Online Shopping

Recently I have been into a spate of online shopping. From carpet cleaning services to buying vacuum cleaners and laptop even to online 'window shopping'. The problem is that this place is just too wide and a lot of things that are available at the branches nearby really requires at least an hour's drive, and I do not have a car.

So after settling here for a while, I got into the trend of the Americans to do online shopping for my needs. Started out with buying a vacuum cleaner, I shopped for a few evenings doing my research and looking at a few reviews before I decided to go for the Eureka. Placed my order at allbrands.com, made payment and one week later, the whole package was delivered right at my door front.

Excited with the new toy, I opened up the package and went straight to assemble... in a minute, all was done and the new toy is ready to start! I tried vacuuming the tile floor and works really well, except the sound of the cleaner is unbelievable loud in the ears, I assumed this is really due to the small apartment and I am not used to loud noise alone. The next target was the carpet that I was dying to get it cleaned... The moment it reached the corner of the carpet, I suddenly see smoke fuming out of the carpet as I moved the cleaner along! Flabbergasted, I immediately switched off the cleaner and examine what was the problem.

What was the scene of the steam cleaner at work was but the sheer amount of dust that has accumulated in the carpet, probably which hasn't been cleaned since the last tenant left. Obviously, this cleaner stirs more dust than it sucks more dust. Taking a closer look, I realised that the dust has settled all over the exterior of the tool (which is black thus more obvious), definitely disgusted by the fact that the vacuum cleaner did not work, and that the landlord did not clean the carpet as promised... : (

So in the end, the cleaner is really good for bare floor, suction power is satisfactory, but works bad for carpet... probably because my carpet was too dirty. And, never trust all the reviews written, unless there are more than 1000 of them and all said good. Because the review did mention that this vacuum is good for cleaning carpet as well, but it did not work for me.

I will probably write another review for my next online purchase, a gateway laptop from eBay. The M-6862 model.