A Tier and Special tier vacuum brands

[n0oxy]

central vacuums

Central vacuums are awesome, I have several units and use them all without pipes, it's awesome power, you cannot go wrong with a central vacuum.
Mike

 

[vacuumdevil]

@n0oxy Yes Central vacuums are definitely the top tier of vacuum cleaners!

 

[kirby519]

Hence my serious desire to take cleaning to the next level.

Being a central vacuum can also produce the air flow and inches of water lift of a commercial twin motor box extractor and or even better with the right power unit and be used to effectively clean hard surface floors with the proper tools gets my full respect.

I want one !!!!

All I need is a property where I can drive a nail in the wall anywhere I want to and not be concerned with what anybody else thinks about it.

 

[tolivac]

Besides central vacs-another high power vacuum is the NSS M1 "PIG" vacuum-a portable commercial canister that is direct air-the "snout" is a trap to catch heavy items-light stuff goes thru the HUGE 8" fan into the bag on the top of the "canister" unit.Machine has a 12-13A motor.Its as powerful as many central units-LOVE my Pigs!The bags on them today are zippertop bags and can be used as a dump bag(messy) or with paper inner bags-BETTER!!!These vacuums work by strong CFM rather than suction "pressure".Any canister guy should try one of these.They use 1.5 In hose and attachments,wands.The Pig can generate over 200CFM.

 

[mark40511]

You use a central vacuum without pipes? What?
I have a Cirrus and I actually love it......maybe I have low standards?

 

[tolivac]

Yes,the central vacs in my collection don't have "pipes" just use the 50ft hose in the utility inlets-or make an inlet for the hose to fit into.

 

[n0oxy]

cirrus vacuum

I've thought about getting a Cirrus canister, as far as I know this one is their top of the line model and it sounds really nice.
Mike

https://evacuumstore.com/p-26209-cirrus-c-vc439-canister-vacuum-cleaner.aspx

 

[n0oxy]

central vacuums without pipes

Yes, I use all of my central vacuum units without pipes. A couple of them have a utility valve on the unit but most don't, they just have the intake for the pipe. For those units, attach a utility valve directly to the intake and plug in your hose. The power is awesome, it's the most powerful canister configuration available, and since you're not going through pipes, you get all of the power the unit has to offer. Connecting a hose directly to a dual motor 240 volt unit is an experience like no other. I have four of those and I call them the beasts. Even using a single motor 120 volt unit this way is more powerful than any portable vacuum, and it's really the best of both worlds. You get the power that central vacuums offer without the need to install piping in the walls. I have central vacuum units all around my apartment, there is at least one in every room, and some rooms have several.
Mike

 

[mark40511]

I can imagine

that would be extremely powerful! I'm trying to imagine a setup like that.

About Cirrus. I don't use any of the attachments that comes with it. They stay on board never touched, because I have the 12 foot hose attachment kit. So basically, the upright is like a canister. I just pop the hose off and connect it to the 12 foot hose, pop attachments on and clean.

the HEPA bags are great and don't leak. The chamber is super clean and takes many months for me to have to change a bag. For example: November will be 2 years I've had it and I'm still on my 1st pack of bags with 2 bags left. Occasionally, when the bag starts to emit that stale smell, I suck up a bit of activated charcoal and the next time I turn the vac on, zero smell for a few weeks until I have to do it again.

The ONLY thing that's breaking on my Cirrus is the squeegee on the bottom...more like it's tearing from friction of vacuuming...but the vacuum itself has powerful suction. I haven't had to change the HEPA filter on it either.

To me, it's a big step up from walmart vacuums, but obviously it's not a super premium vacuum either. But it's definitely a happy medium.

I can't comment on the canister.