Meredith Dietz

Meredith Dietz Senior Staff Writer

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Meredith is a marathon runner and stand-up comedian. As Lifehacker’s Senior Staff Writer, she covers personal fitness tech, home gym equipment, and more.

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November 2, 2026

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I may not be “messy,” exactly, but no one would describe me as “neat,” either. One of my biggest issues is that I tend to wait for a mess to get big enough to justify dragging out a full-size vacuum before I deal with it, because a full-size vacuum means finding the cord or the charger, wrestling it out of the closet, going room to room, and then putting it all away again. When the mess in question is still only a few cracker crumbs?…