I Can't Take This Woman Seriously

[alexhoovers94]

First of all she is actually making a video on HOW to clean a sofa! Also, she is actually TRYING to vacuum a sofa with a Hoover Elite, I mean, really?

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[sebo_fan]

And? Really, why?

I think the video is perfectly acceptable. I see no reason to why there's a problem to why she is using HER vacuum cleaner. I bet if she had used the other one, you'd not have been able to hear her voice.

 

[alexhoovers94]

But, the hose suction is dreadful on those.

 

[hvrvaclvr]

When I was little, my grandmother had this exact model, she would put the entire vacuum on the couch and vacuumed it like she was vacuuming the living room carpet . then she would use the hose to clean down the sides of cushions.

 

[sebo_fan]

Well Alex, spare a thought for those who have bought their own home furniture as well as other delicate furnishings such as hanging curtains. Using a high suction vacuum on upholstery is a general no-no unless you want to seriously destroy the actual furniture design.

Only some material can also withstand a moving turbo brush, especially at high speed.

I clean my upholstery using the lowest suction possible - even Miele's suggested upholstery setting on their cylinder vacs are usually the lowest level of suction speed available without opening up the air valve. It makes sense.

 

[alexhoovers94]

Yes I understand that but the hose suction on these Elites is lower than a UK Turbopower.

Low hose suction on a clean air vacuum is not the same as low tool suction on a dirty fan cleaner. Dirty fan cleaners are all airflow, they have no pull when using tools I.e suction.

 

[sebo_fan]

Oh tell me something I don't know Alex. I wasn't a collector of the Hoover Junior or Senior for nothing. Infact there was a bit more suction with the Senior given that it has a two speed motor the moment the convertor pan was slipped in at the back. But even then I'd sooner have low suction for upholstery - its why the Dirt Devil hand held Handy vacuum has been popular for so many years. Granted it may already have that pivot down design with a brush roll, but even with the belt taken off and hose fitted, I always found it had good enough suction to remove top viewable dust.

The DD Handy seems to be popular both with the use of the extra hose or the main design alone.

It doesn't matter how less suction there is - at least there is some which is enough to remove dust, dirt and whatever else GENTLY without pulling out threads. Plus you dont know whether she is using a fresh new bag in the Elite or not. Judging by the speed in which she is going over and for the fact that her sofa looks quite clean to my eyes anyway, she's in no fear of missing much dust.

Also the tool used in question may be more thorough than the next.

Take Miele's upholstery tool for example - it has double lint pickers on it compared to the T shaped one on a SEBO X or Felix with a thin strip of compacted stiff bristles - and yet I seem to get much more dust off with the SEBO tool than the Miele one.

When you consider that either X or Felix has a lower motor than the older Miele vacs i have with 2200 some watts, there's a lot to be said for suction and tool usage together, rather than just relying on suction strength alone.

 

[bagintheback]

People often underestimate the hose performance of the Elites. The later 7.x amp models, when fitted with a new bag, were perfectly acceptable. If you just want to vacuum up crumbs, you have more than enough suction. Sebo_fan brings up a good point; DirtDevil hand vacs were popular for a reason. The 90s were still an era when vacuums were designed for specific purposes. The Elite is a carpet cleaner, and the DirtDevil is for things such as furniture. They sold like hotcakes in the US, and still sell well used on eBay. 


 


Anyway, can't you wash some sofa upholstery covers? If you're really concerned about fine dust, throw it in the washing machine.  However, a light dusting with an Elite isn't going to do any harm. Heck, that's how I, and many other family members, cleaned our couches for years.  

 

[alexhoovers94]

Of course it will remove dust and dirt, the suction is not THAT weak on an Elite, nor a Turbopower but for both machines I have just spoke of removing pet hair from upholstery with their on-board or pan converter tools, you have, NO CHANCE.

I do love using the on-board tools on the Elite Total Systems and Turbopower Total Systems, I do like the fact that the suction is considerably weak, they are very adequate for picking up the above the floor crumbs and dust, however, for doing a big clean up, I would rather use something that is more powerful and quieter for attachment use.

Come to think of it, my Junior 1012 has really good hose suction actually, and cleans upholstory VERY well, with the fabulous rubber finger all purpose nozel, fantastic tool is that.

 

[ralph123]

Nick said: "When I was little, my grandmother had this exact model, she would put the entire vacuum on the couch and vacuumed it like she was vacuuming the living room carpet . then she would use the hose to clean down the sides of cushions."


You'd better be damn sure that the rotating brush won't damage the fabric on a sofa cushion before vacuuming that way. Some modern vacuums have such stiff brushes that they will rip into the fabric.

 

[alexhoovers94]

The Elites come with a pretty good upholstery tool to be fair (that is my Elite by the way)

 

[alexhoovers94]

The Turbopowers upholstery tool is pretty good too.

 

[sonnyndad]

Today on General Housekeeping...

I thought this would be appropriate.

http://https//m.youtube.com/watch?v=P_K3uWwqOqg

 

[hvrvaclvr]

Ralf123. She used her dirt devil hand vac on the cushions, but she's would take the coushins off and vacuum the couch without the coushins on with the Elite. I should've been more specific. I never understood why she did that though

. She did weird things with vacuums. She replaced the Elite with a Dirt Devil Vision. She took the hose off of the vision because she didn't like the hose. She then complained it wouldn't pick anything up, that is because the suction went through hose because it was a clean air machine... Even though I was like 4 or 5 when that happened I still remember telling her she had to put the hose on to pick up stuff.

I also remember the one time when the belt broke on the hand vac, she tried using a rubber band because she didn't fell like driving three blocks away to the vacuum store. The rubber band snapped as soon as she turned it on.

She passed away in 2004, but if she was still alive today, I could see her being able to blow up a Dyson or a Miele.

 

[gottahaveahoove]

The Elite is fine.

But, does anyone NOT know how to do this?? Wouldddd they need to watch this video while attempting this feat?
How about a mattress? I vacuum, flip, and turn mine.

 

[turbo500]

Low suction on upholstery

On the Miele, I tend to stick with the advised settings. I've never had to once use it on full power. The upholstery setting is 1 up from the lowest setting, so about 500w I think.


 


I've found that as long as you use a decent upholstery tool, using low suction on upholstery works perfectly.

 

[tolivac]

She did mention to pick up large things like pens and pencils-but what about small hard things--mostly coins-that can fall out of pockets when someone sits on the couch.She is using the fan first Hoover Elite-a coin accidently sucked up can sure blow the fan.Use a companion canister for the couch cleaning instead.No worry of blown fans.And at the end of the video she took several strokes of her hand tool-then turned the vacuum on!

 

[kenkart]

Just Get

A model G Electrolux and get the couch clean without going deaf!

 

[tolivac]

'Lux G and no worries of blown fans if you pick up a quarter from behind the seat cushions!