Q:Is kirby vacuum cleaners an MLM?

No. It is a franchised single owner business.

Q:What do you think of my one-liner?

Cute. Atheists won't like it.

Q:Is it just me or is anyone else afraid of vacuum cleaners?

Oooh nasty things! I hate it when the vaccuum cleaner wakes me up! Sometimes it chases me around the room.

Q:I need to purchase a new vacuum cleaner in the $125 - $175 price range. Does a bagless have as much sucking power? Do I have to replace filters on bagless vacs? Thanks

If you have pets a bagged vacuum will most likely be able to contain the odors within. Both can have equal suction power but with the price range you gave us I'm sure you should go bagged if you want good suction. Cyclonic are nice to have because of its easy clean-up, and you are also not using money on replacement bags. The only down side is that sometimes the bags are discontinued and hard to find.

Q:and which is best

It depends on what you want in a vacuum cleaner. Bagged cleaners are usually easy to empty, don't need internal cleaning, and bags are fairly inexpensive. However, the dust that collects in a bagged cleaner begins to block the airflow, resulting in lower efficiency as the bag fills. Bagless cleaners have a compartment that can collect debris that sticks to the sides over time, needing the occasional extra maintenance. Also, bagless cleaners usually contain an air filter that must be replaced occasionally. However, if regularly cleaned, the filter can last for quite some time, and it's more efficient in the long run. To nutshell: Bagged cleaners are good for quick and cheap. Bagless cleaners tend to be more powerful and efficient over a long lifetime.

Q:Iam supposed to do costing for a modification that we are doing for a hand held vacuum cleaner, the modification is an retractable arm.I want to know how are hand held vacuum cleaners manufactured, (forging, extrusion, injection molding??) What would be the cost??Any help thanks

Look at the hand held vacuums they have in the store. If the housing is plastic, it is a 99.99% chance it is injection molded. If it is made of metal it could be extruded if it has a constant cross section along its length. Aluminum is a very common extrusion metal. I would doubt any high volume hand vac would have a forged housing, but I don't get out that much. Casting and machining is a possibility. As far as costs, it all depends on the life of the tool, and the number of cavities for a mold or a casting. If you mold/cast one part at a time it is much more expensive than two or four or eight. The more you mold at once, the bigger the molding/casting machine and the more expensive the mold/casting. So it depends on how many you want to make in a given amount of time, and how many through the life of the product. Finally, for your modification, do you have a design with drawings and a volume target? That is the first step to figuring out costs.

Q:An appliance repair shop has 5 vacuum cleaners, 12 TV sets, and18 VCRs to be repaired. The store employs two part-time repairmen. One repairman canrepair one vacuum cleaner, three TV sets, and three VCRs in 1 week, while the secondrepairmen can repair one vacuum cleaner, two TV sets and six VCRs in 1 week. The firstemployee is paid $250 a week and the second employee is paid $220 a week. Tominimize the cost, how many weeks should each of the two repairmen be employed?

x = number of weeks for first repairman y = number of weeks for second x + y ≥ 5 3x + 2y ≥ 12 3x + 6y ≥ 18 graph to get the corner points the corner points are (2,3) and (4,1) z(x,y) = 250x + 220y z(2,3) = 1160 z(4,1) = 1220 thus x = 2, y = 3

Q:don't say the noise, because i remember one occasion i was in my friends house and the dog started chasing me.so i ran round the table and reached for the vacuum (which wasn't on) and it immediately started to back off. now before you say something like it knows the noise....this Dog was a huge puppy.so i doubt MEMORY would have been great.

haha omgg ..... my rotti is 4 months old and she is scared of those hugeeeeee trucks...She would jump in the back seat of the car and when ever she see my dad cutting grass in the backyard with the machine then she would hide under the deck or she would stay with me like a glue..... Today she got her 3rd vaccination done+rabies soooo now she's sleepin...

Q:i hate them i hate them!!!!!! they are so annoying, and i have to leave the house everytime my maid vacuums the place.

Don't hate them, but hate the need for them!

Q:What are some great vacuum cleaners? Price is a factor. Which ones have worked well and lasted longer for you?

While your are trying to decide on one you might read Consumer Reports Magazine They had an article on choosing a vacuum cleaner within the last year. You can find old issues in most libraries or you can go on line and subscribe to it (for a price).