I'm going to be honest. I'm a vacuum snob. I wasn't sure how Panasonic would live up to my vacuum cleaner, but as long as I'm being honest here, I have to tell you that I've only used the other vacuum cleaner ONCE since receiving the Panasonic. Simply put, I love it.
Even Tommy, who now loves vacuums as much as his big brother, prefers it to the toy vacuum cleaner!
There are so many reasons why I adore this vacuum cleaner. First, I love the dirt sensor. It takes a lot of the guesswork out of vacuuming by sensing the amount of dirt particles still in the patch of carpeting and lets you know whether you need to keep working on that area. With two kids who at any given time are leaving a trail of crumbs, this is necessary.
The vacuum also did a much better job on the kitchen floor than my other cleaner. While my other vacuum (twice the price of this one!) also has a bare floor setting, it has never done much on our kitchen floor. The Panasonic did a great job of grabbing loose crumbs and food particles, so much that I was able to just vacuum prior to mopping, instead of having to use a broom to sweep.
But what really, really sold me on this vacuum was the 12-foot stretch hose and on-board tools.
(See? Let's just pretend that that's a picture of me in my awesomely clean house vacuuming curtains and not the reality, which is that I looked at this and thought, "OMG! I'm supposed to vacuum CURTAINS!?")I have a severe aversion to vacuuming stairs. So much that I'd rather do just about ANYTHING than clean stairs, but living in a tri-level, this is hard to avoid. I just can never get the crack where the stairs meet clean, no matter how hard I try or what tools I try. Except that the first time I used the wand to vacuum my stairs (without any tools), I nearly fainted. My stairs were seriously cleaner than they've ever been and with no effort from me. After trying the stairs, I used the wand along the baseboards (my other problematic cleaning area) and same results. Cleaner than I've ever seen, with no effort--not even an extra tool. And then? I fainted for real.
I could go on and on, but if you're like me, you always have one key component that you search for in vacuum cleaners... and mine is definitely the ability to clean stairs quickly and easily. I've finally found the perfect cleaner for that (now if only I could find the perfect mascara).
Overall, this vacuum cleaner is excellent for the price ($249.95), and when I clicked on the website, I actually expected it to retail for more. This vacuum cleaner is also supposed to be great for houses with pets, and I should also mention that it's extremely easy to maneuver. I had no trouble with it and my three year old has spent a lot of time pushing it around with the house, without so much as a struggle. Yet, despite the lightweight, it definitely does heavy duty cleaning.
I'm wondering, what's your one big cleaning issue when it comes to vacuuming? Stairs like me? Bare floors? Or maybe you too never realized that you were supposed to vacuum curtains (I mean, REALLY, who thinks of these things!?).
8 comments:
That's exciting that you got such a good vaccuum. I dig the pun in your title by the way.
And THREE levels? Ugh. You're better than me. If I had three levels my stairs would be disgusting.
huh. so not only are you supposed to vacuum curtains (HA!), you're supposed to vacuum them in khakis and a twinset? good to know.
and this is actually a really necessary review for me right now as i deal with ALL of these issues. namely, all hardwood downstairs, carpeted stairs that have dog hair shoved into every nook and cranny, mostly carpet upstairs, daily hard floor vacuuming, and a house full of dirty curtains.
if they need someone else to review, tell them about me!! :p
Ok, I admit I DO vacuum my curtains...about twice a year. But only b/c I have cats who like to sit in the windows and about every six months it starts to look like I have purposely bought cat hair curtains (hey - there's an idea!)and I then become embarrased to let people in my house.
My pet peeve: vacuuming furniture. Really how do all those crumbs and fuzzies get under the cushions? Oh, and NEVER EVER look under the furniture b/c I NEVER move it to vacuum.....for all I know there could be a biological hazard under my couch.... :D
i'd totally vacuum curtains if we had them.
i vacuum our mattresses. does everyone do that?
we are going to need a new vacuum soon.
I glanced at that second photo and thought it was you posing and I was like, what? And now I kinda need to see you imitating that photo.
Steph
That is awesome.
Vacuum curtains? Really? You can DO that? Why have I never thought of that! I have curtains in my bedroom that have not been cleaned since we moved it because it took FOREVER to tie them the way they are (and I love them that way) and I refuse to tie them again. They are covered in a layer of dust that drives me nuts (obviously not nuts enough to take them down though) I shall now have to try vacuuming it off! :)
And if I remember correctly your 'other' vacuum is the same as mine - which means this review intrigues me.
Oh and stairs? Yes I hate vacuuming those too. Hate.
I have a Kirby.
Let me restate that. I hate my Kirby.
It weighs elevenity million pounds and does not do the stairs well and it takes these crazy bags that I can only get at certain places and they are only open crazy hours and they cost entirely too much.
So a light weight, get it clean and doesn't take bags would be perfect.
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