I have repaired vacuum cleaners for 42 years now. Want to talk about the 'worst' vacs, the dirtiest, I got ya beat. Everything you can imagine and some you can't have come in lodged inside sweepers. From dog and cat toys to human "toys", to napkins (of all descriptions, and I mean ALL), underwear, yards of strings and mostly nasty disgusting hair (from humans as well as "other").
People never empty their bagless sweepers before bringing them in for repair. I've often asked them "What is that string attached to?" while checking the machine in for service. It's MY hands that have to drag that crap out of the bin. Bagged cleaners are almost as bad when the bag is installed improperly or comes adrift or simply wasn't put in at all.
And then the worst is the poop. So much poop. And pee. They swear it's from the pets but in some cases it's not. And get this: They don't want it to smell like poop or pee when they get it back. Good luck getting baby poop smell out of a Bissell bagless. They pay me more than the replacement new machine costs just so I can clean the one they have. I'll never understand that one. Thank Gog I'm retiring in 4 months and I'll never have to fix another vacuum again.
