Hey everyone, so here is my review of the perfect power team metal canister vacuum, I also have a couple of questions that I will ask along the way, and if anyone has the answers, it would be much appreciated.
The perfect power team is made by perfect products and attempts to reproduce the tank style vacuums that were made by Electrolux. I have the metal version, and apparently there is a plastic version as well, not sure if they both have the same motor. Actually the motor in this vacuum is quite powerful, it's probably one of the most powerful canisters you can get.
In the box was the vacuum itself, the hose, the power nozzle, a two wand set for the power nozzle, a separate telescopic wand for using other tools, a combination apolstry dusting brush, a hard floor brush, a crevess tool, and a mini turbine brush. It also came with several replacement bags. This vacuum takes the type C bags that are so well known with the electrolux aerus vacuums. The included bags are apparently hepa bags however, so perhaps they are better. Apparently these will work in the electrolux vacuums as well. I have read that because of the stronger suction, using the aerus bags with this vacuum will actually break them, I haven't tested that though.
The hose looks similar to the electrolux hoses with a couple of differences, and here is where we get to something very annoying. It has a switch for turning on and off any electric brush that is attached, this is actually something I wish Aerus would include on their hoses. The annoyance is with the suction relief valve though. Unlike the Aerus hoses, on this hose it's a slide control that moves back and forth, and in the closed position, it's rather loose. You could easily move it, thus reducing your suction and not realize it. This hasn't been a problem yet, but I may put some tape on it, or I may purchase an after market hose that does not have this problem. This leads me to a question, does anyone know which hose this vacuum takes? My Aerus classic hose does not work, the size is slightly different. Since it's a metal canister, I'm thinking it probably takes the same hose as older electrolux models such as the 1205, super j, etc. I wonder if the plastic version of this vacuum takes the electrolux plastic hose? Other than this annoyance, the hose has a good grip and looks similar to electrolux hoses, I'm thinking the power nozzle wands are the same and would fit an aerus hose, but have not tested that. The hose is held inside the vacuum by 2 latches. I'm not sure how long the hose is, I think around 5 or 6 feet, and the cord on the vacuum is around 20 feet I think.
Since I don't have carpets in my apartment, I have no way to really test the power nozzle, I did assemble it to make sure it worked so that's all I will be able to describe. The way this power nozzle works is kind of interesting, though again I think it copies Electrolux's design. It's a combination of direct connect and pig tail connections. The upper wand attaches to the hose and has electrical connections inside of it. You then attach a lower wand to the upper wand and the lower wand attaches to the power nozzle itself. There are no electric components in the lower wand. You then plug one end of a short cord in to the bottom of the upper wand and the other end connects to the power nozzle itself. This power nozzle is fairly quiet, certainly no louder than most power nozzles, and perhaps a bit quieter. I'm not sure if it's the same power nozzle that Aerus uses, but I think it's close. It extends out on one side to make edge cleaning easier. There is no height adjustment, I know some people think this makes a big difference, so if that's something you want, you can probably get other power nozzles to work with this vacuum. This actually leads me to another question and perhaps this will make for some good discussion. Has anyone gotten any power nozzles to work on vacuums other than the one they were designed for? I know some power nozzles such as the Lindhaus are universal and simply have a 3 foot cord coming out of them, you plug it in to any electric hose and connect it to a wand, though in that case, you would probably want to get a wand with brackets so the cord is not dangling. It should be possible to do something like that here since the female connector on the hose is standard. You may be able to use the Aerus side kick with this vacuum, not sure though. I do have a Wessel Werk universal mini electric brush and that works great. I may test this power nozzle at some point if I can get access to a friend's carpet. It does have wheels instead of rollers that probably make moving across floors easier.
The hard floor brush that comes with this vacuum is fairly typical, I'm not sure what the brush is made from, I haven't tested it since I use what I think is a much better hard floor nozzle, the Wessel Werk quick clean rd 285, I will include a link if you want to check it out, it's far better than any hard floor brush I have seen.
http://www.vacdepot.com/tools-acces...werk-rd285-quick-clean-brushless-floor-nozzle
The combination apolstry nozzle and dusting brush is typical of what Electrolux included, I'm not sure if it's the exact same tool, the bristles on the dusting brush side are fairly long. When using the apolstry side, the suction is quite powerful, should do well at cleaning cars and other furniture.
Nothing special about the crevess tool, it's typical of what is included with most vacuums, should be good for getting in to tight places. These attachments are the standard size, so they will work with other vacuums that use the standard size hose and wands.
The last attachment that is included is a mini turbo brush. I have not tested this since I have an electric mini brush, and electric brushes will always clean better than a turbine brush, and electric brushes are quieter.
So, let's talk about the vacuum itself. It's metal, so it is heavier than plastic canisters, that's to be expected. The bag compartment and hose are on one end, and on top you have a handle, a power rocker switch, a small rack for storing attachments, and a little sliding door where you can insert an exhaust filter, or you can actually put the hose there and get some blowing functionality, though I think this is only to remove clogs, it was not designed to function as a full time blower. If you slide this door shut, the exhaust will actually come out the sides of the unit instead of the top. As far as noise, it's certainly not the quietest canister, the Riccar Prima, Miele and Sebo canisters are quieter, but it's not unbearable. It's about as loud as the current Aerus Classic.
One way to test how powerful a vacuum is is to connect a turbine attachment. I don't think they are very good for cleaning, but they are good for testing a vacuum's power. In general, my aerus classic, Sebo D1, Miele C1 Olympus and Riccar Prima spin a turbine brush at about the same speed. Not surprisingly, my central vacuums will spin it much faster, and this vacuum falls in between the two, so it's definitely a powerful unit.
The vacuum has two fairly large wheels in the back and a caster in front. It's actually kind of cool, as I'm cleaning, and it follows me around, you can really hear it rolling on the hard floors, probably because of the weight of the metal body. It does not have a motor speed control. That doesn't bother me, I think this is a useless feature, if you want less suction, open the valve on the hose, one less component that can fail.
I paid $799 for it from evacuumstore.com, if you order by phone they will give you a $100 discount. I have read some comments about this vacuum saying that the price is high for what you get, but really, it's around the same price as other power team canisters. Actually, I think many of the Miele canisters with power nozzles cost more, and the Sebo D4 with a power nozzle costs around $800 I think. Also, this vacuum has a metal body which will hopefully last longer. I got my Riccar Prima from the outlet store in ST. James Missouri, so it was at a factory direct price, but I wonder what it costs if you go through a dealer. Also, the Perfect vacuum has a very powerful Ametek motor, so I do think it's competitively priced.
So, in conclusion, is the Perfect power team a perfect vacuum? Well, I'd say it's not perfect, but very good. Again, the main annoyance is that the suction relief slider is much to easy to open. Is it the best canister available? Well, that depends. I don't think any one vacuum is best for everything, some are better when it comes to specific characteristics, and it depends on what is important to you. For example, if you want the quietest canister available, than this is probably not the vacuum for you, for that, the Riccar Prima wins hands down. On the other hand, if you want the most powerful canister available, then this is the one I would suggest. Also, if you like the design of the old electrolux models, I would suggest trying this vacuum. It has the great design that electrolux was known for, and lots of suction power to go along with it. For anyone looking for a new power nozzle canister, I would definitely suggest you take a look at this one, it's a vacuum I am happy to have in my collection.
The perfect power team is made by perfect products and attempts to reproduce the tank style vacuums that were made by Electrolux. I have the metal version, and apparently there is a plastic version as well, not sure if they both have the same motor. Actually the motor in this vacuum is quite powerful, it's probably one of the most powerful canisters you can get.
In the box was the vacuum itself, the hose, the power nozzle, a two wand set for the power nozzle, a separate telescopic wand for using other tools, a combination apolstry dusting brush, a hard floor brush, a crevess tool, and a mini turbine brush. It also came with several replacement bags. This vacuum takes the type C bags that are so well known with the electrolux aerus vacuums. The included bags are apparently hepa bags however, so perhaps they are better. Apparently these will work in the electrolux vacuums as well. I have read that because of the stronger suction, using the aerus bags with this vacuum will actually break them, I haven't tested that though.
The hose looks similar to the electrolux hoses with a couple of differences, and here is where we get to something very annoying. It has a switch for turning on and off any electric brush that is attached, this is actually something I wish Aerus would include on their hoses. The annoyance is with the suction relief valve though. Unlike the Aerus hoses, on this hose it's a slide control that moves back and forth, and in the closed position, it's rather loose. You could easily move it, thus reducing your suction and not realize it. This hasn't been a problem yet, but I may put some tape on it, or I may purchase an after market hose that does not have this problem. This leads me to a question, does anyone know which hose this vacuum takes? My Aerus classic hose does not work, the size is slightly different. Since it's a metal canister, I'm thinking it probably takes the same hose as older electrolux models such as the 1205, super j, etc. I wonder if the plastic version of this vacuum takes the electrolux plastic hose? Other than this annoyance, the hose has a good grip and looks similar to electrolux hoses, I'm thinking the power nozzle wands are the same and would fit an aerus hose, but have not tested that. The hose is held inside the vacuum by 2 latches. I'm not sure how long the hose is, I think around 5 or 6 feet, and the cord on the vacuum is around 20 feet I think.
Since I don't have carpets in my apartment, I have no way to really test the power nozzle, I did assemble it to make sure it worked so that's all I will be able to describe. The way this power nozzle works is kind of interesting, though again I think it copies Electrolux's design. It's a combination of direct connect and pig tail connections. The upper wand attaches to the hose and has electrical connections inside of it. You then attach a lower wand to the upper wand and the lower wand attaches to the power nozzle itself. There are no electric components in the lower wand. You then plug one end of a short cord in to the bottom of the upper wand and the other end connects to the power nozzle itself. This power nozzle is fairly quiet, certainly no louder than most power nozzles, and perhaps a bit quieter. I'm not sure if it's the same power nozzle that Aerus uses, but I think it's close. It extends out on one side to make edge cleaning easier. There is no height adjustment, I know some people think this makes a big difference, so if that's something you want, you can probably get other power nozzles to work with this vacuum. This actually leads me to another question and perhaps this will make for some good discussion. Has anyone gotten any power nozzles to work on vacuums other than the one they were designed for? I know some power nozzles such as the Lindhaus are universal and simply have a 3 foot cord coming out of them, you plug it in to any electric hose and connect it to a wand, though in that case, you would probably want to get a wand with brackets so the cord is not dangling. It should be possible to do something like that here since the female connector on the hose is standard. You may be able to use the Aerus side kick with this vacuum, not sure though. I do have a Wessel Werk universal mini electric brush and that works great. I may test this power nozzle at some point if I can get access to a friend's carpet. It does have wheels instead of rollers that probably make moving across floors easier.
The hard floor brush that comes with this vacuum is fairly typical, I'm not sure what the brush is made from, I haven't tested it since I use what I think is a much better hard floor nozzle, the Wessel Werk quick clean rd 285, I will include a link if you want to check it out, it's far better than any hard floor brush I have seen.
http://www.vacdepot.com/tools-acces...werk-rd285-quick-clean-brushless-floor-nozzle
The combination apolstry nozzle and dusting brush is typical of what Electrolux included, I'm not sure if it's the exact same tool, the bristles on the dusting brush side are fairly long. When using the apolstry side, the suction is quite powerful, should do well at cleaning cars and other furniture.
Nothing special about the crevess tool, it's typical of what is included with most vacuums, should be good for getting in to tight places. These attachments are the standard size, so they will work with other vacuums that use the standard size hose and wands.
The last attachment that is included is a mini turbo brush. I have not tested this since I have an electric mini brush, and electric brushes will always clean better than a turbine brush, and electric brushes are quieter.
So, let's talk about the vacuum itself. It's metal, so it is heavier than plastic canisters, that's to be expected. The bag compartment and hose are on one end, and on top you have a handle, a power rocker switch, a small rack for storing attachments, and a little sliding door where you can insert an exhaust filter, or you can actually put the hose there and get some blowing functionality, though I think this is only to remove clogs, it was not designed to function as a full time blower. If you slide this door shut, the exhaust will actually come out the sides of the unit instead of the top. As far as noise, it's certainly not the quietest canister, the Riccar Prima, Miele and Sebo canisters are quieter, but it's not unbearable. It's about as loud as the current Aerus Classic.
One way to test how powerful a vacuum is is to connect a turbine attachment. I don't think they are very good for cleaning, but they are good for testing a vacuum's power. In general, my aerus classic, Sebo D1, Miele C1 Olympus and Riccar Prima spin a turbine brush at about the same speed. Not surprisingly, my central vacuums will spin it much faster, and this vacuum falls in between the two, so it's definitely a powerful unit.
The vacuum has two fairly large wheels in the back and a caster in front. It's actually kind of cool, as I'm cleaning, and it follows me around, you can really hear it rolling on the hard floors, probably because of the weight of the metal body. It does not have a motor speed control. That doesn't bother me, I think this is a useless feature, if you want less suction, open the valve on the hose, one less component that can fail.
I paid $799 for it from evacuumstore.com, if you order by phone they will give you a $100 discount. I have read some comments about this vacuum saying that the price is high for what you get, but really, it's around the same price as other power team canisters. Actually, I think many of the Miele canisters with power nozzles cost more, and the Sebo D4 with a power nozzle costs around $800 I think. Also, this vacuum has a metal body which will hopefully last longer. I got my Riccar Prima from the outlet store in ST. James Missouri, so it was at a factory direct price, but I wonder what it costs if you go through a dealer. Also, the Perfect vacuum has a very powerful Ametek motor, so I do think it's competitively priced.
So, in conclusion, is the Perfect power team a perfect vacuum? Well, I'd say it's not perfect, but very good. Again, the main annoyance is that the suction relief slider is much to easy to open. Is it the best canister available? Well, that depends. I don't think any one vacuum is best for everything, some are better when it comes to specific characteristics, and it depends on what is important to you. For example, if you want the quietest canister available, than this is probably not the vacuum for you, for that, the Riccar Prima wins hands down. On the other hand, if you want the most powerful canister available, then this is the one I would suggest. Also, if you like the design of the old electrolux models, I would suggest trying this vacuum. It has the great design that electrolux was known for, and lots of suction power to go along with it. For anyone looking for a new power nozzle canister, I would definitely suggest you take a look at this one, it's a vacuum I am happy to have in my collection.
