On May 15, 6:49 pm, TH wrote:
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Last time I bought a vacuum recommended by consumer reports, it turned
out to be the worst vacuum we ever owned.
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My experience w/ about all of CR's ratings --

They and I have a marked disagreement on what appears important on
almost every consumer product I've ever compared their ratings w/ my
opinions/personal rating/experience.

OTOH, the compiled repair data is of some value on occasion since it
comes from a wider sample and isn't based solely on their particular
set of inhouse tests that don't seem to be very meaningful often...

imo, ymmv, $0.02, etc., etc., ...