Anyone got experience of using a small vacuum cleaner such as this one:

B&D Dustbuster PD1200-GB Flexi Hand Vac

http://www.johnlewis.com/231120089/Product.aspx

(Well aware this model is available elsewhere at much lower prices.)

Opinions very welcome. And they are usually not in short supply. :-)

Rod

On Tue, 05 Jul 2011 19:10:31 +0100, polygonum
wrote:

Anyone got experience of using a small vacuum cleaner such as this one:

B&D Dustbuster PD1200-GB Flexi Hand Vac

http://www.johnlewis.com/231120089/Product.aspx

(Well aware this model is available elsewhere at much lower prices.)

Opinions very welcome. And they are usually not in short supply. :-)

Rod

They are great for cleaning crumbs off surfaces but very limited in
general use. eg. You slice some bread leaving the crumbs on a surface.
Get a pan and brush and faff around with it, chucking bits everywhere
or use a vacuum and easily remove the bits with little trouble.

On Tue, 05 Jul 2011 20:21:11 +0100, Ericp wrote:

On Tue, 05 Jul 2011 19:10:31 +0100, polygonum
wrote:

Anyone got experience of using a small vacuum cleaner such as this one:

B&D Dustbuster PD1200-GB Flexi Hand Vac

http://www.johnlewis.com/231120089/Product.aspx

(Well aware this model is available elsewhere at much lower prices.)

Opinions very welcome. And they are usually not in short supply. :-)

Rod

They are great for cleaning crumbs off surfaces but very limited in
general use. eg. You slice some bread leaving the crumbs on a surface.
Get a pan and brush and faff around with it, chucking bits everywhere
or use a vacuum and easily remove the bits with little trouble.

I rather thought as much.

Well maybe the Makita one would be a bit better?

http://www.makitadirect.co.uk/acatal...m_Cleaner.html

Rod

On Tue, 05 Jul 2011 21:12:23 +0100, polygonum wrote:

Well maybe the Makita one would be a bit better?

http://www.makitadirect.co.uk/acatalog/copy_of_BCL180Z_
Vacuum_Cleaner.html

"This tool is supplied in a body only format, no batteries or
charger."

£45 quid plus battery and charger...

We have a B&D DustBuster 7.2v, quite handy for small cleaning jobs
and for holding under drills when drilling a hole in a wall to catch
the dust. Battery life is measured in minutes and there is no
"charge" indicator.

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Cheers
Dave.

On Tue, 05 Jul 2011 21:36:06 +0100, Dave Liquorice
wrote:

On Tue, 05 Jul 2011 21:12:23 +0100, polygonum wrote:

Well maybe the Makita one would be a bit better?

http://www.makitadirect.co.uk/acatalog/copy_of_BCL180Z_
Vacuum_Cleaner.html

"This tool is supplied in a body only format, no batteries or
charger."

£45 quid plus battery and charger...

We have a B&D DustBuster 7.2v, quite handy for small cleaning jobs
and for holding under drills when drilling a hole in a wall to catch
the dust. Battery life is measured in minutes and there is no
"charge" indicator.

I saw it as a justification for getting an 18V Makita tool of some sort.
:-)

Gets a good review on Amazon.

But yes - very expensive. To begin with I thought there were only going to
be a few makes/models - now I am getting overwhelmed by them - De Walt,
Nilfisk, Draper, DirtDevil, Dyson, Hoover, Vax, ....

Rod