Thread Number: 29287
/ Tag: Recent Vacuum Cleaners from past 20 years
So... The best powerhead for hard floors? |
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Post# 326937   6/14/2015 at 22:56 (3,209 days old) by godfreys_guy (Melbourne, Australia)   |   | |
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Just a thought while vacuuming today, so many vacuums have powerheads that are awful to use on hard floor surfaces! I generally am the one who switches the heads over for the better result and ease of use - while using my Hoover Platinum Bagless canister this morning though, I just went and used the powerbrush on the hard floors... it is light and moves so easily!
What are your best and worst power heads for hard floors. Best - Hoover Platinum Bagless Canister Worst - Miele S7 (glides but feels like you're pushing a boat anchor)
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Post# 326941 , Reply# 1   6/14/2015 at 23:17 (3,209 days old) by kirbylux77 (London, Ontario, Canada)   |   | |
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I have to wonder if this new powerhead by Panasonic, the Response CT10 that CenTec Systems is having made for them, might be one of the best new powerheads for hard floors on the market right now? I like the brushroll it uses, lots of soft fluffy bristles to trap & pick up dirt & polish the floor.
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Post# 326955 , Reply# 3   6/15/2015 at 07:19 (3,209 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada)   |   | |
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In general, I avoid using the same bristles on any tool for both carpets and floors. The kind of bristles used on brush rolls that effectively deep clean carpets are too harsh for flooring and will scratch bare floor surfaces. And looking at the issue from the other direction: Brushes used on bare floors come in contact with dirt that is often both wet and dry, and gooey, which can get stuck on the bristles and transfer to carpets.
I sometimes run a bare floor brush over a low pile mat in the kitchen or entry way since these mats are already dirty with the same debris as the floors they are sitting on. The physics involved in removing dirt from a polished bare floor surface is very different from the physics involved in effectively cleaning deep pile carpeting. You really need two very different nozzles for each task. Turning off the brush roll in a power nozzle or upright will at best remove surface litter from a bare floor - it will not dust off fine electrostatic dust clinging to the floor or any particle that was once wet but has now dried and is stuck to the floor. Floors are floors, and rugs are rugs...and "never the twain shall meet"..... |