Thread Number: 34248
/ Tag: Brand New Vacuum Cleaners
Central Vac vs Portable Vac |
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Post# 371105   4/20/2017 at 06:33 (2,534 days old) by sebo4me (Cardiff)   |   | |
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Post# 371111 , Reply# 2   4/20/2017 at 08:13 (2,534 days old) by sebo4me (Cardiff)   |   | |
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Post# 371122 , Reply# 4   4/20/2017 at 09:49 (2,534 days old) by sebo4me (Cardiff)   |   | |
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Post# 371125 , Reply# 5   4/20/2017 at 10:13 (2,534 days old) by sebo4me (Cardiff)   |   | |
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Post# 371131 , Reply# 7   4/20/2017 at 11:13 (2,534 days old) by sebo4me (Cardiff)   |   | |
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Post# 371135 , Reply# 8   4/20/2017 at 12:47 (2,534 days old) by n0oxy (Saint Louis Missouri, United States)   |   | |
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I actually have several central vacuum units in my apartment, a few have a built in utility valve, for the other ones, you just attach a utility valve to the intake. The electric hose I have has a cord that plugs in to an outlet to provide power for a power nozzle. Hose is 35 feet long. Mike |
Post# 371137 , Reply# 9   4/20/2017 at 13:02 (2,534 days old) by sebo4me (Cardiff)   |   | |
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Post# 371163 , Reply# 11   4/20/2017 at 20:36 (2,534 days old) by panasonicvac (Northern Utah)   |   | |
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What I like about central vacuums better than portable is first off, I find them more easier to use like vacuuming the stairs for example. Another thing is that they are more quieter to use (If you are just vacuuming inside the house instead of out in the garage). I also like how it can be emptied either once or twice a year (Depending on the usage). They are very powerful because they use bigger motors and some models can be put with two motors in the unit which is unbelievable (You can actually have either two or three people vacuuming with those two motor central vacuums at once). And I like the warranties that they offer.
Also depending on the filtration that you would like, some models like the Simplicity for example can be used as either bagged or bagless. |
Post# 371178 , Reply# 12   4/21/2017 at 02:33 (2,533 days old) by sebo4me (Cardiff)   |   | |
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Post# 371185 , Reply# 14   4/21/2017 at 07:17 (2,533 days old) by sebo4me (Cardiff)   |   | |
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Post# 371196 , Reply# 16   4/21/2017 at 10:49 (2,533 days old) by sebo4me (Cardiff)   |   | |
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Post# 371205 , Reply# 17   4/21/2017 at 13:06 (2,533 days old) by dysonman1 (the county)   |   | |
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I love my Central Vacuum. It's a Vacuflo cyclonic, and all Vacuflo cyclonics are vented outside.
I have a hide-a-hose, sixty feet long, and a Volt power nozzle. I have a Vroom under the kitchen since, and two Wally-Flex units (laundry room and over workbench). All the dirt I suck up leaves where I am at that moment, never to return. I can't hear the machine run (it's in the garage). If a moth or bug enters the house, I suck it up and send it to the separator. If the cat has a hair ball and throws up, just suck it up. Three damp Viva paper towels to clean the inside of the hose and I'm good to go. I clean my front porch and back balcony with it. Rocks and leaves don't make any difference to it. It's nothing like using a portable vacuum Best of all is there's NO SMELL of last week's dirt. True, the Vacuflo exhausts about 2% of the fine dust it pick up, but who cares? It's vented outside. Mine is a dual motor unit, I can use two hoses if I want (the hide-a-hose, plus a hose for the three electravalves if I wish to use two hoses at once). Sounds strange, but we actually did clean with two hoses at once to get the house cleaned before Thanksgiving dinner in record time. Since my model is a commercial machine, it holds six months worth of dirt, dog hair, fur balls, dryer lint, rocks, grass, leaves, dog sick, everything. No bag, so I just empty it into the trash can before the trash man comes. No cost, no loss of suction, no loss of airflow, and constant 130 inches of water lift to clean my house. My machine is almost 40 years old now, and on the original motors. |
Post# 371208 , Reply# 18   4/21/2017 at 13:29 (2,533 days old) by sebo4me (Cardiff)   |   | |
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You have a great system there Tom!
I do like the Hide a Hose system. The Volt looks like the ideal partner. Combining the power of the central vac with the direct air motor in the Volt plus the cyclonic action with no loss of suction/airflow. Sounds great to me! The only drawback would be the emptying of the Power Unit. I'd imagine a very big dust cloud similar to a Sahara desert sand storm :) |
Post# 371230 , Reply# 20   4/22/2017 at 02:49 (2,532 days old) by tolivac (Greenville,NC)   |   | |
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For the carpets I have---I still like my Kirbys or Royals over the central systems-the centrals do work close with the Volt nozzle. |
Post# 371235 , Reply# 21   4/22/2017 at 06:54 (2,532 days old) by vacerator (Macomb Michigan)   |   | |
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I do it out doors over the trash can. better than a smelly bag anyday. |
Post# 371242 , Reply# 23   4/22/2017 at 11:00 (2,532 days old) by dysonman1 (the county)   |   | |
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You should have been there the first time I emptied the Vacuflo. OMG. I dumped the 30 gallon full dirt container into an empty trash can in the garage. Talk about a dust storm. I had to go inside and take a shower and wash m hair. It was god-awful.
When we moved to our new house almost two years ago, one of my best friends, Evan Rogers, to whom I sold my vacuum shop when the Vacuum Museum was built, was doing the install of the old Power Unit into the "new to us" home. He had all kinds of trash from the installation, pieces of piping, bags that stuff came in, etc. We tested out the installation by sucking up damp paper towels (the same thing as Tornado Cloths). Since he also put in three ElectraValves, as well as a garage valve and two Wally Flex units, we decided to test the machine out with dirt. I have other vacuums in my home that I also use. Some take disposable bags, like my Kirby. We tore apart those bags, and sucked up the dirt into the Central Vac. It took the dirt like a champ, but then we decided to empty the Vacuflo. Since the trash can was 9/10 full of other trash, emptying the central vac didn't result in a dust cloud. I kind of 'poured' the dirt on top of all the stuff in the trash can, and not even my hands were dirty after. Maybe because the dirt didn't 'hit' the bottom of the trash can. At a vacuum convention two years ago, many people came over to my home for a Cocktail Party. Half way through, I got the bright idea to have all my guest go outside, and watch the exhaust vent as I sucked up three full vacuum bags of dirt "at once' as fast as I could get the dirt to go into the Hide-A-Hose. Which of course is NOT what the system was designed to handle. It belched all kinds of fine dust outside, many of my friends caught the expulsion on their cell phone cameras. Like demons escaping from hell, the black cloud of dust just shot out the eves of the house, where the exhaust vent was. Everyone came back in laughing, (or was that chocking, I don't remember), and had another drink. Good times. In good fun, they ripped me apart for my 'dust belching' central vac for days. Gotta love your friends. |
Post# 371344 , Reply# 24   4/25/2017 at 10:57 (2,529 days old) by sebo4me (Cardiff)   |   | |
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Haha sounds like fun Tom. Can I come to your next cocktail party? I'll have a "screaming orgasm" 😁
I'm seriously considering fitting a central vac. We have Modern Day available in the UK. Wish the Volt was available over here I wouldn't need an electrified hose then. Not sure how many people have a central vac in the UK but I've yet to see one on my travels 😊 |
Post# 371724 , Reply# 25   5/3/2017 at 04:07 (2,521 days old) by myles_v (Fredericksburg, VA)   |   | |
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I like my central vacuum quite a bit when I'm really doing a deep clean of the house top to bottom. I typically use it to do the whole house whenever I mop the hard floors, and I use an upright every other day or so for general cleaning.
Like someone said earlier, it's nothing like using a portable. You can suck in anything dry that will fit through the end of the hose. I've sucked up towels, plastic shopping bags, napkins, etc. |
Post# 371726 , Reply# 26   5/3/2017 at 06:17 (2,521 days old) by tolivac (Greenville,NC)   |   | |
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Towels,plastic bags,shopping bags,napkins???The central vacuum is NOT for trash these CAN and WILL eventually clog your homes vacuum plumbing!!!Don't do it!!Put those in your trash can.Also if these make to the unit-they will fill up your bag or bin quickly. |
Post# 371767 , Reply# 29   5/4/2017 at 06:21 (2,520 days old) by sebo4me (Cardiff)   |   | |
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