Re: Allergies, vacuum cleaners

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Thanks, Ohlde! We must be on the same track here - several months ago

we ditched our old semlly over-the-hill Panasonic upright (was great

when we bought it) and also bought a Eurkea Boss. It's really great

about sucking up the dirt in the carpet (almost sucks the pictures off

the wall <grin>) which was great for we allergic asthmatic people.

Apparently it's very important to change the bag at HALF FULL, though,

and not wait until it fills up. My hubby let it fill up and that

probably was a great contributor to the problem. I've wondered

somewhat about taking it apart partially to clean it although the last

time he used it (w/new bag) he said there wasn't any odor. Of course,

I have a nose like a bloodhound - well, very sensitive, anyway. Also,

I just ordered a 4 month supply of bags in the hope my hubby will be

less stingy about changing the bag!

I also just ordered a Eureka Mighty Mite 3684 D (the last letter makes

a difference in the model) which is a little canister vacuum we will

use for cleaning the car and some vacuuming of vinyl & tiled floors

sometimes. We ordered the high filtration vacuum bags (NO MORE BAG-

FREE VACS FOR ME!). Since it's not the " main " vacuum I didn't want to

spend a lot of money on it. I ended up ordering it

from " allergybegonedotcom " . I'll let you know how it works out after

I've used it a few times. It's much cheaper than the higher end

canister vacs but got very good reviews. The old one that made the car

smell so bad went straight to the trash. I felt wasteful but my health

is important, too. Besides it had seen nasty duty for 5-6 years.

Thanks to the folks who mentioned the other allergy website where they

recommend vacs - that's part of the way I got to this one. I'm hoping

my hubby will be somewhat " judicious " in what he sucks up with it!

We've talked about it. And, if this one smells, I swear I'm going to

tape it all upw/duct tape!!!!!

Thx!

P.S. Obviously there was some mistake in the great scheme of things - I

should have been born wealthy so I wouldn't have to worry about asthma

and sinus attacks from vacuuming!!!!! <wink>

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> Hi instdesgn1 - A lot of people buy bagless vacs because they're

touted to be so clean - no messy bags, etc. However, I read a report

in Consumer Reports showing they don't do the job in re filtration as

well as conventional cleaners. We bought a conventional Eureka Boss

for about $135 and couldn't be more pleased - has a hepa pleated

discharge filter in addition to the bag - beats hell out of our $350

Hoover which resides in the garage for vacuuming the car.

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> Ohldepharte

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