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You have a problem: Let’s assume that you’ve been convinced to get a robotic vacuum cleaner. Well, what are you going to do with your old traditional vacuum cleaner?



I’ve found a solution. Now this may not work for everyone, but . . . well, it’s a funny story, so I thought I’d share it.



Everyone knows how fussy babies can drive all those around them to the edge. Well, “How Do You Calm a Crying Baby?” (http://www.cryingbabystories.com) was created so people could share some of their stories about and techniques for calming a crying baby. And, one of the stories involves — you guessed it — a vacuum cleaner.



A Pediatrician just told me about one creative Mom who found out that her fussy baby could only be soothed by the loud sounds of a vacuum cleaner! Unfortunately for this sleep deprived Mom her apartment complex neighbors did not appreciate hearing the vacuum cleaner at all hours of the night. To appease her neighbors and her fussy baby she decided to record the rumbling sound of the vacuum cleaner. This smart Mom was then able to soothe her baby by playing the recording at a reasonable volume. She was able to calm her crying baby and no longer disturb the neighbors!!



I guess it’s more convenient than driving your baby around the block until she falls asleep in the car. And, it’s one way to use your old vacuum when you decide to replace it with (speaking of more convenient!) a robotic vacuum cleaner.

I found this funny news story and couldn’t help but think: If only they’d had an iRobot 532 Vacuum, none of this would have happened.

Vacuum Salesmen Charged With Damaging Mattress



SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Two vacuum salesmen didn’t exactly close the deal at a recent home demonstration in central New York. State police charged the Syracuse men with a misdemeanor after a $1,300 Sealy latex foam mattress was damaged. Trooper Andy Davis said the damage occurred during a demonstration Monday at a home in Richfield Springs. Davis wouldn’t elaborate on what was done to the mattress.



Davis said the men were both at the home when police arrived and were trying to save the situation. They were charged with reckless endangerment of property.



The mattress owner is looking for reimbursement.



Story from www.wftv.com.

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Recently, I happened on the site of the Housekeeping Channel.  First off, I can’t believe I didn’t even know there was a housekeeping channel!  Live and learn.  Besides learning about the channel, I also learned a bit about vacuum cleaners.



Now I must admit that as I get older, there are some things I’d rather not fill up my brain’s storage capacity with and, personally, I’d be happy to restrict my vacuuming knowledge to knowing how to push the button on an iRobot 532 Vacuum, but . . .  If you’re considering buying a traditional vacuum cleaner, you might want to know about the  “Eight Myths of Vacuuming.”

Myth #1: Amps Mean Performance
Amps is a measure of electrical current, not vacuuming performance.  Measuring a vacuum cleaner’s performance based on amps is like buying a car based on how much gas it guzzles.



Myth #2: Everyone Needs HEPA
What you’re looking for in a vacuum filter is one that releases the fewest particles into the air. HEPA is a technical definition; there are some microfiltered systems that do this just as well as HEPA systems.



Myth #3: Picking Up a “Bowling Ball” Shows Cleaning Power
Once a seal is created on a smooth surface, that seal is difficult to break. Period.  It has nothing to do with how well the vacuum can remove soil from a surface.



Myth #4: All Vacuum Bags are the Same
Wrong.  Multi-ply microfilters greatly increase vacuum efficiency over generic single-ply paper filters.  Microfilter bags have greater media density and thus capture far more fine dust while one-ply generic bags have relatively large pores that permit fine dust to escape.

Another thing: Filter bag size does matter. The greater the “area” of the filter media, the longer airflow, suction, and cleaning can be sustained.



Myth #5:All Vacuum Belts are the Same
A cheap vacuum belt will stretch, slip, and wear out quickly, whereas a high-quality belt is geared or sprocketed like an automobile timing belt and can last for years. Plus, geared/sprocketed belts don’t slip.



Myth #6: Cyclonic Systems Do Not Use Filters and Require Less Maintenance
Virtually all cyclonic or bagless vacuuming systems use a final filter to catch the dust that cyclonic filtration cannot remove from the airflow. This final filter requires regular cleaning or replacement to ensure optimal performance.



Myth #7: All Vacuum Cleaners Have Similar Design Features and are Equally Easy to Use
Just not true. Consider ergonomic design and weight.  (And, seriously, what vacuum could possibly be easier to use than a robotic one?)



Myth #8: Suction Alone Makes a Vacuum Work Well
Actually, it’s the entire vacuum system that makes it effective — or not. There are four key benchmarks to use in evaluating a vacuuming system:

• airflow                                                                                                                                           
  This is the amount of air moving through the vacuum and affects the amount of soil that can be carried along by the airflow and contained in the vacuum’s filtration.
• lift                                                                                                                                                
  Lift, also known as static lift or water lift, is the ability of the vacuum’s airflow to lift dirt.
• filtration                                                                                                                                        
  Filtration is mainly responsible for reducing “particles out”.
• design                                                                                                                                           
  Poor design can defeat good vacuuming potential and/or filtration.

So, there you have it, the eight myths of vacuuming.  I hope this information will be useful to you if you’re considering a traditional vacuum.  If you’d like to read the complete article, visit http://www.housekeepingchannel.com/a_112-Eight_Myths_of_Vacuuming.

Most people have something about vacuuming that they dislike, but at “The Junk Drawer” (blog), the author actually hates the vacuum itself. And with good reason. Anyway, her post is funny and makes a good point, so I thought I’d share it here.



My Vacuum Cleaner Sucks

Boring post coming up. My apologies, but I’m desperate.



I don’t ask for much in this world. I just want my washing machine to clean clothes, my microwave to heat stuff, and my vacuum cleaner to suck up dirt.



It’s not sucking anymore.



At least not very well. We have a cheapo . . . vacuum that we’ve had for a couple years. The only benefit is that it’s very light, unlike my former . . . vacuum that made me feel like I was pushing furniture around every time I cleaned.



But it fails to suck well enough and I want your recommendations on a new one. All it needs to do is adequately vacuum up kitty litter and not spit it back out through the sucky part.



And it needs to have its electrical cord coming out the top, not the bottom.



Look at this stupid thing. [picture of her vacuum] See where the cord comes out? [It comes out of the bottom.] Try vacuuming with that. It falls on the floor, I curse, I run over it, I curse, do the mambo trying to get at it, and I curse, all while trying to dodge kitty litter spraying out like shrapnel.



If you have an unhealthy love for your vacuum cleaner, I want to hear about it. Does it make you want to vacuum for the sake of vacuuming? Do you brag about it to your friends? Did you give it a name?



Bring it on. I need the exact make and model. Money is no object. It just has to have a cord that won’t trip and kill me, and it has to suck real good.






I guess I’d have to suggest she look into getting an iRobot Roomba Pet Series 532 Vacuum Cleaning Robot
robotic pet vacuum: She wouldn’t have to push one around; they don’t have a cords; and they’re designed to pick up things like kitty litter.



You can find more of this blog at: http://www.junkdrawerblog.com/2008/09/my-vacuum-cleaner-sucks.html

I’ve already covered how important regular vacuuming is to help prevent allergies and asthma, but there’s “someone” else who benefits from regular vacuuming and cleaning: your carpet. Here’s what one professional carpet cleaner, Professional Carpet Systems of Raleigh, North Carolina, had to say in their article on “Prolonging the Life of Your Carpet”:



“Most carpet is made of synthetic fibers such as: nylon, olefin, polyester, and some acrylic. These synthetic fibers rarely wear out (except on stairs), instead they ugly out. What we mean by that is, the fibers crush, or mat down, or flatten out. They also abrade or get scratched. You see, your carpets are made up of thousands upon thousands of very small thread-like fibers that are twisted together. These fibers are basically translucent pieces of plastic. That means that light can pass through them, like a colored Plexiglas. You know how Plexiglas looks after it gets scratched, dull and dirty. Well improperly cared for carpet can look the same. What scratches carpet is gritty soil and sand that is left in the carpet and when it is walked on it rubs against the fibers and scratches them. After so much of this scratching, you can clean the soil and sand out but the damage already done is irreversible and you get is what we call in the carpet cleaning industry … traffic lane gray. This is where the fibers are clean, but since they are so scratched up they do not reflect the light back to the eyes and now take on a dull appearance which is commonly mistaken for soiled carpets. This usually happens first in the heavily walked on areas or traffic lanes.”



I don’t know about you, but I had never heard of the scratching aspect of carpet wear.



They go on in their article to say that one of the most important steps to prevent “uglying out” is regular vacuuming:

• At least twice per week and more often if you have children or pets.
• Vacuuming your traffic lanes every day will give you the best protection against premature uglying out of your carpet.

No one, especially these days, has money to “throw around.” Protecting your carpeting investment only makes sense. The hard part is finding time to take care of that regular vacuuming. You might want to consider whether a robotic vacuum might be the answer for you.



For information, customer reviews, and discounts on the iRobot Roomba Pet Series 532 Vacuum Cleaning Robot, visit this link.



For the full article: http://www.procarpetsys.com/prolongingyourcarpet_slife.html.

You’ve probably heard — it’s everywhere — that asthma and allergies are on the rise. You may have also heard that indoor pollution these days is worse that that outdoors. To quote Dr. Joel Mendelson, director of Allergy and Immunology at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center (NBIMC), an affiliate of the Saint Barnabas Health Care System in an article at NorthJersey.com ,



“During allergy season, many people stay indoors to avoid allergy attacks; however, some major allergens are often found right in our homes.”



To follow the article a little further:



“In a recent survey conducted by the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (AAAAI), over 50 percent of homes were found to have at least six detectable allergens present. These types of allergens can include pet dander, dust and dust mites, mold spores, house plants and pollen brought in on your clothes after being outside.”



Dr. Mendelson also mentioned that, “Though it is pretty unlikely that you will be able to completely rid your home of allergens,there are ways to significantly reduce the existence of them.”



One of the most obvious ways to eliminate those allergens, especially pet dander, dust and dust mites, and pollen, is to vacuum regularly, once or twice a week. If you have indoor pets, you should vacuum areas the pet frequents even more frequently, especially its bedding.



An one of the best ways to be sure you’re vacuuming regularly? Make it automatic with a robotic pet vacuum.



If you’d like to know a little more about one of these robotic pet vacuums, the iRobot 532 Vacuum, as well as read customer reviews and find out about discounts, check out this iRobot Roomba Pet Series 532 Vacuum Cleaning Robot link .



For the full article, visit

http://www.northjersey.com/news/health/94557694_Reducing_those_annoying_allergens_at_home.html.

I posted one serious video demonstrating how the robotic vacuums work, so I thought I’d balance it with something a little more light hearted.







Now there are two reasons to consider getting an iRobot 532 Vacuum if you have cats!



If you’d like more information on the iRobot 532, customers reviews, and discount information, visit this link: iRobot Roomba Pet Series 532 Vacuum Cleaning Robot

It’s all well and good to hear about robotic vacuums, but a picture is worth a thousand words. And a video is worth . . . ?



Anyway, here’s a video that shows a Roomba vacuum in action:



>iRobot Roomba Demonstration



It’s cute and it cleans! Seriously, I know I’m smitten with the robot concept, but I do think the demo is pretty amazing.



If you’d like more information on the iRobot 532 Vacuum, customer reviews, and discounts, visit this link iRobot Roomba Pet Series 532 Vacuum Cleaning Robot .