What do you like/love when vacuuming?

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What do I love when vacuuming?

First, AWESOME thread.

As an avid Kirby enthusiast, and with modern Kirby, I love the sound of the powerhead suction-sealing onto the carpet when it's lowered by toe-touch control. I guess that's the beginning of the agitation I'm hearing.

With my vintage Kirbys, I love the click of the power buttons and toe-touch controls, especially with my Kirby 515. I also love seeing the bag inflate so quickly! I have been known to unhook the bag and lay it on the floor prior to power-up. I find it amazing that the air flow from these compact machines can lift the entire bag up off the floor. So awesome!

And of course, I do love my Kirby lines on the carpet!
 
That's a good thought actually, I never thought of that but I guess it is satisfying! I like looking at the mowed lawn, not when I vacuum though,IDK why but if its like a big mess then yes :P Also if the vac leaves good groom marks then yes to that aswell but that's me lol
 
For an upright, I love the nice clean patterns left behind by my Hoover Bagged Platinum.

For my Miele canister, I love the sound of pieces of dirt travelling up the telescopic wand!

In both cases, I get this weird sense of satisfaction when I throw away the filled dirt bags! :-)
 
I like the sound of stones and stuff going up metal tubes on my cylinders. I like my Felix but I prefer my X1A. It just goes all around the house without stopping and feels seamless on the carpets. Bear in mind I have wool loop carpet, so I don't need a thorough clean, otherwise I'm in danger of ripping the carpet to shreds.
 
Sites and sounds

I like the seeing all the dirt and hair come out of the sani-emptor of the old kirby. Yes, the bagged vacuums probably pick up as much and they are cleaner, but I love seeing the dirt.

I also like seeing the dirt dumped from the Rainbow basin. And know that I'm starting with a clean vacuum every time. The smell is also so pleasant - unlike any of my other vacuums.

As for sounds, the new rainbow has a most unique sound when it starts up. And the sound of bubbling water is pleasant

I also like the sound the kirby makes when it is lowered enough to ''lock' onto the rug. I can see the rug being lifted. This would probably not be good for delicate carpets, but my carpeting is not delicate.

Do these guys clean better than the Mieles or Simplicity? Probably not. But they do get used a lot more frequently.
 
i like the powerful sound of air going through the hose

For me, I like connecting my central vacuum hose to one of my power units and hearing the powerful suction going through the hose. Since I live in an apartment and don't have central vacuum pipes, I've attached a utility valve to the in take of my central vacuum units. This way, you get the full power of the vacuum since there are no pipes. I also love hearing dirt getting sucked up through the long hose. I have all hard floors so don't use a power nozzle, but it's interesting to hear the dirt take the path through the long hose. Sometimes I will take one of my central vacuum units over to my girl friend's house and we will vacuum her place with it. Again, it's mostly all hard floors, and the powerful suction will sometimes grab her table cloth and not want to let go. When we vacuum her kitchen, we have to reduce the suction somewhat or those central vacuums will actually lift part of her floor up. I also enjoy having people put their hand at the end of the hose of those central vacuums and being amazed at how powerful the suction is, nothing like it in the world!
 
do you give your vacuums a name

Besides what everyone likes best about vacuuming, I thought I would expand it a bit, do you give any of your vacuums a nick name? I have for a couple of mine. My vacumaid garage vac pro is designed to give you the convenience of a central vacuum, but it doesn't use pipes, there's just a utility valve on the front of it. It has 740 air watts, I call that one the vac beast. I nick named my vacumaid sr-800 the grandfather because it has the largest diameter of all of my central vacuum units, it has to be that big to hold the 2 stage 8.4 motor. And then there's the intervac h 120, I call it the baby vac. It's a central vacuum, it's designed to be portable as well, definitely not as powerful as the others which is why I gave it that name. Some of my vacuums already have names, for example, I have a central vacuum unit called the flomentum, and then of course there is the barracuda, that's the most powerful one I have, it's 780 air watts and 151 water lift, believe it or not, it's very quiet still, it uses a Domel motor, which some think is actually better than what Ametek offers.
 
Thanks for the input everyone!

@n0oxy ~

I don't really know if you would class this as nick naming or not but,for my Panasonic vacuums I tend to call them "The panas" or "Pans" regardless of their model. With the Turbopowers sometimes I'll just call them "Turbos."
 
My carpet lines get messed up lol, even the wheels make carpet lines and when I leave the vacuum on the floor for like a minute you can see the wheels and soleplate shape dug into the carpet ugh
 
Agitation, carpet lines, soft starting vac motor, large debris going to the vac.
But my favorite: Powerhead sound when it beats and holds the carpet :)
 
Very nice :).


Another thing I meant adding on to my first comment,is that I love vacuums that have a separate motor for the brush roll.
 

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