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QUESTION: Many years ago, I found a wonderful website with advice on buying a
vacuum cleaner, and I'm 99.99% sure I found it through this newsgroup.
I believe it was an online retailer (I'm remembering a German-sounding
name that began with an R?), but it had tons of very useful
information. I need to find that site again. Any old-timers here who
remember what I'm talking about?
ANSWER: Possibly http://www.ristenbatt.com/
You could always try looking in the archives at http://groups.google.com
which go back something like ten years. Alternatively, check the
annual buying guide that Consumer Reports puts out.
I used such a sight when I bought a new vacuum last fall. Just tried
to find it though and had no success. This site had good info on how
vacuums work and dispelled several of the common advertising myths.
It did NOT sell products or have any links to places selling vacuums.
FYI: The only useful unit of measure of a vacuums power is how much
air it can move in Cubic Feet Per Minute (CFM). Good vacuums will
publish this info. The apmperage rating of the motor (12 Amps, etc.)
is meaningless. Fact is, most of the commonly available vacuums are
largely junk. My experience has tended to support this. The thesis
of this site is that a vacuunm should be treated as a major appliance
purchase and that you should expect to pay accordingly.
There are a lot of good brands out there (Miele, Ricci, Sebo and so
on) but you won't find them at your local discount or department
store. I bought a Miele (german made) cannister and love it. Huge
amount of suction and I never have to bend over because it didn't pick
someting up.
My advice is to visit a couple of the specialty store selling vacuum
cleaners and talk to the folks there. There's no comparison between a
quality vacuum and the Hoover/Dirt Devil/Eureka junk sold at most
department stores.
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