ask a janitorial service.

Or a school district.

Commercial vacuums that businesses use...
http://www.vacuumcleaners.net/vacuum_cleaners/categories/commercial_upright_vacuums_com.html



"markm75" wrote in message
>I bought a Hoover U5140-900 back in march of 2008, just the other day,
> it became the third vac in about 5 years to die, because as the belt
> broke the agitator flopped around too much, eating away at the plastic
> notch that keeps it in place (so any new belts you put on quickly
> become scrap)... This was a bag type..
>
> I had a bissel vac at one point, bagless type (cleanview).. it
> suffered the same fate, and the canister was always a mess trying to
> empty... I also had a Hoover TurboPower Foldaway Upright (3100
> widepath bagless); u5178-900, which was similar...
>
> A friend has said to go for a dc17 dyson sweeper.. but brand new at
> Target (or online), they are $349 min. Refurbished, there is one out
> there for $198.. its bagless, does well with pet hair, but i'm not
> sure if it even has a hose attachment.. i'm assuming the housing isnt
> plastic, so maybe it would in fact last longer..
>
> I could just go buy another hoover, for $74 shipped.. and hope to get
> 1.5 more years out of it.
>
> In 6 years, i've spend $250 in sweepers.. maybe not that bad...
>
> So, is the dc17 sweeper worth it? Are there cheaper alternatives that
> dont have plastic where the agitator lives?
>
> Any thoughts?
>
> Thanks very much
>


From: SMS on 18 Jan 2010 12:45
markm75 wrote:

<snip>

> Any thoughts?

You should be looking at commercial models. But the higher end
commercial models, like the ones from Panasonic, aren't cheap.

"http://www2.panasonic.com/consumer-electronics/shop/Home-Appliances/Vacuum-Cleaners/Commercial-Vacuums.list.75103_11002_7000000000000005702"

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