Vacuum Cleaners Discussions

Ive have been researching vacuums the past couple weeks or so. I came across this AMA (Reddit) where the gentleman REALLY suggested Miele canisters for carpet AND bare floor. The apartment I live in now has mostly carpets, but eventually I will be moving into a house. I like carpet, but my girlfriend likes hardwood flooring more. You can probably guess what our next house will have :(. So, I need something that is great on carpets and barefloors (our lease isnt up for 16mo, and just in case the next house does have more carpet than wood flooring.) Two weeks ago, I was absolutely set on some sort of Miele S8 (I was sure I needed the 12 billion step filtration system). Last week I was set on the Sebo D4 (Better warranty, cheaper consumables). Now I am looking at the Riccar Brilliance models. I saw that they have two motors in them; one for floors and one for tools, basically. Since the Riccar doesnt need to compromise suction powered between tools and floors (Bypass vs Direct), wouldnt it be possible to hook a turbo brush up to to hose and just use it as a canister (getting under furniture, cleaning couches, vacuuming hardwood, etc)? I saw some youtube videos of the Riccar vs a Dyson. It highlighted how much agitation the Riccar had vs how little the Dyson has. Ive been reading, and the general consensus is that Agitation + Air flow = cleanest carpets. I have yet to see a video that shows any canister that shakes the floor as much as the Riccar.

Bagless vacuums are junk. They are never clean nor do they filter as well as a good bagged vacuum using cloth HEPA bags. They are awful to empty. For under $200 you can buy the Panasonic MC-CG902, use the cloth HEPA Q bag from Kenmore which fits perfectly, a Kenmore CF-1 HEPA pre-motor filter and have a much better vacuum. Likewise for under $200 you could buy a Kenmore Orange Canister and have the same features and build quality as the Panasonic but not quite as nice attachments. Same Q HEPA bags, same HEPA filters. Nice and clean. Do you really like dumping out that dust bin?

Hi, we are moving to our newly bought home the next month and on half the way of purchasing some accessories for our new heaven :). Me and my boyfriend had an argument about the flooring option. I liked to have wood flooring and he was interested to choose carpet over there :(. Finally I decided to go on with my darling’s decision :). I need advice on choosing a vacuum cleaner now. I do not mind spending a little more on quality product but I want the result. A closed system design to collect and remove 100% of contacted pollutants and allergens will be a good one I think. A central vacuum cleaner will be more suitable for me and I am planning to get it from the Vacmaster. Can anyone suggest me some good brands which you have experienced with? Thanks in advance

A vacuum cleaner is an inevitable one among the home appliances . Different types and models are available now in markets. So , selecting the best is very important. We should select the one which is suitable for our house. suction and cyclonic action are the main factors that we have to think while buying a vacuum cleaner.A versatile canister vac might be the best one for a house full of hardwoods and tile. We have hardwood throughout our house and we use canister vacuum pumps.

Well you are gonna have a bad time if you buy Panasonic. When was the last time they made anything good. A vacuum cleaner is one with a powerful motor and Panasonic has no specialized industrial division for improving those. You are supposed to buy something more specialised like Eureka. I bought this one: skusky.com/ProductDetail/air-speedr-one-as2113a-10-amp-light-weight-up . Just $59 and it is crazy good. Or if you can really shell out the money,you should go for a hoover. But seriously why would you buy Panasonic. If it was an air conditioner, I would agree that you can give it a chance, but nothing else. The phones are the biggest jokes out there.

Panasonic is the current name used by Matsu$#%*a Electric Industrial Co Ltd of Japan. The Panasonic name was originally only used for consumer electronics sold in the US and Canada but the Panasonic name has such a great reputation they re-named the entire company Panasonic. Matsu$#%*a (pronounced Mat-shoos-ta) was founded in 1918. They have been making electric motors since the early 1940s and began selling vacuums manufactured in Japan to the US market in the 1960s. They also made high fidelity turntables, meaning they made electric motors with very fine rpm control, not as easy to do as making a motor for a vacuum or a blender. Panasonic also manufactured microwave ovens, refrigerators, stereo equipment including speakers and microchips in the US. They have produced home appliances for other brand names as well. If you ever used one of their Jet Flo series vacuums from the 1970s and 1980s you know Panasonic knows how to make a fine vacuum cleaner. They make a very refined and durable product and all of the motors were made in-house, a rarity in the vacuum business. The design of their Jet Flo uprights were shamelessly copied for the first Riccar uprights and Panasonic built Riccar's first canister vacuum for them based on the old Kenmore Whispertone tooling. Today Panasonic provides vacuum motors for the whole industry, not just their own products. You will find Panasonic vacuum motors in most Dyson vacuums (Dyson never made a vacuum motor, all of their vacuums use motors from either Panasonic, YDK or Cinderson). Panasonic also makes most Kenmore vacuums, having bought Whirlpools vacuum making business in 1995 after a five year joint venture with them. If you do not think Panasonic knows how to innovate in the vacuum motor world, find out what makes the Inducer Motor in a Kenmore Elite so special. It was a very clever change that makes that motor so powerful compared to others.

I use Dyson DC46 Motorhead Canister Vacuum Cleaner. It works well!

I used Dyson V6 vacuum cleaner.It works well.

panasonic now out of vac business, Miele best can vac period

I can’t say for sure what the best vacuum cleaner out there is for sure, but in my experience the best vacuum I ever had was a Panasonic MC-CG301. Super cheap and gets the job done. You don’t have to break the bank to get a great vacuum. I got my vacuum for under $80 and it stores really nicely in my closet without taking up hardly any space. I was super sad when the motor stopped working a few months ago.

Panasonic sold the Kenmore side of their vacuum business to Cleva Industrial, maker of Vacmaster shop vacs and Lawnmaster lawn mowers and chain saws. Kenmore just introduced three new canister vacuums. The 600 Series replaces the Progressive line and the 400 and 200 Series replace the Orange and Lime Green vacuums respectively. I had a chance to test a 600 Series at Sears and measured 77 inches of sealed suction at the end of the hose, and it pulled my BAIRD meter out to 7.5. Both numbers, measured at the end of the hose, are very high. The attachments are much better than anything Sears has sold in quite a few years, more like what they sold in the 1980s. The hard floor brush is mounted so you can step on a pedal on the canister and it pops up for you to slide the wand into. When done using it you can return it to the spot on the canister, step on a pedal on the brush to release it from the wand and fold it back flat into the canister with your toe. Very slick. The new Powermate has axels through the wheels, eliminating the wear point that used to allow wheels to fall off. The carry over parts looked and felt exactly like those made by Panasonic. Very nice vacuum and a much better value than anything from Europe. I also tested a new Kenmore Elite. 90 inches of water lift at the hose end, which is outstanding, highest I have ever measured on any vacuum, and it slammed my BAIRD meter to the stop past ten, meaning the Elite has more airflow than a Kirby or any other vacuum for that matter. Very impressive. Miele is cute, but the big Kenny is the King Kong of vacuums today and a much better value. You can find internet returns under $200 pretty much all the time on ebay.