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I just googled "dust buster" because I've never owned one and now I
want to buy one. I see that Target sells them. So I just wanted to hear from you guys what you think of them. Every day, even after I've vacuumed the floors, I find cat litter strewn around the bathroom floor. I'd really like something easy to clean it up with, rather than having to lug out the big sucky monster, disturbing the local fauna, or sweep it up with my dustpan and broom, which isn't such a hardship, except that it does put me in closer contact with the litter. I'd prefer a bit more distance. Any recommendations? Any warnings? What works best for cat litter? What kind lasts the longest? It dosn't have to be the "Dustbuster" name brand, although if that's the best kind, I'll get that. I just want a small, hand-held, battery-run vacuum for the daily kitty litter in the bathroom. Thanks! Joyce -- To send email to this address, remove the triple-X from my user name. |
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On Mon, 04 Feb 2008 00:14:07 +0000, bastXXXette wrote:
I just googled "dust buster" because I've never owned one and now I want to buy one. I see that Target sells them. So I just wanted to hear from you guys what you think of them. Every day, even after I've vacuumed the floors, I find cat litter strewn around the bathroom floor. I'd really like something easy to clean it up with, rather than having to lug out the big sucky monster, disturbing the local fauna, or sweep it up with my dustpan and broom, which isn't such a hardship, except that it does put me in closer contact with the litter. I'd prefer a bit more distance. Any recommendations? Any warnings? What works best for cat litter? What kind lasts the longest? It dosn't have to be the "Dustbuster" name brand, although if that's the best kind, I'll get that. I just want a small, hand-held, battery-run vacuum for the daily kitty litter in the bathroom. Thanks! Joyce I have two Dustbusters. The electric one is handy for small jobs. The battery one isn't worth a darn. Remember that the capacity is small and cleaning them is a dusty job. MLB |
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I HAD one and found it was far more trouble than it was worth. Not easy to
clean and generally quicker with a dust pan and whisk broom. "mlbriggs" wrote in message news On Mon, 04 Feb 2008 00:14:07 +0000, bastXXXette wrote: I just googled "dust buster" because I've never owned one and now I want to buy one. I see that Target sells them. So I just wanted to hear from you guys what you think of them. Every day, even after I've vacuumed the floors, I find cat litter strewn around the bathroom floor. I'd really like something easy to clean it up with, rather than having to lug out the big sucky monster, disturbing the local fauna, or sweep it up with my dustpan and broom, which isn't such a hardship, except that it does put me in closer contact with the litter. I'd prefer a bit more distance. Any recommendations? Any warnings? What works best for cat litter? What kind lasts the longest? It dosn't have to be the "Dustbuster" name brand, although if that's the best kind, I'll get that. I just want a small, hand-held, battery-run vacuum for the daily kitty litter in the bathroom. Thanks! Joyce I have two Dustbusters. The electric one is handy for small jobs. The battery one isn't worth a darn. Remember that the capacity is small and cleaning them is a dusty job. MLB |
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On Mon, 04 Feb 2008 00:14:07 +0000, bastXXXette wrote:
I just googled "dust buster" because I've never owned one and now I want to buy one. I see that Target sells them. So I just wanted to hear from you guys what you think of them. Every day, even after I've vacuumed the floors, I find cat litter strewn around the bathroom floor. I'd really like something easy to clean it up with, rather than having to lug out the big sucky monster, disturbing the local fauna, or sweep it up with my dustpan and broom, which isn't such a hardship, except that it does put me in closer contact with the litter. I'd prefer a bit more distance. Any recommendations? Any warnings? What works best for cat litter? What kind lasts the longest? It dosn't have to be the "Dustbuster" name brand, although if that's the best kind, I'll get that. I just want a small, hand-held, battery-run vacuum for the daily kitty litter in the bathroom. I used to have one - I threw it out when I moved. It was mostly useless. What does work is an *effective* standup dust pan that latches in the down position until you push down on the handle - it's trivial to sweep the litter into it in the down position, then dump it, and only then release the latch and hang it back up. I use a modified short, narrow broom that came with a useless home type standup dust pan from Walmart (no latch, so the pan tended to flip over and dump whole I was lifting it to the trash can) - I added a pin (small nail) to keep the head of the broom from twisting. The good pans were from Big Lots, but it was a one-off and they haven't had them since. Janitor supply stores might have something. -- T.E.D. ) MST (Missouri University of Science and Technology) used to be UMR (University of Missouri - Rolla). |
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wrote in message
... I just googled "dust buster" because I've never owned one and now I want to buy one. I see that Target sells them. So I just wanted to hear from you guys what you think of them. Every day, even after I've vacuumed the floors, I find cat litter strewn around the bathroom floor. I'd really like something easy to clean it up with, rather than having to lug out the big sucky monster, disturbing the local fauna, or sweep it up with my dustpan and broom, which isn't such a hardship, except that it does put me in closer contact with the litter. I'd prefer a bit more distance. Any recommendations? Any warnings? What works best for cat litter? What kind lasts the longest? It dosn't have to be the "Dustbuster" name brand, although if that's the best kind, I'll get that. I just want a small, hand-held, battery-run vacuum for the daily kitty litter in the bathroom. I had one. It was great for cleaning up small spills - particularly wet spills. But it was such a cow to clean, it ended up growing a colony of something gross inside. Thats when it got chucked out. i wouldn't get another one. Now, if I could ever get the vacuum cleaner I had when i was a student, I'd kill forit. i t was an industrial one, that was effectiley a giant moter clipped to the top of a 20 litre metal bucket. you could suck up *anything* 9water included) and it owuld goo into the bucket rather than in the internals of the vacuum cleaner. it was deafening, but it was a great way to clean up spills of anything icky. Yowie |
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It appears that the Dustbuster is uniformly unpopular and a waste
of money. That's too bad! I just really wanted something small, easy to handle and nearby to suck up stray pieces of litter that seem to get flung out onto the bathroom floor on a daily basis. Given the experiences everyone's had with them (of those who responded), it doesn't look good, so I guess I won't waste my money on one. I liked Ted's idea of the dustpan with the long handle. (Someone else suggested that, too.) I might just look into that. Thanks!! Joyce |
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