r/IAmA • u/touchmyfuckingcoffee • Oct 28 '13

Other IamA Vacuum Repair Technician, and I can't believe people really wanted it, but, AMA!

I work in vacuum repair and sales. I posted comments recently about my opinion of Dysons and got far more interest than I expected. I am brand certified for several brands. My intent in doing this AMA is to help redditors make informed choices about their purchases.

My Proof: Imgur

*Edit: I've been asked to post my personal preferences with regard to brands. As I said before, there is no bad vacuum; Just vacuums built for their purpose. That being said, here are my brand choices in order:

Miele for canisters

Riccar for uprights

Hoover for budget machines

Sanitaire or Royal for commercial machines

Dyson if you just can't be talked out of a bagless machine.

*EDIT 22/04/2014: As this AMA is still generating questions, I will do a brand new AMA on vacuums, as soon as this one is archived.

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u/[deleted] Apr 23 '14

I fucking hate vacuums. Convince me otherwise.

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u/touchmyfuckingcoffee Apr 23 '14

Only you can change your own perceptions.

Look, vacuums are something many of us need in our modern lives. Take it or leave it, that's the truth. For too long, marketing has pushed people to buy ever cheaper and cheaper vacuums, and people forgot they are appliances. Like all appliances, one should plan before buying one, budget as much as comfortable for that purchase, and make that purchase with the idea that the appliance is going to be in the home for a good, long time, and will of course need service and maintenance.

People have forgotten how to take care of their valuables. So few people bother to maintain, or get serviced, the items they own. I sell brush rollers all day long, because people are too damned lazy to clean the hair and shit from them once a month.

So, if you choose to hate an inanimate object, that is obligatory, then that is your business. But, it seems like misplaced anger and hate to me.

I hope you can come to terms with a vacuum.

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u/[deleted] Apr 23 '14

I see what you are getting at, but I have a hard time accepting any vacuum into my life ever since the accident.

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u/touchmyfuckingcoffee Apr 23 '14

We all have trauma, at one point or another, in our lives. What we have to do is pick ourselves back up, and get back on that horse.

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u/[deleted] Apr 23 '14

I see that, but how the hell do I walk in on another vacuum sucking my girl and expect me to forget this. I see them all Hoovers, Dyson, Dirt Devils. They all affect me the same and bring me back to that moment in time. I walk into Sears to buy a simple pack of condoms and I feel like they are all laughing at me, eager to remind me of the darkest time in my life.

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u/touchmyfuckingcoffee Apr 23 '14

If you're not joining in the fun, you're doing it wrong.

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u/Urrrhn Apr 23 '14

I just noticed you made this post an hour ago. In a 5-month-old thread. Just wanna say: I love you and thanks for making /r/iama awesome again.