|
There are many types of vacuums that people use to clean. Some vacuums are used just for everyday cleaning and other vacuums are used for professional cleaning. The two main types of vacuums are uprights and canisters. Both vacuums have their own benefits and disadvantages.
UPRIGHT VACUUMS
These types of vacuums are good in the fact that they are usually very easy to maneuver around and can be controlled with one hand. They have very powerful motors and are much more durable than other types of vacuums, including the canister. Most professional cleaners prefer to use this type of vacuum as opposed to all other vacuums.
An upright vacuum, however, is not very handy for cleaning up and down stairs, in corners, on upholstery, floors or cleaning far underneath furniture and other things. But for surface carpet cleaning, an upright is the most powerful cleaner around.
CANISTER VACUUMS
These types of vacuums are excellent for cleaning up and down stairs, on upholstery, in corners, and everywhere else where the upright vacuum cannot clean well. This vacuum is also the best choice for cleaning floors without carpets. The reason for this is because when you are using an upright to clean a hard surface floor, unless you can stop the brush from spinning as you clean, most of the dust will be scooped up by the brush and shot out the sides or out of the back of the upright vacuum. So if effect, you are not actually cleaning the floor, you are moving the dirt and dust around. The canister vacuum has an attachment for the floor. There is no brush that spins therefore the dirt and dust goes right into the vacuum and the floor gets cleaned.
The canister vacuum usually comes with an assortment of attachment tools for different cleaning jobs. It is easier to use the attachments with a canister vacuum rather than an upright vacuum. Although some upright vacuums do come with attachment tools, when you use the attachments on an upright vacuum, the vacuum tends to fall down from the weight and from pulling on it.
A canister vacuum, unlike the upright, is not the easiest vacuum to maneuver around. Besides the vacuum head to push, you also need to pull the unit behind you and around corners as you vacuum. This tends to cause problems when you want to vacuum around furniture or as you vacuum into different rooms in the home.
The attachments that most vacuums come with are used for different jobs. Some vacuums come with so many attachments that it is often difficult to distinguish which attachments are used in which jobs. Most of the attachments that come with upright and canister vacuums have the same general description. There are a few variations but they mostly look the same.
ATTACHMENTS
Floor brush- A foot long head that is used to vacuum wood, ceramic, tile and linoleum floors.
Upholstery nozzle- A wedge shaped nozzle that is used to clean upholstery, car interiors and stairs.
Dusting brush- A small, circular brush that is used to clean blinds, heaters, windowsills and anything else too delicate for other tools.
Crevice tool- A long, narrow tool with an angled flat tip that is used to get into cracks, crevices and corners where the other attachments can not reach.
| 
