Vacuum Cleaners Discussions

I now work for a large appliance/audio retail chain that also sells vacuums. I won't name the chain as we're not in the business of endorsing specific vacs.However, we had 4 vacs on cleanup duty during prep for store opening. FYI, this means the floors are littered with cardboard scraps, screws, plastic buttons, styrofoam, paper, plastic chunks, minature plastic bags, sawdust, just plain dirt, etc.We had two Dirt Devil "Vision" style bagless vacs, supposedly commercial versions as both had an orange 3 wire cord (otherwise they were standard Dirt Devils). Also in the mix were a Dyson DC 14, and a Royal professional vac (old style using cloth bag).The Dirt Devils had a miserable time with the stuff. They clogged their pleated filters within minutes of use. Cleaning the filters was a joke; banging against side of trash can raised huge cloud of dust and only got half the dirt out (three different employees tried to get the filters clean but to no avail). I finally resorted to taking filter outside and brushing its pleats with a floor brush - that got about 90% of the suction back. Their hoses frequently jammed up and the stupid things were annoying loud. I might pay $20 for those jokes but no more.The Dyson and Royal just picked the stuff up. I did not see anyone having problems with either of those vacs. We sell all those brands of Vacs, BTW -- however, we presently do not sell high priced cannisters (Miele, Sebo, etc.).

I worked for a large and growing appliance electronics retailer. Each store goes through six or more household bagless vacuums per year. I suggested that they move to backpacks and vacuum daily, not at night, but in the morning before the store opened to pick up all the debris and dust that settled at night, thus saving the effort and expense of daily dustmopping which puts a large quanity of dust back into the air, and stopping the practice of putting at least six vacuums per year into the landfills. Four vacuums would allow the entire store to be vacuumed in under 30 minutes. I was told that wouls not be practical, since the compamy was now publicly traded and expenses must be held at zero.