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| Post# 211531 12/28/2012 at 21:03 (4,404 days old) by bagintheback (Flagstaff, Arizona) | ||
I realized while reading the thread "How Long Are Commercial-Duty Vacuums Used?" that I haven't seen a commercial vacuum in a proper setting for quite awhile. All places where they should be such as grocery stores, the library, retail stores, and some schools use domestic machines. $100 Wal-Mart/Target specials are everywhere, and they always seem to be the worst model as well. Why? If you can get a great Sanitaire for under $150, why buy the worst option possible instead?
Is this a genreal trend, or just around here in Arizona(a state which sold it's own capital building to raise capital)? Strange either way. | ||
| Post# 211534 , Reply# 1 12/28/2012 at 21:07 (4,404 days old) by TheHooverMan (United States ) | ||
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| Post# 211535 , Reply# 2 12/28/2012 at 21:08 (4,404 days old) by TheHooverMan (United States ) | ||
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| Post# 211539 , Reply# 3 12/28/2012 at 21:37 (4,404 days old) by Durango159 (State College, PA) | ||
Hotel Restaurant Management Majors opinion.
The economy is rough, businesses are looking to cut costs wherever they can. They know that an employee getting paid $8.50 an hour is going to abuse any product so they figure why spend the money on a $200 machine that may last just as long as a $40 product. While some employees are extremely wonderful and cautious others won't care about sucking up a penny, straw, crayon or perhaps a wet spot on the floor.
Most businesses that have carpeting use low profile carpeting so a vacuum cleaners performance is a non issue. Also many of the lower priced Sanitaires don't have on board tools. So the businesses figure they're getting extra value with the onboard tools while saving money. Retail stores such as WalMart and Target, I think use returned or old shelf displays for their in-store usage. Some businesses also just have a cheap vacuum for quick pick ups. Then they have a cleaning service that comes in every week or so. They figure if they have a cleaning service then their regular vacuum may not receive much use and can be a BOL model. Sadly many restaurants do not have electric vacuum cleaners. The restaurant industry is one that really goes cheap on vacuums. Their labor is very under paid yet they employ so many that it is hard to keep labor cost down. They have prep cooks, line cooks, dishwashers, hosts, bartenders, servers, salaried managers and hourly supervisors, etc. That on top of food costs, fuel surcharges from vendors, other cleaning supplies such as Dip It for removing Tea and Coffee stains, rinse agents and soap for the dish machines is also Very Expensive. They also figure that their staff is constantly using manual carpet sweepers, along with brooms and dust pans continuously throughout the day so an electric vacuum cleaner for further carpet cleaning isn't necessary. On the positive side to restaurants many of them have their carpets professionally steam cleaned quarterly, and in some cases monthly. So at least they do that part right. Though that is also another LARGE Expense for the industry. I have never seen a hotel that did not have commerial grade vacuum. Most of them have Sanitaires. I've also seen Sebos, Orecks, and Hoover Elites, and Hoover Guardsman for the majority of hotels I've been to. This is one environment that with the vacuums being on turned on and off throughout the day on maid carts that I have not seen a residential machine used in that application. Hope this sheds some light on the subject. | ||
| Post# 211570 , Reply# 5 12/29/2012 at 01:05 (4,404 days old) by ryan1994jeep (Georgia) | ||
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| Post# 211588 , Reply# 8 12/29/2012 at 06:50 (4,404 days old) by dysondestijl (east midlands, UK) | ||
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Yeah I always see tub vacs, and surprisingly I've seen loads of dyson a in shops too! | ||
| Post# 211643 , Reply# 10 12/29/2012 at 15:31 (4,403 days old) by super-sweeper (KSSRC Refurbishment Center) | ||
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Seeing a Dyson,DC14 i think in Lowes once.
That,And the K-Mart store,Which used to have a commercial Eureka,Now has a Bagless Dirt-Devil quickvac or something,The cyclonic re-do of the older Dirt-Devil featherlite. (On a side note,The K-Mart I'm referring to is sadly closing,So i see that there is no need to invest in a new cleaner when the store is closing.They're now to the point that they're selling the store shelfs and what-not,So i wanted to (Obviously) Buy the Eureka.Seeing that there is now that devil in it's old place, I didn't even bother). -Alex. | ||
| Post# 212433 , Reply# 12 1/3/2013 at 21:16 (4,398 days old) by TheHooverMan (United States ) | ||
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| Post# 212435 , Reply# 13 1/3/2013 at 21:20 (4,398 days old) by dustin (Jackson, MI) | ||
I have seen lots of cheap machines in commercial settings, and I think in some cases they could be better than a commercial vac. I work at Dollar Tree, and the whole store is carpeted with some weird non-woven carpet tiles, and we have a ProTeam canister vac. No power nozzle, rather poor suction, and is VERY awkward to maneuver through the aisles. I think a cheap bagless upright would be a great improvement! Of course the store on the other side of town has a Sanitaire 886!
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| Post# 212436 , Reply# 14 1/3/2013 at 21:25 (4,398 days old) by dustin (Jackson, MI) | ||
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| Post# 212539 , Reply# 20 1/4/2013 at 16:28 (4,397 days old) by dustin (Jackson, MI) | ||
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Post# 212562 , Reply# 21 1/4/2013 at 19:00 (4,397 days old) by KirbyClassicIII  (Milwaukie, Oregon) |
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Anyone of you here remember using any of the 1987-92 household Royal uprights in a commercial setting? And if so, please post any pictures that you may have of these.
Model list: 881, 882, 883, 884, 885, 886/887, 889, 992/993, 994/995/996, 6000, 6005, 6500, 6800, 6805, 8000, 9000/9005/9089, 9100 and 9700? ~Ben | ||
| Post# 212627 , Reply# 22 1/4/2013 at 23:52 (4,397 days old) by vacuumfreak95 (Aransas Pass, Tx) | ||
Hotels using Bissells! | ||
| Post# 214406 , Reply# 23 1/16/2013 at 13:14 (4,385 days old) by sanitaire (anchorage, alaska) | ||
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when I worked at a hotel for a few sumers we had commerical grade prolux and a few older advance brand wide area vacs. the cleaners at my dads office had a residential vac catch on fire.... | ||
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Post# 214492 , Reply# 24 1/17/2013 at 02:32 (4,385 days old) by tolivac (Greenville,NC) |
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And-OSHA frowns on the use of residentual vacuums in a commercial place-no three wire cord.But it is done everyday.At the places I shop--now I am seeing more household vacuums being used-usually cheap,bagless ones.We all know what happens to the vac when it is ready to die--into the dumpster! | ||
| Post# 214793 , Reply# 26 1/19/2013 at 11:54 (4,382 days old) by fan-of-fans (USA) | ||
I haven't seen a lot of vacuums being used in stores, so not sure. I did however see a Windsor being used at Belk dept store. At McDonald's I saw a purple Bissell Powerforce bagless being used to clean the rugs. At a gas station near my house there was a beige/tan mid 1980s top hose Kenmore canister sitting in the back hall. At a furniture store I also used to see an early 1980s beige/tan front hose Kenmore canister for a long time. I wonder if it's still there?
Where I work we have a bronze Bissell PowerTrak bagless upright that the cleaning people used to use each week. We now have a new cleaning lady but I never see her use the vacuum. There are also Dirt Devil cordless hand vacs for quick dusting. | ||
| Post# 216412 , Reply# 28 1/28/2013 at 09:14 (4,373 days old) by Blackheart (North Dakota) | ||
Eurekalux
My grandma had my dad drop off an "electrolux" they've been using in their work place when i heard electrolux immediately i was thinking it was one of the eureka made ones.
Well i wake up yesterday and find a dirty eurekalux versatility next to the door, the handle release is broken the handle is broken the hose has a large rip in it, the hepa filter is just black with filth and has little holes in it, pre motor filter and frame just clogged with fine dust, the turbo tool has seized up surprisingly the motor doesn't sound bad...yet but this seems like one of those cases in which people think don't think about the filters at all or just simply expect any household vacuum to hold up to the neglect and abuse a true commercial machine can withstand. | ||
| Post# 216973 , Reply# 30 1/31/2013 at 14:36 (4,370 days old) by parwaz786 ( ) | ||
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My Dad's friend owns a massive Holy place of worship and he uses only ONE Dyson DC27 multi floor in there! | ||
| Post# 216982 , Reply# 31 1/31/2013 at 15:35 (4,370 days old) by dustin (Jackson, MI) | ||
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Dollar Tree
We have 2 crummy (or worn out) Royal rubber bladed push sweepers at our store, I have used both and neither works very well. I wish we had a sanitaire at our store. I vacuumed the store monday night with the Proteam Running vac (it is vacuumed every night) and ended up changing the bag twice. It starts out with good suction, then loses most of it as the bag gets around 1/4 full.. annoying to say the least.
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| Post# 216995 , Reply# 32 1/31/2013 at 17:04 (4,370 days old) by marks_here (_._) | ||
Back in 1976 the holiday inn ft. myers beach used kirby classic III , they had a couple of them stolen so they had to bring them in the rooms when the cleaning staff went to lunch, then a few years later they got the hoover u4119 then I told them about the sanitaire which they used I guess until my last visit there which was in 1996.
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| Post# 217098 , Reply# 33 2/1/2013 at 12:22 (4,369 days old) by dysondestijl (east midlands, UK) | ||
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At a local cafeteria they have used a dyson DC01 for as long as I can remember, they also have a dyson DC04 which is not used as often but still is quite old. Also a wilkinsons store near me used to have a non clutched DC04 but it was all hard floors lol | ||
| Post# 217101 , Reply# 34 2/1/2013 at 13:24 (4,369 days old) by SeamusUK (Dover Kent UK) | ||
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The Non Clutch DC04... It was probably a Constantmax- the Wilkinson in Canterbury had one despite everything apart from the doormats being hard floor.. Seamus | ||
| Post# 217105 , Reply# 35 2/1/2013 at 13:58 (4,369 days old) by dysondestijl (east midlands, UK) | ||
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Nah it wasn't, it was the green one, the constant max one was red, and was only 1100watts I think, and yeah they only have carpeted doormats, however I suppose it was always kept next to the door. | ||
| Post# 217212 , Reply# 36 2/2/2013 at 08:36 (4,368 days old) by NYCWriter (New York City) | ||
The misconception about commercial vacuums ...
... is that they're more powerful performers than domestic models, which is generally not true at all. In fact, many, if not most, commercial models do not perform as well as domestic models in the home because they're designed for *endurance* more than *performance*.
Most commercial carpets are made from barely-there nap; it's extremely rare to see the kind of plush carpeting we have in our homes in commercial settings. Commercial vacuums are generally designed, therefore, to handle this low-resistance carpeting. And the motors in these units aren't designed necessarily for more power, but longer endurance; they're designed to be run 8 hours a day, 7 days a week, as opposed to domestic models that are designed for, at best, an hour or two a couple times a week. | ||
| Post# 217225 , Reply# 38 2/2/2013 at 10:11 (4,368 days old) by TheHooverMan (United States ) | ||
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| Post# 217234 , Reply# 39 2/2/2013 at 11:16 (4,368 days old) by bagintheback (Flagstaff, Arizona) | ||
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It is getting worse
Yesterday I caught a Target employee using an Electrolux Ergorapido stick vac to clean their filthy entry carpet. The battery sounded like it was going to die any second. A few months ago I saw them using a Bissell Cleanveiw; must not have lasted long. When will anybody learn you can not use domestic vacuums in commercial settings?!
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| Post# 217236 , Reply# 40 2/2/2013 at 11:40 (4,368 days old) by Blackheart (North Dakota) | ||
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More domestics.
Our custodial team always gets domestic vacuums i am not too happy with what they give us i keep pushing for a bagged unit but i keep hearing that they don't want to buy bags (the cheapest bags for the unit i had in mind were $1 a piece) i kept explaining that bags would give better performance would require a lot less upkeep for us within the time i've been on this team we've had a bissell powerforce bagged (shortly) i don't know what happened to that one it was gone not too long after i joined. It was then replaced with a powerforce bagless and i hated that thing with a passion i would encourage my co workers to clean out the cup and filters hours before they had to use it, if they had to use it that is, to allow it time to dry.
Their newest vac is one of those eureka endeavor NLS i've not used it yet but i'm really not expecting much from it. | ||
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Post# 217238 , Reply# 41 2/2/2013 at 12:44 (4,368 days old) by luxlife (Under a Pecan Tree) |
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Another reason why some businesses use domestic vacuums is because OSHA requirements for grounded plugs are rarely ever enforced. I think hospitals and health care settings come under more scrutiny. | ||
| Post# 217242 , Reply# 42 2/2/2013 at 13:28 (4,368 days old) by TheHooverMan (United States ) | ||
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| Post# 217255 , Reply# 43 2/2/2013 at 13:47 (4,368 days old) by dysondestijl (east midlands, UK) | ||
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incresting numbers of stores in the UK are using G-Tech coordless power sweepers(i believe shark do something of the like in the US). WHY????? its a sweeper, it has no suction, just a spinning brush, and they expect to clean their whole store every day! its just stupid! | ||
| Post# 217263 , Reply# 45 2/2/2013 at 15:22 (4,368 days old) by beko1987 (Stokenchurch, United Kingdom) | ||
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Found some pics. 
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| Post# 217264 , Reply# 46 2/2/2013 at 15:24 (4,368 days old) by beko1987 (Stokenchurch, United Kingdom) | ||
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Got to love early 2000s camera phones! 
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| Post# 217276 , Reply# 47 2/2/2013 at 16:30 (4,368 days old) by KirbyUltimateG (Troy Ohio 45373 USA) | ||
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Sanitaire/Eureka F&G uprights/Hoover Convertibles/Decades/Elites/Legacys/Concepts/WindTunnels/PortaPowers/SteamVacs/Royal All Metal uprights/Kirby uprights were originally used in residential settings years ago. They need to bring these back to the residential market ASAP! They are excellent machines! | ||
| Post# 217285 , Reply# 48 2/2/2013 at 17:11 (4,368 days old) by AlexHoovers94 (Manchester UK) | ||
Imagine a hoover turbopower 1 in commercial setting | ||
| Post# 217286 , Reply# 49 2/2/2013 at 17:18 (4,368 days old) by KirbyUltimateG (Troy Ohio 45373 USA) | ||
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Commercial users need to start using these machines ASAP! Sanitaire/Eureka F&G uprights/Hoover Convertibles/Decades/Elites/Legacys/Concepts/WindTunnels/PortaPowers/SteamVacs/Royal All Metal uprights/Kirby uprights These are great for commercial settings! | ||
| Post# 217292 , Reply# 50 2/2/2013 at 17:47 (4,368 days old) by Marks_here (_._) | ||
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When I worked in housekeeping at a hotel in South Florida, they started with the hoover industrial (too heavy, lasted a long time) then they started getting the eureka's from k-mart until osha said they had to be 3-prong so maintenance cut off the ends & put on a 3-prong plug & when we got inspected LOL got fined $500 for every vacuum not grounded, went to the hoover commercial (like the elite in orange, no height adj.)which they were so-so IF you could keep the wheels on & the fans from not breaking. I tried to tell them which machines to get but it all comes down to budget and a bonus for the manager at the end of the month for not spending alot of money.
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| Post# 222597 , Reply# 52 3/8/2013 at 20:25 (4,334 days old) by myles_v (Fredericksburg, VA) | ||
Oh goodness, 
I always see residential type vacuum cleaners in commercial settings. A grocery store near me used to have an Oreck with the handle on backwards, and that has been replaced with one of those terrible Bissell Powerforce machines. Quite a while ago I saw a Dirt Devil of some sort being used in a Kohl's store, I remember that it was a machine I've never seen before.
I once saw a motel using bagless Dirt Devils to clean their rooms (I wasn't staying in that motel, I just saw the maid's cart while driving by). My dad recently bought a Bissell Easy Vac for a room at the office he works at. He just went to Walmart and bought the cheapest vacuum there. I kind of can't believe I let him do that, he's told me about how dirty it has gotten already and I'm not even sure if he still has it. | ||
| Post# 222812 , Reply# 53 3/9/2013 at 19:53 (4,333 days old) by sebo_fan (Scotland, UK, member AKA ukvacfan, & Nar2) | ||
In my town in Scotland we tend to have a number of private shops that use domestic uprights and canisters. The biggest amount of old uprights seem to be the Hoover Turbopower 1, 2 and 3 series; mostly battered, scraped and abused they appear to just keep on going. More modern businesses like recently opened cafes have bag-less Vax Swift/Dirt Devil paper pleated cone uprights.
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| Post# 222836 , Reply# 54 3/9/2013 at 23:15 (4,333 days old) by myles_v (Fredericksburg, VA) | ||
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I'm going to guess that the reason for the use of domestic vacuums in commercial settings is because some business owners don't know that commercial vacuums cleaners even exist, or they don't know that they need commercial vacuum. This thread kind of reminds me of my grandma telling me about the vacuum at the place she works at (which from what she told me I could guess was some sort of Hoover twin chamber) being filled completely because no one there cared to clean it (she was a decent human being and cleaned it out). I think that some business owners expect the machines to be neglected, so they just buy the cheapest machines they find at Walmart, Target, ETC. Or maybe business owners discover that many commercial machines are simply remakes of domestic machines, so they don't think there's a difference.
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| Post# 222931 , Reply# 55 3/10/2013 at 16:40 (4,332 days old) by sebo_fan (Scotland, UK, member AKA ukvacfan, & Nar2) | ||
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I think it has more to do with expense. The cost of commercial uprights are astronomical in the UK with some other private dealers charging a lot for canister vacs like Numatic's Henry without the smiley face.
Case in point, (see the link if you wish) the SEBO X1 Automatic upright under the commercial branding is Ł334-96 before Value Added Tax is added (VAT.) compared to the more modern Sebo X1.1 at Ł234 with VAT added. Even cheaper cost prices for the SEBO X uprights are available - but having to shell out the amount for the commercial version is taking the pi**! The commercial warranty is also shorter (usually 2 or 3 years) compared to what SEBO UK offer for domestic. Effectively you're getting an upgraded, newer model that can use the mini turbo brush compared to the Ensign Stealth 1 or 2 that can't due to the older design. Yet buyers aren't aware of it and if they are, they'll take the domestic version. Other shop owners I've spoken to depending on the service they supply just use whatever they've brought from home, especially small local business owners - and you are quite correct Myles, most owners just buy the cheapest appliance they can find in the hope that it will clean up to their standards. For larger businesses, a few are now beginning to recognise that Numatic are the cheapest way of getting a vacuum cleaner on the shop floor. The domestic cost prices are far cheaper and some are also investing in Sebo uprights for carpet areas. I recently sold my X4 to a business owner who runs a large company. I couldn't believe it when he said he had gone through many vacuums as they just didn't last and though they had a Henry which they still have, they had gone through 3 of the air driven turbo brushes to get the carpet clean. So far he's had the X4 for about five months now and its plain sailing! CLICK HERE TO GO TO sebo_fan's LINK | ||
| Post# 222938 , Reply# 56 3/10/2013 at 17:07 (4,332 days old) by compamac () | ||
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My Dad's place At my Dad's business they use a powerforce that I got and refurbished. They only have a small area to clean so it's not that big an issue. It is emptied normally and gets maintained often. | ||
| Post# 227784 , Reply# 60 4/10/2013 at 20:55 (4,301 days old) by sebo_fan (Scotland, UK, member AKA ukvacfan, & Nar2) | ||
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I guess it depends on the type of school where domestic appliances are concerned. I know of several private schools run by board of directors who really squeeze the money on cleaning resulting in a lot of cleaners bringing in their own vacuums from home and inevitably if is an old machine from the 1980s or 1990s end up leaving it in the school to clean the carpets.
Council run schools in the UK end up either using contract cleaners where the school has already supplied the commercial vacuum or the company hired bring in their own machines. My old primary school had a whole fleet of Kirby uprights. I remember them well. I used to love watching the cleaner use the Kirby uprights on the carpet, not just for the way they sounded but for the headlight to come on every time the machine was switched on, as well as the noise. Having spoken to the current manager of the cleaning firm, they got rid of the Kirby uprights a long time ago because of the price of the dust bags. How I would have wanted one of those uprights back then had I known! | ||
| Post# 228005 , Reply# 61 4/11/2013 at 20:01 (4,300 days old) by myles_v (Fredericksburg, VA) | ||
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| Post# 317646 , Reply# 62 3/6/2015 at 18:59 (3,606 days old) by fan-of-fans (USA) | ||
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| Post# 317652 , Reply# 63 3/6/2015 at 23:51 (3,606 days old) by human (Pines of Carolina) | ||
My elementary school had a Kirby Omega to vacuum the carpet in the library when I was a student there back in the early '70s. Looking back on it--and knowing what I now know about state purchasing contracts and Kirby's sales model, it seems somewhat odd they had that machine. Maybe it was purchased with PTA funds and somebody on the PTA knew a Kirby rep who gave the school a good deal.
I work part time at a small retail store. We took a $79 plastic Bissell upright from stock to vacuum the two 4-by-6-foot rugs at the entrance. It's all we really need for that task. We'd had a plastic Hoover before that and somebody actually bought the thing at a substantial discount. We originally had a Dayton shop vac, but we never used it. It was too unwieldy for our needs and it took up too much space in our tiny stock room. | ||
| Post# 317823 , Reply# 65 3/9/2015 at 06:36 (3,604 days old) by sebo_fan (Scotland, UK, member AKA ukvacfan, & Nar2) | ||
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| Post# 317840 , Reply# 66 3/9/2015 at 10:48 (3,603 days old) by suctionselector (Leeds, England) | ||
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| Post# 317866 , Reply# 68 3/9/2015 at 15:44 (3,603 days old) by human (Pines of Carolina) | ||
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The sweepers are intended to be less annoying to the customers since they make almost no noise. I worked at Pizza Hut back in the early '80s, when Pizza Huts still had dining rooms, and we used the sweeper when the restaurant was open. It was just for spot cleaning behind messy customers and it wasn't all that effective. We only hauled out the shop vac after we had closed for the night and the last customer was out the door. We did the entire dining room with that.
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| Post# 317879 , Reply# 69 3/9/2015 at 18:54 (3,603 days old) by HVRVACLVR (Altoona PA) | ||
Most stores/restaurants where I live use the cheap Walmart vacuums like Bissell Powerforces, Eureka Airspeeds, or Dirt Devil Quickvacs. I've seen a few using Sharks. The only place that I've seen using a commercial vacuum is the Dollar Tree. I've seen them using a Sanitaire.
I can tell a lot of the department stores just use their display vacuums. At Best Buy, the Eureka Airspeed is always full of dirt and bits of Styrofoam. | ||
| Post# 317912 , Reply# 71 3/10/2015 at 07:53 (3,603 days old) by sebo_fan (Scotland, UK, member AKA ukvacfan, & Nar2) | ||
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When I was younger I worked in a few busy restaurants and coffee shops. Sweepers are great to have, especially the HOKY ones with the rubber blades. No noise, great pick up and can be done discreetly between customers that reaffirms the business policy of keeping things clean. Also handles minor wet messes where a cloth is not always best, or if staff are rushed for time.
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| Post# 317919 , Reply# 73 3/10/2015 at 10:36 (3,602 days old) by citroenbx (england) | ||
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I use a hoover turbopower 2 in a commercial environment upstairs and up to last month a dyson dc07 down stairs
and they do all right the dc07 on second wand hoover turbopower 2 bad autosense and bad bearings but has been there for long time and goes through a bag full of soot about once a month and dyson has it's filter washed and bin emptied every week R.I.P TO THE DC07 IT BIT THE DUST | ||
| Post# 318123 , Reply# 74 3/12/2015 at 20:13 (3,600 days old) by fan-of-fans (USA) | ||
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At schools here I recall seeing a plastic Sanitaire F&G based upright and a Windsor upright in a cafeteria.
I recall recently, when I ate at the Golden Corral buffet, they had a rechargeable sweeper, possibly a Shark to sweep the carpets around tables. It was quiet and seemed to do a decent job picking up food particles. I imagine they have to steam clean the carpets regularly as well. | ||
| Post# 318128 , Reply# 75 3/12/2015 at 21:20 (3,600 days old) by niclonnic (Bonney Lake, WA) | ||
I am in a community based transition program for young adults with special needs. We go out to different job sites to transition to the world of work after high school.
At the portables where our program is based, we have two Eurekas: a Boss SmartVac and a Whirlwind Plus. Most job sites I go to have domestic vacuums, such as Bissells, a Hoover Windtunnel and a Eureka Boss Power Plus upright. I've used a Shark at a family center. The only place I've seen using a commercial vacuum is a city community center. They have an Oreck XL. A local church also had an Oreck, but they've replaced it with a Hoover Windtunnel Air Steerable. I've seen an old soldiers' home use Windsor vacuums. At an elementary school portable, I saw a Dyson DC33 as well as a Bissell Powerforce bagless vacuum. When I was in high school, one of my classrooms had a Dirt Devil Dynamite, as well as a Eureka 4-in-1 vacuum in pink. One time at Target a few years ago, I saw an employee using a Bissell Cleanview Helix to vacuum the entryway carpet. It sounded very clogged. | ||
| Post# 368431 , Reply# 76 3/14/2017 at 18:42 (2,867 days old) by crazykirbydude (Lexington, KY) | ||
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| Post# 447514 , Reply# 77 10/31/2021 at 15:16 (1,175 days old) by fan-of-fans (USA) | ||
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Today I went to Winn Dixie, and while I was standing in the checkout line I saw two vacuums up front.
One was a green and yellow Bissell Commercial ProBag hard case bagged upright. The other was a gray and orange Hoover Taskvac hard case bagged upright. I know the Bissell Commercial is really just a rebadged Powerforce with a grounded power cord. But it was nice seeing actual COMMERCIAL grade BAGGED vacuums being used for a change. Both looked pretty new. In the same plaza a while back I went to the Dollar Tree and there was a Sanitaire F&G upright with the gray plastic hood, and a bagless Bissell Powerforce. SO 50/50 I guess there. | ||
| Post# 447522 , Reply# 78 10/31/2021 at 18:53 (1,175 days old) by wstonehocker96 (North Carolina) | ||
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Domestic machines in commercial settings is a mistake and should be outlawed. | ||
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Post# 447527 , Reply# 79 11/1/2021 at 05:03 (1,175 days old) by KirbyClassicIII (Milwaukie, Oregon) |
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Post# 447528 , Reply# 80 11/1/2021 at 06:31 (1,175 days old) by tolivac (Greenville,NC) |
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I see Shark vacuums being used commercially----When thy die or the filters hopelessly clogged-into the dumpster it goes to be replaced with another. | ||
| Post# 447667 , Reply# 81 11/5/2021 at 20:53 (1,170 days old) by bagintheback (Flagstaff, Arizona) | ||
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Old Thread!
I haven't thought of this subject in a long time, but it reminds me of something I saw recently. During this summer my family and I were in Kona, Hawaii, and right outside the airport TSA checkpoint was a Hoover Elite 200! In the wild! In 2021! Surprising good shape for something that is over 30 years old.
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And keep in mind many business places are going to cleaning contractors-they clean the place after business hours.The business owner may not have cleaning equipment of any kind.The contractor provides it. | ||
| Post# 475026 , Reply# 87 1/5/2025 at 13:16 by fan-of-fans (USA) | ||
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I went to Winn Dixie on Friday evening, and I noticed a Bissell PowerForce Compact bagless upright was being used to vacuum the rugs in produce and carpeting at the front of the store. The rest of the store has vinyl tiles with wood looking floors in produce and the liquor area, so I guess it’s only used in the rug and carpet areas.
I did notice the guy vacuuming did turn it over to see if the brush roll was turning. | ||
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