Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site whuxl.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!houxm!whuxl!wjm From: wjm@whuxl.UUCP (MITCHELL) Newsgroups: net.consumers Subject: Re: Vacuum Cleaners Message-ID: <65@whuxl.UUCP> Date: Thu, 26-Jul-84 09:11:01 EDT Article-I.D.: whuxl.65 Posted: Thu Jul 26 09:11:01 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 28-Jul-84 19:38:46 EDT Organization: Bell Communications Research, Inc. Lines: 16For the best all-around vacuum cleaner, it is hard to beat the Kirby. I have one that is currently pushing 30 years old and was only in the shop once after 25 years of HARD use. They have the advantage that one does not need paper bags for them, the dust goes into a trap that you dump into a trash bag. They are built like Sherman tanks and can take almost any conceivable kind of abuse without complaining (except picking up construction/demolition debris and wet pickup - if you want that kind of machine get one of Sears' wet/dry shop vacs - they can take anything - I've used them as emergency sump pumps on occasions and they work quite well) The only drawback is the $600 price tag. If you want something a bit more reasonably priced, look at the recent Consumer Reports vacuum cleaner article. BTW - Electrolux has a good machine but their high-pressure sales tatics are straight out of a textbook on sales. Bill Mitchell (whuxl!wjm)