Central Vacuum-- Have I reached the Pinnacle?

[vexorgtr]

My reason to "Flaw" the Flat belt on PN33, is that it creates a blind spot on the cleaning path. PN33 does have a great feature set and is easy to use... I can see why it's showed up with so many vacuums. The PN33 price/function ratio is great... making it both good, and affordable.

 

[fantomlightning]

Mike...

That's exactly the Cirrus canister.

I like it, we haven't had it long so we'll have to wait and see for reliability. However it comes with a 5 year warranty, parts are all incredibly affordable, it's quiet, powerful, and relatively easy to maneuver. Only real complaints I have are the on board attachments aren't that great and it doesn't come with a barefloor tool. Outside that it is on the larger side, fairly comparable to a Miele S8/C3 but a bit wider. But it does have four swivel casters to help make up for that.

All in the best way I can describe it is it's the first new canister I've used in a long time that didn't immediately make me wish I was using a Miele instead.

 

[n0oxy]

hose end

On the Cirrus canister, is the hose end standard? What about the electric plug on the hose, would other power nozzles fit it as well or is the plug nonstandard?
Mike

 

[vexorgtr]

It appears that that Cirrus has the same PN33 Wand system... so that would make the hose a standard flush-mount CV style handle.

 

[ultralux88]

My Riccar RPU-C10 and the current attachment deal...

 

[vexorgtr]

Cool. Do you have a favorite hard floor brush? I'm got several types, and I'm nut sure which one I like best. One is a Nutone Floor tool with wheels on the back, and brush on/off. One is horsehair and the brush has no wheels. Recently I got one of the horsehair ones with wheels. I'm finding I like the wheeled one, but it doesn't always stay in a straight line.

 

[ridgidwd0670]

Aerus/Electrolux or Compact/TriStar floor brush

 

[Deleted member 1090]

Cant beat a Compact or Lux floor tool i agree.

 

[blackheart]

Floor brush

The wessel werk turn and clean D330 While I don't care for the giant version the about 12" version does a great job with stronger machines and it's maneuverability is great!

Wessel Werk HFT 265, a turbine-less turbo tool it's neat to have a tool with agitation

Lindhaus Wheeled floor tool. This is kind of an odd one it had 1 row of bristles and one squeegee but it's always been one of my favorites it glides over hard floor easily, it's edge cleaning is great and it can do low pile carpeting or rugs.

 

[vexorgtr]

I have a floor brush that sometimes sells as Electrolux, or as generic... Which model are you all referencing? The picture is the style I have /w/ wheels.

 

[n0oxy]

hard floor tools

Most of my apartment is hard floors so I'm a big fan of hard floor tools. Here are the ones I like, in no particular order. I agree that the Wessel-werk turn and clean, d330 is very good, it's one of my favorites. I think this is the same tool that is known as the Miele twister. The Wessel-Werk hft265 is also interesting, it has a soft brush that spins but it does not have a turbine. There's also the Wessel-Werk RD285, this tool has no brushes, it has large wheels in the back and has two squeegies. If you want something electric, the Centec CT10 is awesome, it's great at vacuuming and polishing hard floors. Finally there is the sidewinder hard floor tool, this one allows you to clean a lot faster because you can swing the nozzle from side to side as you walk around rather than going back and forth. The sidewinder and the d330 are probably the best at cleaning hard floor stairs.
Mike

 

[vexorgtr]

The one thing I love/hate about the central vacuum business, is that the SAME tool sells under 9 names with different price tags. I've configured my system to use the standard 1.25" tools, and that's been OK for me...having the widest selection that way. The "generic" nature of CV stuff keeps the door open to create my own breed of vacuum, rather than being stuck with whatever Brand X wants to sell me.

All you have to do is have a look at a big CV vendor's website, and you'll see the exact same tools named Nutone, Imperium, Electrolux, etc. Same goes for hoses.. Same thing, many names... only precious few companies have a proprietary hose (which I'd prefer to NOT have).

Even powerheads are like this... lots of names for the same thing. Heck, the classic Lindhaus PN12e and PN14e are sold as Imperium, MD, and others as well as with the Lindhaus name on them.


There's actually some really good deals to be had on Ebay with the tools having no name. I can't find any differences from the branded ones.

 

[ultralux88]

So far I’m happy with the Vacuflo one that came with the tool kit, but I also love the Compact and Electrolux ones as well as Wessel-Werk’s offerings. My favorite of all is the one with plastic squeegees instead of bristles, per hair and lint can’t get caught up on them!

 

[vexorgtr]

I've got the generic version of the Miele Twister on order... since I'm getting a short stretch hose for one specific area of the house.

Living here, there's only people... and some finches, so no pet hair. Daily I have to sweep up seeds and a few feathers... as well as cereal bits and what not that end up on the floor. I've not had much get tangled up in the horsehair brushes, other than a few dust bunnies that will vacuum right off.

My wife calls me a "crumb nazi"... but considering the furnace filters only need changed every 3 months, I'd say I keep the dirt levels low around here.