New AEG/Electrolux UltraCaptic cylinder/canister.

[sebo_fan]

Lesson learnt there though - I never clean stairs with a tub vac, even if I have to carry the bloody thing!

 

[vintagerepairer]

A younger person may not need to hold onto a rail when climbing the stairs, so it is quite possible to hold a vacuum cleaner in one hand and the hose in another when vacuuming stairs. I have cleaned stairs like this, with a Henry, many times when I was a good deal more able bodied.

 

[sebo_fan]

Yes but then anyone with a degree in logic would carry a normal cylinder vacuum with the ability to lock the hose and floor head either to the rear or side, whatever the machine allows. You can't do that with a Henry or a Vax canister. Nor can you trust that the vacuum is going to roll back on you, unless of course you have a nap in the carpet to stop it from happening like Joe's carpet : )

Some cylinders/canisters are narrow enough to sit on stairs as you clean upwards or downwards.

 

[vintagerepairer]

Not always; sometimes with the hose clipped to the cleaner it can be quite obstructive, especially on staircases where the rooms above are very low down over the stairs. But like I said, if one is sufficiently capable of doing so, holding part of the cleaner in each hand is a possibility to be considered.

 

[sebo_fan]

Would you do the same with an upright though and a hose?

 

[vintagerepairer]

That would depend on the cleaner and where the carry handle was located.

 

[ultimatevacman]

Lol sorry if that sounded sarcastic. Like you said, if I didn't have that little bump at the top of the stairs I would never attempt the clean them with a Henry!

 

[dysondestijl]

To be honest, I've given up on using a cylinder on stairs. Unless I'm at someone's house who only have a cylinder! I just prefer to either clean the stairs like this:

 

[dysondestijl]

Or if I can't be bothered to set up the dirt devil, then I just use this:

 

[ultraperformer]

My Vax Mach Air cylinder has two hoses the short one is a super stretchy one for doing the stairs, car etc nice touch from Vax I thought.