A couple years ago, my boyfriend at the time bought a Dustbuster for our apartment. It was one of those things where I thought, “Why would we need this when we’ve managed so far without it?” and then a couple months later, thought, “This is so handy!” And it was — for all the minor spills like a potted plant toppling over, crumbs underneath the couch cushions, mini tumbleweeds of cat hair, etc.
But in order for it to work, it needs to sit in its charger all day, plugged in, sucking back lots of electricity. Plus it looks sort of ugly, mounted up on the wall (now if I had one of those fancy conical Karim Rashid ones, it might be a different story … but I don’t).
Anyway, for my Simple Saturday feature, I’ve decided to take the whole thing off and will most likely Freecycle it, if I can (and I’m sure I can — those Freecyclers take anything!) because whatever small amount of dust I need to bust can easily be swept up with a brush and pan, damp sponge, or just my vacuum cleaner when I bring it out on chores day.
Image courtesy of Home Depot
Posted by Vanessa Farquharson 
