Did you at least name it? Mine is a portable steamer I bought for "travel clothes" and it has steamed exactly zero shirts in two years. Now it just lives in my suitcase as a little metal guilt brick.

Kept the same budget only if you're not counting the value of your Sunday morning time, which for a 60 to 90 minute run is basically like $15 to $20 an hour of unpaid work. Pickup services at most stores don't add a markup, so that might get you the same savings without losing your weekend.

Chain whips are the real deal on those old Portland chimneys with all the twists and turns. Been running one for about five years now and the soot control alone sold me. Rotary brushes beat the mortar joints to death on soft old brick, the chain just glides through. Give it a few more jobs and you will never go back.