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sponge_welder t1_jc5izk3 wrote

Reply to Who has a great vacuum by Illustrious-Look2875

If you want a vacuum for hard floors then you want something with a soft roller. Dyson makes a soft roller head that works with the V7, it's about $80-90, and there are knockoff ones on Amazon for $30 that will probably get you most of the way there.

If you want one vacuum to do it all, the Shark Duoclean vacuums work really well for hardwood and carpet, and they're fairly easy to maintain

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sponge_welder t1_jc5i7dx wrote

Reply to comment by meadowlark814 in Who has a great vacuum by Illustrious-Look2875

There will always be people around repairing batteries for things that are worth using. Replacement batteries for the major brands will be available for a long time, and there are plenty of electronics nerds who will be fine repairing batteries for more niche products. Heck, you can already get adapters to use any of the major power tool batteries with a Dyson vacuum

I wish that there were commercial applications for cordless vacuums because that's where you really get robust long term support (at a steep cost though)

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Trash_Panda9469 t1_jc5h4lh wrote

Reply to Who has a great vacuum by Illustrious-Look2875

I use a combination of a Hoover Commercial PORTAPOWER Lightweight Canister Vacuum and a Sanitaire by Electrolux Lightweight Commercial Upright Vacuum. I believe they are mostly all metal parts and they do sell replacement parts, though I've never needed them. I've yet to find a mess these two can't handle and the cords stretch easily over several rooms. I like having the canister vacuum for dusting and portability and it handles all my hard floors, though the sanitaire doesn't do a bad job for an upright. I didn't like buying two at first but it has ultimately worked out better.

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aztecannie99 t1_jc5cmbd wrote

Reply to Who has a great vacuum by Illustrious-Look2875

We have a 15 year old Dyson DC14 All Floors model. It works fine and I would classify it as BIFL. I would consider another Dyson in the future. We only had area rugs (all hardwood in 95% of the house, the other 5% was tile—kitchen and bath) and it worked fine. We have more carpet in our current house a large area rug, and hardwood look tile floors and it still works quite well.

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CapnLazerz t1_jc544zb wrote

Reply to Sock math (the case for buy it for life socks) by Johnpecan

Socks are primarily a fashion accessory -for me, anyway. The exception is athletic type socks, which need to be functional above all else.

I have so many dress and casual socks in all kinds of colors and patterns. I buy a new pair or 7 whenever I go clothes shopping. I only wear each pair maybe once every couple of months. As such, I probably never need to buy another pair again, lol.

But even at my infrequent wear cycle, there are some socks that have begun to wear out, whether it’s a hole, fraying or loss of elasticity. Sometimes the matching one just disappears into the sock dimension.

I just don’t think socks can ever be BIFL. They can’t be designed to be that because you wear them on the part of the body that gets the most action. BIFL, to me, implies something you only have to buy once and it will last forever and you certainly can’t do that with a pair of socks.

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