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The ‘LG KOMPRESSOR Pet Care Upright Vacuum’ [Consumer Product Review]

by on April 21, 2011

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This is my product review of my initial purchase for the LG Kompressor Pet Care upright, bagless vacuum.

LG KOMPRESSOR Pet Care Upright VacuumLast weekend I hit up the Sears in Mountainview, CA.  They’re going away for a while and right now they’re having an everything must go sale… where prices are 10-30% off everything.  Don’t worry, the expensive stuff like flat screen TV’s and the practical gear is only 10% off right now.  But more to the point, I was there to get myself I new vacuum and I ended up with the LG Kompressor Pet Care upright.  It’s a bagless system and it’s going to be replacing my Kenmore HEPA upright.

I’ve had my Kenmore HEPA upright for nearly ten years and it’s done very well by me.  In fact it’s still doing pretty good but it is getting long in the tooth and being relegated to the garage for vacuuming out the cars.  So for the Sears Kenmore brand, I have a total 2-thumbs up score.

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Choosing and Buying It

I hit up the Sears and saw my options for vacuums, and if anyone knows me, you know I just didn’t walk in and buy the prettiest looking or best word-pitched product on the shelve.  I saw what they had and then went off into the corner and looked at Consumer Reports product reviews of the various products offered.

I was curious about the Dyson vacuums with those orange balls but the reviews are not glowing for them and I’m not going to drop a chunk of change on something that reviewers are blithering all over themselves about.  Dysons are not cheap.

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Graco Recalls Baby Strollers w Four Deaths Reported [Consumer Alert]

by on October 21, 2010

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It’s a sad, sad day when a consumer product recall is prompted by actual bodily harm and not just a potential.  I’m sad to report that Graco Children’s Products Inc. is recalling its Quattro(tm) and MetroLite(tm) Strollers due to the risk of entrapment and strangulation.  In this case, four infants have died from strangulation and it sickens my heart to report that.

Graco is recalling 2 million strollers.  Between 2003 and 2005 four deaths, five entrapment reports and one difficult breathing event have been reported.

“Entrapment and strangulation can occur, especially to infants younger than 12 months of age, when a child is not harnessed. An infant can pass through the opening between the stroller tray and seat bottom, but his/her head and neck can become entrapped by the tray. Infants who become entrapped at the neck are at risk of strangulation.”

The strollers were sold at the following outlets between 2000 and 2007:

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