That does it: If I ever own my own home, the first thing I'm going to do is rip out all the carpet. I don't care if that means I have to live with plywood floors. No more carpet.
I grew up with an Electrolux canister vacuum, which I always thought was a bear to drag around, especially after the handle broke and could not be replaced.
My mother was reluctant to get rid of the thing but since she's not the one who vacuums, she finally caved in and let my dad pick out a new vacuum cleaner. He got a bagless upright.
We should have kept the Electrolux.
Bagless vacuums, pardon the pun, suck. Cleaning out that goddamned filter is way worse than emptying a bag.
Upright vacuums are even a bigger pain in the ass when vacuuming stairs than was the canister. To make matters worse, the upright does not have a retractable cord. Who makes a vacuum cleaner that doesn't have a retractable cord?? Now I need three hands to vacuum--one to run the cleaner, one to move things as I go, and one to unwrap and re-wrap the cord so I don't run it over or pull it out of the wall socket.
The worst thing is that it has a dirt sensor. Red to orange to green. I have pets--my carpets are Level Red all the way through. I'm depressed. And grossed out. And newly converted to anti-carpet status.
I grew up with an Electrolux canister vacuum, which I always thought was a bear to drag around, especially after the handle broke and could not be replaced.
My mother was reluctant to get rid of the thing but since she's not the one who vacuums, she finally caved in and let my dad pick out a new vacuum cleaner. He got a bagless upright.
We should have kept the Electrolux.
Bagless vacuums, pardon the pun, suck. Cleaning out that goddamned filter is way worse than emptying a bag.
Upright vacuums are even a bigger pain in the ass when vacuuming stairs than was the canister. To make matters worse, the upright does not have a retractable cord. Who makes a vacuum cleaner that doesn't have a retractable cord?? Now I need three hands to vacuum--one to run the cleaner, one to move things as I go, and one to unwrap and re-wrap the cord so I don't run it over or pull it out of the wall socket.
The worst thing is that it has a dirt sensor. Red to orange to green. I have pets--my carpets are Level Red all the way through. I'm depressed. And grossed out. And newly converted to anti-carpet status.
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