There are so many different vacuum cleaners on the market that it can be confusing to choose the best vacuum for your needs. This article will help you understand how vacuum cleaners work, what your options are and how to narrow down your options to find the best choice for you and your home.
Types of Vacuum Cleaners
This article is focused on choosing the primary vacuum cleaner for your home. So, setting aside specialty or secondary vacuum cleaners, such as hand vacuums, car vacuums, wet/dry vacuums, there are two major types of vacuum cleaners to choose from: uprights and canisters.
Uprights have traditionally been the favorite type of vacuum cleaner in the U.S. and Great Britain. In Europe and the rest of the world, canisters are the vacuum cleaner of choice.
Uprights generally have a revolving brush roll to provide agitation and may have one motor that provides the suction and also turns the agitator brush, or it may have two motors, one to provide suction and one to drive the brush.
Upright vacuum cleaners excel at cleaning synthetic (nylon, olefin or polyester) carpeting and many also have the ability to turn off the revolving brush for cleaning smooth floors. On-board attachments and integrated extension hoses have made uprights much more versatile and able to offer many of the features of canisters.
Still, canisters are by far the most versatile vacuum cleaner design. They offer outstanding performance on carpet and smooth floors as well as above-the-floor surfaces. Because the cleaning tools are used with a hose and wand, canister vacuum cleaners are more maneuverable than uprights, easily able to get under most furniture and into tight spaces.
There are three types of canister vacuum cleaners. All three are used with a hose, wands, floor tools and tool attachments. The difference is in the floor tools.
The first type of canister is called straight suction vacuum cleaner. It uses a floor tool with a simple, non-revolving brush for cleaning hard floors and flat carpets. The second type of canister uses a turbo or turbine floor tool. This has a revolving brush powered by the airflow created by the canister's suction motor.
The third type of canister uses a power brush floor tool most like an upright vacuum cleaner. A separate electric motor drives the power brush’s revolving brush roll. This type of canister is often referred to as a power team.
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