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Luckily, I was not bullied about my own vacuum obsession. I was only open about it to select people, like the aforementioned paraeducators, in addition to one classmate. I forgot to mention this, but one more para, who I often talked to during recess, owned a red Hoover WindTunnel bagged, along...

Here's a curious subject that I've been casually meaning to post about for some time. What is the one vacuum that you use as a "bench vac" to clean out other vacuums with? Lately, I've been using a Craftsman Clean n Carry 2-gallon shop vac for this very purpose. Owned by my stepmom, it has been...

I choose whichever vacuum is best suited for the surface and situation needing to be cleaned. My house has laminate flooring downstairs and carpet upstairs (including carpet on the stairs). The upstairs laundry room and bathrooms have vinyl flooring. If I need to clean something quickly, I grab...

Being on the autism spectrum, I generally keep my vacuum cleaner fascination a secret. However, in childhood, I told teachers about it in elementary school. When I first did so in 3rd grade, it was a nice and cordial thing. However, during 5th grade in 2005, I was unusually sociable and went...

Update: the new brushroll and belt are still performing admirably. The other day, I used my Dyson to vacuum the downstairs closet (it's an annual thing prior to putting away the Christmas tree and other seasonal decorations), and it was SO NICE not to use hearing protection when I vacuumed. Of...

Four years ago, I purchased both a replacement brushroll and belt for my newly acquired Dyson DC17 Absolute Animal. The original brushroll had gotten rather worn down and loud, so I picked up a generic one off of PartsWarehouse.com for only $27, including tax and shipping. Although it wasn't...

I remember seeing these online back in the mid-2000s, despite not owning one myself. The SteamVac Spot was also released with a blue color scheme, known as the SteamVac Duo. It's too bad that Amazon is clearing out its back catalog of older products, otherwise I would've been able to read the...

Seeing this, I wish I had known some extra care tips to make my Agility last longer. First, flushing out the solution tubes with clean water. By rinsing out the solution tank and filling it with plain hot water, we could turn the power on, squeeze the trigger and slowly move the machine back and...

Today, I put the Shark to a real test. I vacuumed the laundry room floor, which as I mentioned, has cat litter scattered throughout. It was especially bad around the litter box itself (which sits on a rug). The Shark did really well cleaning up all the litter; it did NOT lose any suction...

Here are a few more pics that wouldn't fit onto my last reply.

The Shark has arrived today, just as promised. So I brought it upstairs and wasted no time unboxing the vacuum and assembling it. This was a bit smaller than I thought it would be. Then I took the vacuum for a quick spin upstairs. The battery had a low charge, though, so I had to plug in the...

Well, my stepmom has gone ahead and ordered the Shark mentioned in my OP. It'll be here on Monday. I'll see what I think about the Shark once it arrives.

For a number of months now, my family has been looking into buying a cordless stick vacuum explicitly for the upstairs. Our intentions are to use it on both carpets (in every main room) and hard floors (in the laundry room and bathrooms). The upstairs is fairly large. Additionally, I need to...

My pets (3 small dogs and 1 cat) are the main reason I've been such a strong supporter of bagless. Having a Shark robot that runs downstairs is incredibly convenient, since it saves me the labor of using a regular vacuum all the time. This Shark automatically evacuates the dirt into a larger bin...

I ditto this. Since I am also on the spectrum, the noise of my household vacuums bothered me to the point that I would plug my ears before the vacuum came on. This happened with the Dirt Devil I mentioned in my OP, as well as our old Bissell CleanView 8975. Despite my obsession, I couldn't...