Upgrades: Vacuum cleaners
Posted 06.18.2002 at 5:28 pm 0 Comments

Photographs by John B. Carnett SWEEPING CHANGES
Dirt Devil offers access to corners (above); Black & Decker has created a three-in-one. Photographs by John B. Carnett

Black & Decker's 9.6-volt DustBuster Cordless Floor Vac ($65) is actually three vacuums in one, converting from an upright to a full-size hand vac to a DustBuster. Meanwhile, put Dirt Devil's Power Flex Stick Vac ($50) into a corner and its rectangular nozzle retracts into a triangle to get at otherwise impossible-to-reach grime.


www.blackanddecker.com
and
www.dirtdevil.com


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