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  1. Appliances
    The place I'm moving to has sculptured carpet. I'm guessing it traps pet hair very easily & our dog Riley(a Brittany Spaniel mix) sheds a lot. Any suggestions? Thank you!
  2. Homesteading and gardening
    26 January 2012 Vacuum Sealing mason jars using Food Saver. 26 January 2012 Vacuum Sealing mason jars using Food Saver This is a method of vacuum sealing any jar with a suitable gaskets lid, which will fit into the selected larger container. My requirement is for mason jars one litre of...
  3. Homesteading and gardening
    25 January 2012 Food Saver. V2490 Vacuum Sealer 25 January 2012 Food Saver. V2490 Vacuum Sealer The food saver was put to use vacuum packaging my pilot bread. The food saver is a marvelous device, I should have bought one years ago. After packaging the bread, I wanted to seal a mason jar, but...
  4. OAMC, Homecanning, Freezing, and Preserving
    :wave2: I am really REALLY happy right now because I bid on a refurbished Cook's Essential vacuum sealer for $19.99 and free shipping! I really wish I could find the oxygen absorbers locally. I can always buy some from the not-so-local LDS cannery. Speaking of which... has anyone every checked...
  5. Appliances
    Holy smokes, what a difference that made! I've been annoyed for quite awhile at my vacuum cleaner's inability to actually pick up anything. Tonight while I was changing the bag, I scraped a ball of lint and crud about the size of a small animal off of the filter. I wore disposable gloves, it...
  6. General Chat
    I really would like to try to vacuum seal some dehydrated foods. I am wondering what the best one is. Is there another way to do this? Are there little packets that you can buy and put in a mason jar to help keep the moisture out. Or do i need to vacuum seal the stuff in a bag to make it last...
  7. General Chat
    I have been waiting to receive my new vacuum. It has been around two weeks of no vacuuming around here. Which would probably be ok if I didn't have a cat. I was starting to get grossed out about not vacuuming. So it came today and I quickly set it up and vacuumed. Oh, the pleasure of seeing...
  8. Question and Answer
    My grandma gave me one of these yesterday with 2 boxes of the freezer bags. I was going to put soups in one of the bags but it isn't reccomended for soups or stews. I'd like to buy fruits and veggies in bulk and use the bags for them but unsure of how they would keep. What do you put in yours?
  9. Frugal Living
    I just wanted to share my vaccuum story. We spent a year searching for a deal on a new vacuum, while being on "death watch" for our 20 year old Kenmore. (See Vacuum Blues thread). Well - everyone recommended buying a Dyson vacuum, and after months of watching prices- we resigned ourselves to...
  10. Just Tips
    My little Hoover is starting to cough and sputter, so I am looking for a new vacuum cleaner. I am VERY hard on my cleaners, as I live out in the middle of the country, so a lot of stuff gets tracked in. Dirt, mud, hay, etc. In addition, because I have birds, add seed hulls, feathers, and bits...
  11. General Chat
    argh I am so mad. After fighting the kids all week to clean, failing to have a clean house, etc etc i was making progress today. I was so happy. Until my vacuum broke. complete with smoke and stink. I changed the belt and made sure everything is clean and it still won't work. the brush head...
  12. Freebies
    I just received this email this morning. First 20,000 will receive a the Ziploc Vacuum Freezer System Starter Kit and $14.00 in coupons. Hope I'm one of the lucky ones. Here's the link.. http://www.rightathome.com/offers/OctGiftPack/default.aspx
  13. Kitchen Basics
    Hi there! I bought one of these at a garage sale a while ago hoping that I could freeze some local veggies for use in winter....seemed simple until I went use it, and now I am mystified...if anyone cal help me, I would be sooooo appreaciative!! Janet
  14. Question and Answer
    Could you make a filter using foam carpet padding? I can blow and suck air thru the padding,so it seems like it would work as well as the ones you have to buy.
  15. General Chat
    Hi! I soon need to buy a new vacuum [especially after the dumb thing I did today. Ugh!] Okay, I had a vacuum that I got maybe a year or so ago and it worked fine but it had a roller on it and my hair that was on the floor kept getting wrapped up in the roller. It was so bad that I literally...
  16. Home Environment
    I had to go and buy a new vacuum just now. My old one is terribly clogged and I am thinking I will let Dh work on it but if it is a loss then it was worth what I paid for it 1 1/2 years ago. You see it got me thinking about all of these high end vacuum cleaners and what the better deal really...
  17. Home Environment
    Like it or leave it?? I HATE ours. Its a Tri-Star canister vac. I want to change to an upright. So everyone tell me about yours. Love it/hate it? make model, pros cons...all the info i can get, the better. Here's the two I am thinking about...
  18. General Chat
    Good grief...I was vacuuming away and all of the sudden this really loud, scarry sound, it sounded like marbels rolling around in the motor...I'm sure it's toast....it smelled like burning rubber. Well now I am in search of a new one, wow I forgot how expensive they can be...this one lasted 6...
  19. Home Environment
    Our vacuum is a nice one, but it is a hand-me-down from someone with a rather smelly dog. The vacuum smells like dog whenever we run it- we tried sucking up some carpet deoderizer and baking soda, but nothing helps- then it just smells like dog and carpet fresh:hmmm: Any ideas? Thanks in...
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