How To Pick The Best Vacuum Cleaner
November 12th, 2008
Why do we need a vacuum cleaner? How to buy a vacuum cleaner? How do we choose a good vacuum cleaner?
What are the top ten vacuum cleaners? What is the best vacuum cleaner?
Why we need a vacuum cleaner
A vacuum cleaner is almost a must in any home, regardless whether we have carpet or not.
Gone are the days we use a broom to clean the house.
A vacuum cleaner does a much better job of getting rid of dust, pet hair and debris.
When we have rugs or carpets in the house it is almost impossible to clean them without a vacuum cleaner.
A vacuum cleaner sucks out all the particles on or adhered to the fibers of the material.
Depending on the suction power of the vacuum machine the amount of dirt and dust removed will vary.
In general the more powerful the vacuum motor is the better the vacuuming.
However as the collection of dust increases the suction power usually decreases as the air flow becomes more constricted.
Some manufacturers circumvent this problem by using centrifugal forces or cyclone vacuum, the most famous being the Dyson vacuum cleaners.
Their suction power barely decreases since the dirt are centrifuged out of the air way and cause no blocking.
It is incredible that not only dust and dirt settle on a carpeted floor but also hazardous substances like smoke particles (especially for smokers), chemicals from sprays, fleas and their eggs, dust mites and toxic molds.
Carpets also emit chemical vapors in the air like toluene, benzene, formaldehyde, ethyl benzene, styrene, acetone and even carcinogenic chemicals such as p-Dichlorobenzene.
The adhesive that is used to install them contain among others stain protectors and fire retardants.
Cleaning your carpet will not eliminate all these harmful chemicals and substances. It will simply reduce the content with time.
The best thing is to avoid carpet completely in the house.
But if it is not possible or too late, regular vacuuming is all the more important to at least eliminate some of the hazardous substances.
Having bare wooden flooring or tiles also requires vacuum cleaning to a certain degree.
Mopping is not very effective if dirt are all over the place. Some of the dirt will just be moved around the floor with the mop.
