7.30.2014

When you buy a vacuum cleaner or hand vac stick?

These cleaning tools make short work of picking up small messes and dry spills, but face a wall of choices in the driveway of the unit can be difficult to choose the model that suits you. Ask yourself these questions before making a decision.

Want to quickly clean the floors?
Choose a hand vacuum cleaner.
Handheld vacuum cleaners are ideal for cleaning floors, but stick vacuum cleaners work well on both bare floors and carpets. They will not replace your full size vacuum, but the motor brush rollers integrated light soiling to remove the carpet. However, the brush to spread the waste and damage to the bare ground, so that for a model with the option of the rotating brush when they disable not needed or that an additional rotating brush, you can in the tender plants suction shares.

Do you want to clean under furniture?
Choose a hand vacuum cleaner.
Looking for a lightweight model with a long stick or with a low or a rotary head that can get profile in confined spaces (which can also help clean curtains). Some stick vacuum cleaner can only weigh 4 kg, but other than 10 pounds.

Wireless models offer the freedom to move with ease around corners and rooms. But the battery life does not last long (the models we tested, vacuum average of about 17 minutes before recharge). Some have removable batteries that can be recharged while the vacuum is stored out of sight.

Do you want to clean furniture, cars and window frames?
Choose a hand vacuum cleaner.
Or better yet: What contribution vac / hand combo that comes with extras such as a crevice tool and dusting brush. They are very useful for all shed gathering dust grains.

Buy now?
Find out the stick vacuum and handheld vacuum cleaner is best tested in our laboratory.

Micha Exhume is an analyst with the cleaning and internal laboratory Good Housekeeping Research Institute.

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