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Thread Number: 40170
/ Tag: Recent Vacuum Cleaners from past 20 years
Vacuuming posture? |
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| Post# 426530 6/5/2020 at 20:27 (1,410 days old) by fan-of-fans (USA) | ||
When you vacuum, do you have a certain posture or method that you use?
Usually when I use an upright, I hold the cord with one hand while I vacuum with the other. I guess just to keep it away from the vacuum. I notice I do this even when the vacuum has a cord grip on the handle. When I use a canister, I usually just place the canister behind me and hold the hose end with one hand. Sometimes though I hold onto the hose itself with my other hand or hold onto the wand as well as the hose end. At church I remember one lady who would always use the canister vacuum instead of one of the uprights when she cleaned. She would have the canister behind her, and hold the hose with one hand, and with the hose behind her back, she held the end of the hose with the other hand. I wondered where she got that technique, but I seem to recall it was in the old Electrolux owner's guides. Anyone know if that is true? | ||
| Post# 426538 , Reply# 1 6/5/2020 at 22:40 (1,410 days old) by huskyvacs (Gnaw Bone, Indiana) | ||
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| Post# 426624 , Reply# 2 6/7/2020 at 16:17 (1,408 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada) | ||
The instruction manual for my late grandmother’s Lewyt tub vac showed me the proper way to use a canister vac when cleaning carpets and floors: The hose handle in one hand, with the hose positioned behind your lower back so that the other hand can grip a stretch of hose to pull the canister comfortably behind you.
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| Post# 426633 , Reply# 3 6/7/2020 at 18:17 (1,408 days old) by Lesinutah (Utah) | ||
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Post# 426636 , Reply# 4 6/7/2020 at 18:42 (1,408 days old) by n0oxy  (Saint Louis Missouri, United States) |
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sidewinder I mostly use hose cleaners, either canister, backpack or central vacuum, I usually hold the hose handle in one hand and the wand in the other. There is a tool for hose cleaners called the sidewinder that lets you sweep the hose from side to side instead of going back and forth, it does allow you to clean faster and is supposed to be easier on your back. Mike CLICK HERE TO GO TO n0oxy's LINK | ||
| Post# 426880 , Reply# 5 6/13/2020 at 08:30 (1,402 days old) by pr-21 (Middletown, OH) | ||
 I use an Electrolux Canister to vacuum under beds, and on all my hard surface floors. On all hard surface I vacuum into the room so as not to track thru dirt. I use the power nozzle for the carpets, I back out of the room while vacuuming. I do the same with an upright. As a collector, I try to rotate my uprights. For touch ups I use an upright.....I have a micro fiber mop to use on my tile floors and use Shaws Hard Surface floor cleaner.....no streaks.......good for wood or tile........
PS When using the upright, I hold the cord in my left hand to keep it away from the nozzle. When using the canister, I always push it backwards and toss the cord with it to keep it out of the way.......
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| Post# 426920 , Reply# 6 6/14/2020 at 10:20 (1,401 days old) by human (Pines of Carolina) | ||
Single handed...
With an upright, I will often hold a loop of cord in the same hand as I'm gripping the handle to keep tension off the cord where it joins the machine. I leave my other hand free but will grab the cord with it when I need to move it out of the way. For canisters, I just hold onto the hose handle with one hand. I only grasp the hose with my free hand when I need to give it a gentle tug to reposition the canister.
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