Over these past few months I have been thinking thoroughly about expensive vacuum cleaner features and how people think they can turn magically into something else. And you'll see what I mean when I talk about what we come to know as 'sticks'.
A stick vacuum usually comes with straight suction, appearing as an upright. The unit is in the middle of the cleaner, and you should be able to take both ends apart, the top and bottom. This means ironically the rods that make the cleaner a slim upright are hose ends and/or solid extenders. A good example of recent stick vacuum cleaners are from a couple of years ago, for instance the Miele Swing and the Hoover Idol. So a stick vacuum cleaner is technically a thin cylinder that is moved around like it is an upright.
But what about these handheld cleaners? I'll give you a quote you may have heard of before...
'When you take the extension tube off, you'll convert the stick to a handheld.'
Total irony coming up! These cleaners are what I like to call full-house handhelds. Cleaners like the Vax Blade, the GTECH Pro, the Shark Rocket, the Goblin and so on. The reason people call these cleaners sticks is only because of the electric current extender, or just an extension tube, used to attach a floor cleaning head. The unit has to be in the middle of the whole set in order for it to be a stick, but it turns out to be in your hands all this time! So really, it's always going to be a handheld, even if you're using an extension wand that'll look thin. As I said, remember the very small unit, the motor, switch and storage, is always in your hands. Full-house handhelds!
So there's my message telling you how to be smart about vacuum cleaner types. If you want, I'll talk to you about crevice tools with sliding brushes and how people think that's convertible too.
A stick vacuum usually comes with straight suction, appearing as an upright. The unit is in the middle of the cleaner, and you should be able to take both ends apart, the top and bottom. This means ironically the rods that make the cleaner a slim upright are hose ends and/or solid extenders. A good example of recent stick vacuum cleaners are from a couple of years ago, for instance the Miele Swing and the Hoover Idol. So a stick vacuum cleaner is technically a thin cylinder that is moved around like it is an upright.
But what about these handheld cleaners? I'll give you a quote you may have heard of before...
'When you take the extension tube off, you'll convert the stick to a handheld.'
Total irony coming up! These cleaners are what I like to call full-house handhelds. Cleaners like the Vax Blade, the GTECH Pro, the Shark Rocket, the Goblin and so on. The reason people call these cleaners sticks is only because of the electric current extender, or just an extension tube, used to attach a floor cleaning head. The unit has to be in the middle of the whole set in order for it to be a stick, but it turns out to be in your hands all this time! So really, it's always going to be a handheld, even if you're using an extension wand that'll look thin. As I said, remember the very small unit, the motor, switch and storage, is always in your hands. Full-house handhelds!
So there's my message telling you how to be smart about vacuum cleaner types. If you want, I'll talk to you about crevice tools with sliding brushes and how people think that's convertible too.
