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Thread Number: 34959
/ Tag: Recent Vacuum Cleaners from past 20 years
Why Domestic Canister Carpet Shampooers Are Rare |
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| Post# 377063 8/19/2017 at 14:54 (2,434 days old) by carolinaguy1996 (Candler, NC) | ||
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To anyone who uses a canister shampooer, why are the domestic versions rare? I know the commercial verisons exist, and they can work fine. | ||
| Post# 377067 , Reply# 1 8/19/2017 at 15:27 (2,434 days old) by fan-of-fans (USA) | ||
Probably for a number of reasons, some of the same ones that upright vacuums seem to be more popular now. First, most people want scrubbing action on the shampooer, and with a canister version this requires a lot of added cost and complication with a motorized power nozzle, solution and suction hoses. Upright versions are easier to set up and store than a canister unit with separate, hose, wands and nozzle.
At that time, Bissell and Kenmore were probably the bigger players in the market of household machines and only had the drum style cleaners. Then Regina came out with their upright machine with attachments, and by the time other brands such as Hoover and Eureka introduced models, they went straight with uprights and didn't bother making a canister version other than perhaps small ones for spot cleaning. Other than Rainbow, I don't really recall any household canister cleaning machines than the first two I mentioned. | ||
| Post# 377073 , Reply# 3 8/19/2017 at 16:04 (2,434 days old) by fan-of-fans (USA) | ||
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Forgot about VAX!
We had that orange model here in the States. It was in the Sears catalog, but I never saw any around.
Shop Vac had add on kits for their wet/dry vacuums that allowed hot water steam cleaning which connected to the faucets, and I think a self contained version later on. And Sears had their own version for their Craftsman wet/dry vacuums. | ||
| Post# 377077 , Reply# 4 8/19/2017 at 17:08 (2,434 days old) by Rolls_rapide (-) | ||
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Hoover Aquatronic 1100 Here's a link to the archives CLICK HERE TO GO TO Rolls_rapide's LINK | ||
| Post# 377132 , Reply# 5 8/21/2017 at 08:22 (2,433 days old) by kirbyvertibles (Independence, KS) | ||
Would the Thermax fall into this category? I do with it had a powered shampoo nozzle.
There are two I'd like to find that are super rare that I've only seen adds. One- is made by Douglas and looks like a shop vac with a big square tank for the shampooing part and has a Douglas power nozzle for dry vacuuming. The other was made by Regina. It's the Regina System III and looks just like the Thermax. A big rectangular machine and used the power nozzle used on their electrikbrooms for dry vacuuming. I have an Add i'll try to post | ||
| Post# 377147 , Reply# 7 8/21/2017 at 14:53 (2,432 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa) | ||
Here in SA the Hoover Aquamaster was the first domestic carpet machine offered, using Exhaust air from the vac motor to pressurize a tank that then sent liquid to a nozzle, This was followed up by the aqua jet which used a small pump. Electrolux was quick to follow suit and then the Bissell big clean green machine was launched here. I have one of those. They are great for cleaning furniture and cars but for carpets, too much work.
We have a Hoover V2 for that, Recently its been giving some issues so I have had to rely on the bissell, I also have access to a few industrial units like the from machines like the Mytee speedster all the way to a truck mount its to much work to get them out to use most of the time. So I have just used the bissel and last week I got the V2 working again, what a difference, The carpet looks cleaner. The upright machines just make life allot easier | ||
| Post# 377176 , Reply# 8 8/22/2017 at 12:06 (2,432 days old) by carolinaguy1996 (Candler, NC) | ||
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I agree. Upright extractors tend to be more useful. | ||
| Post# 377212 , Reply# 10 8/23/2017 at 15:28 (2,430 days old) by dysonman1 (the county) | ||
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| Post# 377214 , Reply# 11 8/23/2017 at 17:47 (2,430 days old) by Rolls_rapide (-) | ||
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Not necessarily so. Much depends upon the type of nozzle, suction power and how much force is applied to the nozzle to lock it to the carpet. I've had more success removing water from the carpet with the Hoover Aquamaster, than an upright Bissell. | ||
| Post# 377248 , Reply# 12 8/25/2017 at 05:13 (2,429 days old) by mark40511 (Lexington, KY) | ||
No way
The canisters can remove MORE water from the carpet than uprights (at least any upright that I've tried)...because you can force the wand onto the carpet to get more water out....With my upright, I have to literally tape a ten pound weight so it's heavier on the carpet and it extracts much more water this way. It makes the upright heavier but it makes it extract so much better. The uprights are not heavy enough where they meet the carpet.
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| Post# 377285 , Reply# 13 8/26/2017 at 14:25 (2,427 days old) by Numatic_boy (England) | ||
Cannisster cleaners in the UK
As said before, these cleaners are very prevelant in the UK.I personally use a 1995 numatic george.Great cleaner but you have to force the wand in the carpet to get out the muck.My upright bissell washer had an isue.the brush woukd kick the cleaner head off the carpet and it didnt seal too right.Numatic machines are very poupular with car valeters due to the construction.These machines were a head of the time,they been utilizing a pump since tgey were introduced in the 80s when vaxs and hoover cleaners used a gravity feed style system.
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| Post# 378978 , Reply# 15 9/27/2017 at 15:23 (2,395 days old) by carolinaguy1996 (Candler, NC) | ||
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Maybe, maybe not. | ||
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