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Thread Number: 10547
Quick Release Cord Hooks on Uprights |
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| Post# 114017 11/8/2010 at 09:48 (4,907 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada) | ||
What are your opinions on the prevalance of "Quick Release" cord hooks provided with so many new upright vacs?
I actually don't like them. Whenever you release the entire bundle of cord from these things, I find that 90% of the time you have to untangle the cord, which basically defeats the goal of making this a "quick" process. I much prefer to unwind the cord in sequence from the cord hooks, so there is nothing to untangle. Your thoughts? | ||
| Post# 114019 , Reply# 1 11/8/2010 at 10:24 (4,907 days old) by suckolux (Yuba City, CA) | ||
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| Post# 114025 , Reply# 2 11/8/2010 at 12:36 (4,907 days old) by Turbo500 (West Yorkshire, UK) | ||
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| Post# 114030 , Reply# 3 11/8/2010 at 14:32 (4,907 days old) by suckolux (Yuba City, CA) | ||
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| Post# 114048 , Reply# 4 11/8/2010 at 16:11 (4,907 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada) | ||
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| Post# 114335 , Reply# 7 11/11/2010 at 09:17 (4,904 days old) by dustin (Jackson, MI) | ||
I actually like them too, that is MOST of them. some are just so loose that you cannot wrap the cord up without it un wrapping everything. my Dirt Devil featherlite has 2 of them and they are both incredibly loose! I really dislike that vacuum! but for the most part, quick release cord hooks are convenient. I am actually suprised when I see a vacuum that DOESNT have them!
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| Post# 114364 , Reply# 9 11/11/2010 at 15:50 (4,904 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada) | ||
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A figure 8, eh? Wow...never thought it would prevent tangling!! But I'll try it!
When I was a kid, if I ever saw that the cleaning lady or mom or dad had wrapped our blue Eureka upright's cord in a figure 8, I would secretly get into the closet when no one was looking and redo the cord so that it looked like the neatly wrapped cords I saw in all the advertisements! Call me crazy...but hey - I was in love with that thing! Guess I am going to have to rethink that one, eh? | ||
Post# 114434 , Reply# 12 11/12/2010 at 11:01 (4,903 days old) by a007kirbyman  (--->> Originally My Mom <<--- (now Wisconsin)) |
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Cords & 'figure 8' wrapping...
Hello Chris (& all).
"...wrapping the cord in an 8, or too tightly even in the regular oval pattern puts a lot of strain on the cord..." I too have seen those comments before Chris. I sometimes refrain from commenting on posts, as I don't want it to come across as 'correcting' others. Unfortunately however, there is sometimes a lot of mis-information 'out there.' Half of your question or quote is correct. Wrapping the cord tightly can & quite often will put undo strain & kinks in the cord, especially the initial few 'wraps' of the cord. As for the 'figure 8' wrapping of the cord, it does two (2) things, 1) it changes the direction of the cord & 2) it minimizes the 'coiling' effect, which both reduce tangling of the cord. "0" vs. "8" ==== I'd sooner be an eight than a zeeeroooo. As long as it's a scale from 0 to 8. ~~lol~~ Cheers & hagd all, Bill | ||
| Post# 114438 , Reply# 13 11/12/2010 at 12:20 (4,903 days old) by sanimatic () | ||
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Thanks Bill. I was hoping that you would weigh in on this. I know that it does significantly reduce the tangles and knots. I will now be able to do it without worry. | ||
| Post# 117865 , Reply# 14 12/12/2010 at 07:59 (4,873 days old) by 2011hoover700 (owosso michigan) | ||
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| Post# 117954 , Reply# 16 12/13/2010 at 00:18 (4,873 days old) by djtaylor (Salt Lake City, Utah) | ||
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| Post# 118045 , Reply# 17 12/13/2010 at 21:01 (4,872 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada) | ||
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