Strictly upright or strictly canister?

[ultralux88]

I never used to have much use for straight suction machines as daily drivers until I started being more active in the vacuum collecting world (which required I know it existed first). I started playing with them more and realizing many of them did an excellent job despite a lack of brush roll.

 

[compactc9guy]

Replyy i have both

I have both and use both .
I have a soft spot for a canister versayilaty mire for the money attachements and can do more .An upright is rug or floor only that being said love both and own both.

 

[gsheen]

Here in South Africa ,

Tank type vacuums are called Cylinders.

Shopvac style vacuums are called tank or drum vacuums

uprights are stand up, or uprights

What is annoying is when customers describe their wet&dry shop vac style vacs as uprights when asking for parts because its stands high !!!!


My pet peeve as a shop owner is not so much calling the wrong class of vacuum the wrong name but coming in to see me about a part and I ask what vacuum you have.... Its a Blue one and then get upset with me when I have no clue which blue vacuum you have. Would you go to auto parts store and ask for Spark plugs for your white car!!!!!. Or I am needing a hose for my Electrolux Hoover. NO its either a Electrolux or a Hoover Not one in the same

 

[clothbag]

I have only uprights. I used canisters when I worked janitorial and I hated them. I was always tripping over their hoses and because of the way the cubicles were set up they were difficult to move around the room. I would bring either my Kirby 560 or Royal 606 with me and they cleaned the carpets much better.

 

[broomvac]

Thanks for the responses.

What an oversight! Perhaps I should have added a few more categories such as central vac, backpack, and non-electric? Maybe even handheld?

It's interesting to see what shapes everyone's tendency. Although preference is often determined by the utility of the vacuum, I also see that people sometimes tend towards the style of cleaner they grew up with.

broomvac

 

[tazcatsdad]

I like them both.

<span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva;">And, as someone else said previously, it all depends on what I have to clean.  If I'm only doing my rugs, it's a pretty safe bet that I'm going to grab an upright rather than bother with setting up one of the canisters.  Occasionally, I'll grab one of my power nozzle or straight suction canisters to do rug cleaning, but mostly I reserve the power nozzle machines for when I'm giving the house a full clean (upholstery, floors, carpets, ceiling fans, central heating registers, and bathroom exhaust fans) and the straight suction canisters for in-between-cleanings jobs.</span>


 


<span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva;">Bill W.</span>