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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

We have a good one. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

I stand by my OG coorded Dyson Ball Animal upright. It's almost 20 years old now and still sucks the soul out of you.

[–] jubilationtcornpone 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Our 50 year old Kenmore central vac will probably outlast me. Guess I'll have to find something else to get excited about.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Have you considered a cordless drill or jigsaw?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Fuck yeah!
Did anyone see the new Dyson stick?\

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

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).

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

I'm 39 and I'm just happy when I'm regular for two week stretches.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

hell, i get excited over new cutlery and plate sets. am i old? yes, yes, i am.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Mid 40s here, and I have been trying to straddle that “senior engineer turned goose farmer” line for a few years now. I fiddle with the bleep bloos during the day, and on evenings and weekends I’ve been doing some pretty heavy construction in the back yard for various animals of ours.

Tools are therefore a huge one for me, with two major categories. First are the nice power tools like my DeWalt handheld stuff and my EGO outdoor stuff. But second are the cheap and indispensable, but also easily replaceable, small convenient “everyday carry” type tools. Things like the perfect minimal keychain or pocket knife.

I haven’t carried my nice pocket knife for years because it’s huge and I didn’t miss it much as long as I had something sharp on my keychain. But now after using a utility knife a lot in the past couple months, I’ve realized how nice pocket knives designed around replaceable blades can be. You always have a brutally sharp and very thin blade, and you don’t have to think twice about damaging the blade by cutting or prying. My current cheap favorite is the Oknife Otacle U1. The ideal-looking upgrade that I’m getting next is the TiRant V3. The same company makes the TiRant Ultra which has a whole new interchangeable blade system on top of the utility knife blade thing, but it’s slightly larger and a lot more expensive.

I also found tiny knives great for my keychain that use scalpel blades. I use one that folds as small as a 3” pencil and uses a #11 blade — the pointy one with a straight edge.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

23 here and this has always excited be.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Yes, but it's THE WIDTH OF A 500 YEN

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