sleepdoc
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I have a detached 2-car garage that I want to keep clean, as well as my car. I've tried several different vacuums that haven't satisfied me at all. First, I bought the awful Hooever Garage Utility Vac (GUV) when it was introduced a few years ago. That was a good idea, but it was so poorly executed that I hated it. The GUV had no bag and no cyclonic separation at all, not even a suboptimal one; they didn't even try. The GUV just has a cloth filter material that is fixed in place between the bucket and the motor. It clogs really fast, and then the motor screams and gets really hot. It's a mess to empty, and even when the bucket is emptied, the filter is still filthy with dust. Finally, I'd had it with that and threw it away - I wouldn't even give it away I hated it so much.
Then, I bought an Electrolux CB2000 from Bernie that someone had used for years and traded in. I had a really long hose made for me at the Lux branch and procured some "bags" that looked like they'd filter wonderfully. The problem is that the "bag" isn't a bag for dirt, it's a bag for the motor. No dirt goes into it. So, it's like having a shop vac that doesn't clog as badly cuz the filter area is much larger and doesn't have pleats that get dust stuck in them. But, that vacuum didn't have much suction, and it never stopped smelling like mildew, so I threw that one away, too. It smelled too bad to give it away, even after doing everything I could to clean it.
The Craftsman wall-mounted garage vacuum is useless to me. The hose is too stiff and not long enough for my needs.
So, I've had nothing but a broom in the garage for a while, and the car gets vacuumed only at the car wash once or twice a week.
Until now. Evan will get it installed this Monday or sooner if I end up home over the weekend. My garage dirt issues should now be over for good.
Then, I bought an Electrolux CB2000 from Bernie that someone had used for years and traded in. I had a really long hose made for me at the Lux branch and procured some "bags" that looked like they'd filter wonderfully. The problem is that the "bag" isn't a bag for dirt, it's a bag for the motor. No dirt goes into it. So, it's like having a shop vac that doesn't clog as badly cuz the filter area is much larger and doesn't have pleats that get dust stuck in them. But, that vacuum didn't have much suction, and it never stopped smelling like mildew, so I threw that one away, too. It smelled too bad to give it away, even after doing everything I could to clean it.
The Craftsman wall-mounted garage vacuum is useless to me. The hose is too stiff and not long enough for my needs.
So, I've had nothing but a broom in the garage for a while, and the car gets vacuumed only at the car wash once or twice a week.
Until now. Evan will get it installed this Monday or sooner if I end up home over the weekend. My garage dirt issues should now be over for good.
