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Best hand-vac/dustbuster?
Hi ladies - looking to buy a dustbuster and hoping you'd have some recs. I prefer cordless and under $50. It is mostly to clean up crumbs from my toddler but if it can get cat hair, that'd be great too. If it matters, I'd be using on both carpet and hardwood. And the easier to dump the dirt, the better (I've had some crappier ones where they were tough to clean out). Thanks!
Re: Best hand-vac/dustbuster?
I use a Shark cordless hand vac, 16.8 volts (it's blue). It works fine, but loses battery charge pretty quickly. I'm not sure how long batteries last on other dust busters so I can't say if this is normal or if it's a poor characteristic of this model.
I mainly use it to suck up crumbs, cornmeal (from pizza making), and flour in the kitchen. Otherwise I use it for LOTS of cathair. It sucks up the cathair pretty well once you get the hang of it---like any vacuum, it blows air out at the same time and if you hit the hair at the wrong angle it can blow it away rather than suck it up! Also, if you need to suck up as much cat hair as I do, you might need to empty it as you go along. I have to end up emptying the cat hair a few times when I do the stairs down to the basement and the back hallway because there is so much hair that it clogs it up enough to make it suck poorly.
Good luck!
This is by far my house keeping savior, especially w/ a toddler, 80 lb lab and 2 cats. It is a little more pricey than other cordless vacs, BUT
- the battery won't need replaced
- the battery doesn't loose power as it gets low. The suction stays as strong as ever until it just shuts off. There is an indicator light letting you know it's coming.
- it takes only 3 hours to recharge, compared to the 8 - 16+ hours all the others need
There are some other cool things, but those are the main ones I think. I use it daily through out a 1,800 sq ft house so I only pull the dyson out once a week.