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Thread Number: 43108
/ Tag: Recent Vacuum Cleaners from past 20 years
Are mini-electrified upholstery tools better than turbo tools? |
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| Post# 450918 , Reply# 1 3/20/2022 at 02:24 (760 days old) by huskyvacs (Gnaw Bone, Indiana) | ||
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| Post# 450922 , Reply# 2 3/20/2022 at 06:27 (760 days old) by Blackheart (North Dakota) | ||
oh definitely
With turbines you're sacrificing your airflow to create agitation. With an electric head you get agitation without losing all that flow. I will say i'm not terribly fond of the HEB160. I find it's shape a little awkward to use and it's airpath seems rather restrictive. I do like the stairpro quite a bit. From what I can see it too uses a geared belt.
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| Post# 450924 , Reply# 3 3/20/2022 at 09:34 (760 days old) by fan-of-fans (USA) | ||
I'm not sure on that, I think the older Electrolux Sidekicks did have overload protection. The one that came with my Grand Marquis does. I believe some of the older Power Mate Jr's did too, but I'm not sure.
But yeah, I haven't seen any turbo tools that don't bog down. Maybe some of the bigger ones might do better, like the one Beam used for their central vacs. The motorized tools I find work alright on upholstery, but not so much for carpeted surfaces. I've tried using them on the car's carpeting and forget it, they throw sand everywhere and bog down. I find a vacuum with lots of airflow like a Shop Vac is best for that. The floor mats I take out and use the big power nozzle on. | ||
| Post# 450928 , Reply# 4 3/20/2022 at 12:37 (760 days old) by human (Pines of Carolina) | ||
Yeah, I'm not a huge fan of turbo brushes. My introduction to turbo nozzles was one that was with a bagless Bissell that a former girlfriend had. When she moved in with me, she insisted we use that instead of my Electrolux 1205. I tried using the turbo brush on the steps and as HuskyVacs said, it stopped rotating as soon as it touched the carpet and thus was absolutely useless. That said, of the turbo brushes I've tried, the original Kirby Turbo Brush that was marketed with the orange and gray Heritage I is probably the best of a bad lot. The later Zipp brushes are a joke. It amazes me they've been around for as long as they have.
I'm much more a fan of SideKick style mini power nozzles and have accumulated several over the years. All of the ones I have feature overload protection and most have their own on/off switch. My only real complaint is the angle of the opening is a little awkward but it's still pretty easy to get used to. | ||
| Post# 450944 , Reply# 5 3/21/2022 at 15:53 (759 days old) by robsmith1977 (Shippensburg, Pennsylvania) | ||
German Quality
You just can't go wrong with the Wessel-Werks mini electric power nozzle. I know that it may cost just a little bit more than most air-driven tools but it's sooooo worth it for doing furniture and car interiors and the like. And they're just as amazing if not better when used with a vacuum that has super suction such as a central vac.
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| Post# 451040 , Reply# 7 3/25/2022 at 09:57 (755 days old) by kirbylux77 (London, Ontario, Canada) | ||
I have the Stair Pro, Wessel Werk HEB160, and Electrolux Sidekick's 1 and 2. The Wessel Werk is nice, but the Stair Pro is SIGNIFICANTLY better by a long shot. Has a far better brushroll and easier to clean out debris from the brushroll and brushroll area. The only area the Wessel Werk is better is the connection is more universal to work with more brands, but that is solved with a wand adapter and pigtail cord on the Stair Pro.
One improvement I would like all these mini electric powerheads to make though is to make a quick release brushroll that can be swapped out for a rubber brushroll like the turbo brushes on pet vacuums used today. Ya sure the turbo brushes rob the vacuum's airflow to work, but the pet turbo brushes also don't get jammed up with pet hair like the mini electric powerheads do. Rob | ||
| Post# 451061 , Reply# 8 3/26/2022 at 00:41 (755 days old) by panasonicvac (Northern Utah) | ||
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