What's Most Important To You: Filtration, Airflow, or Ergonomics?

[gsheen]

I Hear you Kevin . I too get the best I can. Not the most expensive but the one that worked the best.
With my business and my vacuum collection and I not at a loss of which vacuum to use. I do however tend to use a light weight bagless upright for every day cleaning and a Royal for a good deep cleaning every 2nd week on the weekend

What I was getting at was ergonomics. It must be easy to use. A Lux canister is easy to use. Most canisters are easier to use in a multi floor home. I prefer uprights though.
In my home i must admit that since iur first dyson cordless vac a dc 35 and we have had every model since then with the old models been passed on to various family members or doing duty elswere in the house. I tend to grab a upright and use the dyson v6 with a crevice tool on the end of the pipe for the edges.

As for filthy carpets, if you have kids and animals you need to get those carpets washed regularly by a profecional company with a truck mount. No vacuum is going to get rid of the mess that kids bring to a carpet with spilt food and drinks

 

[real1shep]

That's true....

if kids are spilling stuff on the carpets and dog accidents happen, the carpets need to be professionally cleaned. However, there are a fraternity of people here that have their own machines for shampooing carpets and the like. I can't make a call one way or the other on that, since I don't do it. When I was younger and still moving around, I'd always rent those 'steam' cleaner devices before I moved in and when I was leaving....out of economic necessity (to get my deposit back). After that when married, I just hired a service. I guess they still argue about chem clean or steam clean......I read the verbiage, but I'm not sure there are any clear winners. 


 


In the big farmhouse in MO, we had carpeting in the kitchen and eating area. That was about the dumbest idea I ever saw with kids. I soon pulled that up and went back to hard floors.


 


Kevin