Originally Posted by Piff Poff

Ahh, but we haven't made it to Costco yet. As we have shag carpet - boy what a mistake already, it's only been down since Tuesday. I decided to check online (after my little cheapo vacuum nearly blew up hoovering my new carpet and I only did a sq ft or two) to see what type of cleaner worked well on shag (I wanted a roomba). Preferably I need a canister type where it either has no power brush thingy or one I can turn off, the store is Red Deer do not offer much choice. The 1st three stores we went to today sold ONLY Dyson and one type of Miele - Future Shop, The Bay, Sears carries the Kenmore brand but they all had bags, now I'm thinking I'll just get whatever one that is under $300, bag or no bag.

It's so frustrating shopping in this town, we need stair nosing, off to Home Depot - no we have to order it in. A 1.5 inch plug - sold out, window screens - can find the ones that you make yourselves, do they sell ready made? Who knows after two intercom pages and 20 mins later we gave up waiting for the expert of that section to come, unfortunately its the same for everything you try to buy here

Well I'm going to check out Bissell reviews now as I have seen one that might just be the ticket (I would prefer a Hoover or Electrolux but they are as rare as hens teeth around these parts).

Originally Posted by el_richo

My father in law has shag carpet. His roomba works great on it

Originally Posted by el_richo

My father in law has shag carpet. His roomba works great on it

Originally Posted by teacher1000

hey, sorry to hear about your mom.
Just wanted to note, that if you are looking for a vaccum, you should check out electrolux vaccums...my mum always had one and it worked for like 20 years without any issue.
They are probably a bit expensive but are worth it.

Originally Posted by woodworm

I had no clue what a roomba was... had to google it and came up with this cute little clip>
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ep80T...eature=related

Originally Posted by Tangram

Sympathy Karma sent.

Originally Posted by Skimom

Piff Poff, so sorry to read about your mum passing away. I think it would be a great idea to have some special place in your new garden where you could sit and remember her.

Originally Posted by mandymoochops

Oh PP just read this. So sorry bout your mum, however she will be keeping an eye on you from above - so make the memorial garden something special

Can't wait to come see the place sounds beautiful, although do remember that if nothing ever went wrong (re; house move) then it wouldn't be classed as one of the most stressful things we could do in our lives - so rest easy knowing you've got the lions share of the crap out of the way and it'll be plain sailing from here on in xxxxx

Originally Posted by Piff Poff

Thanks I would love to check them out but there doesn't seem to be a shop in Red Deer that sells anything much other than Dyson or Dirt Devils - High end and Crap

Originally Posted by Souvy

Our trusty Sears canister jobby finally carked a few months ago. Her indoors went out looking for a replacement. We don't need much because have no carpet.

She came back with a cheapo from Something Tire. "Shark" is an own-brand. Don't even go there! It lasted about a week before the motor packed up.

I should never have let her go looking for the replacement-replacement. She came back with a bleedin' Dyson. Small, violently expensive and can suck a golfball through a hosepipe (two of those terms also apply to the missus; it was three in the early days....).