Vacuum cleaners
There are many types of vacuum cleaners on the market and deciding on the best one for you can be overwhelmingly difficult. Before purchasing a vacuum cleaner you can make your choice easier by writing a checklist outlining the type of cleaning you might have to do. As an example you might look at your lifestyle, the type of house you live in, do you have wall to wall carpeting, a lot of curtains or soft furniture fabric to vacuum, and whether or not you have pets and kids, as both can bring a lot of the outside dirt into your house.
A check list might look something like this:
Listed below are some of the common types of vacuum cleaners best suited for certain types of households and jobs. Upright Vacuum Cleaners Cylinder Type Vacuum Cleaners Cordless Vacuum Cleaners
a. Carpets wall to wall carpets or hard floors with a few rugs.
b. Do you have many stairs which will make lugging a vacuum cleaner up and down those stairs week in and week out a back breaking job.
c. Children bringing in the outdoor dirt is a natural event in their daily play as well as pets with the associated pet hair clinging to carpet and seating fibres.
d. Will I need to use it on the vehicles, how easily will it be to manouvre around small spaces.
The upright cleaner is great for households with wall to wall carpeting. These are powerful and will lift the dirt out of carpets efficiently, they are easy to manipulate and you can lower the handles to get underneath furniture quite easily. These machines usually have a plethora of onboard tools to do various other cleaning tasks such as curtains sofas and hard floors.
Upright cleaners have a powerful turbo head/brush for really getting deep into the carpet and lift the pile helping to free more grit and dirt. Note: the head requires the occasional maintenance to free it of hairs to prevent it eventually getting blocked up.
These are ideal for households with both hard floors and a few rugs or carpets. They are easy to manoeuvre around furniture and some come with a variety of tools for curtains and upholstery.
Both types come with bags or are bag-less. Bags are cheap and the benefit is no mess as you just drop the whole bag into the garbage when it is full.
However, some bag-less vacuum cleaner manufacturers use modern technology that effectively filter dirt and dust from both the air and the motor. This system, the HEPA (High Efficiency Particulate Air) is ideal for keeping the surrounding air clean and free from airborne dust as you work and a must if you or family members suffer from asthma and allergies.
These are ideal for working on stairs and worth buying in addition to the main vacuum cleaner. If you have a home with a staircase get a cordless just for this purpose to save a lot of effort, it can also be used to vacuum out the car. This cordless unit will also come in handy for those little clean up jobs that might have to be done around the kitchen, the type of job so small that it is not worth getting out the main unit.
Vacuum Cleaning - The general care of your carpets and floors
If you have pets and wall to wall carpets then you know pet hairs can be a problem Obviously a powerful cleaner is a must, but in addition you will need a turbo head for ease of lifting these fine hairs from carpets and upholstery. Pet hairs cling fast, an upright unit is usually powerful enough for lifting these hairs but if you opt for a cylinder make sure it comes with a turbo head. General Carpet care Vacuum once a week in lightly traffic areas more often in heavy traffic areas as this will help prolong the life of your carpet. Even if you have hard floors you will need to do this as even wooden floors can be damaged with a build up of grit.
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