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| Post# 121753 , Reply# 1 1/17/2011 at 03:01 (4,846 days old) by djtaylor (Salt Lake City, Utah) | ||
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15Brandon,
The reason that most upright vacuums don't have a control switch for brush rolls is that for most uprights there is only one motor. Most have a side ways mounted motor with a fan/impeller on one end of the motor and at the other is the drive shaft where the belt rides. There have been vacuums that had a leaver that could push the drive belt off the shaft and onto a free spinning pulley, but many of those were very hard on the belt and could lead to early ware out of the belt. Or with Kirbys, Royal and many others the fan and drive belt are at the same end. Most of the vacuums that have a control switch for the brush roll are two motor units. A big motor creating the air flow and a small motor driving the brush roll. Those machines are kinda like a canister vacuum without the long hose. Uprights with a two motor system are fairly new. Justin | ||
| Post# 121759 , Reply# 2 1/17/2011 at 07:00 (4,846 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada) | ||
Brandon,
I have always believed that uprights are only good for carpets and canisters are only good for everything else. The engineering "gymnastics" required to create a machine that does both kinds of cleaning well and with ease is often a waste of time and money. If you have the storage space for a basic upright like a Hoover Tempo ($100) and Miele Olympus ($300), you have the most effective cleaning team for under $400. Many uprights which don't allow you to turn off the revolving brush have a "bare floor" setting like my Hoover Tempo. It sets the nozzle with the spinning brush very low to the floor and is bound to damage delicate surfaces like polished hardwood. I tried cleaning my linoleum kitchen floor with the Tempo set on the highest height setting so that the brush would be as far away as possible from the floor surface. In truth, the high suction did indeed over-ride the "blowing" effect of the spinning brush and the 12-amp motor was able to suck up some dust balls and surface litter. But the wind coming from the side exhaust blew dust everywhere first. I also found that if you are not careful, you can easily draw in a sock or a plastic shopping bag from a bare floor. This is pretty safe if it happens with a bare floor brush on a canister, or on an upright with the spinning brush turned off, but when it gets drawn into an upright with a spinning brushroll, this stuff can jam the brushroll very easily (it happened to my Tempo with a sock!) I think it is safer all around to keep uprights off of bare floors and use a nice horse-hair bare floor brush on a canister to clean these surfaces. I don't know how vac-makers can get away with featuring a bare-floor setting on the height adjusters of uprights that don't offer a brush-roll shut-off. It's very careless of them, in my opinion. Hope you are not too snowed in wherever you are in Canada, Brandon! :-) EP Brian | ||
| Post# 121878 , Reply# 4 1/17/2011 at 17:10 (4,846 days old) by 15brandon () | ||
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Yaa we have lots of snow in Alberta. I was thinking a good combo was a Hoover wind tunnel aniversary model without floor switch and the eureka boss canister vacuum. Thanks for some answers guys by the way!!! | ||
| Post# 121880 , Reply# 5 1/17/2011 at 17:12 (4,846 days old) by 15brandon () | ||
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I already have for a combo a eureka optima for bare floors and a kenmore elegance upright for carpets and other stuff. | ||
| Post# 121909 , Reply# 6 1/17/2011 at 17:54 (4,846 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada) | ||
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| Post# 122053 , Reply# 8 1/18/2011 at 01:04 (4,845 days old) by djtaylor (Salt Lake City, Utah) | ||
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Sorry | ||
| Post# 122086 , Reply# 10 1/18/2011 at 09:04 (4,845 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada) | ||
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2-motor uprights....
I think we also have to take a look at the history of the German Vorwerk vacs - I think their uprights were always two motor machines.
And can't we add the two motor Regina Electricbrushes to the conversation? I think they were in stores in the 1970's. My favourite two-motor upright was the Eureka Excalibur because it offered storage for all attachments on-board - including the floor brush. But I heard that there were serious electrical problems with overload on the switch on these vacs. Most unique 2-motor upright would have to be the Panasonic Direct Drives! Now that's genius to me - putting the brush roll motor INSIDE the brush roll!!! :-) | ||
| Post# 122087 , Reply# 11 1/18/2011 at 10:01 (4,845 days old) by suckolux (Yuba City, CA) | ||
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| Post# 122100 , Reply# 12 1/18/2011 at 13:18 (4,845 days old) by MikeKLondon () | ||
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Before X/mas John Lewis were selling the Electrolux "Professional" off really cheap I cant remember but something around £75.00 I kook but it was so very heavy and very stiff brush roll the sales guy said they could not give them away | ||
| Post# 122115 , Reply# 14 1/18/2011 at 15:01 (4,845 days old) by 15brandon () | ||
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My kenmore isn't a two speed it only has a belt lifter pedal that allows to use the tools tho it is a great vac from the 90's I think Has anyone tried this vac I think it looks interesting CLICK HERE TO GO TO 15brandon's LINK | ||
| Post# 122132 , Reply# 15 1/18/2011 at 18:39 (4,845 days old) by suckolux (Yuba City, CA) | ||
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Post# 122224 , Reply# 16 1/19/2011 at 10:53 (4,844 days old) by jfalberti  (Visalia, CA) |
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I have a Kenmore Progressive Direct Drive | ||
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Post# 122225 , Reply# 17 1/19/2011 at 10:53 (4,844 days old) by jfalberti (Visalia, CA) |
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| Post# 122394 , Reply# 19 1/20/2011 at 18:55 (4,843 days old) by 15brandon () | ||
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The kenmore I have I similar to the purple one tho I will see if I have a pic to upload | ||
| Post# 122606 , Reply# 20 1/22/2011 at 12:05 (4,841 days old) by 15brandon () | ||
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I will try to upload on Monday when my computer is fixed. | ||
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