Muncie4 t1_ixb15qa wrote on November 22, 2022 at 2:28 AM

Reply to comment by dgxcook in I’m in search of a good vacuum preferably cordless. Any recommendations? by Pitcrashers1

Will you please read rule 1 and stop with the ignorant talk of nothing with a battery is BIFL? Seriously. Cordless stuff in the 90s really sucked. Cordless stuff today is legit badass. Do batteries die? Yep. And we buy new ones and life goes on. The L in BIFL is not literal, please get onboard with that.

dgxcook t1_ixbk984 wrote on November 22, 2022 at 5:15 AM

No I won’t stop lol. If you want something that will last for more than 10 years and is mechanical, you need to be able to service it. Modern battery powered tools are not serviceable.

No_Professional2258 t1_ixcczok wrote on November 22, 2022 at 11:28 AM

I am totally onboard with reducing battery powered tools as much as possible.

But there is no principal difference between changing a bearing and changing a battery. Every tool has parts which wear and need to be replaced eventually.

Muncie4 t1_ixciwfl wrote on November 22, 2022 at 12:32 PM

Nice of you to make a blanket assessment considering you have never held 70% of battery powered tools on the planet. Again...this sub is not literal, now if you want to be knowingly irrational about it...of that I can't help.

Breal3030 t1_ixi2ahm wrote on November 23, 2022 at 4:33 PM

Right, until the manufacturer moves on to a different design in a few years and those batteries are not available anymore.

I looked hard at the Samsung cordless vac. Expensive but rated extremely well. Tried to look up battery replacements thinking of the future and had a way more difficult time finding one even if I bought them today, much less a few years from now.