Thread Number: 8016
Karcher Vacuums - Are they any good? |
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Post# 89155   1/17/2010 at 19:57 (5,184 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada)   |   | |
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Hi everyone, Was just surfing through vac clips on Youtube and came across this really neat video for a German Karcher canister vac. It looks so cool! You change attachments without ever having to touch any of the tools. And it has a neat round profile that allows it to rotate around corners. Just curious what our European friends think about this line of vacs. Would be nice to see 110 volt versions here in North America. Click on the link below for this really neat video-clip.....it ends with a shot down a street showing old vacs (replaced by the new Karcher) put out on the curb for pick-up! CLICK HERE TO GO TO eurekaprince's LINK |
Post# 89156 , Reply# 1   1/17/2010 at 20:10 (5,184 days old) by vintagehoover ()   |   | |
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It certainly has some well thought-out features - I like the 'hands free' tool-swap system! BTW - what a sinister-looking couple! |
Post# 89157 , Reply# 2   1/17/2010 at 20:17 (5,184 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada)   |   | |
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Yeh...she doesn't seem to care about recycling - she just dumps the old vac on the sidewalk! And the looks they give each other!!!!! Like me, he seems to have a jolly old time vacuumming for some reason.... Well...I want to keep this thread as clean as possible, but who knows what else they use that Karcher for! Maybe that's in the sequel to this video...... |
Post# 89158 , Reply# 3   1/17/2010 at 20:48 (5,184 days old) by vintagehoover ()   |   | |
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It's just those wordless, icy smiles they share...like their children are locked in the basement or something... |
Post# 89163 , Reply# 4   1/17/2010 at 20:59 (5,184 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada)   |   | |
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Post# 89175 , Reply# 5   1/17/2010 at 21:50 (5,184 days old) by sireluxomatic ()   |   | |
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I just watched that clip...interesting looking and convenient vacuum, but I have to agree about that couple. There's something going on that the clip didn't (couldn't?) show. :) |
Post# 89191 , Reply# 7   1/18/2010 at 01:49 (5,183 days old) by electroluxxxx ()   |   | |
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I like the music that they use in their vids as I have them marked as my fav on youtube, they seem to be a good product, I too wish I could get one. |
Post# 89196 , Reply# 9   1/18/2010 at 06:04 (5,183 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada)   |   | |
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and I think the only Karcher products on the market in North America are commercial scrubbers and those heavy duty pressurized power washers.....see the link below. Rex....after all my years of playing with vacs, I have come to the conclusion that if you have the space, it's always better (and often cheaper) to have two vacs: an upright only for carpets, and a canister for everything else. So as you say, this would make a great a companion to something like a Hoover Tempo. Someone should tell Karcher to sell these in North America - they would really be popular..... CLICK HERE TO GO TO eurekaprince's LINK |
Post# 89258 , Reply# 10   1/18/2010 at 18:46 (5,183 days old) by kenmore81 (Warwick, RI)   |   | |
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Post# 89299 , Reply# 11   1/19/2010 at 01:58 (5,182 days old) by kenmore81 (Warwick, RI)   |   | |
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Post# 89306 , Reply# 13   1/19/2010 at 07:17 (5,182 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada)   |   | |
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Thanks for this review.....that's good to know we are not missing out on anything here on the other side of the Atlantic. Still, I like the design ideas of this particular vac......"hands-free" tool swap, rug gripping "gears" in the carpet nozzle, the round profile of the main unit, and the "tallness" of it so you don't have to stoop so low to get at the handle or the tools or the bag door. Would be interesting to see how it rated in Which? magazine tests, or in other European consumer magazine tests.... |
Post# 89316 , Reply# 14   1/19/2010 at 10:30 (5,182 days old) by hooverbaby (Dalton in Furness, UK)   |   | |
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Post# 89317 , Reply# 15   1/19/2010 at 10:37 (5,182 days old) by hooverbaby (Dalton in Furness, UK)   |   | |
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Post# 89319 , Reply# 16   1/19/2010 at 11:23 (5,182 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada)   |   | |
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It's for outdoor sweeping! Again another really neat idea... The couple here looks a little less sinister! See Youtube clip below.... CLICK HERE TO GO TO eurekaprince's LINK |
Post# 89345 , Reply# 18   1/19/2010 at 17:47 (5,182 days old) by hooverbaby (Dalton in Furness, UK)   |   | |
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Thanks for the comments guys, Brian, the cordless sweeper advert was very interesting, though after 40 years of using a broom for outdoor work and fond memories of stirring up the dust this way as a child I can't imagine taking to the new fangled sweeper. Having said that, many years ago I could be found using Ewbanks to clean the houses of relatives. My great nanna only had an Electrolux model 48 cylinder IIRC, along with a brown dustette model 100, which seldom saw use, since she preferred to use the Ewbank..except when I came to stay..but then these were designed for use on carpets, being hand-operated. I don't think that they would work well on hard outdoor surfaces. Joe I'm pleased that someone can see where I'm coming from about that room; it's a bit like a hospital environment - do they actually live there? I don't know if they're high on something but there's definately something unnatural/weird about all that smiling.. Stephen |