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Author Topic: Carpet Sweepers Kevin Fairchild Expert Film Handler Posts: 125 From: Kennewick, WA, USA Registered: Oct 2008 posted 12-30-2016 11:56 PM                     Does anybody have recommendations for carpet sweepers? We've tried a bunch but they all seems to break very quickly.  |  IP: Logged Monte L Fullmer Film God Posts: 8367 From: Nampa, Idaho, USA Registered: Nov 2004 posted 02-14-2017 05:51 PM                     A month late, but I'll chime in on this one .. Hoky sweepers are the best, yet... a lobby broom and an usher's dustpan works more effectively.  |  IP: Logged Jim Cassedy Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1661 From: San Francisco, CA Registered: Dec 2006 posted 02-14-2017 10:31 PM                     One theater I worked at went out & bought an old Bissell carpet sweeper that must have been from the late 1950's or early 60's on e-bay. It was all metal, very well built, and it worked great. They also got a simple dustpan with a very soft whisk broom. The bristles were straw-like, but softer. Almost like some kind of long dried grass. Because they were soft, they would scoop dropped popcorn into the dustbin without breaking it up into small pieces on the carpet. I've never seen this type for sale in a regular store. Only in Chinatown, which is where the theater got theirs. But it worked great!  |  IP: Logged Bob Ezra Film Handler Posts: 75 From: Carbondale, CO, USA Registered: Apr 2001 posted 02-14-2017 11:20 PM                     https://www.amazon.com/Bissell-28806-Perfect-Sweep-Turbo/dp/B00K316IB6/ref=pd_sim_201_1?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B00K316IB6&pd_rd_r=RKH6V8DJM8JZQTWPE330&pd_rd_w=jtLcY&pd_rd_wg=KWqo7&psc=1&refRID=RKH6V8DJM8JZQTWPE330 can't beat it for the price...works good  |  IP: Logged Monte L Fullmer Film God Posts: 8367 From: Nampa, Idaho, USA Registered: Nov 2004 posted 02-15-2017 07:16 PM                     But, popcorn and floor jockeys will destroy this Bissell within a month at a goo-goo plex. Lobby brooms and floor scoops are the cheapest to purchase in the long run.  |  IP: Logged

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