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Author Topic: Product Review: Sears Ultra Big Shark vacuum cleaner William Hooper Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1879 From: Mobile, AL USA Registered: Jun 99 posted 11-03-2003 03:55 AM                        I want the same thing everyone else wants: a little vacuum cleaner to clean out the interior of carbon arc lamphouses & do some odd casual sucking of annoying little clots of nastiness found in the backs of racks, etc. It needs only to be small & light enough to tote without more profanity up to a booth, to hold with one hand, & needs to accept a hose, crevice tool, & one of those brushy things at the sucking end. The one gallon Shop-Vac is weirdly cumbersome, in its unique mini-barrel clumsi-shape & autonomous self-motivated plastic hose. Walking through Sears, I saw a pile of these things on sale: The Ultra Big Shark! Approx. $35 at Sears, $49 at Best Buy! More power than an upright! A billion attachments for vacuuming floors & other things, some powered, includes a crevice tool & brushy thing! A little larger than a DustBuster, but with a hose for the crevice tool & brushy thing! Well, you vacuum for 90 seconds with the wretched thing & it stops dead from a thermal cutout. Wait 5 or more minutes, & it's cool enough to vacuum for another 90 seconds. It has made me cranky! A vacuum cleaner that doesn't suck; do they think that means it's good? It's going back with all the attachments, the sales receipt, & a hostile glare. Apparently it's not just this unit, but They Do That. http://www.epinions.com/Euro_Pro_Shark_Turbo_Vac_Vacuum_Cleaners/display_~reviews If they realy believed in consumer satisfaction, I wouldn't have to take it back. They'd come get it. I would toss it down to them from the booth, with a good enough arc to clear both balconies. Ultra Big Shark. More like Stupid Mushy Jellyfish.  |  IP: Logged Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 11-03-2003 04:03 AM                     This does not belong in Film Handler's Forum. Moving.  |  IP: Logged John Pytlak Film God Posts: 9987 From: Rochester, NY 14650-1922 Registered: Jan 2000 posted 11-03-2003 02:56 PM                        So can anyone recommend a lightweight, dependable, commercial-quality vacuum that can be used for the equipment clean-up duties mentioned? Most of the household ones are ineffective, and shop-vacs are unwieldy.  |  IP: Logged Scott Jentsch Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1061 From: New Berlin, WI, USA Registered: Apr 2003 posted 11-04-2003 12:13 PM                        I would look at the Craftsman hand-held vacs: Craftsman 2 gal. Wet-Dry Vac, 1 hp with Blower Port Sears item #00917711000 Go to http://www.sears.com and enter the item number in the search dialog. (I hate sites that won't let you bookmark pages, for just such a reason as this...)  |  IP: Logged Daryl C. W. O'Shea Film God Posts: 3977 From: Midland Ontario Canada (where Panavision & IMAX lenses come from) Registered: Jun 2002 posted 11-04-2003 12:19 PM                        Like this?  |  IP: Logged Dave Williams Wet nipple scene Posts: 1836 From: Salt Lake City, UT, USA Registered: Jan 2000 posted 11-04-2003 04:50 PM                        Do what I do... Just attach a hose to your face and suck. Dave  |  IP: Logged Will Kutler Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1506 From: Tucson, AZ, USA Registered: Feb 2001 posted 11-04-2003 07:55 PM                     I had seen several advertisements for the Ultra Steam Shark, hosted by our "favorite" Craftsman spokesperson. I purchased one for use on my car after watching the demonstration videos. Needless to say that it is a very light weight unit that did not perform as demonstrated in the videos. I promptly returned it.  |  IP: Logged

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