Hi, guys, Since everyone seems to need to vacuum, please buy light weight vacs. There is a big difference in pain after vacuuming with a 25lb dinosaur as opposed to an 8lb. Oreck or other small one. It's really worth changing. I can't stand to vac with those heavy old things anymore. Those light weight non-electric, cheap brooms actually do very well. Just take a scrub brush and brush the edges and corners into the middle of the area and run the rolling broom over it and presto, all clean. Love, Sally