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Anyone subscribe to Consumer Reports? Can you look something up for me?

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btrflygrl
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Anyone subscribe to Consumer Reports? Can you look something up for me?

Can you tell me the best rated vacuums? is best rated different than best value?

also, Digital SLR cameras?

Posted 8/31/06 9:46 AM
 
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Re: Anyone subscribe to Consumer Reports? Can you look something up for me?

I'll check it out for you. Be right back.

Posted 8/31/06 9:47 AM
 

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Re: Anyone subscribe to Consumer Reports? Can you look something up for me?

Just so happens I was on CR looking for booster seats - lol

Kenmore (Sears) Progressive with Direct Drive 35922 CR Best Buy
Progressive with Direct Drive 35923 $300 $300 79. • • • • 21
Kenmore (Sears) Progressive with Direct Drive 36932 CR Best Buy
Progressive with Direct Drive 36933 $300 $300 76. • • • 22
Hoover WindTunnel Self Propelled Ultra U6439-900
WindTunnel Self Propelled Ultra U6436-900 $280,
WindTunnel Self Propelled Ultra U6454-900 $280 $280 74. • • • • 21
Eureka Boss Smart Vac Ultra 4870 CR Best Buy $140 73. • • • 21
Hoover WindTunnel Bagless U5753-900
WindTunnel Bagless U5753-960 $160,
WindTunnel Bagless U5760-900 $160 $160 70. • • 21
Hoover Savvy U8181-900
Savvy U8172-900 $200,
Savvy U8174-900 $200,
Savvy U8183-900 $250 $230 68. • • • • 20
Kirby The Ultimate G Diamond Edition $1330 68. • • • • 24
Riccar SupraLite RSL3
Simplicity Freedom F3500 $350 $350 68. • • 9
Dyson DC15 The Ball All Floors
DC15 The Ball Animal $600 $500 67. • • 20
Hoover EmPower U5262-910
EmPower Turbo U5268-900 $120,
EmPower U5265-900 $100,
EmPower U5269-900 $100 $100 67. • • 17
Oreck XL21-700 $700 67. • • 11
Panasonic MC-V7720
MC-V7721 $250 $250 67. • 20
Hoover Tempo Widepath U5140-900 $60 66. • • • 16
Hoover WindTunnel Bagless Self Propelled U6630-900
WindTunnel Bagless Self Propelled U6634-900 $300,
WindTunnel Bagless Self Propelled U6618-900 $300 $300 66. • • • 24
Riccar Radiance
Simplicity Synergy $900 $900 66. • • • • 21
Bissell CleanView II 3576-1
CleanView II Plus 3576-6 $85 $80 65. • • 17
Hoover WindTunnel Supreme U5458-900
WindTunnel Supreme U5468-900 $130 $130 65. • • • 17
Kenmore (Sears) Progressive 35912
Progressive 36922 $250,
Progressive 36923 $250 $200 64. • • • 23
Aerus Lux Legacy $1000 63. • • 17
Dyson DC07 All Floors
DC07 Animal $500,
DC07 Full Gear $500,
DC07 Full Kit $430,
DC07 Low Reach $430 $400 63. • 19
Dyson DC14 Complete
DC14 All Floors $430,
DC14 Animal $550,
DC14 Full Access (Best Buy) $530,
DC14 Full Gear $580,
DC14 Full Kit $470,
DC14 Low Reach $460 $550 63. • 19
Sebo Automatic X4 $750 63. • • • 18
Dirt Devil Vision Self-Propelled M087900
Vision Self Propelled MO87400 $140 $170 61. • • 21
Eureka Boss 4D 5892 $150 61. • • • 24
Electrolux Aptitude EL5010A $300 59. • • • 19
Bissell CleanView Revolution Plus 3595-1

Message edited 8/31/2006 9:48:56 AM.

Posted 8/31/06 9:48 AM
 

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Re: Anyone subscribe to Consumer Reports? Can you look something up for me?

Vacuums:

Kenmore Progressive Drive 35922 and 36932 take the two top spots and they are also a best buy

Next is the Hoover Wind Tunnel

Eureka Boss Smart Vac Ultra

Hoover Wind Tunnel Bagless


Let me know if you need more info on vacuums..

onto cameras

Posted 8/31/06 9:51 AM
 

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Re: Anyone subscribe to Consumer Reports? Can you look something up for me?

Nevermind, someone did it better! Chat Icon

Posted 8/31/06 9:52 AM
 

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Re: Anyone subscribe to Consumer Reports? Can you look something up for me?

Sorry, Ill let you handle camerasChat Icon I need to get into the shower.

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Posted 8/31/06 9:53 AM
 

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Re: Anyone subscribe to Consumer Reports? Can you look something up for me?

By the way I have the Kenmore and love it!

Posted 8/31/06 9:53 AM
 

btrflygrl
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Re: Anyone subscribe to Consumer Reports? Can you look something up for me?

what do the numbers after the .... mean? is that the rating?

Posted 8/31/06 9:55 AM
 

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Re: Anyone subscribe to Consumer Reports? Can you look something up for me?

Canon PowerShot A620 $220 76. 7 12 14 500 2 0.7 4X • • • •
Kodak EasyShare Z700 $250 76. 4 10 12 200 2 0.7 5X • • • • • •
Olympus Stylus 800 $330 73. 8 7 21 400 2 0.8 3X • • • •
Hewlett-Packard PhotoSmart R817 $220 72. 5.1 7 12 260 1 0.3 5X • • •
Canon PowerShot A520 CR Best Buy $160 71. 4 8 11 300 2 1.1 4X • • • •
Hewlett-Packard PhotoSmart R717 $260 71. 6.2 7 16 80 2 1.5 3X • • •
Nikon Coolpix S4 $330 66. 6 9 10 300 3 0.9 10X • • •
Kodak EasyShare One $210 65. 4 9 10 120 2 0.6 3X • •
SUBCOMPACT MODELS
Canon PowerShot SD500 Digital ELPH $280 75. 7.1 7 16 160 2 1 3X • •
Casio Exilim Zoom EX-Z750 $300 72. 7.2 6 10 320 2 0.5 3X • • • •
Kodak EasyShare V550 $240 72. 5 6 8 120 1 0.4 3X • • •
Pentax Optio SV $220 72. 5 6 14 100 9 1.1 5X • • •
Canon PowerShot SD430 $450 70. 5 5 11 150 2 0.8 3X • •
Canon PowerShot SD450 $260 68. 5 5 11 150 2 0.9 3X • •
Sony Cyber-shot DSC-M1 $430 66. 5 8 6 160 4 0.3 3X • •
Kodak EasyShare V570 $350 65. 5 5 10 140 1 0.4 3X • • • •
Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX8 $240 64. 5 5 6 300 2 0.7 3X • • •
Pentax Optio S5z $240 64. 5 4 11 180 3 0.4 3X • •
Fujifilm FinePix Z1 $270 62. 5.1 5 10 170 2 0.6 3X • •
Sony Cyber-shot DSC-T7 $330 61. 5.1 5 9 150 1 0.3 3X • •
Canon PowerShot SD30 $270 60. 5 4 7 160 2 0.7 2.4X • •
ADVANCED COMPACT MODELS
Kodak EasyShare P880 $460 73. 8 21 13 260 2 1.5 5.8X • • • • • •
Fujifilm FinePix E900 CR Best Buy $350 72. 9 9 12 280 2 0.8 4X • • • • •
Olympus SP-350 $290 70. 8 8 12 200 7 1.4 3X • • • • •
Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX1 $430 69. 8.4 7 13 240 2 1.3 4X • • • • •
Sony Cyber-shot DSC-R1 $760 69. 10 37 28 500 2 0.5 5X • • • • •
Leica D-LUX 2 $750 64. 8.4 8 6 240 6 1 4X • • • • •
SUPER ZOOM MODELS
Canon PowerShot S2 IS $350 81. 5 19 17 550 2 1.1 12X • • • • • •
Kodak EasyShare P850 $380 79. 5.1 16 15 260 4 1.2 12X • • • • • •
Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ20S $410 78. 5 22 23 280 1 0.7 12X • • • • • •
Fujifilm FinePix S5200 $260 77. 5 17 13 500 1 0.6 10X • • • • •
Kodak EasyShare Z740 $220 74. 5 12 16 260 2 0.5 10X • • • •
Fujifilm FinePix S9000 $550 72. 9 27 18 340 2 1.1 10.7X • • • • • • •
Samsung Digimax Pro815

Posted 8/31/06 9:58 AM
 

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Re: Anyone subscribe to Consumer Reports? Can you look something up for me?

for the cameras it's a bunch of numbers like megapixels, flash range..not the number rating.

Posted 8/31/06 9:59 AM
 

btrflygrl
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Re: Anyone subscribe to Consumer Reports? Can you look something up for me?

what about for the vacuums? are the 20ish numbers their ratings?

Posted 8/31/06 10:07 AM
 

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Re: Anyone subscribe to Consumer Reports? Can you look something up for me?

Kenmore (Sears) Progressive 25914
Progressive 25915 $500 $500 76. • • • • 24
Bosch Premium Prestige Electro Duo H BSG 81360UC $800 73. • • • 19
Kenmore (Sears) Progressive 25512 CR Best Buy
Progressive 25513 $300 $300 73. • • • • 22
Kenmore (Sears) Progressive 25614
Progressive 25615 $350 $350 73. • • • • 23
Miele Solaris Electro Plus 1200W S514 $800 73. • • • 21
Miele Plus 1200W S251 $500 72. • • • 19
Sebo Air Belt C3.1 $940 72. • • 26
Electrolux Oxygen EL6988A $500 68. • • • • 21
Oreck Dutch Tech DTX1400B $900 68. • • • 25
Riccar 1700
Simplicity S36 $1000 $1000 68. • • • • 27
Aerus Lux Guardian C154E $1500 66. • • • 25
Hoover WindTunnel Plus S3639 $180 65. • • • 22
Aerus Lux Legacy C153C $1000 64. • • • 22
Hoover WindTunnel Bagless S3765
WindTunnel Bagless S3755 $170 $200 64. • • 22
TriStar Mg2 A101N $1500 64. • • • 23
Sanyo SC-X1000P $130 61. • • 25
Filter Queen Majestic 360 AT1100 $1900 60. • • 25
Fantom Falcon FC251 $180 59. • 22
Rainbow e-series E-2 $1500 54. • • 32

These are the canister vac ratings. the other list are uprights.




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Posted 8/31/06 10:10 AM
 

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Re: Anyone subscribe to Consumer Reports? Can you look something up for me?

The number after the price is the rating. With the vaccums the Kenmore is 76..etc..

Posted 8/31/06 10:12 AM
 
 

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