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What Are Some Things You Regret Buying or Bought but Never Used? (lemm.ee)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
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I see posts talking about good BIFL items but I don't hear much about the other side of products that are bad or products you bought but don't even use.

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[โ€“] 20 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Bought a motorized mop attachment for my Samsung Jet vacuum.

I didn't do my research and didn't realize that it doesn't vacuum up the water. So the thing literally just spins some pads and nothing else. Was such a waste of money.

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  • [โ€“] 2 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    Does anything actually vacuum water? How would that even work?

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  • [โ€“] 6 points 2 years ago*

    Yes, we own such water vacuum. Those have a water filter instead of air. It's pretty effective t9 clean the air as well since everything is kept in the water. But using it is a pain in the ass. You need to fill it with fresh water, empty it after use and clean it. Otherwise it smells like a pond with dead fish after a heatwave...

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  • [โ€“] 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Shop VAC's and carpet shapoorers both do.

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  • [โ€“] 3 points 2 years ago*

    A small crawlspace next to my garage filled with water during some heavy rains. I'm glad I had a shop vac - Sucked up the water until it was full, brought it outside, emptied it out, and kept repeating until all the water was gone. Had a hose siphon going at the same time, but the shop vac was a lot faster. I bought a utility pump for the next time.

    It's a small crawlspace that doesn't seem to have any way to enter it, so I'm not even sure how to properly fix it. It seems like water is coming through the dirt into there when there's very heavy rain (which is rare where I live)

    Shop vac was just a cheap Dewalt one from Costco.

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  • [โ€“] 1 point 2 years ago (2 children)

    I just mean like wouldnt anything suck water into whatever drives the suction?

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  • [โ€“] 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

    Tineco makes vacuum mops. I have the ifloor 2. It actually does a great job, but you have to clean it and take the roller off after every use. I also always run a dust mop over the floor first. Cleaning it is a bit of a pain, but I guess you can't have everything.

    I'm also convinced that most of the reviews of people who said theirs "broke after x amount of time" just never cleaned them. Mines simple and seems built pretty robust. Doesn't seem like something that would just break. Not until the battery craps out.

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