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> more powerful vacuum cleaners ((as in, more expensive to run) I know it's not your point, but on top of everything "more powerful" is misleading. - Typicall
by rvieira 4y ago
> more powerful vacuum cleaners ((as in, more expensive to run)
I know it's not your point, but on top of everything "more powerful" is misleading.
- Typically this means more power consumption, not suction power
- Most modern vaccums improve with cleverer working designs to be better, not by just chucking more power into it
- The majority of houses in the UK have carpet, which makes this kind of vaccums silly, as anyone with a carpet and 2kW vaccum can tell
- HyprMusic 4y agoCan you elaborate on your last point, for those of us with puny vacuums? I'm intrigued as to why a more powerful vacuum would be worse for carpet, I assumed it would be better. What type of surface would need a 2kW, if not a carpet?
- rvieira 4y agoIn some of the houses I previously lived, a high-powered vaccum would just rip out the carpet :) But seriously, I would use a medium-powered vaccum for loose debris on carpet. High suction in thin carpets can actually damaged them and for shaggy carpets it all depends on the design IMO (carpet mode), not the suction power. In fact high powered ones might be too close to the base and not suck the debris effectively. I don't think using a reverse wind tunnel does any good to carpets, honestly.