anyone tested a Filter Queen with a particle counter?

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I was wondering if anyone has tested a Filter Queen with a particle counter, and if so, what are the usual readings? I have heard it's nearly HEPA quality with the standard cone filter, and if you add the "medi pure" it is like medical grade.

Everyone who sells the nicer HEPA vacs seems to like the particle counters, and as I like playing with test equipment, I'd buy one myself if it wasn't for the cost.
 
Hmmm, that would be interesting to see. I wonder if anyone on Youtube has done that. Filter Queen claims they filter better than HEPA and supposedly this has been proven in a laboratory. However, laboratories and real world events don't often correlate exactly so I would be very interested in seeing a FQ filled with dirt and tested with a particle counter.
 
Think about it for a second. The cone plus the medipure filter will certainly filter to HEPA levels before the air enters the motor. However, the carbon brush particles coming off the motor (which is harmless) is still seen as a 'particle' by the counter. As the FQ has only a foam batting filter after the motor, the particle count will be high. One must remember that the carbon particles aren't actually 'dirt' and harm no one. The particle counter is a great tool in the hands of a Miele dealer - but that doesn't make the counter any more 'meaningful' than any other 'testing gauge' (like a water lift guage).
 
A TriStar A101 (EXL, MG & CS) has the cleanest exhaust because it has a micron (or HEPA) filter on the exhaust end of unit.[this post was last edited: 6/14/2013-19:16]

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actually...

The TriStar's exhaust isn't as "particle free" as you might think. For example, with the CXL and it's pleated "mushroom" exhaust filter system - the ring on which the filter is mounted is riveted onto the body of the cleaner. Air leaks from under that plastic ring along with carbon particles.

The Miele and Rainbow (with 2 speed brushless motor) as well as the DC22 Dyson, have the cleanest exhausts. The Rainbow and DC22 have brushless motors, and the Miele's system is so tightly sealed that even the military couldn't penetrate it.
 
A sealed HEPA filter cartridge AFTER the motor, located in a sealed-body cleaner, will give the cleanest exhaust. That being said, there's no reason to believe that a machine with high carbon brush particle emissions are bad. Consider the mixer or blender, those particles just blow right onto the counter while they're running. In my personal opinion, a HEPA disposable bag is all anyone really needs to achieve a really clean vacuum exhaust. As long as the dirt isn't coming back into the room, I don't mind the relatively tiny amount of carbon particles coming off the motor's brushes.
 
Clean exhaust

What about a Metrovac? Is the exhaust still pretty clean? Even without a Hepa bag? Even with carbon dust? Even a Kirby?
 
Get one of those vacs for cleaning up mold and asbestos! A vac like that is usually completely sealed, as dust coming back out of it can be a really bad thing!
Of course, the vacs are several grand and filters are several hundred!
I've seen a safety supply company that sells vacs for asbestos and mold, as well as cleanroom uses, even one for biohazard.
One of the cooler ones is a Nilfisk GM80 that looks really cool, and even has an option for an ULPA filter which is better than a HEPA down to .12 microns!
 
FilterQueen filtration surpasses HEPA!!

HEPA removes down to .3 Micron. The FilterQueen Majestic utilizes the same filtration as the Defender Air Filtration unit. These units capture particles 3x smaller than HEPA down to .1 Micron. Both units are classified as Class II Medical devices being used in hospitals and nursing homes.

The Defender Air Cleaner utilizes a brush less motor. The Majestic High Filtration Multi Surface and Multi-Function cleaner does use a carbon brush motor and has a thick felt filter built into the exhaust cap to capture dust off the motor.

Additionally, the Majestic's cyclonic technology and centrifugal force to keep dirt away from the 16 multi-layer compressed patented cone while unit is operating. Imagine an amusement gravitron ride or salad spinner pulling dirt to outside during operation and away from center where cone filter is. This is a complete contrast to typical vacuum cleaner technology where dirt, dust and debris are forcefully blown towards or pulled into a flat surface bag or filter forcing pores to clog. You would literally need to draw a road map for dirt to force dirt through a Genuine FilterQueen cone.

The addition of the optional Medipure maintains its primary purpose of utilizing the charcoal layer to remove smoke, odors, and gaseous fumes from a home. FilterQueen is providing home owners with the tools to clean homes efficiently, and effectively without redistributing dirt, dust, pollens, bacteria, mold spores, and germs back out into the air like many other machines on the market do. The emissions of vacuum cleaners in a home is not only terrible for lungs, breathing abilities of humans, and animals but also terrible for electronics and appliances such as refrigerators where dirt clings to coils making units run hotter and utilize more electricity.

The FilterQueen has a tight seal to the tank with neoprene gasket to metal motor housing base. Attachment connection have a gasket to avoid any airless at connections.
 
You forgot to include the Lux Intelligence/Aerus Guardian Platinum in your "best emissions" list dysonman1. It has been put through Europe's most stringent air quality tests and came out with flying colors. It has probably bested Miele as it is the only vac with two HEPA filters in a sealed system.
 

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