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Thread Number: 25439
Canister for Hardwood Floors |
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| Post# 285937 6/23/2014 at 14:48 (3,593 days old) by mieles7 (TX) | ||
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| Post# 285954 , Reply# 2 6/23/2014 at 18:52 (3,593 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada) | ||
Best suction-only canister for the money these days is a Miele S2 Olympus....excellent bare floor cleaning and very strong airflow thru the hose. Just invest in a bare floor brush that has no wheels and has extremely soft horsehair bristles. If you find one that is not sold by Miele itself, you can get an adapter that will allow it to attach to the Miele's European size wand.
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| Post# 285956 , Reply# 3 6/23/2014 at 19:02 (3,593 days old) by sebo_fan (Scotland, UK, member AKA ukvacfan, & Nar2) | ||
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| Post# 285959 , Reply# 4 6/23/2014 at 19:40 (3,593 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada) | ||
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There are two reasons I prefer bare floor brushes with no wheels: first reason is that I often need to slide the brush sideways to sneak it into narrower territory and I don't want to scratch the floor by dragging the wheels sideways in a way in which they were not designed (these wheels are obviously meant to go forward and backward - not sideways). The second reason is that you need to keep them free of hair and dirt so that they can keep rolling. If one jams up, it can scratch the floor.
My favorite bare floor brush is one that I actually rescued from the trash behind my last apartment building! I have no idea who made it, but it has the softest light brown horse hair bristles I have ever felt on a vacuum attachment! Very similar to the ultra soft horse hair bristles you get on one of Kenmore's more deluxe dusting brushes. And no wheels! | ||
| Post# 286110 , Reply# 5 6/24/2014 at 22:00 (3,591 days old) by mieles7 (TX) | ||
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I'd love to use the canisters that I already have, but my Eureka 3336A has extremely rough wheels, and my Hoover Constellation tends to scrape the floor once the bag is full. Does anyone have experience with this Panasonic? My main reason for considering it is the soft wheels, which seems to be relatively uncommon for vacuums in this price range. CLICK HERE TO GO TO mieles7's LINK | ||
| Post# 286155 , Reply# 7 6/25/2014 at 07:13 (3,591 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada) | ||
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I would not recommend that Panasonic. Its design suffers from the same problem most canisters have - the exhaust comes right out the back where it can blow dust and dirt around on a bare floor. The Miele S2 exhausts its filtered air out the top of the machine so dirt on the floor stays where it is until you get the chance to vacuum it up.
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| Post# 286162 , Reply# 8 6/25/2014 at 09:23 (3,591 days old) by s31463221 (Frenchburg, KY) | ||
Ian 
I'm not sure what your budget constraints are but you posted a link to a $65 vac so I'm going to go with that. Have you ever considered an older metal body Electrolux such as a Super J, Olympia One, Silverado, etc.? I have a 3000 square foot home that is all wood except the stairs and area rugs and my daily driver is an 80's Silverado. It has all the power I could want, plus it sends the exhaust out the top so dust doesn't get blown everywhere! Some time ago there was a member on here selling a brown Olympia One which has the same motor as a Silverado for $65. If I remember correctly, it had both a power nozzle and a horsehair flip over bare floor tool which wouldn't scratch anything on your wood floors! The wheels on the canister itself are soft plastic and roll great, it just follows you around like a puppy. Just an alternative suggestion to consider!
Here's the VL link to the O1 that I saw the other day! CLICK HERE TO GO TO s31463221's LINK | ||
| Post# 286472 , Reply# 10 6/27/2014 at 16:49 (3,589 days old) by sebo_fan (Scotland, UK, member AKA ukvacfan, & Nar2) | ||
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Eurekaprince...
"...The second reason is that you need to keep them free of hair and dirt so that they can keep rolling..."
I know what you mean regarding the wheels, but even with Miele floor brushes, dust gets wrapped around the bristles, particularly the new Twister Parquet floor tool, which doesn't have wheels. I find that eventually the dust works itself off, but I actually don't find hard floor brushes all that good for the majority of the time - unless you have a rug nearby that can scrub the brush clean and thus suck up the dust left behind. | ||
| Post# 286474 , Reply# 11 6/27/2014 at 17:26 (3,589 days old) by ultralux88 (Denver, Colorado) | ||
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| Post# 286501 , Reply# 12 6/27/2014 at 22:07 (3,588 days old) by floor-a-matic (somewhere) | ||
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Aerus/Electrolux is the best for vacing bare floors | ||
| Post# 286594 , Reply# 13 6/28/2014 at 23:56 (3,587 days old) by MikePdx () | ||
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My BOL Kenmore Power-mate was very inexpensive and has plenty of suction for tools. It works beautifully on bare floors. It's Panasonic made IIRC, and doesn't blow dust around. | ||
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