Too many from meh-two robotics-one from an IRK and another I bought-both in the boxes they came in and another one-similar to what is for sale today from an IRK still in box unopened.
@Kyeh Its embarrassing really-especially the one I spent over $ 150 on. The robotic ones do not lend themselves to picking up stuff around the outside of bird cages.
@Kyeh@Star2236 Have gotten over 30+ IRKs and bought well over 200 items from Meh, MS and Sidedeal, there are numerous unopened packages/boxes around our house-the most obvious being three fairly large unopened boxes in our hall closet. Every once in a while my wife mentions them asking me what is in them and I told her if she is so interested she can open them herself. So far she hasn’t taken me up on that offer.
@Kyeh I know. Walking by the birdcage early in the morning or late at night in our bare feet is always somewhat of a painful experience given the pieces of pellets and nut shells that are always on the floor.
@Felton10@Kyeh@Star2236 In my experience, the worst thing about walking past a bird cage late at night in dim lighting is when the bird did a ballistic objection as it landed on the side of the cage mesh 5 minutes ago. Ick. I’m not sure whether it’s worse when you don’t notice it right away because you had shoes on.
This problem is not unique to birds. Cats have their own ways of installing the feline version of such surprises. The dangler, the culinary objection comment, the grooming refuse reservoir ejection, etc. I find myself grateful for the development of really good cheap LED flashlights with rechargeable batteries, on a nearly hourly basis at times.
@Kyeh@Star2236@werehatrack Walter was like a dog in his nighttime potty habits-he wouldn’t make at all at night and when I took him out of the cage in the morning and he waited until I put him on the play gym and then there was an explosion having not made all night. Our new bird Princess poops often during the night as evidenced by the pile of poop on the paper towel I put under where she perches at night.
@awk yup! I have a two story plus a basement. So I have one on each floor plus a spare just incase. Oh wait, and a shop vac for the garage, does that count too?
@awk@Kidsandliz@tinamarie1974 the process I was working out in my head was vacuum. Pull a vacuum. Own a vacuum… But very few of us would be able to own a vacuum. Even if temporarily able to create something resembling one for a very short time period.
So. I think the fulcrum should be are we talking about a machine or a living thing. And then can you own it.
Dog. Living thing. But can be owned. I think it can suck. Maybe.
In my personal opinion me owning a dog would suck (sorry @tinamarie1974). Cats rule.
As an aside @unksol I think you need to weed out your brain a bit. Also physics would help you understand vacuums better. Of course doing either might suck.
@Kidsandliz I cannot believe what I read
YOU. THINK. DOGS. SUCK!!! This makes me so sad. I thought we were hooman-doogo friens. Woof!!! I need a treat NOW to think about this! I hope my day gets better
Are the other Meh hoomans my friens? I think they are? I hope they are!
Also @unksol, doggos do not have lips so no sucking. Have you ever seen a dog use a straw. Also, mom does not own me. She adopt me, we are family. Nnnooooooo, you are silly hooman
@CharlieDoggo@unksol I said me OWNING a dog would suck not that dogs suck. I live in a small apartment in an unsafe neighborhood. Where would you play? Be able to pee? Go that is safe on a walk? A dog here would be miserable. That is why me owning a dog would suck.
@awk@tinamarie1974@unksol Well both can suck as babies… although when I bottle fed a baby cat it was easier to use a syringe because she had trouble catching on to using a bottle.
@awk@Kidsandliz@tinamarie1974@unksol I knew someone who had a cat named Hoover. And ys, that was because the cat would try to scarf up anything if found on the floor. Interesting and alarming things appeared in its hairballs.
@awk@Kidsandliz@tinamarie1974@unksol@werehatrack I had a Doberman who would come running when I yelled “Vacuum!”. She was great to have around when our children were small and prone to spilling food.
@Kidsandliz@tinamarie1974@unksol
BTW, @CharlieDoggo, Penzey’s is begging for photos of doggos wearing their Love bandana and looking lovingly at their parents. I know you have one - maybe get your mom to send your photo in and they’ll put it in their email!
I have a regular vacuum purchased probably about 13 years ago. I also have a Shark stick vac that that is the only vacuum I actually ever use, as it’s easier to maneuver into tight spots, and it’s easier to swap the attachments in and out
Given that the Kenmore canister vacuum I have is over 30 years old – and I still have a couple thrifted ones as spares, I guess it’s considered a lifetime supply of them? It’ll most likely outlive Sears themselves, at least.
I still have a couple Dyson uprights too; one was thrifted, one a curb find. Both weren’t sucking when I got them; the hose was clogged.
I remember one in the laundry room that is never used, the robovac that no longer works, and the rechargeable that is always charging. Oh, and people tell me I am vacuous. Does that count too?
I have a 70 year old Electrolux canister vacuum I inherited that still works, but it’s kind of pain go use so it’s buried in a closet. I have a nice Shark vacuum I got as a TSV from QVC, but since it’s corded I find it annoying to use. It’s also top heaving and keeps falling over. I got a Dyson stick vac for a steal from Target, but I’m not fond of that because it fills up pretty quickly and is messy to empty. Hair also wraps around the brush and I don’t have the patience to keep taking it apart to cut it off the roller. So with all these vacuums, I don’t actually vacuum much.
At first I thought “why would somebody have more than one vacuum cleaner?” Then I remembered that we also have two: a regular upright, and a Roomba. But we think of Mo more as a member of the family, so it didn’t register right away.
A bunch! And I use them.
Dyson used once a week for whole house, a second time for my work area.
Shark stick kept under my work table and used a couple times a week.
Small corded hand held that I don’t use much since I got the Shark.
Shop vac in the basement used when I cut wood, a few times a month.
Spare Dyson in the closet.
Dust buster for cars, not used much.
See there’s the original cheap college apartment blue bissell? from like 2004 that may or may not be in a corner somewhere and had developed issues. I just can’t remember if I already stripped it for parts or it’s just up in the bonus room. “Free” AC motor after all. Or I was going to fix it and give it to goodwill. I dislike disposable things.
Then an actual good woot shark upright to replace it for carpet duty. still needed for upstairs here and actually also handy for sucking up cat hair on the hard wood.
Classic hoover “steam” vac carpet cleaner. I would say that vacuums… At least up the water. It will go when the upstairs carpet goes.
Then just your standard 6.5 HP craftsman 16 gallon shop vac and your mini 2.5 gallon shop vac. When you could roll sears points
And that Roomba knock off from meh.
And obviously the SS 6 gallon shop vac from Slickdeals because it was SO cheap and it would be nice to have one in the basement. I regret that a little. 1.75 inch shop vac hoses… Meh. 2.5 inch on a full size shop vac is much better.
Oh I think that handheld one from my grandma is here somewhere. And the old woot or meh hard wood stick think also has a small vacuum for crumbs… 9?
@sicc574 we have a rainbow, or we did have one. I think it’s in the basement. The weird thing is, when we bought our house, it had a central Vac setup and the Rainbow hose was the same as the central Vac hose.
A shark for heavy work. A roborock for the bedrooms and lighter work (it can go under the beds). A handheld for the cars. So, 3. We gave away the rest.
Big one lives in the closest and gets in the way. Falls out sometimes. Little one, hand held gets used more, less aggravating. Lives behind chair in the kitchen plugged in.
A Dyson my husband bought me as a gift because I’d been bemoaning our lack of anything but a Dustbuster that didn’t work well (which we don’t have that anymore), a miele (that we should use more often than we do) that my husband geeked out over when we moved into our first home and because the Dyson just didn’t as suck as well anymore, a bissel spot bot which we got because of cat accidents but has come in handy with toilet learning with our kids, a vac-mop that has stopped working and I haven’t figured out how to fix, a garage/shop vacuum, and a handheld for use in the car.
I have a beagle who sucks up any food that falls on the floor. Therefore, I have a fleet of three Roombas who run daily to stay ahead of the beagle hair. I also have an ancient Kirby that comes out periodically to clean what the Roombas miss. In the garage (or sometimes one migrates to the shed) I have two shop vacs, one little, one big. The big one can (and has) pick up 3/8" lag bolts or a 4’x4’x1/2" sheet of plywood (if I place the hose in the right place). The little one is more convenient for small jobs. I also have a useless car vac that takes up space in the trunk, but my wife bought it, so I’m not just throwing it out (the little shop vac works great in the car, but I can’t just plug it into the lighter).
I answered too quickly; I totally forgot that I have a smaller mostly handheld shark vac out in the garage for cleaning up the cars, a shop vac, and there’s a dust buster type around here somewhere…plus an ancient Roomba for which I still have dreams of getting a new battery pack.
We have 4. An upright eureka for the carpeted bedrooms, a cordless shark for the hardwood, couches, stairs, cordless one from meh for the kitchen (need both bc I run out of battery, meh was a lifesaver). Also have swifter vac for quick clean ups.
A pocket model that small enough to fit in a car’s glove compartment (though it lacks a power adapter that works with a car lighter socket). An upright model I use. And a miniature hose-and-cannister I inherited from my parents that still does a decent job (and has all these head attachments built-in) that I feel bad about not using as much as my upright.
Too many from meh-two robotics-one from an IRK and another I bought-both in the boxes they came in and another one-similar to what is for sale today from an IRK still in box unopened.
@Felton10 Humble brag!
@Kyeh Its embarrassing really-especially the one I spent over $ 150 on. The robotic ones do not lend themselves to picking up stuff around the outside of bird cages.
@Felton10 Oh, too bad!
That’s probably what you need to vacuum most frequently.
@Felton10 @Kyeh
Oh you’ve at least tried all the vacuums or most? You made it sound like your rich with vacuums bc money grows on trees or irks lol
@Kyeh @Star2236 Have gotten over 30+ IRKs and bought well over 200 items from Meh, MS and Sidedeal, there are numerous unopened packages/boxes around our house-the most obvious being three fairly large unopened boxes in our hall closet. Every once in a while my wife mentions them asking me what is in them and I told her if she is so interested she can open them herself. So far she hasn’t taken me up on that offer.
@Kyeh I know. Walking by the birdcage early in the morning or late at night in our bare feet is always somewhat of a painful experience given the pieces of pellets and nut shells that are always on the floor.
@Felton10 @Star2236 Well, now you’re really humble-bragging! Next time your daughter comes over I bet she’d be happy to open them for you …
@Kyeh @Star2236 No she’d be happy to sell them for us if she could take them on the plane back to where she lives which is 1,000 miles away.
@Felton10 @Kyeh
Now I wanna know what’s in the box
@Felton10 @Star2236 Sell them for you? Or sell them for her?
And I agree with Star, I want to know too!
@Kyeh @Star2236 This is all you are going to get.
@Felton10 @Kyeh @Star2236 In my experience, the worst thing about walking past a bird cage late at night in dim lighting is when the bird did a ballistic objection as it landed on the side of the cage mesh 5 minutes ago. Ick. I’m not sure whether it’s worse when you don’t notice it right away because you had shoes on.
This problem is not unique to birds. Cats have their own ways of installing the feline version of such surprises. The dangler, the culinary objection comment, the grooming refuse reservoir ejection, etc. I find myself grateful for the development of really good cheap LED flashlights with rechargeable batteries, on a nearly hourly basis at times.
@Kyeh @Star2236 @werehatrack Walter was like a dog in his nighttime potty habits-he wouldn’t make at all at night and when I took him out of the cage in the morning and he waited until I put him on the play gym and then there was an explosion having not made all night. Our new bird Princess poops often during the night as evidenced by the pile of poop on the paper towel I put under where she perches at night.
I’m so fancy, I have an upstairs vacuum and a downstairs vacuum, both Dysons purchased from Woot back in the day.
@awk yup! I have a two story plus a basement. So I have one on each floor plus a spare just incase. Oh wait, and a shop vac for the garage, does that count too?
@awk Yep. If you have stairs, you need two.
@awk @tinamarie1974 I think if it sucks things in it should count. Also if it can pull a vacuum
@awk @tinamarie1974 @unksol
Like dogs suck in food from the floor and off your plate and counters?
@awk @Kidsandliz @tinamarie1974 the process I was working out in my head was vacuum. Pull a vacuum. Own a vacuum… But very few of us would be able to own a vacuum. Even if temporarily able to create something resembling one for a very short time period.
So. I think the fulcrum should be are we talking about a machine or a living thing. And then can you own it.
Dog. Living thing. But can be owned. I think it can suck. Maybe.
Sometimes I wish I smoked weed…
@awk @tinamarie1974 @unksol
In my personal opinion me owning a dog would suck (sorry @tinamarie1974). Cats rule.
As an aside @unksol I think you need to weed out your brain a bit. Also physics would help you understand vacuums better. Of course doing either might suck.
@awk @Kidsandliz @tinamarie1974 I mean i left out the part where dog lips might be able to make a sucking sound… Cat lips less so
@Kidsandliz I cannot believe what I read
YOU. THINK. DOGS. SUCK!!! This makes me so sad. I thought we were hooman-doogo friens. Woof!!! I need a treat NOW to think about this! I hope my day gets better
Are the other Meh hoomans my friens? I think they are? I hope they are!
Also @unksol, doggos do not have lips so no sucking. Have you ever seen a dog use a straw. Also, mom does not own me. She adopt me, we are family. Nnnooooooo, you are silly hooman
Going to have a treat and think…
@CharlieDoggo @unksol I said me OWNING a dog would suck not that dogs suck. I live in a small apartment in an unsafe neighborhood. Where would you play? Be able to pee? Go that is safe on a walk? A dog here would be miserable. That is why me owning a dog would suck.
@awk @tinamarie1974 @unksol Well both can suck as babies… although when I bottle fed a baby cat it was easier to use a syringe because she had trouble catching on to using a bottle.
@awk @Kidsandliz @tinamarie1974 @unksol I knew someone who had a cat named Hoover. And ys, that was because the cat would try to scarf up anything if found on the floor. Interesting and alarming things appeared in its hairballs.
@awk @Kidsandliz @tinamarie1974 @unksol I happen to own several vacuums - they are encased within the walls of various insulated drink containers.
@awk @Kidsandliz @tinamarie1974 @unksol @werehatrack I had a Doberman who would come running when I yelled “Vacuum!”. She was great to have around when our children were small and prone to spilling food.
@Kidsandliz @unksol oh this is good news. I was so upset that you were not my frien any more. Woof!
Also, yard and grass is so important. Also crunchy leaves when it gets cold. Thrybare fun to roll in and eat!!!
@macromeh idk how I missed that. I was thinking how many science teachers do I know. And that’s temporary. So obvious
@Kidsandliz @unksol
@CharlieDoggo
And this is why your Mom needs all those vacuums!
@CharlieDoggo @Kidsandliz @Kyeh @unksol
This is the way!!!
@Kidsandliz @tinamarie1974 @unksol
BTW, @CharlieDoggo, Penzey’s is begging for photos of doggos wearing their Love bandana and looking lovingly at their parents. I know you have one - maybe get your mom to send your photo in and they’ll put it in their email!
@CharlieDoggo @Kidsandliz @Kyeh @unksol did they give an email? Ive got a lovely one of him and his uncle Buddy
@CharlieDoggo @Kidsandliz @Kyeh @unksol I found it. Email sent! Thanks!!
@CharlieDoggo @Kidsandliz @tinamarie1974 @unksol Yay!
I have a regular vacuum purchased probably about 13 years ago. I also have a Shark stick vac that that is the only vacuum I actually ever use, as it’s easier to maneuver into tight spots, and it’s easier to swap the attachments in and out
Two – one in my bank account from being here too much and the other in my social life from being here too much.
I keep buying them thinking I’m finally going to get one that works really well.
@Tadlem43
That’s the problem they suck you in
@Star2236 @Tadlem43 So that is what you do with the bodies in your murder shed. You suck them in.
@Kidsandliz @Star2236 @Tadlem43
What, they have murder sheds too?!
Given that the Kenmore canister vacuum I have is over 30 years old – and I still have a couple thrifted ones as spares, I guess it’s considered a lifetime supply of them? It’ll most likely outlive Sears themselves, at least.
I still have a couple Dyson uprights too; one was thrifted, one a curb find. Both weren’t sucking when I got them; the hose was clogged.
I remember one in the laundry room that is never used, the robovac that no longer works, and the rechargeable that is always charging. Oh, and people tell me I am vacuous. Does that count too?
I have a 70 year old Electrolux canister vacuum I inherited that still works, but it’s kind of pain go use so it’s buried in a closet. I have a nice Shark vacuum I got as a TSV from QVC, but since it’s corded I find it annoying to use. It’s also top heaving and keeps falling over. I got a Dyson stick vac for a steal from Target, but I’m not fond of that because it fills up pretty quickly and is messy to empty. Hair also wraps around the brush and I don’t have the patience to keep taking it apart to cut it off the roller. So with all these vacuums, I don’t actually vacuum much.
At first I thought “why would somebody have more than one vacuum cleaner?” Then I remembered that we also have two: a regular upright, and a Roomba. But we think of Mo more as a member of the family, so it didn’t register right away.
A bunch! And I use them.
Dyson used once a week for whole house, a second time for my work area.
Shark stick kept under my work table and used a couple times a week.
Small corded hand held that I don’t use much since I got the Shark.
Shop vac in the basement used when I cut wood, a few times a month.
Spare Dyson in the closet.
Dust buster for cars, not used much.
6? 7? I think?
See there’s the original cheap college apartment blue bissell? from like 2004 that may or may not be in a corner somewhere and had developed issues. I just can’t remember if I already stripped it for parts or it’s just up in the bonus room. “Free” AC motor after all. Or I was going to fix it and give it to goodwill. I dislike disposable things.
Then an actual good woot shark upright to replace it for carpet duty. still needed for upstairs here and actually also handy for sucking up cat hair on the hard wood.
Classic hoover “steam” vac carpet cleaner. I would say that vacuums… At least up the water. It will go when the upstairs carpet goes.
Then just your standard 6.5 HP craftsman 16 gallon shop vac and your mini 2.5 gallon shop vac. When you could roll sears points
And that Roomba knock off from meh.
And obviously the SS 6 gallon shop vac from Slickdeals because it was SO cheap and it would be nice to have one in the basement. I regret that a little. 1.75 inch shop vac hoses… Meh. 2.5 inch on a full size shop vac is much better.
Oh I think that handheld one from my grandma is here somewhere. And the old woot or meh hard wood stick think also has a small vacuum for crumbs… 9?
Do rainbow vacuums still exist? I sure liked those along with their fancy scents and whatnot.
@sicc574 we have a rainbow, or we did have one. I think it’s in the basement. The weird thing is, when we bought our house, it had a central Vac setup and the Rainbow hose was the same as the central Vac hose.
@sicc574 @xenophod Does it work? Do you want to get rid of it? I have HORRIBLE allergies and would love to get one but I can’t afford a new one.
Including shop vacs, around seven.
Upstairs and downstairs Meh corded shark, 10 gallon Shopvac, & a 1.5 gallon Shopvac.
Hoover (not the OG USA kind) main one, a shark detachable small thing, and a wet/dry ShopVac.
I lied I have 2, one Dyson and a hand held red shark I bought here at meh.
We probably have 3 not counting the carpet cleaner or the shop vac.
Three Dysons: ancient Animal model upright, cordless stick, cordless handheld. And a shop vac.
One that I don’t use because a former tenant left it behind.
Meh price was too tempting
A shark for heavy work. A roborock for the bedrooms and lighter work (it can go under the beds). A handheld for the cars. So, 3. We gave away the rest.
Big one lives in the closest and gets in the way. Falls out sometimes. Little one, hand held gets used more, less aggravating. Lives behind chair in the kitchen plugged in.
Closest = closet.
Two robots (a Shark and a Roomba), one upright Shark house vac and a shop vac
A Dyson my husband bought me as a gift because I’d been bemoaning our lack of anything but a Dustbuster that didn’t work well (which we don’t have that anymore), a miele (that we should use more often than we do) that my husband geeked out over when we moved into our first home and because the Dyson just didn’t as suck as well anymore, a bissel spot bot which we got because of cat accidents but has come in handy with toilet learning with our kids, a vac-mop that has stopped working and I haven’t figured out how to fix, a garage/shop vacuum, and a handheld for use in the car.
I have a beagle who sucks up any food that falls on the floor. Therefore, I have a fleet of three Roombas who run daily to stay ahead of the beagle hair. I also have an ancient Kirby that comes out periodically to clean what the Roombas miss. In the garage (or sometimes one migrates to the shed) I have two shop vacs, one little, one big. The big one can (and has) pick up 3/8" lag bolts or a 4’x4’x1/2" sheet of plywood (if I place the hose in the right place). The little one is more convenient for small jobs. I also have a useless car vac that takes up space in the trunk, but my wife bought it, so I’m not just throwing it out (the little shop vac works great in the car, but I can’t just plug it into the lighter).
I answered too quickly; I totally forgot that I have a smaller mostly handheld shark vac out in the garage for cleaning up the cars, a shop vac, and there’s a dust buster type around here somewhere…plus an ancient Roomba for which I still have dreams of getting a new battery pack.
We have 4. An upright eureka for the carpeted bedrooms, a cordless shark for the hardwood, couches, stairs, cordless one from meh for the kitchen (need both bc I run out of battery, meh was a lifesaver). Also have swifter vac for quick clean ups.
I have one vac for every room in the house. I have a Great Pyrenees !
@DEMMPS I think some people spin yarn from that hair!
@DEMMPS @Kyeh I think you could spin a new dog from that hair.
One for the house and a shop vac for the garage.
I have at least three… somewhere.
A pocket model that small enough to fit in a car’s glove compartment (though it lacks a power adapter that works with a car lighter socket). An upright model I use. And a miniature hose-and-cannister I inherited from my parents that still does a decent job (and has all these head attachments built-in) that I feel bad about not using as much as my upright.