Canister vacuums are used on hard surfaces or smaller, carpeted areas, like your car or stairs. A suction hose picks up dirt and many feature a retractable cord for easy maneuvering. Deep cleaners use warm water for spot removal and carpet treatment. These vacuums are ideal for large, carpeted areas of the house. Uprights use a motor-driven beater brush that loosens and removes dirt through suction. Most come with onboard attachments for versatile use. There are designs with bags to capture dust and debris and others that are bagless. Some uprights feature height adjustments, allowing you to clean dense carpet or hardwood floors with the flip of a switch. Handheld vacuums can clean areas that are too large for your upright. Portable and cordless designs make them ideal for cleaning small areas. These are perfect for cleaning up after children and pets. Commonly used for quick cleanup areas, such as kitchen and bathroom floors. Most stick vacuums have a dirt cup, as opposed to bags, to collect debris.

These vacuums are made to collect pet hair and fur and minimize pet odors in your home. Simply set up the sensor boundaries, choose your settings and let your robot vacuum clean the floors for you. Cordless and compact, these vacuums clean with precision while saving you time. “Jose was very warm and friendly when we arrived and Alex really knows his stuff with sewing machines and sergers.” “I only knew of Miele before but these other ones were definite contenders, until we narrowed it down.” “We got a Brothers sewing + embroidery machine and I LOVE IT!!!”To learn more about HEPA vacuum cleaners, click here. On this page, let’s have a couple of stories which hopefully will convince you to use nothing but a true-HEPA vacuum cleaner in your home…for mold remediation and for everyday cleaning. Story: “There has to be mold in this house.” Kathleen called to say that she was on the highest level of her asthma medication. Even though her house was only two years old, there had to be mold there.

So off I went, with all my cases and microscope, to do a full mold inspection, but no mold was found. Here’s what turned out to be the problem: Their cleaning company was using a vacuum cleaner that was not HEPA quality. The cleaners used the same vacuum cleaner in Kathleen’s house that they used in a house with dogs. Because the vacuum cleaner was spewing dust and other allergens back into room air, Kathleen’s house was getting a dose of dog dander throughout. upright deep cleaner vacuumKathleen was highly allergic to dogs, and this exposure through the cleaning company was enough to have her on the highest level of her asthma medication.sanyo vacuum cleaner user manual I suggested that Kathleen get her own quality HEPA vacuum cleaner and insist that the cleaning company use only that vacuum at her home. are russell hobbs vacuum cleaners good

Kathleen later called to say that within two weeks, she was off all asthma medication. Story: “Every time I vacuum, my asthma kicks up.” This statement was not from a client of mine. I happen to be doing a mold inspection at someone’s house when their cleaning people were there. Since I had the opportunity, I checked the cleaning company’s vacuum cleaner with a laser particle counter. That means, I held this device up to the exhaust air at the vacuum cleaner, and the device counted the particles in a cubic foot of exhaust air. With a true HEPA vacuum cleaner, the counts are typically close to zero. At this vacuum cleaner, the levels were over 90,000. This cleaning company was spreading dust around and leaving the air dirtier than it was before they cleaned. When I turned the vacuum cleaner side-wards to look at the flow of air coming out the vent, a stream of dust was actually visible. This was one of the worst vacuum cleaners I ever saw, and the chassis was marked “hypoallergenic.”

Who made the statement about her asthma kicking up? … the poor cleaning woman who was assigned the task of vacuuming with this dastardly vacuum cleaner. Story: The eye surgeon told me how his allergies were worse at the office. I asked Dr. K. to bring out the vacuum cleaner used for cleaning his office. When I demonstrated with my laser particle counter what the levels of dust were coming out in exhaust air, he couldn’t believe it. He just shook his head and asked me some questions about vacuum cleaner filtration. Story: A woman called with the complaint that she couldn’t stop coughing in her home and that there must be mold. I checked the home and there was some mold in the crawlspace, but I didn’t think this was accounting for her symptoms. I asked her to bring out her vacuum cleaner. The laser particle counter confirmed that it was bad. After she upgraded to a Nilfisk Family VAC (discontinued, unfortunately), she called me to say that her coughing was 90% better just from changing vacuum cleaners.

Comment: The one company that I could count on to offer only HEPA models has now disappointed. Nilfisk discontinued the more affordable residential model, the Family Vac. Their GM 80 is a fine unit, a bit pricier than the family VAC, but still available. However, their reps seem to be suggesting less costly canister models, such as the UZ 934 and similar models. These models have sealed chasses and true HEPA filtration. The problem lies with the placement of the motor in relation to the filter. With the Family Vac, the motor was before the filter, so when I measured with a laser particle counter, I got readings close to zero. With the UC 934 type models, the motor is after the filter, and when I measure exhaust air with the laser particle counter, my readings are up in the tens of thousands. Granted, these units are used successfully in mold remediation projects, but for a homeowner, I hesitate to recommend a unit where laser particle counter numbers are so high. I’ve been gravitating instead to Miele, but you have to be careful because Miele, too, offers non-HEPA models.