I've had the same watch for 7 years, beat to hell in a shop environment with chemicals and oils, to the ocean countless times, a few toddlers teething mouths, and it still works like a charm.

I now also have a nice purely mechanical manual wind-sup watch for the nicer occasions, but the Casio remains the daily beater.

Miele and SEBO are both German brands that make great vacuums. I have a SEBO E3 premium, and it’s simply a wonderful vacuum. It cleans well, easy to service, and could easily see it lasting a long time. Incredibly well built.

Canisters are handy because it allows the part you move to actually vacuum with to be very small, lightweight, maneuverable, and easily cleaned. Getting into hard to reach areas are a non-issue, and swapping attachments is easy. Stairs have never been easier. Under the bed is now easy. The cord easily retracts so you never have to think about winding it up. The bags are easy to replace, last a LONG time, and keep the whole experience…clean. No dust when emptying. One bag can last months depending. It’s really a great experience.

My issue though is that with a canister, you have to think about where to store it. With an upright, you just put it in a corner and it’s done. With a canister, you put the canister in the corner, but now you also have a long bulky hose and vacuum head that needs a home next to it. The floor real estate it takes up when storing it is a real problem when every inch of storage space is vital; my current situation of being in a studio with my wife reflects this.

Well I have a SEBO E3 Premium, which I would say is on the same level as the Miele. The biggest issue my wife and I have is simply that it’s a pain to deal with storing a canister vacuum like it or Miele canisters. The small studio just doesn’t have any more storage space, so something smaller has a great appeal to us.

Thanks for the suggestion, but after our last Dyson, we aren’t looking at getting another.

Thanks for the suggestion, but we are trying to move away from a canister vacuum.

Thanks for the suggestion, but we are trying to move away from a canister vacuum.

Ground literally just connects to the metal body. Find any bolt and just connect it there. The point of a ground is that if there is any short to the metal body, it will go to the path of least resistance, which will be ground, and send more power there instead of though you. Safety feature for worse case scenario. Modem appliances have either this, or double insulate by using plastic bodies.

Ground literally just connects to the metal body. Find any bolt and just connect it there. The point of a friend is that if there odd any short to the metal body, it will go to the point of least resistance, which will be ground, and send more power there instead of though you. Safety feature for worse case scenario. Modem appliances have either this, or double insulate by using plastic bodies.

So literally, any bolt that touches the body.

Replace the power cable with a modem, grounded plug. The insulation on a lot of old appliances wear and short out, often causing fires and/or shorting out to the metal body, giving whoever touches it a potentially lethal jolt.

Other than that, congrats. Truly a BIFL example. Things remain BIFL in big part thanks to how well they are cared for, so it speaks a lot to your great grandma :)