Current canister vacuums

[danemodsandy]

Brian:

I can see how many, many people would have trouble eventually if they tried using a power nozzle under the bed.

For myself, I found the answer to this problem a long time ago: I don't permit anything under the bed. I don't store anything there, and I use my bed strictly for sleeping, instead of as a combination living room, TV room, dinette and library.

Keeps the bedroom much neater, and no nasties under the bed to cause vacuuming trouble. I get under the bed once a week with the PN, and therefore enjoy a nice, dust-free bedroom.

My late partner used to store as much stuff under the bed (and everywhere else in the room) as he could get his hands on, and always griped about how dusty his room was, and how much trouble it was to clean in there. Only after he came down with heart disease and became bedridden was I able to clear the room of unnecessary stuff and get it cleanable - which was essential to his health by that time.

The older I get, the less I find I need stuff. What I find myself needing is peace, and space, and time.

 

[rainbowd4c]

With my Rainbow power nozzle I can clean under my bed, tables and other furniture that has some kind of height very easily with out any problems. I have always thought that Uprights were more difficult to do that type of chore with. My moms Dysln old Bissell and Kirby with the exception of the hose with the bare floor brush were more difficult to do this type of cleaning task with.

 

[sebo_fan]

The danger of a power nozzle under a bed...

Since the UK don't have that many canister/cylinder vacuums with power heads bar recently introduced Wertheim models and then established Miele/SEBO set, am I to understand that not all power nozzles are the same - i.e if something gets caught in my Sebo ET-1 floor head, the motor shuts down automatically, often dragging whatever it has caught with it!

Or do some power nozzles just keep on turning and then eventually breaking??

 

[eurekaprince]

"Or do some power nozzles just keep on turning and then eventually breaking??"

RS - in truth, most power nozzles seem to have some shut-off mechanism that is activated when the brush gets jammed with something. I know that the Sears Kenmore Powermate nozzles all have some "restart" button that will reactivate a jammed motor. But sometimes these are activated too late to prevent damage to the item picked up by the nozzle, and sometimes it is too late to prevent a broken belt. The shut-off mechanisms are not always reliable.

In truth, one really does not need to agitate the dusty carpet lying under a bed. Since it is not stepped on constantly, it is really only surface dust and litter that needs to be removed most frequently. And so I think a regular carpet nozzle with lint grabbers or a right-angled upholstery nozzle with bristles (like the one TTI includes now with a lot of the Hoover canisters and Sears Kenmore Central Vac Systems), would suffice to clean under a bed - in my opinion. When it comes time for that monthly or seasonal "tear apart the room" cleaning, one can move the bed and clean the carpet with an upright.

 

[sebo_fan]

mmm. Provided the said upright can fit under a bed - another pro I suppose for a canister with PN head. Most bagless upright models cannot because the bins are too big.

 

[eurekaprince]

RS.....

When I do a thorough cleaning of my bedroom, I actually move the bed and lean it up against the wall so that I can deep clean the entire territory of carpet lying underneath it with my Hoover upright. In this way, I can really make sure no spots are missed, including the challenging points where the wheels/castors of the bedframe rest on the carpet.

So I don't need an upright that can fit all the way under the bed for those thorough cleaning projects.

EP Brian

 

[sebo_fan]

Thats all very well but I doubt most people will move their double and king size beds to get under it.

See this video of a guy using the Sebo X1.1 to get under a coffee table - same kind of procedure and look at the lack of effort he doesn't have to do, to clean under there!