wave floor tool, also known as the gulper

[n0oxy]

Saw this on centec systems web site and decided to try it. It's almost exactly like the Wessel Werk rd285, which makes me wonder if Centec gets these from Wessel Werk and is rebranding them, or making their own version. It's called the wave floor tool on their web site, but it says gulper on the nozzle itself. Since Centec and Wessel Werk are competitors, I doubt that Centec is reselling a competitor's product, but who knows. Anyway, the design of the tool is awesome, no brush to get clogged up with hair, it uses the air flow from the vacuum to do the cleaning instead of a brush, which leads to another question, what is the advantage of having a brush on a hard floor tool?

http://www.centecsystems.com/wave-tool-10-5-267mm-large-rear-wheels-black-1-25-32mm/

 

[sebo_fan]

Well I eventually bought the Wessel Werk RD285 one that you got - sadly its fine on carpets but I can't abide it on hard floors. I dont think its particularly good at all - much prefer longer bristles on delicate flooring.

As for Centec Systems - they appear to be a trader company who dont make anything themselves but rather just sell major brands and also some cheap Chinese produced floor tools.

So in actual fact they are not a competitor to Wessel Werk at all.

 

[tolivac]

Have this tool-they are a popular add on to backpack vacuums-for use on carpet or floors.

 

[eurekaprince]

Why do you need bristles on a bare floor tool?

It is because of the physics keeping the dirt on the floor. Suction only is fine to remove dirt like a dust ball that can be moved around by a bit of wind. But a lot of dirt on a bare floor is stuck to it for various reasons - usually because the piece of dirt was originally wet and eventually dried. I'll give you some examples: a. A wet grain of gravel or sand or salt brought into the house on a wet shoe during winter. A wet piece of pasta that has dried on a kitchen floor. A wet hair that has dried on a bathroom floor. And often these bare floors have previously been washed and maybe there is a soapy residue or wax which has not been rinsed off. This combines to make the wet dirt stick to the floor when it dries. Valleys in flooring (between tiles and wood slats) make this kind of dirt even harder to "disconnect" from the bare floor.

Bristles simply help to disconnect the dirt which is sticking to the floor for whatever reason.

Squeegees can help, but they also block the airflow from the suction getting to the other side of the rubber.

Brushes also help sweep dirt stuck on the edges near baseboards and furniture bases like wall units and bedroom dressers.

A row of bristles down the center of the bare floor brush is the best design as it allows the suction to remove all dirt on the forward and backward strokes. Panasonic and Hoover make bare floor brushes with that configuration.

 

[eurekaprince]

Actually, the best bare floor tool is one that combines a suction channel at the front with an electrostatic mopping pad behind it. The pad is great for disconnecting stuck pieces of dirt while wiping up fine electrostatic dust. The Swiffer Sweeper Vac has a nozzle like this, as do a number of vacuums made by Shark and Dirt Devil and Filter Queen and Dyson's Hard Floor stick vac. Even that classic "vacuum + mop" tool available for sale in many vac shops is a good attachment to have - the mop part is removable and washable.

 

[sebo_fan]

The eletrostatic mop insert isn't new; Wessel Werk did a floorhead for Miele some years ago, which is probably still available to buy in the U.S/infact I think WW still make them.

I have used one but in action it doesn't always keep the dirt at bay. Hard dirt like crumbs on a floor stick to the pad for a while but can often fall off unless they keep at momentum with the suction channels on the sole plate when the dirt gets sucked up.

I find bristles enough are great for hard floor suction cleaning. Or the combination style of floor head with bristles down on a hard floor.

The problem I find with the WW RD 285 is that the rubber squeegee at the front runs over dirt but doesn't pick it up first time. It also causes a slight braking action on hard floors as well which can make pushing the floor head difficult in the first instance.

 

[sebo4me]

I bought one too Nar. It does a good job as it gets close to the surface but you are correct the squeegee does prevent larger particles from being sucked up.
Would be useful if they could design a front lips that can be raised like the Dyson DC41 Mk2

 

[n0oxy]

rd285

I actually find that this tool works great on hard floors, though it is supposed to work on carpets as well, it does not work well on the area rug that I have outside my apartment. I have several hard floor brushes but dirt, hair and other things tend to stick to the brush which is why I don't use these much. Still, I guess you could just run the hose accross the brush, that should remove anything sticking to it. I guess it's good to have many tools in your collection.

 

[n0oxy]

another interesting floor brush

Has anyone tried this one? It's also made by Wessel Werk and is supposedly better than typical floor brushes. Apparently you can clean side to side with this one.

http://www.aspria.systems/tools-acc...werk-d330-turn-clean-high-agility-floor-brush

 

[sebo4me]

Looks good. It it similar to Miele's parquet twister Brush?

 

[countryguy]

I had a Miele Capricorn and it had a similiar floor brush. It was easy to use and you could you into almost any small space. What I didn't like was that with the large diameter suction opening and the design of the bristles to allow air flow, it was not very good at picking up larger things like hard cat food.

Gary

 

[sebo_fan]

Yes the Wessel Werk swivel brush is similar to the XXL Parquet/Twister Parquet that Miele sell. I believe I did a video of that on my S8 where cat litter was impossible to be picked up first time with it.