• MashedTech@lemmy.world
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      7 days ago

      My mental ding dong is hard and ready to use it. My nerves are tingling and my hands are shaking at the thought of being able to touch such an artefact. I know ultimate pleasure is in my future and I cannot wait.

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    If you have a ‘normal’ house and keep up with cleaning, a cordless should be fine. The portability and lightness are awesome.

    If you have a dog or cat, results may vary.

    If you have two labs, you’re going to want to throw the thing out the window every time you use it because it clogs every 3 minutes.

    Yes, even the “pet” version.

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      They clog? Glad I don’t have one then. I use a Henry hoover, having a cable doesn’t really seem like a problem tbh, and who couldn’t love a hoover with that face?

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    Cord management is such a big part of vacuuming to me I don’t think I would be very excited about a cordless vacuum. It would just be missing part of the experience for me.

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    If you haven’t learned by 40 that all cordless vaccuums are terrible, then you’re beyond help.

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      An important thing us people at 40 have to keep in mind is tech advances and gets better all the time. The cordless vac I have now works great for being portable and usable in our townhouse, which has no carpet.

      Would a good corded vacuum be better? Depends on the terms. It’ll be better max performance, bit I don’t have to lug a heavier vacuum upstairs to clean stuff in my room, and what I have works.

      As a photography hobbyist, it’s like saying why take a picture with a phone camera, m43, or apsc when you could use full frame or medium format? The cameras are objectively better quality pictures, but they are more expensive and larger, especially when it comes to lenses. Sometimes convenience is “better.”

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        Kudos for a great argument. I completely agree that in some cases a cordless will suffice. But in general I feel they all are terrible and at some point become disappointing. Guess I just have a lot of need for something that eats carpet for breakfast.

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    It would excite me more if I could afford a place big enough to feel like owning one would be a necessity. My small dustbuster is enough (which is a cordless vacuum, technically).

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    Somehow I read “execute” and had fully accepted my fate before I realized it said “excite”

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    My wife and I are in our fifties. When we got our robotic vacuum we spent a week arguing about what to name it.

    Meryl Sweep

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    And if that new cordless vacuum doesn’t work well it will be a significant disappointment that you and your partner discuss multiple times.

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      But if you clean the super-fine filter it’ll work great for like 2 uses! (Then back to mediocrity and mild resentment…)

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      Yeah, I was delighted as a kid when we got a dishwasher! No more washing by hand every night? Hot damn!!

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      I’ve started handing my 5 year old the handheld vacuum and she seems to be on the fence about admitting she enjoys it. I remember using a corded handheld vacuum to vacuum the stairs as a kid with some regularity too

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    40’s? I’m barely in my 30s and talked for weeks about my new cordless mop/vacuum hybrid thing LMAO