The "Shit I just bought" thread

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I have one of those Shark vacuums. Was like 200 bucks. It seems to clean well enough, though I don't have much to compare it to.
 
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We only have carpet left in my family room, which is brand new last Christmas. The rest of the house we tore the carpet out and I redid the hardwoods. I do more sweeping and damp mopping these days than vacuuming.
 
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Soygen_sl said:
I have one of those Shark vacuums. Was like 200 bucks. It seems to clean well enough, though I don't have much to compare it to.
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Got one refurbished for about half that. Had it 5 years and no problems. I only have a rug and hardwood floors but it does it's job for corners and everything else.
 
Lanx

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Vacuum dude is just passionate about his stuff. I get it but that doesn't mean he's grounded in the real world. Like I wear my stupidly expensive jeans so if someone asked me about jeans you'd get a 10,000 word essay and I'd recommend a pair of $350 jeans. But in the real world no one gives a fuck. They'll buy their $40 Levi's and call it a day and that'll work for them and the vast majority of people. So you're getting a horribly biased opinion but the guy is so informed and smart about it that it makes the position difficult to argue other than "You're a delusional idiot I just want a fucking vacuum."
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thing about vacuum dude is, he's a repair man, he only gets shit when they're broke. That's like saying you're one of those dudes at the mall that repairs cell phone screens and you say "all iphones suck cuz all i ever see at my stall are 90% iphones, now this windows phone i have is great, i never see it come into my stall and i've never broken mine, LOOK i even got a custom case for it"

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The little venturi things get clogged all to hell after a few years. I dont know if they corrected this problem on the newer models, but on mine I have to clean it every 2-3 yrs it seems.
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Newest Dysons have spinning venturi's now, skip to 1min mark
 
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lanx_sl said:
Newest Dysons have spinning venturi's now, skip to 1min mark
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Maybe it helps, but I dont see how if you vacuum up a whole bunch of pet hair and carpet fibers. Speaking from a pure engineering mind, its not the venturi spinning, its how small the exit hole is. In their old design, the entire premise of the venturi was to spin the air anyways based on the shape of the venturi so I dont see the difference really. Its not dust that clogged that shit up, it was hair and carpet fibers. And if it was in any way remotely wet when vacuuming the shit up, its like glue.
 
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I don't get why you'd want a bagless vac in the first place. It's just a glorified shop vac complete with the dust cloud you get when you empty it. Put that shit in a bag, unclip the bag and throw it away. No muss-no fuss and no dust all over your trash can or clothes.
 
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My shark drops the dirt right out of a bottom flap into the trash can. It's pretty easy to not get any dust anywhere.
 
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Biggest issue with my Dyson is since I have a corgi and a long haired cat I sometimes need to manually fish out some hair clumps. But yeah it just all goes straight into the trashcan neat and tidy.
 
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Yeah, I have two cats and an Asian girlfriend with long black hair. My house is mostly white tile. It's a nightmare keeping it clean looking.
 
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Soygen_sl said:
Yeah, I have two cats and an Asian girlfriend with long black hair. My house is mostly white tile. It's a nightmare keeping it clean looking.
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Yea, i have Asian wife too and i vacuum, largely b/c i have since we moved in together and cuz of the dog, also she's allergic to dust mites. I've never had hair stuck in the nozzles/venturi's either dog or human, ever. This vacuum has followed me from VA, to PA, to NJ and still no clumping or hair stuck. (in case ppl say different regions have weird ass dust) It is the old DC07, and i'm thinking about replacing it w/ the handheld v6 trigger. (i saw a demo of it a while back and was actually impressed)
 
lurker

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This is what we have.Hyla. All the air that comes through the vacuum is filtered through a bucket of water. 100% of dust, hair, mites, etc. is trapped in the water. When you're done, you dump the water down the toilet. You can run it as an air purifier during allergy season if you want. Again, everything is trapped.

The down side is the marketing. Some guy wants to come to your house and try to get you to pay $1500-$2000 for the thing, but they're available for under $500 with all the accessories if you haggle or shop elsewhere.
 
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Swapping Amex Cards, and my reward points don't transfer to the new cash back card, so I burned them on some toys - loving them (especially for free).

Amazon.com: Razer BlackWidow Chroma Clicky Mechanical Gaming Keyboard: Computers Accessories
Amazon.com: Razer Mamba Tournament Edition - Chroma Ergonomic Gaming Mouse: Computers Accessories

Replaced an older Logitech G15 keyboard, and a Razer Naga (haven't played an MMO in a while). The mechanical keyboard is sweet - forgot how much I used to love them.
 
Lanx

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lurker_sl said:
This is what we have.Hyla. All the air that comes through the vacuum is filtered through a bucket of water. 100% of dust, hair, mites, etc. is trapped in the water. When you're done, you dump the water down the toilet. You can run it as an air purifier during allergy season if you want. Again, everything is trapped.

The down side is the marketing. Some guy wants to come to your house and try to get you to pay $1500-$2000 for the thing, but they're available for under $500 with all the accessories if you haggle or shop elsewhere.
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Amazon related products showed 2 companies that make air purifiers that use this "trap shit in water method"
rainbow (who also make the same type of vacuums) and this one
Amazon.com - White New Comfort Air Freshener Purifier Humidifier -

i guess i bought the last green one (it was the only color w/ prime, since i hate waiting and wanted it sat) now seems like white is the one w/ prime. ppl seem to love it, lots of ppl use the aeroma therpy shit... idk about that, i guess if i like it enough i'll buy a pack and see if the wife likes it, i'm more of a "neutral" kind of guy in terms of air.
 
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I bought a PCI card with a parallel port and 2 serial ports on it. Lots of CNC equipment still uses a parallel port.

Grand total of $0.74 for the card and <$2.00 shipping from Amazon. I'm sure the box it came in with postage cost more than $2.00 why not just throw them away?
 
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