Portable Vaccum Cleaner...is it worth? - Team-BHP

raja748 · 16th October 2007, 12:06

Dear friends,

I wish to clean my car from inside and for that I wish to purchase a vaccum cleaner which can be attached to 12V point provided in the car.This is because I stay on 6th floor and it is not possible for me to use regular VC to clean the car.

I have gone through many advt.on internet regarding car vaccum cleaner ranging from Rs.450 to Rs.1200.

Please let me know whether these products are trustworthy or if there is any other option or which is reliable brand for this type of product?

Regards,

P.S.: I stay in Pune.

anupamsinha · 16th October 2007, 12:23

I guess that this has been already discussed and by what I recall people have said that it's not worth it.

lordofgondor · 16th October 2007, 12:41

@anupamsinha: I would beg to differ from that! I have been using a Black & Decker car vacuum cleaner for sometime now and find it very useful, especially if you like to do road trips. People usually have munchies during such trips and the cleaner really helps in getting rid of the crumbs! Once my wife dropped a pack of bhujia on the floor and I was able to get rid of it all so quickly! So yeah, it is useful.

@raja: Do take care of not going for cheap local ones as they don't have any decent suction power and don't last long. Instead go for the quality ones. Recently Black & Decker products have become quite available in India.

raja748 · 16th October 2007, 12:48

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Originally Posted by lordofgondor

@anupamsinha: I would beg to differ from that! I have been using a Black & Decker car vacuum cleaner for sometime now and find it very useful, especially if you like to do road trips. People usually have munchies during such trips and the cleaner really helps in getting rid of the crumbs! Once my wife dropped a pack of bhujia on the floor and I was able to get rid of it all so quickly! So yeah, it is useful.

@raja: Do take care of not going for cheap local ones as they don't have any decent suction power and don't last long. Instead go for the quality ones. Recently Black & Decker products have become quite available in India.

Hi,

From where did you purchased that?I am unable to find out from their website (India is not in the counry list).I don't know if I can get one in Pune.

anandpadhye · 16th October 2007, 13:43

Does this black & deccer model have blower as well? Or only suction?

lordofgondor · 16th October 2007, 13:46

I got it from the US. They are available in good household electronics shops in Noida/Delhi. Also you can find them in retail chains like Reliance Digital, Home Town (part of Big Bazaar). I have seen them in the above mentioned shops myself. Don't know about Pune though. Maybe you can ask around in some good electronics shops.

theMAG · 16th October 2007, 13:57

The ones available in India are mostly Chinese made. Either they work for a fairly long time or not at all.

emkay456 · 16th October 2007, 14:04

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Originally Posted by theMAG

The ones available in India are mostly Chinese made. Either they work for a fairly long time or not at all.

I have had similar experiences with the Chinese products. The car vacuum cleaner lasted for about 5 times use. So a costly cleaning it was !!

lordofgondor · 16th October 2007, 15:44

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Originally Posted by anandpadhye

Does this black & deccer model have blower as well? Or only suction?

It has only got the suction functionality, but it is real powerful. Pulls out the dirt and other stuff from the carpets easily. The only problem I face is cleaning up the areas under the seats where it's kinda hard to put the nozzle of the cleaner.

kutlee · 16th October 2007, 19:32

as always...keep away from cheap stuff.

sbasak · 16th October 2007, 20:10

My experience is with 12V vacuum cleaner is not good! They are no match for 220V ones.

I also can't carry cable from my home to garage, so I take the car to a friend's home (who has a socket on ground floor) and plug in normal vacuum cleaner there.

Nitin · 16th October 2007, 20:21

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Originally Posted by lordofgondor

I got it from the US. They are available in good household electronics shops in Noida/Delhi. Also you can find them in retail chains like Reliance Digital, Home Town (part of Big Bazaar). I have seen them in the above mentioned shops myself. Don't know about Pune though. Maybe you can ask around in some good electronics shops.

I was going to ask you where you got the Black & decker device,since its pretty popular in the US. Nice to know that you get these in India,since the only ones I'd seen 6-7years ago were the cheaper ones from the far East.

I highly recommend a portable cleaner,as in comes in handy ever so often. If you can get a good make,nothing to beat it.

Jaggu · 16th October 2007, 22:18

u will not do justice to cleaning with miniature vacuum cleaners (dc or ac), cc makes sense, go for a regular home vacuum if u can.

shivmarwaha · 16th October 2007, 22:55

dont buy normal 12 v vaccum cleaners. I bought one from M&Spensers UK and returned it the next day after testing in my cousins car. STAY AWAY.. Not worth spending money on them.

mithun · 17th October 2007, 09:44

Thread already exists

http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/modifi...cleaner-2.html (Car Vacuum Cleaner)

16th October 2007, 12:06	#1 (permalink)
raja748 BHPian Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Pune Posts: 80	Portable Vaccum Cleaner...is it worth? Dear friends, I wish to clean my car from inside and for that I wish to purchase a vaccum cleaner which can be attached to 12V point provided in the car.This is because I stay on 6th floor and it is not possible for me to use regular VC to clean the car. I have gone through many advt.on internet regarding car vaccum cleaner ranging from Rs.450 to Rs.1200. Please let me know whether these products are trustworthy or if there is any other option or which is reliable brand for this type of product? Regards, P.S.: I stay in Pune.

16th October 2007, 12:41	#3 (permalink)
lordofgondor BHPian Join Date: May 2007 Location: NOIDA Posts: 106	@anupamsinha: I would beg to differ from that! I have been using a Black & Decker car vacuum cleaner for sometime now and find it very useful, especially if you like to do road trips. People usually have munchies during such trips and the cleaner really helps in getting rid of the crumbs! Once my wife dropped a pack of bhujia on the floor and I was able to get rid of it all so quickly! So yeah, it is useful. @raja: Do take care of not going for cheap local ones as they don't have any decent suction power and don't last long. Instead go for the quality ones. Recently Black & Decker products have become quite available in India. __________________ Not only is the universe stranger than we imagine, it is stranger than we can imagine!

16th October 2007, 13:43	#5 (permalink)
anandpadhye BHPian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Pune Posts: 636	Does this black & deccer model have blower as well? Or only suction? __________________ Aerodynamically speaking, a bumble bee should not be able to fly, but it does not know this, so it flies.

16th October 2007, 13:46	#6 (permalink)
lordofgondor BHPian Join Date: May 2007 Location: NOIDA Posts: 106	I got it from the US. They are available in good household electronics shops in Noida/Delhi. Also you can find them in retail chains like Reliance Digital, Home Town (part of Big Bazaar). I have seen them in the above mentioned shops myself. Don't know about Pune though. Maybe you can ask around in some good electronics shops. __________________ Not only is the universe stranger than we imagine, it is stranger than we can imagine!

16th October 2007, 13:57	#7 (permalink)
theMAG Team-BHP Moderator Join Date: May 2006 Location: Bengalooru Posts: 3,556 View My Garage	The ones available in India are mostly Chinese made. Either they work for a fairly long time or not at all. __________________ If you lose your temper, you’ve lost the argument

16th October 2007, 12:23	#2 (permalink)
anupamsinha Newbie Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Delhi Posts: 43	I guess that this has been already discussed and by what I recall people have said that it's not worth it.

16th October 2007, 19:32	#10 (permalink)
kutlee BHPian Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Hyderabad Posts: 366 View My Garage	as always...keep away from cheap stuff.

16th October 2007, 20:10	#11 (permalink)
sbasak BHPian Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: CCU-LTN Posts: 566 View My Garage	My experience is with 12V vacuum cleaner is not good! They are no match for 220V ones. I also can't carry cable from my home to garage, so I take the car to a friend's home (who has a socket on ground floor) and plug in normal vacuum cleaner there. __________________ Life is a math which you need to solve without knowing the answer!

16th October 2007, 22:18	#13 (permalink)
Jaggu Team-BHP Moderator Join Date: May 2004 Location: Bangalore Posts: 3,633	u will not do justice to cleaning with miniature vacuum cleaners (dc or ac), cc makes sense, go for a regular home vacuum if u can. __________________ The strength to change what I can, the inability to accept what I can't, and the incapacity to tell the difference. -Calvin

16th October 2007, 22:55	#14 (permalink)
shivmarwaha Newbie Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: new delhi Posts: 18	dont buy normal 12 v vaccum cleaners. I bought one from M&Spensers UK and returned it the next day after testing in my cousins car. STAY AWAY.. Not worth spending money on them. __________________ ~drive as if you stole the car~

17th October 2007, 09:44	#15 (permalink)
mithun Senior - BHPian Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Cochin/Bangalore Posts: 1,064 View My Garage	Thread already exists http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/modifi...cleaner-2.html (Car Vacuum Cleaner) __________________ Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams dry, life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly.

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