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Find the best vacuum cleaner for you
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| Depending on your floor types, cleaning needs, home size, and possible physical limitations, you may need
a different vacuum cleaner. You may have the right vacuum but could make it better. For instance, you may
need a longer cord, or some extra attachments. Our goal is to make your cleaning experience as quick and
painless as possible!
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Upright or Canister?
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This is a big question that most people have. For best cleaning and versatility,
we recommend a canister cleaner. That said, there are reasons why you would want to
stick with an upright. If you have mostly carpet, don't use your cleaner to get
hard-to-reach places such as under counters and in corners clean, an upright may
be your answer. How ever, if you want veratility, the ability to reach up and get
cob webs, better corner cleaning, etc., a canister is likely your answer.
What about those uprights with the attachments built right in? Actually, they're
not worth the plastic they're molded in. Their hoses are not long enough for cob
webs, their suction isn't as good, and they are bulky. Also, canisters lately are
made to be much more mobile. For example, some canisters can make 360-degree turns
with their hoses, have rotating wheels for easy turn around, etc. If you have used
an upright with attachments, you have probably tipped it to the floor--more than
once--if you really make use of those attachments. The reason is because the wheels
are made to go forward and backward, not the multiple directions that a canister was
made to go.
If you have physical issues with vacuum cleaning, it may be better to stick with a light
upright and sacrifice some of the cleaning. However, we suggest that you try a quality
canister before you make a decision. They're a lot different now than they used to be,
and when you think about it, when you're doing the actual vacuuming, you're just holding
a pole and a power head. When you're doing vacuuming with an upright, you're dragging around
the whole system, including the motor. Of course, there are cleaners with drive transmissions
which make it easier to push and pull (these tend to clean better than average uprights because
their motors are bigger and they have better suction), and there are some which are very light
(not as good cleaners, but if you have physical limitations, they might be your best bet).
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Cord Length
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| Do you find yourself unplugging, then re-plugging, your
cord in 5 or 6 times during the course of your vacuum cleaning?
You may not be using the most logical outlets. But, depending
on the square footage of your home, you may just need a longer
cord. Did you know that when you buy a vacuum from your local
shop, or if you buy from us, you can request us to install
a longer cord to best suit your needs? You could also have
your current vacuum modified. The exception to this is if
your vacuum has a cord reel.
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Weight
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| Light vacuums are easier to push and pull, but they don't clean
as well. If you live alone or with one other adult, don't have pets
or hobbies which produce the need to vacuum a lot, perhaps a light
upright is your best bet. Consider a canister, since you're not
pushing and pulling the whole thing as your cleaning (you can move
the canister into position, clean that room or area, and move it again).
Or consider a cleaner with a drive transmission. The problem with these,
however, is that they may be easy to move while you're cleaning, but turn
them off and they turn into dead weight. You can use the wheels and tip
them to drag them behind you, but they're still pretty heavy.
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Suction
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| Here's an interesting thought. . . Contrary to those cool
commercials on T.V., amps don't matter. Amperage is the measurement
of how much electricity the motor uses, but isn't really a
sign of good suction. There are many motors out there that
use a lot of amperage, but because of their inefficiency are
not as good as other lower amperage motors. What people commonly
know as suction is really air flow. Vacuum cleaners and their
motors, when designed for efficiency and quality cleaning,
will move large amounts of air quickly. This is air flow.
It doesn't matter how much electricity you burn if you don't
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Other things to think about. . .
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| There are other perks about owning a good vacuum that you may want to think about.
For example, if you want an upright and need a headlight, there are many models available
with that feature. You can purchase a strong magnet to put on the front bumper of the
cleaner, to get things like paper clips and pins before they get sucked up and hurt the
belt. If you have quality wood furniture in your home, you'll want thick rubber bumpers
to soften the buffets of take-charge cleaners (of the human variety).
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Vacuum Types & Price Ranges
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Email us!
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Name |
Description |
Price Range |
| Miele |
German-made vacuum--our best seller and most reliable vacuum cleaner! |
$299 - $1,299 |
| Hoover |
Better for a moderate amount of cleaning. . . |
$69 - $529 |
| Oreck |
A lighter cleaner with good cleaning ability |
$229 - $539 |
| Eureka |
Good uprights |
$69 - $529 |
| Ricaar |
Quality vacuums, moderately priced. |
$59 - $339 |
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