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Thread Number: 32009
/ Tag: Recent Vacuum Cleaners from past 20 years
Still using the straight suction on the carpets? You must see this. |
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| Post# 352629 , Reply# 1 5/22/2016 at 12:42 (2,888 days old) by Blackheart (North Dakota) | ||
For deep carpet cleaning. | ||
| Post# 352638 , Reply# 2 5/22/2016 at 15:24 (2,888 days old) by human (Pines of Carolina) | ||
Agree on agitation... | ||
| Post# 352641 , Reply# 3 5/22/2016 at 16:13 (2,888 days old) by kenkart () | ||
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I use a upright occasionally But use straight suction most of the time, you would be amazed how much grit and dust a good straight suction nozzle will pick up behind a upright! | ||
| Post# 352657 , Reply# 6 5/23/2016 at 06:21 (2,888 days old) by sebo_fan (Scotland, UK, member AKA ukvacfan, & Nar2) | ||
"Agitation is a must." Really? | ||
| Post# 352665 , Reply# 8 5/23/2016 at 08:27 (2,888 days old) by sebo_fan (Scotland, UK, member AKA ukvacfan, & Nar2) | ||
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| Post# 352681 , Reply# 9 5/23/2016 at 12:29 (2,887 days old) by Mike81 () | ||
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brush strips It these black brush strips are standard then I assume those red ones are very stiff. I might even order one. Replacing is very easy indeed. | ||
Post# 352782 , Reply# 10 5/25/2016 at 16:10 (2,885 days old) by n0oxy  (Saint Louis Missouri, United States) |
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cleaning carpets Agitation will always clean carpets better, or at least make it easier. I'm actually amazed that so few backpack vacuums include a hook up for a power nozzle. | ||
| Post# 352841 , Reply# 11 5/27/2016 at 05:10 (2,884 days old) by Turbo500 (West Yorkshire, UK) | ||
Agitation will always clean carpets better
In my experience, it depends on the carpet and the vacuum.
For example, Vax in the UK have a budget range of single cyclonic uprights that aren't great machines overall but have a very aggresive brushroll. I recently refurbed one for a friend and when I ran it over our hallway, I had to stop as it was ripping the carpet fibres up. My Sebo upright or my PN Miele don't do that. Our carpet is a medium pile, hard wearing loop and I can get away with using either a cleaner with a brushroll or straight suction. Both do a good job. However, my sister has a thick, wool loop pile carpet throughout the upstairs of her house and she absolutely cannot use a brushroll on it. They rip the carpet to bits and make it go all fuzzy. On the flip side of that, my in laws have a thick, cut pile carpet and that absolutely needs an upright - cylinders do nothing on it. | ||
| Post# 352886 , Reply# 12 5/28/2016 at 01:02 (2,883 days old) by sebo_fan (Scotland, UK, member AKA ukvacfan, & Nar2) | ||
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Well said Chris.
The only Vax I have found that has the least aggressive brush roll is that of the Cordless AIR and previous Air uprights. I haven’t tried the current range. I may change one of the carpets I have to a more hardwearing texture. Backpack vacs dont tend to have power nozzles because its all about being lightweight for the owner. Traditionally a few were used to clean air planes and relied solely on suction only floor heads. The thin carpets may have more to do with it. | ||
| Post# 352889 , Reply# 13 5/28/2016 at 05:25 (2,883 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa) | ||
I have a house that has 50/ 50 carpets and Tiles/wooden flooring. I will always gravitate towards a upright vacuum, I just find them easier and more conveinant to use. That said I have always said that for the convenience and to properly clean a home having a canister and a Upright is the best solution. The upright for the quick day to day cleaning and the canister for going under beads and above the floor cleaning. In South Africa their is currently no canister on the market with a electric PN outside of D2D machines like Rainbow and Thermax.
I have to admit that while I own a few canisters with PN's I fine them clunky and heavy to use, I just think why not just use a upright instead. For my own home cleaning though I go through stages, Some times I just prefer using a straight suction canister for all the cleaning and then I swap to a upright. What I do notice is how much better the carpets feel to walk on when I have gone back to a upright. They really do lift the carpet pile They also look cleaner. | ||
| Post# 352893 , Reply# 14 5/28/2016 at 06:31 (2,883 days old) by Turbo500 (West Yorkshire, UK) | ||
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| Post# 355157 , Reply# 16 7/2/2016 at 06:55 (2,848 days old) by sebo_fan (Scotland, UK, member AKA ukvacfan, & Nar2) | ||
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Post# 355234 , Reply# 18 7/3/2016 at 01:05 (2,847 days old) by tolivac (Greenville,NC) |
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Are you sure you want to store a really old flag in a space bag-I would be concerned the pressure could damage it. | ||
| Post# 355249 , Reply# 19 7/3/2016 at 07:44 (2,847 days old) by vacerator (Macomb Michigan) | ||
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Rex, he died in 1975, and I keep it between a folded blanket. It's been in a bag for a twenty years. | ||
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Post# 355296 , Reply# 20 7/4/2016 at 00:10 (2,846 days old) by Tolivac (Greenville,NC) |
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If the flag has been in the bag that long then no worries. CLICK HERE TO GO TO Tolivac's LINK | ||
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