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Dusting with a vacuum vs. Swiffer vs. cloth
QUESTION: I would like to get your opinion about dusting using vacuum attachments vs. a
Swiffer, vs. a lambswool duster. We have mostly hard wood floors and I'm
wondering if I'm doing a disservice to my house by just using the vacuum
instead of using the oldfashioned hand dusting method.
ANSWER: I'd have to disagree with you Brett. Have you ever used a Swiffer? I love
it. I have Eight cats and two dogs. I used to haul out the vacuum at least
once a day. Swiffer DOES remove the dust and it's light and easy, reaches
high up and goes under almost anything. I have no stock in the product, but
I wish I did.
It depends on your vacuum. I have a rainbow that is like a
dust bong--the dust gets sucked into and captured by the
water, and you essentially pour out mud. So vacuuming is
very efficient. When I had my old HEPA filter vac I had to
dust more regularly, after I vacuumed and the airborn dust
had a chance to settle.
Now I dust with the vacuum and its attachments and then an
hour later I go through the rooms with a Swiffer to get any
settled dust and those nooks and crannies the round
attachments won't get back into. I never liked a lambswool
duster because I was never sure what happened to the dust.
Those things last forever, but I never took the dust off of
them, so what happened to it? I think they are great for
quick touchups when I don't want to drag out the vacuum, or
for places where there are a lot of details or
ornamentation, but I didn't want them for day to day usage.
I don't have wood floors (we've been renting for way too
long), but I would like to see what the swiffer does with
them. I *think* I'd vacuum to get up the chunks (if you
have kids or pets you understand), then go over it to
"polish" with the swiffer.
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