Do you wash your vacuum head every day?

[Soontobe60]

Following on from another thread in Chat, someone commented that you should be washing your vacuum head regularly, at least weekly if not more. It made me think. 🤔 I have no recollection of ever washing the head of the vacuum cleaner unless I was doing a deep clean of the whole equipment - which might be once every blue moon.
So my question is
Yes you should clean the Vacuum head every week - choose AIBU
No, that would be madness and a waste of time - choose YANBU

I dont need to chill out, thanks, I am.just asking for proof of what you stated was said in your OP. If it was just hyperbole because you wanted to talk about cleaning hoovers, fine.

That’s harsh.
Her baby was born at 24 weeks and in NICU and picked up lots of infections. The medical staff explained how vital cleanliness was for her baby.
I agree that to wash the vacuum head is extreme (I barely even vacuum lol) but that lady has understandable anxiety in my opinion.

Batshit.

I've said that there is no evidence base to what that OP is doing. I understand why a mother might want to protect her 24 weeker from infection though. Im pointing out to you that while you may have correctky assessed your other baby as the main risk of infection to your baby, she might have correctly identified that cleaning practices are the main risk to hers.

Exactly.

Whaaat? Buses and trains have beds on them???

Other brands of vacuum cleaners are available folks!

I am on trains and buses every week into and around London. Where is this outbreak exactly?

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/london-bed-bug-hotspots-rankings-islington-croydon-b1299599.html

A lot of people have reported seeing them on buses and tubes. Some people have pics on social media which AI said seem to be bed bugs. TFL deny and say they clean everywhere daily so if one does get on the upholstery, they won't be there long enough to thrive. I've definitely seen fleas on the buses.

Have you ever discovered the Advanced Search function in MN? It would be very easy to use that to find the thread in question if you really doubt that it exists.

I tend to clean the whole thing out when it stops working which is probably once or twice a year. Have recently got a eufy though so going much less vacuuming these days.

I am on the thread in question. That is why i am asking to see the post where it says what the OP says it did.

I suppose it depends what you’re hoovering up. I have never washed any parts of my hoover. I change the filters regularly because they come in my box of hoover bags

By the time babies get to crawling stage it's reasonable to assume their immune system is developing. If you are obsessive about not exposing them to germs, you really do risk their health when they go to nursery or school.

That's not the case for babies born so early

Thanks! I have been bed bug paranoid for a while am due to repeated office shut down in Paris over the last two months because of bed bugs and our dodgy hotel policy when staying there. Seems it's not just a Paris issue right now.

Still not planning to wash my vacuum cleaner though!

I have a Henry and his head comes off for a quick rinse quite easily. I have dogs and it can get mucky. I also replace the pipe and the head every few months with a generic Henry copy off Amazon, keeps him working like new. The lady on the other thread has had a very very ill baby - I remember how terrifying that feels ( twins in nicu) I hope she’s ok and this thread and some of the answers on the other thread don’t make things harder for her.

DH hoovered up a spilled curry once, leading to washing the hoover. How that man is still
alive is a mystery.

Why does it matter? The OP on that thread was certainly washing her vacuum cleaner head once a week.

Absolutely bonkers, I'm more worried about the 400 odd children in the school I work in than the head of my hoover!

Mine said 'you have to eat a peck of dirt before you die'.
Born 1879 and lived to 99

Vacuum? What’s that then?
I’m letting the cobwebs grow for Halloween. 👻 🕷️

I don't use my vacuum head every day.

A person after my own heart!