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Vent: The difference a real vacuum made in my carpet after 5 years of cheap ones
Honestly, I've been using those $40 stick vacuums from the drugstore for years and just thought my carpet was supposed to look kind of flat and dingy. Last weekend I borrowed my neighbor's Miele canister vacuum and ran it over my living room rug - the amount of dirt and pet hair it pulled up was insane. I bet I've been walking on a layer of grime this whole time because I was too cheap to spend over $100. Has anyone else had that shock when you finally use a decent vacuum?
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dakota1603mo ago
Wait, you're telling me there's actually carpet under all that stuff? I had the exact same wake-up call when I upgraded from a $50 upright to a used Kirby. The first pass on my living room carpet filled the entire canister with what looked like fine dust and clumps of hair. It took me three full vacuums over the same spots before the water ran clear on my carpet cleaner. Now I tell everyone to just bite the bullet and get something with actual suction power, even if it's used. Your neighbors probably think you're a clean person now but really you just had a cruddy vacuum.
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jason9583mo ago
Nah man, I gotta disagree with that take. I had a cheapo Walmart special for years and yeah it didn't pick up like a top tier machine, but my carpet wasn't some biohazard either. I think people get way too hung up on this idea that spending more money automatically means you've been living in filth. Maybe your neighbor's Miele just agitated the surface fibers differently and kicked up some dust that was already trapped deep down. I vacuum twice a week with my $60 Hoover and my house passes the white sock test just fine. Not everyone needs a $400 machine to feel clean.
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