[Sorta OT] Dust buster question

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

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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

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.
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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

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.

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T.E.D. ) MST (Missouri University of Science and Technology)
used to be UMR (University of Missouri - Rolla).

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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


Last summer we were thinking of getting one for the car, but when we saw
them everywhere at garage sales, we figured they can't be very good if that
many people were getting rid of them.

Bobble

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 had two and both died ridiculously soon after I bought them.

Susan M
Otis and Chester

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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.

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

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

wrote:
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.

I have a dustpan with a long handle, too. I also have a 'fake grass'
plastic rug under the litterboxes. It seems to do a pretty good job of
catching any stray litter. It has to be big enough that the cats have to
step on it with all four paws before leaving the litterbox area. If you
have a champion litter flinger, though, the rug won't be much help.

--
Marina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki.

kirjoitti:
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

I'm in no way affiliated with the following product, but when you
said... errr... wrote Dustbuster, I thought of the Swivel Sweeper that's
been on local tv shops and seems to be available elsewhere too. Here's
their own website, if you care to have a look:
https://www.swivelsweeper.com/

I do not have one of those myself but they seem to be ok. My one
question would be what to do when the rechargeable battery cannot be
recharged anymore, do they have replacements, but that would prolly last
as long as it's worth anyway...

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Christine in Laitila, Finland
christal63 (at) gmail (dot) com