ocscott3085
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Hi Everyone,
I'm looking for a vacuum recommendation for my specific needs. I have a fairly large house (~5,000 sq. ft) with mainly hardwood floors and wool area rugs on the main level and a frieze wall to wall in my family room. The bedrooms also all have wall to wall carpeting of avg. depth. I have a cleaning lady who comes every other week to do a thorough vacuuming so we mainly just do touch up cleaning throughout the week and then a whole house clean on the Saturdays she doesn't come. Here's my current set up:
*main vacuum - MD central vacuum with both hide a hose and standard electric outlets. This is the machine that my partner and cleaning lady use most often. We use the Volt on the HAH outlet but we're not big fans of that powerhead. While I know the mechanics behind the Volt and know it's doing it's job, my partner prefers the deep grooming lines from the Wessel Werk Edge powerhead on the electric hose. Besides, he basically says using the Volt is like pushing an upright around with a hose sticking out the top. True!
*secondary cleaners - we have a Dyson V8 and a Neato D7 that we use to keep the dog hair under control throughout the week.
*stand alone cleaner - we have always had a stand alone cleaner for when we don't want to drag the central vac hose around the house. Currently we have an 11 month old Sebo Felix that has probably been used about 10 times in the last year. It's built really well but I'm just not a fan. It's always had an unusual odor, the attachment hose is super short and I just don't think the cleaning performance trumps what I accomplished with my old Shark uprights.
I'm thinking about selling the Sebo Felix for something I'd be apt to use a little more often. The Felix has been sitting in a closet for months now but I know with Christmas coming I'll be doing a lot of vacuuming up pine needles. I'm not sure if it's true or not but I was raised with a central vac and my mom was a lunatic about not using it to clean up after the Christmas tree. Last year I still had the Shark and it did an awesome job sweeping up the needles with the duoclean brushroll.
I'm wavering between selling the Sebo Felix and either getting a Shark Duoclean Speed upright for quick cleanings of the family room carpeting and sectional sofa or one of the lower tier Miele canisters to pair with the Volt or Centec Lux-style battery powerhead. I know the Shark would probably only last a couple of years and I'm okay with that as I'm sure I'll probably want something new anyway. I've had the Apex but even being an athletic guy, I found the Apex hurt my wrist after cleaning too long. That's why I'm leaning more towards the smaller Speed version.
I have a Miele Homecare canister at my beach house and it does a great job on the hardwood floors there. I'm sure it would gulp up all those Christmas Tree needles with no issue. I figure I could get the C1 Pure Suction model that is the "white" twin of my red Homecare model at the beach. It's only $299 at Bed, Bath and Beyond and then I could pair it with the Volt when I need to do rugs using an adaptor.
Any machine I'm not considering?
I'm looking for a vacuum recommendation for my specific needs. I have a fairly large house (~5,000 sq. ft) with mainly hardwood floors and wool area rugs on the main level and a frieze wall to wall in my family room. The bedrooms also all have wall to wall carpeting of avg. depth. I have a cleaning lady who comes every other week to do a thorough vacuuming so we mainly just do touch up cleaning throughout the week and then a whole house clean on the Saturdays she doesn't come. Here's my current set up:
*main vacuum - MD central vacuum with both hide a hose and standard electric outlets. This is the machine that my partner and cleaning lady use most often. We use the Volt on the HAH outlet but we're not big fans of that powerhead. While I know the mechanics behind the Volt and know it's doing it's job, my partner prefers the deep grooming lines from the Wessel Werk Edge powerhead on the electric hose. Besides, he basically says using the Volt is like pushing an upright around with a hose sticking out the top. True!
*secondary cleaners - we have a Dyson V8 and a Neato D7 that we use to keep the dog hair under control throughout the week.
*stand alone cleaner - we have always had a stand alone cleaner for when we don't want to drag the central vac hose around the house. Currently we have an 11 month old Sebo Felix that has probably been used about 10 times in the last year. It's built really well but I'm just not a fan. It's always had an unusual odor, the attachment hose is super short and I just don't think the cleaning performance trumps what I accomplished with my old Shark uprights.
I'm thinking about selling the Sebo Felix for something I'd be apt to use a little more often. The Felix has been sitting in a closet for months now but I know with Christmas coming I'll be doing a lot of vacuuming up pine needles. I'm not sure if it's true or not but I was raised with a central vac and my mom was a lunatic about not using it to clean up after the Christmas tree. Last year I still had the Shark and it did an awesome job sweeping up the needles with the duoclean brushroll.
I'm wavering between selling the Sebo Felix and either getting a Shark Duoclean Speed upright for quick cleanings of the family room carpeting and sectional sofa or one of the lower tier Miele canisters to pair with the Volt or Centec Lux-style battery powerhead. I know the Shark would probably only last a couple of years and I'm okay with that as I'm sure I'll probably want something new anyway. I've had the Apex but even being an athletic guy, I found the Apex hurt my wrist after cleaning too long. That's why I'm leaning more towards the smaller Speed version.
I have a Miele Homecare canister at my beach house and it does a great job on the hardwood floors there. I'm sure it would gulp up all those Christmas Tree needles with no issue. I figure I could get the C1 Pure Suction model that is the "white" twin of my red Homecare model at the beach. It's only $299 at Bed, Bath and Beyond and then I could pair it with the Volt when I need to do rugs using an adaptor.
Any machine I'm not considering?