Back to the roots – writing articles about crappy living.

I got fed up with the amount of dust in the house and the inability of my cheap Bissel vacuum to deal with it. I was sneezing all the time, and the sore throat didn’t feel good, either. Of course, the addition of our cat Ginger didn’t help the cleanliness situation. So I marched straight to Wal-Mart and bought the first yellow hundred dollar vacuum cleaner I saw.

Yellow because it looks sweet on a vacuum. Hundred dollars because when it comes to vacuums bought at Wal-Mart, price is a good indicator of quality and effectiveness. No need to research here.

I assembled the bagless yellow Eureka vacuum and swept our little apartment. The unit was quiet, smooth, and had some kind of an assist feature to help you roll forward. After I was done, I peeked inside the dust-collecting compartment.

Gross! It was filled with crap all the way to the top! Packed! Bonus – nasty strand of dust on the lid. All this dust came out of the carpet after the carpet was vacuumed yesterday with the Bissel.

After I dumped out the dust and debri, I washed the collection bin. I then proceeded to eject the old Bissel unit from the apartment. There it is, chilling curbside, waiting for its new home.

Twenty minutes later (I kid you not) …

… it was gone!

Conclusions? Don’t cheap out on your vacuum. I figure $80-100 is a good price for a decent unit.

I couldn’t believe a crappy old fifteen-dollar Bissel vacuum was such a hot commodity! It spat out whatever it sucked in, was noisy and cheaply made.

I think even saw a person snapping pictures of the vacuum. Perhaps, he was going to show them to his sweetheart so that together they could discuss whether they could use a vacuum like that. Naturally, I ran out of the house and started chasing after the guy.