Hotel vacuums.

[vacuumdevil]

Wondering if anybody else checks out the maid cart when they go to a hotel?

I definitely have for years. It started when I went for the VDTA convention.
Remember seeing kolblenz and Sanitaire direct air machines .
then I'd say in the recent past 10 years I've seen prolux, Windsor in the majority of hotels.

This past trip (8 days on the road ) I got to play with this beautiful thing. Possibly my new favorite upright vacuum. Those who follow me on Instagram have already seen it.



Here are some photos from the trip.

 

[tolivac]

That is a nice vacuum!!!Usually I don't care for clean air machines-this one is pretty nice and quiet.Would be neat to see Filtrete type bags in it instead of paper.The Filtrete spun woven bags would make this even more efficient and no dust exhaust.Too me the hoses on these machines are largely useless and awkward.Too bad there are no Advance Nilfisk dealers in my area.

 

[fan-of-fans]

I don't stay at many hotels. I do know the hotel here used to have bagged Sanitaire F&G style machines. The last time I noticed they were using bagless Bissell Powerforces, and not even "commercial" ones. Yikes.

 

[n0oxy]

hotel vac

My girl friend works in a hotel, I'm not sure of the brand but they use bagless uprights that also have a hose on them, and, as expected, they get clogged frequently.
Mike

 

[panasonicvac]

Mostly Sanitaire and Windsor

I've seen some before that used Oreck, Cleanmax, and Panasonic Ultra Pro. There was one I've stayed in years ago that used Nobles Ultra Glide uprights which were made by Lindhaus.

I've used one of those VU's before. Nice vacuum but I prefer their Spectrum versions better. This is the same company that not only makes them for Advance but also under as Clarke and Triple S.

 

[kirbysthebest]

Oreck, Sanitaire, and Windsor are mostly what I have seen. One hotel where we held an event from work, the banquet room had a frankinkirby, I felt sorry for the poor thing, it started out as an Omega, with an aftermarket plaid blue bag, but not Tradition blue; which had worn a hole through and was duct taped down the side.
Surprisingly the motor still sounded pretty good.

 

[air-waycharlie]

I work for an airline and spend half of every month, (or thereabouts), in hotel rooms. In Europe they use the Henry type vacuums. I have never seen an upright or power nozzle in any European hotel. They are always cannisters. However, the carpeting is very different from US hotels. It is very short pile and a very tight weave. You can often see lint and lint like stuff on the carpet. I've often wondered what a Windsor Sensor or even a Electrolux upright could pull out.

In the US, at what I would call the 4/5 star hotels, Windsors are seen the most. Today at the Westin I noticed the housekeeping staff using Windsors. At what IMHO I would call, "lesser properties", I see more commercial Eurekas. I seen the housekeeping staff vacuuming like crazy and you can tell by the sound of the vacuum that the brush roll is not turning--most likely a broken belt already gone through the fan and into the bag. They will run the vacuum over and over the same place leaving smutz on the rug! Sometimes the bags are crammed to the gills and ready to explode.

Then there is the occasional place that drags around a plastic household, beat to hell, upright that is bagless. Yeesh!

If you are ever in a hotel room, try walking around the room in clean white socks for a while and then look at the bottom of the socks. That speaks volumes about the vacuums they use and how often carpet is shampooed---with something other than, "CarpetFresh", Godwilling!

 

[eurekaprince]

I stayed at a Canadian hotel recently that had a central vac system for cleaning their guest rooms and hallways. There were a few outlets spaced down each hall and the system was really quiet. The housekeepers shared the long hose as they made their way down each hall. First time I had ever seen that! Must be great to have all the dirt deposited far away in one big bin, and have the exhaust vented to the outside.

 

[gregvacs28]

 


It seems like Orecks are usually associated with hotel cleaning staff.   That, and the use of some strong anti-fungal powder for the carpets.  Can only imagine how bad the air in the room is immediately after vacuuming with that.


 


They have to use special chemical anti fungal chemicals in hotels and one should never:


1. walk bare foot on their carpet,


2. sleep on hotel sheets (bring your own)


3. use their pillows (bring your own)


4. sleep directly on their mattresses (again, bring your own air mattress and a piece of plastic to put over the mattress to block bed bugs, before setting up bed)


5. sit directly on their upholstered furniture.  Put a towel over it first.


 


Solution= all hotels should use a vented central vacuum system with ports in or near the doors to each room.  Think of how much better the air quality would be.   

 

[gregvacs28]

Brian EurekaPrince

 


I'd like to see that in hotel rooms.  I can't imagine one would find much of that in the U.S.   I've found Canada has lots of homes with central vacuums, which is awesome.


 


I did go to a Perkins restaurant in Wisconsin once and they had a CV system to my surprise.  This server came out with a shorter CV hose maybe 20', plugged it into a port that was located under one of the benches, and proceeded to vacuum in the distance.  It was quiet.  

 

[tolivac]

Gross hotel rooms---go to YouTube and look for "Another Dirty Hotel Room"These guys check into various motoels-hotels and check out the places-you would be surprised to see what they find-esp semen soaked sheets,matteresses,pillows,and spent drug containers and syringes!Also roaches,bedbugs!Gross linens,and shower curtains!You might want to bring your own shower curtain,too!One hotel I stayed at I even washed their shower curtain in the hotel laundromat-it was so bad just couldn't stand it!

 

[oreck_xl]

My family owns a timeshare week at the Villa Roma Resort in Callicoon, NY. This year I took special note of the vacuums used. Each one of the timeshare buildings has central vac ports, but they stopped using central vac years ago. In our building they were cleaning the carpets with a Panasonic upright. When I told the housekeeper the brush wasn't spinning, she got a Shark upright to clean the room. In the main hotel I saw them using Windsor Sensors and a Windsor Axxcess (same as the Sebo Felix.) Obviously the hotel guests get a better level of CLEAN....

 

[rugsucker]

The Bissell in picture 5--

--is not a bad vac for the money in a small apartment or house BUT NOT for commercial use.I have had a couple and it is a light weight clean air paper bag upright with nice styling and good colors.The one above should have the hose directly at bottom and wand with crevice inside would be stored on other side.I would rather have this than any dirty,dusty dirt cup upright with dirty,nasty expensive filters including any above or the expensive one from you know who!

 

[n0oxy]

Henry in hotels

I'm not sure how they get the carpets clean with just a straight suction canister, Henrys are of course great vacuums, but without a power nozzle, their ability to clean carpet will be average at best.
I would love to take one of my central vac units such as my Atomik or Vacumaid garage vac pro to the hotel that my girl friend works at and use it with my Wessel-Werk ebk360 or Sebo ET2 and see what it pulls out of the carpet. They used to use Royal uprights that were basically rebranded dirt devils, total junk.
Mike

 

[air-waycharlie]

Last night in Boston we were at a brand new property. I saw the manager this AM and told him about this thread. He was so interested he had to go look what they had and it turned out to be Karcher. I told him they were great---just keep the bags changed and check the belts about once a year. I had a Karcher for my home at one time and really liked it.

 

[fan-of-fans]

I always bring shoes or sandals to wear in a hotel room to avoid walking on the carpet. A lot of times I just sleep on top of the bed without pulling back the sheets.

I'm sure the rooms were not getting clean that well by using a Bissell Powerforce bagless, but I'm sure they got them because they were cheap and didn't have to worry about bags. But wait til you have to clean the nasty filters!

 

[fan-of-fans]

I agree I don't see how a straight suction Henry could get the carpets very clean, although I do notice most hotels use low pile commercial carpets.

The bagged Bissell is a nice machine I agree, and looks nice too.

 

[texaskirbyguy]

Do keep in mind that many cleaning crews are third-party contractors hired by the hotel or resort. Vacuums are either provided by that company, or the individuals themselves, as some may be required to supply their own cleaning supplies. The latter is probably true when you see the junker vacs on the cart. These may also be the same knuckleheads that use Brillo pads on furniture, chrome faucets and towel holders...
The central vac system is certainly a good way to go for such an establishment if they are supplying the cleaning equipment.

 

[eurekaprince]

I wonder if the hassle of clearing blockages in the hidden piping of central vac systems is preventing hotels from installing them. I’ve often wondered how hidden blockages are located in the maze of pipes installed inside the walls of a facility or home using central vacs. Is there an easy way to locate a blockage? Unless there is some “screen” in place at every outlet which could be easily cleared.